LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20281, 25 August 1937, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Liner Delayed.—The departure of the liner Aorangi from Auckland last evening was deferred until 3 p.m. today through intermittent rain interfering with the handling of cargo.

Child Fractures Arm.— Through falling from a bed at his home in Victoria Street yesterday a four-year-old child. Jack Rouse, received a fractured arm. He was admitted to the Waikato Hospital.

New Zealand Drug.—The directors of Messrs Kempthorne Prosser and Company's New Zealand Drug Company, Limited, have declared an interim dividend of 3£ per cent, for the halfyear ended July 31. H.M.S. Celth for Canton Island.— The escort vessel Leith is to sail from Suva to-day for Canton Island. She will take a Government official from Fiji who will remain there three months.

Wilson Home Opens.—Twenty-five children, all infantile paralysis cases, were the first patients to arrive at the Wilson Home for Crippled Children, Taka-puna, yesterday. They were transferred by ambulance from the Auckland Hospital. The official opening ceremony of the home will take place on Saturday afternoon.

iVloa Bones Search.—Advice has been received in Wanganui that the Government is prepared to grant £I2OO toward the cost of further excavations for moa bones for museum purposes. The Wanganui Museum authorities, intermittently over the last few years, have been excavating for moa bones on the property of Mr J. Todd, of Makirikiri, with a marked degree of success, but the work has been hampered by shortage of funds.

Show Attendances.—When the New Zealand Industries Fair closed nt Christchurch on Saturday night, it had been visited by over 70,000 people, a new record in winter show attendances in Christchurch. The attendance each day was from 800 to 1000 more than on the corresponding days of last year’s show, and on Saturday tiie attendance was 10,000, a figure that has been reached only once before in the history of Christchurch winter shows.

Tokanul Hospital. Recently the Hamilton Library Committee sent a consignment of books to the Tokanui Hospital, and Dr. Tothill, the superintendent, wishes to thank the committee and also many private' donors of books. It is intended to form a library at the hospital as the books give many of the patients a great deal A pleasure, and further donations will be welcome. Arrangements have been made for books to be called for, if donors will telephone to either 1526 or 2884, Hamilton.

No War Risk. —lt is unlikely that insurance companies in New Zealand and other countries will be involved in any serious losses as a result of the heavy damage to property by fire during the fighting in Shanghai. For some time insurance companies all over the world have been refusing to give war risk cover on landed property anywhere, and insurance officials in Auckland therefore consider it is improbable that companies in general will be Involved to any extent in any damage due to war action. It is stated that this course was adopted by insurance organisations as a result of the war in Spain.

Waterfront Dispute.—Through a dispute between seamen and waterside workers as to the manning of the winches of the small coastal vessel Taupata at Lyttelton, another vessel, the Union Steam Ship Company’s Waimarino, was held up yesterday and she was sent away in the evening with most of her Auckland cargo for Lyttelton still in the holds. On the Taupata yesterday morning the watersiders repeated their demand that watersiders should displace the seamen at the winches. This was refused by the agents for the vessel and the men thereupon le t for their homes. The dispute has been referred by the shipping companies to the Shipowners' Federation at Wellington.

Barest Essentials.—Based on the information supplied by representative trades, firms and merchanls, a table was submitted by Mr P. M. Butler, on behalf of the employees, at the standard wage hearing in the Arbitration Court at Auckland yesterday, to show the weekly cost of barest essentials for a family of a man, his wife, and three children. The items were:—• Boot repairs, 3s; coal, 4s; rent (lowest) £1 10s; meat. 11s 3d; bread, ss. vegetables and fruit, 13s; fish, Jod, hospital and medical, 4s; groceries (dry only). £l 10s; light. Is 3d; iras (heating and cooking', 4s, milk and cream, 3s Id; making a total of £5 9s 5d a week. No allowance was made for clothing, furniture, new bools, entertainments, beverages, sports bodies, rates, education, newspapers, laundry supplies, linen replacements. crockery replacements, books

or library subscription, insurance, lodge, and union, wireless, postages, railway or tram fares and many other Items.

AH good things come to an end, they sny —and they are quite right, too. Hooker and Kingston’s Sale is coming to an end, for a very important reason, and that is because our winter slock is coming to an end. it’s a fact that we have had a wonderful Sale—people are beginning realise that ' special value” and they are taking advantage of it to a greater degree c verv day. We are definitely closing the sale on Saturday next, August 28, and lor this next week, we are sorting out some real “plums” so watch our windows and our advertisements, it will piv you I We sell the better class goods at a reasonable price—we don't handle unreliable lines, and that is Hie secret of our popularity.-•

IVlataki Dredging. —The telegraphed return of Mataki Gold Dredging, Ltd., for the week ended \ugust 22 was 27 ounces for 132 hours’ work and 9600 yards.

Currenoy In London. —Fine gold in London on Monday was quoted at £6 19s 4*d (£6 19s 4d on Monday), the dollar~at 4.98 13-16 (4.99), and the franc at 132 27-32 (132 27-32).

