LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19902, 3 June 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

This Mornlng's Fresh—A frost of 8.13 degrees was registered at, Rua‘ lxuru iiiis morning. while 21 reading at \\'hitiora showed 0 degrees.

Te Awamutu Weather.—'l‘lxe rainfall recorded at T 0 Awnmulu during May totalled 287 inches, compared with 3.13 inches in tho same month last year . During Ilm monlh 18 l‘l‘osls were vxrlerienucdl The heaviest frost re—vonled in the dislrict so far lhis your was on Monday, when H degrees were registered.

Te Aroha Vltal Stltlstlcs.——-\‘ital Statisth‘s for the month of May in Ta Aroha are as follows, the figures for the -corl‘cspondlug month of the pre\'iuus year being shown In ‘pm‘cnthc—six—Birth: 1) (9). deaths 1; ('2), mar—riages 10 (10L Totals for past five monthsz—Birlhs 61, deaths 17, mar—riages IH.

A coulng omlulon.—lllustmtins the faulty costing methods of lnex—pel‘ienccd carriers. 3. speaker at a Con—-l'eren-L‘e of carriers at M-ori‘insVille quoted a case in which a carrier had omitted to allow for wages in his es: limate or costs. On his omission be—ing pointed out, the man replied: “ Uh, 1 don‘t need to include wages as I am going to drive the truck myself."

Gut-throat Compezltlon.——“ It you want to see real price-cutting," said a delegate a conference of carriens at .\lom‘insville this week, “ you want to go down south. In one town a couple of men rigged up a flat—bottomed side— Cal‘ and the last time I saw them they {were shifting pianos at ninepence a time.”

Maorl Show It. Hospltnl.——An enthusiastic reception was accorded the "Maori vocalist, .\liss Ano «Hat‘o, when she visited the No. 11 and Bailey \Vai'ds of the \Vaikaio Hospital yesterday afternoon. Singing two Maori songs and. then the popular “ Home Sweet Home “ in both English and Maori, she received a sustained bvalion in both wards.

Gompllmem. to New lonland.——-At the KC)“ \\'est (United Slates) Inter~ national Stamp find coin Exhibition in January all countries were invited l 0 submit for display _complete Sets Of llielr current. postage stamps. The New Zealand Dust Office display in—cluded sets of the new pictorials, and those of Western Samoa, Cook Islands and Nine. The display received a first prize, the Certificate of Award stating that the feature warranting this de—cision ol‘ the judges was that. of “sim—plicity and attractiveness."

Brewer-5' Higher Fromm—Net profits £75613 higher at £85,402 are reported by New Zealand Breweries, Limited, (or the year ended March 31. This re—suit is the best revealed since 1932. The year's dividend is i per cent. higher at '7; per cent. The profit, after pro—filling for all expenses and depreciation and allowing for taxes and conting—encies, was £594,082, against £564,857 in the pI‘eVIOUS year. However, beer duty takes £508,680, the; highest amount paid for several years.

Alleged Communlsts.—ln the House of Representatives yesterday, Mr W. J. Polson (Opposltion—Strattord) gave novice to ask the Prime Minister whether he \\‘HS aware of the activities 01' two public servants, well known to he lending Communists. in addressing the recent mavtings to form a clerical \\'orhers‘ union. If so, would he indi—cate whether their action had the approval of the Government? It the Government did not approve, Mr Pol—son asked what action the Prime Min—ister intended to take.

Loaded Sklp Falls.—An accident which might have had serious consequences occurred when a loaded skip containing over two yards of spoil fell from the top of the cahleway at Arapum‘, a distance of approximately 200 feet, to the floor of the excavation. The sklp had Just been hauled to the top preparatory to being taken over the gorge when the ring attached to the hook 01' the pulley of the hauling rope mapped, allowing the loaded skip to full. It narrowly missed several workmen. l

Football Invaswn.—Dunedin is facerl with the greatest football invasion in New Zealand history on August 1, when Otago \\‘ill be called upon to make- its first defence of the lianiurly Shield against its neighbours. Already the ~iouthlamders are massing and one oi’ the organisers of the excursionists Aslimntos that 8000 visitors will hegroscnt from the southern province. i‘hat the occasion is to ho a special one is indicated by the announcement that Ipproximaiely 100 pipers will atom—puny the touring party.

