LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20511, 30 May 1938, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Famous Tenor for Australia. —The famous tenor Richard Tauber and his wife will embark at Naples on the Arama for Australia.

11 So Many Beginnings.”— 44 In New Zealand we have so many beginnings art in Hamilton on Saturday night.

me,” said Mr Arnold Goodwin, of Auckland, in an address on dramatio art in Hamilton on Saturday night

Fencer Found Dead.—Mr James Gadsbury (53), a fencer, was found dead in his whare at Whatatutu, East Coast. A gun was found under the bed. Deceased was last seen alive on Thursday.

Fast Air Journsy.—An average groundspeed of 167 miles an hour was maintained by the Auckland Aero Club’s Beechcraft machine in a fast flight from Dunedin to Auckland on Friday. The flying time was 4h. 15m.

Too Much Talk.— 44 Too much talk and too little happening. Bernard Shaw could do that sort of thing, but everyone is not a Bernard Shaw,” said Mr Arnold Goodwin, of Auckland, when commenting on one of the original plays presented in Hamilton on Saturday night.

Ran Off Road. — A minor mishap occurred on the main road near Huntly early yesterday morning when a taxi from Hamilton driven by Mr G. Jackson ran off the road at a bend. The car ran only a short distance off the road, however, receiving no serious damage, while the two passengers, bound for Rangiriri, received only scratches.

Two Prisoners Escape.—Two prisoners, named Fielding and Crook, escaped from the Waikune Prison Gamp, about four miles from National Park station, yesterday afternoon. Search parties of warders and police were immediately formed but the men had not been recaptured at a late hour last night.

Demand for Typists.—Typists for office work are reported to be in great demand in Auckland, the shortage being attributed to the increased marriage rate and to the reduction of hours effected by legislation. A third reason advanced is that the expansion of the civil service in the last two years has provided work for many junior female typists at wages which private employers cannot afford to pay.

New Zealand Dramatist. — 44 Mr A. E. Coppard. of Auckland, is the nearest approach we have to a dramatibt," said Mr Arnold Goodwin, of Auckland, in an address in Hamilton on Saturday night. 41 He starts from the stage—sees In pictures—and his events actually happen. The plays I have seen to-night have the weakness that they are written outside inwards, instead of from inwards outwards.”

Fewer Lambs Killed.—A falling off in the killing of lambs and a decline in- shipments of pork are features of the latest returns issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board for the season from October 1 to May 15. For the seven and a-half months of the season which have elapsed the Dominion killings of lambs are 4139 carcases lower at 8,324,886. Killings in the North Island at 4,304,438 are 280,730 carcases lower than at the same date last season. South Island killings have risen by about 280,000 carcases to 4,020,448.

Short Court Sitting.—With only a light list, the session in the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court this morning was of unusually Ishort duration for a Monday, the entire' business being completed within 15 minutes. Usually the court business on a Monday occupies the whole morning and the major part of the afternoon, a large number of cases being defende'd. The brevity of this morning’s session may be partly accounted for by the fact that none of the cases was defended The average number of cases before the court on a Monday is about 35, while last week there was a total of 44.

Radio Licenses.—An increase of 34,055, or 12-9 per cent, is shown in radio licenses in force in New Zealand at April 30, compared with the total on the same date last year. According to a statement issued by the Post and Telegraph Department, there were 262,852 effective licenses Issued on April 30 this year, as against 228,797 in 1937. The advance is due mainly to the increase in private receiving sets, licenses for which totalled 226,476 on April 30, 1937, and 260,368 on April 30 this year. There is a reduction of 15 in broadcasting licenses issued on April 30, 1938, compared with last year, the Government having taken over most of the private stations.

Drunken Maori's Offence.—ln the Police Court at Te Aroha this morning before Messrs. R. Sprague and W. T. Dale, J's.P., Taro Tuku Karanui, a farm hand, of Shaft-sbury, was charged with being drunk and disorderly and with using obscene language. On the first charge he was fined £2 in default seven days' imprisonment and on the second, £5 in default 14 nays' gaol.

Dargaville Hospital.—The Kaipara Hospital Board has decided by five votes to four to construct a new hospital at Dargaville, the cost not to exceed £BO,OOO. Motorist Exonerated.—ln a deferred deoision given in the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, to-day by Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., a, charge of negligently driving a motor truck on the Hamil-ton-Gordonton. Road, on sMapoh 12, preferred against Cornelius McDevitt (Mr A. L. Tompkins) was dismissed. When McDevitt was charged recently with being intoxicated In charge of a mo-tor vehicle and also with negligent driving, the latter information was deferred by the magistrate until after MoDevitt’s appeal against his conviction on the former count had been heard. At the last session of the Supreme Court, In Hamilton, the appeal was upheld by the Chief Justice, Sir Miohael Myers.