LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20504, 21 May 1938, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Closing Day In Te Aroha.—According to this week’s New Zealand Gazette Saturday will be the statutory closing day in Te Aroha as from June 6.

British Treasury Bills.—The total amount applied for in tenders for £35,000,000 worth of British Treasury bills was £74,300,000. The average rate per cent for bills at three months was 10/1.11, against 10/1.12 a week ago.

Walhi Junction Mine.—Profits of the Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company, Limited, for the year ended December 31, 1937, were £9622, after transferring £4500 from developments re'serve account to profit and loss account. This compares with a net profit of £7212 in the previous year.

Another Derailment.—When the bogey on the 30-ton tender of the Napier passenger train left the rails in pulling out of the Palmerston North railway station at 7.21 a.m. yesterday two route lines le’adlng to Napier and Wanganui were blocked for an hour and 25 minutes, until the engine had been jacked back into position.

Kauri Timber Dividend.—The directors of the Kauri Timber Company, Limited, have decided to pay an interim dividend of 2i per cent for the half-year ended February 28. In the previous financial year the company followed an interim dividend of 2£ per cent with a final payment of 3£ per cent.

Prisoner Recaptured.—A youth who escaped from the Borstal Institution at Invercargill on Thursday was captured yesterday. Later he appeared In the Children's Court on charges of escaping from a place of legal confinement, converting two cars to his own use, and stealing a suitcase and its contents. He was remanded until Wednesday.

Guilty of Fraud.—Trevor George Bain (31), warehouseman, was found guilty in the Supreme Court, Auckland, yesterday on 32 charges of fraud and theft from Briscoe and Company, Limited, and was remanded for sentence. The charges were based on allegations that accused had stolen money paid to his firm for motor tyres and had falsified stock sheets. The trial began on Monday.

Payment for Butter.—A remit requesting the Government to pay for butter “ex factory” instead of “f.0.b.” subject to grading, was lost on a show of hands at the Auckland Provincial Conference of the Farmers’ Union. A similar fate befell an amendment urging the Union to support any action of dairy companies in altering the present system of holding butter in store for indefinite periods, thus increasing the cost to the farmer.

Polo-Minded.—“The women servants in the hotel were infected with the spirit of polo and they were riding their brooms around the house,” said Mr C. Meredith, assistant-man-ager of the New Zealand Polo All Blacks, in describing the team’s stay at a Sydney hotel during the tournament in which the Australasian Gold Cup was annexed. Mr Meredith made the remarks during the complimentary dinner tendered to the players in Cambridge on Thursday. - m

£1133 Damages Awarded.—Damages totalling £1133 were awarded in the Supreme Court, Auckland, yesterday to Harold Gordon Allan, aircraftsman (23), of Hobsonville, against Albert Ainsworth, lorry driver, of New Lynn. Allan had his right knee injured in a collision between a • motor-cycle he was riding and a lorry driven by defendant at New Lynn on August 6 of last year, and for this he claimed £2500 general and £175 special damages. Defendant admitted liability, but disputed the amount of the claim.

Taxi Proprietor Charged.—To charges of conducting an unlicensed passenger service between Waihi and Paeroa on the occasion of the Paeroa races on March 17 and 19, Egerton Joseph Burns, taxi proprietor, of Waihi, pleaded not guilty in the Paeroa Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Defendant contended that individual fares had not been accepted. The magistrate stated that on the evidence he had to dismiss the case, although he did not believe that individual fares were not paid by the passengers.

Lord Rutherford’s Letters. —Personal letters, written by the late Lord Rutherford to his mother, tracing the great scientist’s progress in England and dealing with many of his intentions and achievements in the realm of science, have disappeared.- They are sought by two biographers. Some years ago they were committed to the care of a firm of solicitors in New Plymouth, whose premises were reconstructed and the documents were removed to temporary premises- A most diligent search has failed to reveal them.

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Industrial Production. —The British Board of Trade's index of industrial production in the first quarter of 1938 was 1.1 per cent higher than a year ago, hut showed a decrease, of 2.9 per cent from the preceding quarter. Currenoy In London.—Fine gold was quoted in London yesterday at £7 Is lid an ounce (£7 0s lAd on Thursday , the dollar at 4.96 5-8 4.96 5-8) and thef franc at 177 5-8 (177 5-8). Lost Beat by One Vote.—Mr W. T. Burrell, a Labour candidate has applied for a magisterial reoount In the Lower Hutt municipal elections. On the official count Mr Burrell lost the ninth council seat by one vote, 2777 —2776. Btolen Safe Recovered.—The safe stolen from the Harake Meat Company’s shop at Kerepeehl last Saturday night was recovered at Waltakaruru on Thursday, it had been blown open and cash and cheques valued at about £4 removed. The books were Intact, hut other papers were widely scattered. Maori Girl’s Suicide. —A verdict of suicide was returned by the Coroner at Whakatane yesterday at the inquest concerning, Waimatau Onekawa (17), a married Maori girl, who was found shot in her whare at Matakl. on Wednesday. Her husband, Tata Tiraha, said his wife had never indicated that she had anv intention of taking her 11 f 6. Mr Jordan Supported.—The following resolution has been passed by the executive of the Auckland branch of the League of Nations Union: ‘‘That this meeting wholeheartedly supports the action taken by the High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr W. J. Jordan, at Geneva, in opposing recognition of the Italian conquest of Abyssinia, as the very principle of the Covenant is at stake on this Issue.’” Haurakl Plains Relief.—Relief to settlers on the Hauraki Plains whose properties suffered damage in the recent floods was promised by the Minister of Lands, the Hon. F. Langstone, at Kerepeehl yesterday. If It were possible, said the Minister, he w’ould arrange that the whole of the' settlers’ herds would be taken to the Te Kultl district and kept until the plains were ready for them. Regarding the restoration of 9top banks, the Minister said the problem seemed to be a national undertaking and he would use his Influence to promote a soheme which would adequately protect the settlers.