STOP PRESS NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20732, 16 February 1939, Page 8

STOP PRESS NEWS

DE/VIPSTER HITS OUT VISITORS 103 FOR TWO WICKF.7S After a quiet period Dempster and Hardstaff opened out and Dempster brought his score to 50 and the century up in 160 minutes with a six over ■l.e long-off boundary from aright. Hardstaff never really settled down and was caught backward off point by Jordan off Clough for six, and three VISITORS 177 FOR FIVE WICKETS *1 the tea adjournment wen.: Ha/u----u-.. l/iaxwcil b Going, Oluiieiu. n Si; l/iudge, ,n, m ; extras '.U: iou-l for iivc wickets 177. BUILDING TRADESMEN SELECTION IN MUo t RkulA WELLINGTON, Tnursday. The Prime Minister, the Right Hon. M. J. Savage, announced to-day that Mr J. Hodgens, M.P. for Palmerston, was goin to Australia almost immediately to select building tradesmen for employment in housing construction in New Zealand. Mr Hodgens, who is a builder, will have a free hand in selection.

BRITISH DEFENCE HUGE SCHEME OUTLINED LONDON Feb 15The White Paper on defence, presented in the House of Commons, say 6 the system of erecting factories at the Government expense and managed by businessmen has been extended. Royal Air Force recruits for the year ending March 31, 1939, will probably reach 35,000. Ov6r 2500 volunteer reservists are being trained as pilots. The Territorial Army has been reorganised to conform with the Regular Army, with the addition of motcr cycle battalions. Balloon barrage lias been extended to the provinces, and comprises 47 squadrons. Air raid precautions volunteers enrolled to December totalled 1.150,000. Steel shelters are being provided for 10,000,000 people. 50,000 beds, niattressed, are being distributed to hospitals and institutions, and 200,000 blankets ordered. Sixty warships, with a total tonnage of 120,000, are expected to be added to the fleet during the forthcoming financial year. The report concludes that the Government is confident that the people will be ready to bear the heavy burden involved and share the determination of the Government to ensure the adequacy of our defence preparations.

Brewery Profits Net profits of Carlton Brewery, Limited, Melbourne, for the year ended December 31 were £136,500, compared with £135,533 in 1937. The dividend is at the unchanged rate of 15 per cent., requiring £122,519. Centennial Memorial The Hamilton Borough Council last evening decided to recommend to the Hamilton Centennial executive committee that Jesmond Park be laid out in a suitable manner to mark the Centennial. Small Boat in Squall Two men in a flat-bottomed boat were caught in a squall in Waitemata Harbour yesterday, and being unable to return to the shore owing to the strong wind, they had an alarming experience in high seas before landing at Motutapu Island some hours later. The men were Mr Alexander B. Lee, married (25), and Mr Horace Parker, mechanic, of Point Chevalier. Prisoner at Large Alfred Hicks Howell (22), labourer, escaped from the Waikune prison camp, near National Park, at 4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Hamilton police have been advised to keep a look-out for the prisoner, whose description is as follows: Height, sft. 9in.; fresh complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, medium build. Imitating Heather Honey An attempt to imitate Scotch heather honey in an effort to find a market for dark New Zealand honey had not been unsuccessful, said Mr A. 11. Honeylleld, supervisor of Die honey division of the Internal Marketing Department, at the annual Field day of South Auckland beekeepers, held yesterday. At the present time there was no overseas market for dark honey, but local confectionery manufacturers were absorbing a limited quantity. Cars Parked in Streets Objection to the practice of car owners parking their vehicles in the streets at nights was voiced by Mr J. R. Fow at a meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council last evening. The practice was a dangerous one and the speaker thought that something should be done to check it. The difficulty of securing sufficient accommodation for ihe cars was mentioned by Mr \Y. \Y. IMllicar, who questioned whether there was a by-law preventing motorists from parking their vehicles on the streets at nights.— No action was taken in the matter.