LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20491, 6 May 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Dead In Bed. —Mr Francis Leopold Carlelon, an elderly man living 'alone in New Lynn, Auckland, was found dead in bed yesterday. He had not been seen since .Tuesday night and the neighbours informed the police.

Coronation Robes. —The Town Clerk, Mr W. L- Waddel, has received advice that the Coronation robes to be displayed in Hamilton will arrive from Rotorua on Thursday, May 12. They will be exhibited at the Bledisloe Hall, Ward Street, from 2.30 p.m. on Friday, May 13, until 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 14.

Saving In a Big Way.—” Wc have been told that thrift is the best means of making money,” said Mr G .Duncan, a Labour Party candidate for the Hamilton Borough Council, speaking at a public meeting at Frankton last evening. "We could all reap the wealth of the late John Rockefeller if we saved £IOOO a year for a million years.”

Garden Place Road.—" It is said that there is a surveyed road through Garden Place Ilill, but I would like to know how long ago it was surveyed,” said Mr W. J. Waters, at the public meeting in the Frankton Town Hall last evening. “ The road only goes back as far as Angelsea Street, and it is not so long ago that there was no cutting through the hill.”

Electricity Profits.—“ I have no objection to the electricity profits of the Borough Council being used for the kerbing and channelling of streets, but I object to that money being used in t]ie one area. Frankton has not had its share of the money,” said Mr C. G. Wright, a Labour candidate for the Hamilton Borough Council, speaking at a public meeting at Frankton last evening.

Alleged Failure to Provide.— Charged with failing to provide for his wife and infant children, Jack Dorman O'Hagan, alias Bennett, of Auckland, appeared before Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, to-day and, on the application of Sergeant T. Kelly, who appeared for the police, he was remanded to appear in Waihi next Monday.

Fertiliser Dispute.—Because of a dispute over wages men employed in the fertiliser works at Westfield of Kempthorne, Prosser and Company’s New Zealand Drug Company, Limited, yesterday morning refused to work. It is stated men were brought back on the previous evening to load manure, but as the trucks offering were inadequate work soon ceased and two hours’ wages were paid. The men claimed eight hours, as for a full shift.

Orange Shipment.—Bringing a record shipment of 24,500 cases of Cook Island oranges, the first of the season and the first to reach Auckland since Government control was resumed on May 1, the motor-ship Matua arrived from Rarotonga yesterday. Wholesale prices were later fixed at 7s Gd to J2s Gd a case, according to count, by (he Director of InterrAl Marketing, Mr F. R. Picot, in consultation with leading fruit merchants, and Mr Picot said later that he hoped the oranges would be sold retail at up to eight a shilling, or more.

The Woman’s Way—After listening attentively to Colonel S. J. E. Closey’s address on the compensating price principles at St. Peter’s Hall last evening, a young woman in the audience rose and remarked: ”1 know how the compensating price could be brought about in a day. Farmers should simply feed their milk to the pigs and refuse to allow any town supply.” There was a burst of laughter, Colonel Closey stating that farmers were “quiet, peaceable sort of chaps” who could not he persuaded to take direct action to secure their demands.

Telephone Records. —Records were made in telephone development and telephone business in the Dominion during the past financial year. Toll calls went up by 10.17 per cent, representing 1,337,036 more than the previous year and bringing the total to 14,480,207. The final month of the year saw 1G75 new connections. During the year the net increase in telephone connections was 945 G, an advance of 7 per cent, a rate of expansion which lias never previously been equalled. It brought the total number of telephones in use up to a record point of 147,840. King George Stamps.—Three new stamps for Niue and Cook Islands were issued on May 2, comprising two pictorials of 2s and 3s values and a Is stamp reproducing a fine portrait of King George YI., in military uniform, the intaglio line engraving being based on a photograph by Bertram Park, London. Steamer connections this month do not favour the prompt return of first-day covers from Niue and Cook Islands, therefore they Nvill not reach New Zealand until the first week in June- The second stamp of New Zealand’s issue to bear the King's portrait will be a Id, which is to replace the pictorial “ kiwi,” and this will probably be available during the latter half of June and not later than July 1. Household and Furnishing Week — Your chance to save big money on blankets, Down Quilts, Sheets, furnishings, etc., by purchasing this week ) from Hooker &- Kingston. Ltd. Super j values on all Manchester goods and then oh top of that there is a general I departmental offer of a penny in the j shilling ’viscount off all purchases!— I You can see what a big saving this will I be 8 1-3 per cent discount orr all goods 1 bought in our Manchester and furnishI ing departments this week! Hurry j along— * *

Poppy Day Receipts.—The Poppy Day collection in Auckland this year amounted to £2223, or £393 in excess of last year.

