LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20729, 13 February 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

An Early Queue in Hamilton The longest theatre queue ever seen in Hamilton formed outside the box office for the Russian Ballet season this morning. People arrived before 6 a.m. Burglars Remove Bafe Burglars entered the grocery store of Pennys, Limited, in Broad Street, ] Stratford, on Saturday morning and j removed the safe weighing 2001 h. It oontained £3B in money besides cheque and papers. Death of Pope Reference to the death of Pope Pius XI. was made by ministers in several Hamilton churches yesterday. Tributes were paid to his efforts for peace and his sincere piety. Requiem Mass will be celebrated at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary to-morrow. Rotary Club Address An address on “ Speech Training ’’ was given to the Hamilton Rotary Club at its weekly luncheon to-day by Mr Haydn George, M.A. Visiting Rotarians were Mr W. Coltman, of Auckland, and Mr W. H. Coltman, of Invercargill. Cruiser Achilles Returning The cruiser Achilles has been recommissioned for service in New Zealand, and will leave Portsmouth, England, on February 21. She will spend a month at Gibraltar to enable her to Uke part in training exercises, and will arrive at Auckland on May 8. Godwits Plentiful Good bags of godwits were secured by Messrs F. and C. Geek, of Te Kauwhata, Mr P. Clark, of Waiuku, and D. D. Wilson, of Hamilton, when shooting at Karaka during the weekend. They reported that the birds were seen in exceptionally large numbers and that those secured were in very good condition. Struck With Qolf Club Mr Herbert Roy Walden (20), of Ulster Street, Hamilton, was struck on the nose with a golf club in Hamilton on Saturday. The blow fractured the nose and Mr Waldfn was admitted to the Waikato Hospital for treatment before proceeding home. Exports of Meat Figures just issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’* Board show that exports of chilled beef, mutton and boneless beef for the first four months of the current season to January 31 were higher than in the same period of last season. Lamb, pork and frozen beef were lower. German Barque Leaves After over a fortnight m port the North German Lloyd auxiliary barque Kommodore Johnsen, the largest sailing vessel in the world, left Auckland for Spencer Gulf, South Australia, early on Saturday. She will take a cargo of wheat from South Australia and expects to be in Germany about June or July* Laurel Leaves for Ballet Dancers Bouquets for women principals of stage companies are usual, but laurel wreaths for the men are rare. At Auckland on Saturday night David Lichine, Anton Dolin and Paul Petroff were handed these tributes of appreciation at the final fall of the curtain, amid the enthusiastic applause of the audience. Final Wheat Payment Final payment of 3d a bushel on the 1938 wheat crop is to be made to-morrow by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, at Christchurch. This would bring the total payment for the 1938 crop to 5s 9d a bushel, f.o.b. Tuscan, March basis, and involved a distribution of over £6OOO among the wheat growers. Donation of Islet A novel yachting trophy, a lonely barren islet, has been donated to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron by the Mayor of Auckland, Sir Ernest Davis. Known as Happy Jack, the islet is about a mile off Mansion House Bay and is almost covered at high tide. It is well known by yachtsmen, who usually keep a sharp look-out for it when sailing at night. Postal Box Thefts Seven postal boxes in the Papatoetoe, Otahuhu and Penrose areas, including four forced open by thieves on Friday were broken into and cleared of their contents on Saturday night or early yesterday morning. Each lock was neatly snapped off, and the thief was able to open the boxes and remove any letters that had accumulated since the last clearance on Saturday. A search revealed a number of letters, opened and then discarded, at the roadside in Papatoetoe. They had apparantely contained nothing of value. Pluvlus Insurance For the first time since pluvlus insurances were made available three years ago through the Hamilton branch office of the company dealing in such covers a claim has been met. The cover was taken out for Anniversary Day by the Te Awamutu Amateur Athletic Club which has collected £IOO as a result of the heavy rain. There was no doubt about the specified amount of five points of rain falling on that day when a record fall was experienced in the Waikato. Although a number of such policies have been taken out by various bodies over the past three years no claims have previously been met. ( £IOOO Damages Awarded Holding that a motor-car accident in which her husband, Eru Brown, a Maori was killed, arose out of, and in t.he course of his employment, the Arbitration Court has given judgment in favour of the widow, Erena Brown, of Manutuke, Gisborne, against the New 7 Zealand Workers’ Industrial Union of Workers, by which he was employed. She w 7 as awarded £IOOO compensation and £l7 funeral expenses, the Court pointing out that, although Mrs Brown had been paid £I3OO in respect to two accident policies held by her husband, the amount could not be set off against the employer's liability. if it existed.

Dog Causes Fatality? An inquest into the death of .Tames Rudolph Tynan, who was found at Houhoroa on January 9 with a gunshot, wound in his neck, was held by the district coroner Mr L. A. Mclntosh, at Whahgarei. The coroner's verdict was that Tynan died of a wound from a shotgun accidentally discharged. The position of the wound showed that Tynan could not have reached the trigger with his hand, and his foot could not have been inserted within the guard. There was no sitrn of the trigger having been worked by string, and it was considered that one of the dogs jumping round had touched it.