LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20262, 3 August 1937, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

King's Bounty.—Word has been received In Hastings that Mrs J. Anderson, of Kahuranaki, the mother of triplets born on Coronation Day, has been granted the King’s bounty of £3. Church Debt Wiped Out.—By collecting £250 at Sunday’s services, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Hawera, has succeeded In wiping out its debt of £4050 In two and a-half years. New Zealand at World Fair. —It is announced that New Zealand is among 27 nations whioh have given assurances of participation in the World’s Fair to be opened in New York on Deoember 29. Ngaruawahia Statistics. —Apart from deaths, there was an increase in the vital statistics at Ngaruawahia in July, the respective' figures for 1937 and 1936 being as follows; births 11 (6); marriages 3 (2); deaths 2 (2). Compensated Prices.—At a well attended meeting of farmers at Ohaupo recently a resolution was passed supporting the compensated price campaign and urging dairy companies to contribute' to the campaign funds by a levy on produce. Mr *J. 11. Furniss was the principal speaker. The Great War. —To-morrow will be the 23rd anniversary of the declaration of war by Britain against Germany following the violation of Belgian neutrality. August 4 is generally regarded as the start of the Great War, which lasted (until November 11, 1918. Boys Found. —The two boys, Leo Mahoney (17) and Thomas Jordan Fleming (14), whose disappearance from Panmure last week caused their relatives some anxiety have been located at Matamata where they had obtained employment on adjoining farms. Sheep-worrying Dogs.—At a meeting of the Makaraka-llutt provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union the ten members reported that collectively they had lost 200 sheep through marauding dogs, whose depredations are causing serious losses to farmers on the outskirts of Wellington. Women as Elders.—The Waikato Presbytery this morning carried a motion proposed by the Rev. H. G. Gilbert (Hamilton) and seconded by the Rev. G. A. Naylor (Morrinsville) in favour of the admission of women to the eldership. There was only one dissentient. The Only Modern Opera.—“ In my opinion there is no modern opera apart from Gilbert and Sullivan. We have had good modern comedies but there are none likely to endure like the works of Gilbert and Sullivan,’’ said Mr. W. George, of Sydney, who is in charge of the direction of the Hamilton Operatic Society’s, production “ Rio Rita,” when speaking in Hamilton yesterday. “ I had the privilege of studying under Gilbert. He was a hard man but when he died I lost one of my best friends,” added Mr. George. Hamilton Temperatures.—The following temperatures were recorded in the hall of a private residence in Hamilton last month:—Highest day, 61 degrees; lowest day, 51; highest night, 52; lowest night, 34; average day, 56; average night, 45. The average day temperature for July 1936 was 55 and the average night 44 degrees. July records for the period 1922-1936 are as follows:—Highest day, July 16, 1933, 66; lowest day, July 9, 1923, 47; highest night, July 16, 1933, 61; lowest night, July 16, 1936, 33.5. The Ranfurly Shield.—The arrival of the Ranfurly Shield at Invercargill was made the occasion of a tumultuous demonstration by wildly excited crowds who congregated at the railway station. To a detached onlooker it must have been an extraordinary sce'ne, as one or two spectators raised their hats reverently, giving colour to the statement that football has become a religion in New Zealand. Congratulatory speeches were delivered, and the publio cheered the team as they emerged from the station. Boy’s Budden Death.—Robert Simpson (18), son of Mr A. T. N. Simpson. Government fields inspector, Balclutha, died suddenly yesterday at his home in Balclutha. The youth had been an outpatient, of the Balclutha Hospital for some time, suffering from a poisoned finger. On Saturday he went to Dunedin with some companions to se« Ihe Ranfurly Shield Rugby match. On his return home that evening he was slightly ill and yesterday morning his condition became worse.'Although a doctor was called he died shortly after. Indian and Maori.—Greetings between a native of New Zealand and a native of America were exchanged at the wrestling in Hastings the other evening, when Ike Robin, former New Zealand heavy-weight champion wrestler, representing the Maoris of Hawke’s Bay, presented a piupiu to Chief Lillie Wolf, the American Bed Indian, who was making his first appearance in this province. This adornment was added to the already •spectacular rainrnent of the Indian, who sported feathered headgear and a gaily-striped and fringed overwrap, a woollen blanket of red. white and blue stripes. A Promising Hockey Player.—An attractive little Maori child no more than two l'cet in stature, dressed in a bright grem coat with an orange-liued woollen hat and dwarfed by a fullsize hockey stick with which it was dexterously hitting a large green ball, provided a diversion for spectators during I lie course of a women’s hockey match al Wanganui on a recent afternoon. Despite its lack of inches, the child put all the weight of its diminutive body behind each stroke and provided an excellent example of the im-pre-ssability of an infantile mind. Handling a stick at so early an age, the child will probably develop in the years to come into what the critics term,'through *vant of a more apt expression, a • born - ’ player.