.Currency In London.—Fine gold in London on Thursday was quoted at £0 19s 7d an ounce £G 19s Gd on Wednesday), the dollar at 4.99 (4.98 1316) and the franc at 178 7-8 ,1682 .

Garden Place Hill. — ‘lf we are the next council, and I believe we will be, we will not take any action in the removal of Garden Place Hill,” said Mr C. Croall, the Labour candidate for the Hamilton Mayoralty, in reply to a question at the public meeting in the Frankton Town Hall last evening.

Books For Schools. —At a meeting of the Hamilton Library Committee last evening a letter was received from a primary school headmaster expressing appreciation of the action of the committee in circulating books to pupils. It was mentioned that during the year 608 books were on loan to six schools in Hamilton.

Motorist Imprisoned.— Pleading guilty to* being intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car on Dairy Flat Road on April 13, Eric James Hornell

(23), was sentenced to three weeks’, imprisonment by Mr C. R. Orr Walker, S.M., in the Police Court, Auckland, yesterday. His driving license was suspended for the remainder of the present period and he was prohibited from holding another for two years.

Not a Dairy Farm. —“A Minister of the Crown has stated that if our demands were granted New Zealand would be converted into a large dairy farm,” said Colonel S. J. E. Closey, advocating the compensated price for farmers in an address in Hamilton last evening. “For every man on a dairy farm there are seven in other occupations and there would still he that ratio under a compensating price system.”

Cost of Scouts’ Tour.—A statement that the total cost for New Zealand scouts to attend the Australian jamboree in December would be £lB each was made by the Dominion Commissioner, Mr H. Christie, at Nelson, yesterday. It had been erroneously stated that the fare alone would be £lB, but this would include boat and train fares and camping and living expenses for four weeks.

The Wool Cheque. —The value of wool sold in New Zealand this season was £8,793,873 against £14,903,257 last season, according to figures issued by the New Zealand Woolbrokers' Association, after a meeting in Christchurch. The difference in total realisation is thus £6,109,384, but as the woolbrokers’ figures contain particulars of wool sold at auction only, the actual deficit will be larger, almost certainly more than £7,000,000.

Christchurch Hotel Sold. —With the sale of the property and the license for £36,000, the Empire’Hotel. Christchurch a landmark since 1870, will disappear. The building will be reconstructed Into a departmental store and offices, and the license will be transferred to a new hotel- The sale brings transactions in real estate in the centre of Christchurch to approximately £285,000 within the last 13 months.

New Zealand Paper Mills. —A net profit of £12,796, compared with £9774 last year, is shown In the accounts of New Zealand Paper Mills, Limited, for the year ended March 3i. The directors are offering the 50,000 unissued shares in the present capital of the company at par in the proportion of one for three shares held to shareholders registered on May 4. The directors recommend a final dividend of 4 per cent, making 7 per cent for the year.

Opposition Leader’s Speech. —A public address will be delivered by the Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Adam Hamilton, in St. Francis' Hall, Hill Street, Wellington, adjacent to Parliament Buildings, on Monday night. Mr Hamilton will reply to various points made by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, in his speech in the Wellington Town Hal. 1 on April 20, and he will also outline the fundamental differences between the objective of the Government and that of the National Party. The speech will be broadcast in accordance with the undertaking given by the Prime Minister that these facilities would be extended to Mr Hamilton.

Minister’s Mistake.—Stated by the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. R. Semple, to have “Hed the country before he can be called on to prove his words or his charges.” Canon K. A Gowring, of Bristol, is still in New Zealand end left Auckland yesterday for the south before leaving th? Dominion on May 20. “M” Semple’s statements are evidently prompted by strong party politics,” Canon Gowring said. “So far as New Zealand is concerned. politics do not affect me. The circumstances as observed hv myself and others are apparent to Ihe meanest. intellect." Maintaining there was a decrease in drunkenness. Mr Semple, speaking at Christchurch yesterday, said: “I consider that this canon’s statements about crime and drunkenness constitute an insult to our young men and women, and an infamous falsehood generally. In the face of figures which prove him wrong, ibis Christian gentleman gi /es this amazing exhibition of Christian charity and wisdom and makes an outrageous statement of this nature, and then he gets on his running shoes and leaves the country.”