LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20821, 3 June 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

King’s Birthday Holiday Monday will be celebrated as the King's Birthday. Numerous sporting j fixtures have been arranged throughout the province for the public holiday. The King's actual birthday is c December 14, but the holiday is cele- t brated on the first Monday in June s owing to the proximity of the actual date to Christmas. The Waikato Times will be publishing as usual on J Monday. Russia’s Population The census shows that there are 1*2,000,000 men and 88,000,000 women e i \ ijussia. < Few Deaths In Te Aroha j Only four deaths were registered in the Te Aroha district during the first five months of this year, compared 1 with 20 in the same period of 1938. ! Car and Telephone < A surprise was received by a Dunedin resident when he obtained his new motor-car license plates. The J number on the plates was identical i with his telephone number. Fewer Millionaires Forty-nine persons in the United j States in 1937 reported incomes of ' 1,000,000 dollars or more. This was 12 less than in 193 G. One taxpayer* reported a net income of 5,000,000 ; dollars. Girls Sleep In Theatre Life is not all glamour for the glamorous "Hollywood Hotel'’ revue girls. When they arrived in Hamilton they found accommodation so limited that many of them had to sleep in the theatre. Operatic Society Entertains Orphans Three hundred children from the various homes and orphanages in Dunedin are the guests of the Dunedin Operatic Society at the opening matinee of “ New Moon ” to-day. New Zealand Apples The consul for Germany advised that about 105,000 cases of New Zealand apples, valued at £5G,598 3s ld : were bought by Germany during May, | states a Press Association message from Wellington. Imprisonment for Theft At Waihi yesterday Keith Andrew Scobbie, aged 23, was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment for the theft of a motor-cycle battery. Accused admitted the offence, having taken the battery for his wireless set. Milk Shortage The Whangarei milk in schools committee has decided to ration supplies to schools for the next six weeks at least. Supplies had been previously discontinued to 12 schools on account of a shortage. Pukekohe Loan The Pukekohe Borough Council’s proposal to borrow £26,000 for street and road improvements was approved at a poll of ratepayers yesterday by 338 votes to 17. There are 980 ratepayers on the roll. Lower Profit The accounts of the Robinson Ice Cream Company, Limited, for the year ended April 30, show a net profit of £3329, compared with £5480 in the previous year and £3559 in 1936-37. The directors recommended a dividend of 7 per cent per annum, as against 8 per cent in the previous year. Missing Recruits Report Some young men who enlisted in the territorials in Auckland as a result of the campaign by the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, and who did not answer official communications to attend for medical examination, have reported at post offices. Some stated they had not received the notices informing them of Hie time of examination.

New Company The following new company has been registered:—Kendall (Claude) Ltd. Registered as a private company on May 18. Office, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Capital, £SOOO in shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Hamilton, A. C. E. Kendall 4800, G. E. Kendall 100, E. V. Reisterer 100. Objects, general carriers, agents, etc-, and incidental.

Third Successive Frost For the third successive morning there was a frost in Hamilton to-day, when three degrees were recorded. • Last night was one of the coldest experienced in Hamilton this year, and in contrast to previous occasions when low temperatures have ruled there was practically an absence of fog. However, early this morning, fog cajno clown over the town, but it cleared shortly after sunrise.

Unsuccessful burglary . Burglars were unsuccessful in an attempt to blow open the Kaukapakapa Post Office safe during Thursday night. I The gelignite charge which the burglars inserted in the keyhole of the safe haltered the lock but jammed the mechanism. As far as the police can ascertain, nothing was taken from the office. This was the second attempt within two months, the previous one having occurred during the night of April 12.

Severed Foot Mystery Although exhaustive inquiries have been made by the police regarding the human foot found on a beach near Napier, no clue to the solution of the mystery has yet been found. It was stated by Detective-Sergeant H. Nuttall that the sock covering the foot was a cut-down woman’s stocking. As far as it is possible to judge the foot was that of a male although it is not improbable that a period in the water would swell a large woman's foot to fit a size eight or nine man’s boot.

Social Security Payments Some employers, especially of domestics, are reported to be paying the Social Security contribution for their employees, and not deducting the amounts from the wages. It is pointed out that this is illegal, and that when they pay a contribution without deduction, they automatically increase the amount of wages or the equivalent, which is also subject to tax. Any further payment might become taxable, a process that might conceivably be continued.

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