Lord Nuffield Gives £60,000. —Lord Nuffield has presented £50,000 to Worcester College, Oxford. South Otago Freezing.—The directors of the South Otago Freezing Company, Limited, have deoided to recommend to shareholders the payment of a bonus issue of one new share for each share at present held. Art In Germany.—General Goering. Minister of Air, is taking direct control of a school of painting known as the Hermann Goering School, says a message from Be'rlin. He has drawn up a programme defining the lines along which German art must develop. Duke’s Dog Killed. —The Duke of Gloucester’s black Scottish terrier, bougal, was killed by a falling tree at the Duke’s Aldershot home. The terrier had been his constant companion for several years. The Duke and the Duchess are much distressed. “ Hit Mo If You Like.—“ I am wondering whether you are’ one of those truck drivers who say, ‘Hit me if you like, I won’t be hurt,’ ” commented Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch. “There is a lot of that going on in Christchurch, you know,” he added. Salesman's Fraud.—Found guilty in the Supreme Court, Auckland, yesterday on charges of failure to account for moneys received, of forging hire purchase agreements and of forging a promissory note, James Hastie Stoddart Robertson (45), salesman and fitter, was remanded for sentence. Frankton Druids.—The Frankton Druid meetings for the last month 1 have been well attended. The balancesheet shows the lodge to be well on the credit side. Six new members have been proposed for initiation. The last function was a social evening and was attended by 50 members and friends. Sunshine In July.—During July 128 hours of sunshine were recorded at the Ruakura Farm station. The longest single recordings were on July 7 and 16 when 9.5 hours were registered. Although the rainfall for July was well below the average for that month falls were recorded on no fewer than 22 days. Legislative Council.—By deaths and effluxion of time the membership of the Legislative Council has been reduced to 33. The Prime Minister stated yesterday that several appointments would be made prior to the coming session, as the Government’s object Is to maintain the Council at its normal strength (about 40). The terms of the Hon. R. Masters, the lion. D. Buddo, the Hon. R. McCallum, and the Hon. J. Trevethlok expired last June. Prosperity In Britain.—The opinion that oheaper money, large-scale building programmes, the Ottawa Agreement and more recently the armament programme had all contributed to Great Britain's recovery and her present state of prosperity was expressed by Lord Hirst, chairman and managing director of the General Electric Company, Limited, at the annual meeting in London. He stated that the present phase of prosperity should last for another few years. Te Kultl Winter Bhow.—A profit on the recent Te Kuiti and district winter show of over £7O was disclosed In the statement of receipts and expenditure submitted by the show secretary to a meeting of the executive. Last year’s profit was about £3O. The funds of the association had. however, been somewhat reduced, as the executive had to spend £IBO from a special fund for the erection of additions to the buildings and for timber and the erection of stalls. Families Penalised. —That a reduction should be made in the employment emergency taxation in the case of a man with a family, as is done with income tax, was urged at the monthly meeting of the Hawke’s Bay provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union at Hastings. The discussion arose from a motion from the union’s Tukituki branch asking that recommendations be made to the Government for a family allowance to be made in the employment emergency taxation. This motion was carried. The Whitebait Season.—The paucity of w’hitebait supplies in Auckland has resulted in high prices. In the second week In July peak prices of 5s and 6s per lb were paid for the delicacy, and present rates are 4s to ss. Heavier supplies are now comine- from the Waikato River, but as higli prices are still ruling in 'Wellington and other centres in the southern portion of the North Island, and also in Central Waikato, most of the fish are being sent south. The season is described as one of the most unsatisfactory ever experienced. Vote-Splitting Condemned.—That the people of New Zealand should have more common sense than to allow a man to represent a constituency on one’-thlrd of the votes cast was tho opinion expressed by the leader of the National Party, the Hon. Adam Hamilton, at Palmerston North last night, addressing electors. " Let us line up on two siifes an 1 create an atmosphere that will make the votesplitter feel he is not playing the game,” he said. “ The only way to make democracy work is to line up in two parties.” Telephone Business—"Telephono exchange connections, viewed as an index of business prosperity," said the Postmaster-General, tho Hon. F. Jones, in an interview yesterday “proylde very satisfactory signs of to-day’s conditions, the 4533 new subscribers during the first quurter of this financial year constituting a record for any three n\onths in the history of the New Zealand Post Olfice. This figure is an improvement upon the satisfactory totals for the 1936-7 financial year, when the new connections, 16,896, made a fresh annual record. The most recent experience suggests that another record will be made dtirmg the current year. New Zealand telephone subscribers now total 140,400.” No Wages Books Tho opinion that there should be a more efficient inspection was expressed by Mr G. N. Morris, S.M., in the Police Court, Whangarei, yesterday, when the inspector of factories proceeded on two counts against Wallace Supplies, Limited, of Auckland. The firm was charged that being the occupier of shops in Hikurangi and Dargaville it failed to keep time and wages books in respeet of Hie' two managers. The magistrate added that If every firm in New Zealand had done as much as defendants to comply with legislation there would he far less trouble. The firm, lie said, was evidently " let down ’’ by its branch managers ami inspectors. The company was fined £1 ajid costs on one charge and discharged on the other.