LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20736, 21 February 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Gift to University The Auckland University College has been presented by Mr H. Dearslev with about 20 acres of property at Oratia. in the Waitakere Ranges, for extending botanical studies.

Trout Streams Polluted At the Magistrate's Court at Greymouth yesterday the Jack brothers were fined £lO for allowing sawdust to flow into the Deep Creek and Arnold River trout-fishing streams. Defendants were similarlv fined in December, 1937. Scout Jamboree Many overseas inquiries have been received by the organisers of the Centennial Boy Scout jamboree. It is now certain that the 6000 boys who will meet under canvas at Teretaunga. Wellington, in December will include representatives of many nationalities. Thrown From Car When the door on the driver’s side suddenly flew open, Mr B. J. Elliott (24) single, of Pukekohe. the driver was thrown to the road and received a broken right arm and a cut on the forehead. The car continued on, hit a telegraph pole about nine inches thick and snapped it off at the base, eventually stopping in a fence 10 yards further on. Motor Cycles Vanishing “The more one travels on the roads the fewer motor cycles one sees,” said Mr D. B. Livingstone at the meeting of the Waipa County Council at Te Awamutu yesterday. The matter under discussion was the proposed imposition of restrictions on the use of motor cycles, which was referred to in a letter from the Commissioner of Transport.

Room for 10,000,000 People “We have the richest country in the world, which could hold 10,000,000 people, and we must modernise, we must keep in step with science, knowledge and invention. We must visualise the day when we will be a great nation,” said the Hon. R. Semple, Minister of Public Works, speaking at a social gathering held in his honour at Kaea yesterday.

Bands Not Guaranteed When an application for a contribution for a guarantee not exceeding £250 came before the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last evening in relation to the Easter band contest to be held in Hamilton, it was decided that the chamber was not empowered to make provision for guarantees. It was agreed, however, that consideration would be given to the granting of a donation should the contest be a failure financially. X-Ray Film Danger Doubt whether hospital authorities in the Dominion realised the danger from X-ray negatives stored in their institutions was expressed at a meeting of the Hawera Hospital Board to-day, when fire prevention and extinction were being discussed. It was stated that in the event of fire, fumes issuing from burning negatives could take heavy toll of patients confined to their beds. Conversion of Car Pleading guilty before Messrs R. Sprague and A. D. Jones. J's.P., in the Te Aroha Court yesterday to charges of converting a car and driving while under the influence of liquor, James Dixon, a young married Maori, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment on the first count and on the second he was fined £5 and his license was cancelled. Constable Monson stated that after appropriating the car a:cused drove it to Paeroa, where he picked up another Maori. lie returned in the afternoon and while trying to avoid another vehicle the car capsized. Duties of Professions A profession, after all, was something more than a body of people who had acquired technique or manual dexterity, said Mr W. H. Cocker, president of the Auckland University College, when speaking at the opening of Ihe annual inference of the New Zealand Institution of Engineers, in Auckland yesterday. It should be based on conduct and a code of ethics. Mr Cocker stressed the need for close association between any body of professional men and the academic institutions of the ’Dominion. Chinese and Maori Woman Stating that from investigations it appeared that the woman was living with the Chinese in Hamilton and that they came to blows in Ferguson Street, Auckland, on Sunday evening after the woman had had some liquor, SubInspector Fox said the woman appeared to be the aggressor when Joe Fon (39) a Chinese fruit hawker and Lora Tin Roberts (24) a Maori domestic were charged in the Auckland Police Court yesterday with fighting in a public place. The magistrate, Mr F. 11. Levien, ordered the accused to come up for sentence within three months if called upon. Hamilton Aerodrome It was reported at the meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last evening that officers of the Public Works Department have inspected the aerodrome at Rukuhia with a view to considering the possibilities of improving the site in order that the aerodrome could be used by air service planes. Mr C. A. Barrell, M.P. for Hamilton, who was present at the meeting, said he did not think the big air-liners would use the aerodrome as the officials did not like the planes leaving the coast. Smaller planes could use the aerodrome, however, when it was improved. Cement Manufacture Under the power of the Industrial Efficiency Act of 1936, the Bureau of Industry* has considered the position of cement manufacture in the Dominion. in view of applications to establish a number of new cement works. All these were declined. No reasons 'are officially given by the bureau for its decision. Cement manufacture has made substantial advances within the last few years. There were 50 lime and cement works in 1935, but the last recorded total was 60, employing 653 persons. The output has risen from 96,587 tons in 1935 to a total of 151,277 tons valued at £836,048. Booklet on Hamilton An application for an article from a commercial firm contemplating the publication of a historical booklet on Hamilton was received by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last evening. Members feared that an article from the chamber might lie used to attract advertising for the book if businessmen thought the chamber supported t lie scheme. Mr N. 11. Hooker said the chamber contemplated publishing a booklet on Hamilton for the centennial, a task which would soon have to be considered. He was anxious that the publication should he produced locally. It was decided not to contribute an article as requested but to offer notes on the , subject if necessary.