LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20272, 14 August 1937, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Air Mall In London. —Air mail despatched from Wellington on July 23 arrived in London on August li, advises the Post Office.

Trafflo School. —Similar to that in operation in Wellington, a school where offenders against the traffic laws will receive instruction, which. It is hoped, will prevent offences in future, will shortly be established in Dunedin.

Increase in Wireless Lloenses.— The total number of wireless receiving licenses in force in the United Kingdom at the' end of July was 8,269,500, an increase during the year of 550,700.

Rabbit Board Rates. —The Kiwitahi Rabbit Board has approved the resolution striking the rates for the year on the following basis:—Glass A lands (clean), id an acre; class B lands (slightly Infested), lid an acre. Art Director Dismissed. —Under General Goerlng’s art purge in Germany Professor Eberhard Hanfstaengl, director of the National Gallery in Berlin, has been removed from this post for falling to be energetic against so-called degenerate art.

New Radio Station. —Tests for selection of the site of tho new Southland radio transmitter will begin early next week, three technicians of the National Broadcasting Service having arrived in Invercargill with a portable transmitter, with which extensive tests will be made.

University Extension Lectures. —The seoond of a series of three lectures arranged by the Auckland University College, to be given by Mr W. T. G. Airey, lecturer in history at the Auckland University, will be held in the Wattle tearooms at 7.30 p.m. on Monday. Mr Airey's subject will be “The Problem of Peace.”

Unemployment Frauds. Several men were fined at Auckland yesterday on charges of making false declarations under the Employment Promotion Fund. A Maori, Te Taute Puhl Matthews, married, with four child,ren was fined a total of £B7 3s 5d on one charge and £2 for declaring a wrong name and address

A Colourful Bcene. —A colourful scene was presented on the Waikato river bank this morning with many of the flowering shrubs and trees in blossom and the sun shining brightly. When the flowering peaches and plum trees and the remainder of the shrubs are in full bloom the river bank should be looking its best.

River Bank Popular. —The shorter working week permitted many to take advantage of the Ideal weather conditions this morning. A large number of people made their way to the river bank to read and bask in the sun, while many school children made use of their leisure hours in studying for the coming term examination.

Progress With Wharf. —Rapid progress has been made with the Roose Shipping Company’s new wharf on the Waikato River at Hamilton. The greater part of the structure is completed and it should not be long before the remainder at the southern end is finished. This morning the wharf was proving popular among the children and off it many youngsters were fishing. Spring Weather. —It is a considerable time since Hamilton experienced such a succession of fine days as during the past week. Bright sunshine has prevailed on every day and the indications are that the spring has definitely come. Only light frosts have been recorded this month and the weather has been very favourable for lambing, with the result that on most farms throughout the Waikato the season is well under way. Insobriety at Dances. —Several alleged incidents involving heavy drinking at dances were described at a meeting of tho Wnangarei Woman's Civic League and other organisations. After a lengthy discussion they carried a resolution appointing three delegates to wait upon the Whangarei Borough Council to suggest that a bylaw should be introduced laying down that no dance may be conducted without the authority of a special permit issued by the council. Southern Railway. —The first consignment of rails for the' northern section of the South Island Main Trunk railway arrived at Picton this week by the Northumberland, and the first of a series of loads was taken by a special train from Picton to Wharanui. The consignment comprises about 2000 rails, each weighing approximately half a ton, and will be used in laying the permanent way from Wharanui southward, probably as far as the Clarence.

Gaming Offenders. —For keeping common gaming houses, Melville Bernard Hooper was fined £2O, and Robert Baxter Murray, £lO, before Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., at Wanganui yesterday. In the Petone Police Court, Ernest Owen Oliver, hairdresser, of Petone, Ernest Armstrong Plummer, saloon keeper, of Upper Hutt, and John Purvis, agent, of Trentham, on charges of keeping premises as a common gaming house, were fined amounts totalling £lO5. The cases resulted from a raid.

Health Insurance. —Published statements purporting to give the method bv which tiie Government will finance the national health scheme were referred to by the Minister of Health, the Hon. P. Fraser, in an interview, j last night. He expressed surprise at their publication, and said that they were incorrect and Inaccurate. Mr. Fraser said that the statement emanating from Christchurch that “the Labour leaders and members of Parliament appear to have secured a fairly good indication of what the scheme will be” was purely conjecture. There was nof a tittle of fact to support such a statement. All you people must have heard at some time or other of Potter and Moore's Cosmetics, or Boyer, or of Morney’s, and you don’t need reminding that they are in the top flight of quality toilet preparations, of course vou pay extra for them, hut then you pay extra for pure silk stockings, don’t you? It’s just the same, there is just as much difference between these quality toilet lines and the cheaper goods as there is between pure and art silk stockings. The milk in this particular coconut, however, lies in the fact that we—Hooker on.l Kingston. Ltd., are selling the above-mentioned lines at substantial discounts, particularly Morney’s. which is being cleared at exactly half price. This brings a 6/6 box of fare powder into the 3/3 range. You: chance to stock up with the best at a comfortable price.****