LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20819, 1 June 1939, Page 8

LOCAL AND GENERAL

No Bankruptcies .No petitions in bankruptcy were lodged in Palmerston North, during May. Two were tiled in the corresponding neriod of 1938. Currency In London Fine gold was quoted in London jesterdav at £7 8s s£d an ounce (the *Gine as" on Tuesday . the dollar at 4.681 (4.081 and the franc at 17GJ 1701 . Maori’s Regret “If 1 wasn't married I wouldn’t be in debt,” said a Maori in the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court when being examined, under a judgment summons, as to the origin of his debts. Boy In Iron Lung A message from Auckland yesterday afternoon stated that Donald Nairn, the boy who was brought by air from Wellington for treatment in the iron lung at the Auckland Hospital, was reported to be a JitlJe better. Fires In Hamilton During May the Hamilton Fire Brigade received calls to 11 fires, these including two property, two rubbish and six chimney outbreaks. In the corresponding mouth last year six calls were received. Hamilton Bankruptcies Three petitions in bankruptcy were filed in Hamilton last month, compared with two for the same period last year. The bankrupts in May, 11*38, were a baker and a labourer, and this year the petitioners were two labourers and a timber merchant. Overloaded Truck For over-loading a truck 1 ton 19 cwt in excess of the classification of the road upon which he was driving, Donald RulT, a farmer, of Aramiro, was convicted and lined £2, with costs, by Mr 8. L. Paterson, 8.M., in the Magistrate’s -Court, Hamilton, to-day. Research in Tropical Medicine Many years of practical research in tropical .medicine have been spent by Dr. Alfred Clark, who arrived by the Rimulaka from London yesterday. Dr. Clark’s work lias included experiments relating to facial eczema and he may consult with officers of the Department of Agriculture.

Special Church Meeting A special united after-church service has been arranged by the Hamilton Ministers’ Association for Sunday evening at 8.15 p.m. This is primarily for visitors to Hamilton for the Show, and will be conducted hy the local ministers, assisted by the united churches’ choir which sang at the town mission last year. House Shortage Further evidence of the acute shortage of houses in Hamilton was gained this week when, as the result of one advertisement in the Waikato Times for a house to let, more than IUO replies were received by the owner within 24 hours. Applications continued to stream in over the next two days. Fin© for Speeding A fine of £i, with costs, was imposed by Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., upon Sydney Herbert Liddle, in the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, to-day, when he was prosecuted by TrafficInspector G. D. Treadgold, of the Transport Department, for exceeding the speed limit of 30 miles an hour in the restricted area of Grey Street, Hamilton East. Onekaka Iron Ore Deposits Supplies of iron ore on the Onekaka field are not there in anything like the quantities originally expected by the Government. This was stated definitely by the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, at Christchurch on Tuesday evening. But it is still likely that the proposed State iron and steel project will be started in view 7 of tlie troubled conditions in Europe.

Dangerous Driving Speeding up to approximately 65 miles an hour to prevent TrafficInspector 'C. D. Treadgold, of the Transport Department, from overtaking him and speeding into a restricted area at 45 miles an hour, led to Ernest Wilcock, of Hamilton East, being convicted for dangerous driving by Mr S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, to-day. The defendant was fined £3, with costs.

Governor-General Starts Raoe The Governor-General, Viscount Galway, was present at the Auckland Trotting Club's winter meeting yesterday, and acted as starter in the Southampton Handicap, in which 19 horses were engaged, the largest field of the day. The horses were on their best behaviour, lining up at the barrier in good style, and as the tapes flew up at the release of the starting lever by Lord Galway, the field jumped away at once.

Historic Maori Ceremony Historic ceremonial, that of lifting the tapu, is to he revived at dawn next Monday as a preliminary to the demolition of the famous Tamatekapua meeting house of the N’gati Whakauc people at Ohinemutu. In its 07 years of history, it has had many interesting and sacred associations with the Arawa tribe. It will be replaced bv another building, as part of the Centennial memorial scheme of the tribe. The ceremony, which involves incantations, is performed before a hand is laid upon the building by the builders. The many line carvings in the building will be removed and reerected in the new building.