Airport Attendants in Uniform. —Attendants at the New Plymouth airport will wear uniform in future. The innovation is the result of increased public use of flying facilities since the inauguration of the Wellington-Auck-land service.

Fish Kmed by Cold. —So intensely cold was a recent night in Sydney that many fish became half paralysed and were washed up on Watson's Bay beach. 'Others in the water were caught by hand. Many residents gathered to watch the sight.

Napler-Wairoa Line.—The first of the regular service goods trains from Napier to Watroa left Napier at 7.20 on Monday evening, its 19 cars containing 230 tons of goods for the northern station. Early yesterday morning a train arrived in Napier from Wairoa with trucks of cattle.

Woman Candidate at Elections. — Writing to a friend in Wellington. Mrs Knox Gilmer, who is at present in England, states that she will be returning to New Zealand at the end of the year, and has definitely decided to be a candidate for Wellington North at the general election.

Launch Driven on Reef.—Four men In the 30ft launch Oranga, used at toe Salvation Army home for Inebriates at Roto Roa Island, Hauraki Gulf, had a trying experience last evening, when the engine failed and the vessel was driven on to Ponut Reef. At 10 p.m. the launch was located and towed In heavy seas to Roto Roa Island.

Bad News for Farmers.—“ I am afraid the Government is delaying announcing the guaranteed price so as to put off as long as possible the bad news they have for the farmers.” commented Mr O. C. Mazengarb. of Wellington, in his address in support of the National Party in the Theatre Royal last evening.

East Coast Roads. —An allocation of £220,000 ha-s been made to the No. 3 District Highways Council this year, compared with £130.000 for the previous year. This information was given at the annual meeting of the council by the chairman. Mr R. H. P. Ronayne, the district engineer for the Public Works Department.

Free of Interest.—The Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. Nash, stated that an Order-in-Council under the Hawke's Bay Earthquake Act had been i-ssued on August 18 and would be gazetted. It referred to the Government’s decision to make all loans under the Act to private mortgagors free of interest for the remaining period of the currency of these loans.

Interjectors Silenced.—“ If that interjector does not keep quiet he can get out. I’ll ask the respectable part of this audience to get near those interjectors and name them,” said the Mayor of Hamilton, Mr J. R. Fo%v, during the address by Mr O. C. Mazengarb, of Wellington, in the Theatre Royal last evening. There were no further interjections for a considerable time.

New Courthouses.—The Intention of the Government to push forward steadily with the reconstruction of courthouses In order of urgency in places in the Dominion where the existing buildings and facilities were unsatisfactory was mentioned by the Minister of Justice, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, when referring last night to representations by the grand Jury concerning the court building at New Plymouth.

Unique Printing Department.—A printing department that is probably unique was described by Miss J. McGregor, a missionary on furlough from the Ramabai Mukti Mission, India, during an adrress in Hamilton last evening. This department is attached to the Ramabai Mission, and all the work connected with printing, including the operating of oil engines whkh power the presses, is carried out by women.

Interjector on Platform. —When a persistent interjector at Mr O. C. Mazengarb's meeting at the Theatre Royal last evening asked the speaker to read a certain passage direct from Hansard he was Invited by Mr Mazengarb to go on the platform and read the passage himself. The Interjector was prompt in accepting the Invitation and after reading the passage sat in conspicuous silence by the side of the Mayor, Mr J. R. Fow, on the platform, for the remainder of the meeting.

Hawks and Bhags.—A campaign for killing hawks and shags, which are considered to be a direct menace to bird life and trout, is being waged in the Rotorua and Taupo districts. Last month 58 shags were destroyed’ by rangers of the Department of internal Affairs. In a few days’ time the campaign will no doubt be intensified on account of the price placed by the Government upon the heads and feet of the birds —2s in respect of each shag and 6d for each hawk killed within the Rotorua acclimatisation area. Official notices to that effect arc now being posted in the district.

His First Brief.—Mr Lester F. Moller, a Dunedin Rhodes Scholar, who is still studying at Oxford University, was briefed as junior counsel in the Privy Council recently. To appear before the Privy Council's Judicial committee is the ambition of all barrislers, but probably Mr Moller’s distinction of appearing before that court with actually the first brief of his legal career is not shared by any other lawyer. The case in which Mr Mollcr appeared was tlie appeal of tlie Mount Albert Borough Council (Auckland) from the decision of the New ZealauJ Court of Appeal In favour of the Australasian Temperance and General Life Association.

Big Increase In Profit.—The benefit of the increased activity in tho _ motoring trade, resulting from an im- 1 provement in economic conditions * s throughout Australia, Is demonstrated ' ( In the accounts of the Dunlop-Per- t ll driau Dubhcf Company, Limited, for I the year ended June 30, which show ! . a net profit of £409,761, ns compared * with £303,680 in the previous year ! and £113.016 in 1935. A similar | V sharp profit increase is shown in I lie I accounts or Barnet Glass Rubber Coni- | pany, whose earnings in the year ended ■ . June 30 were £81.367, compared with „ £48,836 in the previous year and £45,794 in 1935. The dividend on or- \ ' dinary shares were raised from 8 per , cent, to 11 per cent.