Stolen ear Recovered.—On Thursday .1 resident of Shattesbury. near Te Aroha. paid a wish to the VValkato \Vlntcr Show, leaving his car parked. 0n Leaving the show to return home he found the car had been taken. The matter was reported to the police and yesterday Information was received in 'l‘e Aroha to the effect that the vehicle had been found parked at a dangerous corner in .\lahoenui_ 'l‘aranaki. It was taken to a public garage in .\lahoenul W." the police and the owner lost no ‘time in leaving by train to recover it.

Evidence from Chlldren.——“ In considering the evidence of young children juries have to regard it. with care and should he satisltcd that they can an:— t-cm it with confidence,“ observed .\II' JLISHI'O Fuh‘ in summing—up in a case in the Supreme Court, Hamilton yester—day. His Honour added that whether the evidence was given on oath or, in the case 01‘ young children, undev pmmisv to tell the truth, it could be rt‘gurdvd as proving a charge but un—der ull circumstant‘cs it had to he looked upun with care.

Maorls' lntoreats.—A decision to? appeal to [lie Prime Minister, Ml" Salvage. \\'ho is also Native .\linisler,{ for elimination of legislative differ-i entiulion between Maori and European, ritizens was the outcome of a lengthy discussion helil (luring a tribal con—ference (it Tikltiki, when representalivcs ofu number of North Island ll‘jbCS were present, and expressed their conviction that, a great opportunity was presented to the new Government ‘to wipe out anomalies in Statutes ‘under which native interests have tsul’fored. |

cruelty Charges Dlsmlssed.—\\'al—‘ inr \\’akelin, om: of the best-linown‘ stock llL‘fllCl'S and auctioneers in NOl‘ll)‘ .~nnii, was (‘lllll'fJCll in the \\‘hnngu—l‘(‘l l’ulii'o (juni'l ,\lonil.:_\' \\illi omitting in supply :1 Sll‘l‘l‘ \\‘llll n hl'ukl‘ll 10. x: \\'llll primer and sui‘i‘n‘ii-nl fuml. \\'élli‘l' and slil-liviz Hl‘ \\'lisulso churn-ml \\'illi iii-rinilling lliv Slvul‘ in slil‘l‘i‘i' unnec—essarily, by \\‘nnloniy or unreasonably niniliing ll) have 1110 uniniul either ii'mtnd 01' dwsii‘oyed. The aclinn was brought by the Society for llio Prevention of Cruelty in Animals. In dismissing the charges Mr Li. X. Norris, SAL. llllYth‘tl ilizii in any future, muses ilw soriciy .\lmnlnl wt :ul\'iCU from ”I“ l\.'—‘l'l'|llllllll'ill lli"liiii‘liiii‘iil lic—--I‘urv iii'ncucdiug “th mu :iinlLii‘ l chaise».

crippled chlldren'a Fund.—.~\s a re—sult of a house—tu—house canvass m Nguruawahia recently, the Cl'ipplwl Children‘s Fund will benefit by £2l lis 3d.

United Front..—At. the meeting 01‘ the \\'aikato Presbytery yesterday a remit from the General Assembly. and which had its origin In the Ash—hurton Presbytery, advocating the tt'ormation 01' a United League of all ;t:-hrist4ian bodies for the defence of th‘unday and the furtherance of other ”11:1”91‘5 affect-ins the churches as a ‘lwholc. was endorsed.

bearer Cakes—Small increases in‘ the price of a number of cakes and small goods lines came into effect in Auckland on Monday. For the first time in a number of years an attempt has been made to standardise prices to :1 reasonable extent. The secretary of the Master Bakers' Association, Mr S. S. Green, slated that the standardisation of prices did not involve increases in all lines. It was stated that price alterations had been necessitated through increased costs. Raisins. but—ter, eggs, cream, milk and lard were all dearer and they were the main materials used in bakehouses. It is expected that there will he a similar slight increase in the price or Cakes and small goods in Hamilton within the next week or so.

'Varlous Kinds of “Mlc’a.”—\'ariation in the method of representing the surname prefix “Mac" causes Em occasional problem when referring to telephone directories, but the New Zealand Post Office for some years has adopted {or its lists a system which Seems to have provoked the minimum number of complaints. In determining the order or listing telephone sub—scribers, the prefixes “)1.“ “Mac,“

“Mo" are all treated as “Mac,“ and the next letter in the name determines the position of the entry. Thls is a system which is worked effectively in the enormous telephone directory is—sued for the London exchange area, with its 891.000 subscribers. Surnames commencing with ".\lac.“ not used as a prefix, have to be included among the “Mao's." but they are not. numerous and are easily discovered.