LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20914, 20 September 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Cable and Wireless Dividend Gable and Direless, Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of 1 4 per cent, says a message from London. Military Service All members of the Auckland Harbour Board’s staff of more than one year’s standing who perform military, naval or air service are to have their pay acumen ted by an amount equal to any deficiency between their war service pay and what they would have received from the board in their normal occupations. Vessel To Be Broken Up Advice has been received of the sale last month for breaking up of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s twin-screw refrigerated cargo and passenger steamer Tuinui. The ship was sold to the Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Company, Limited, BJyth, lor about £22,5uu. The Tainui. which was built at Belfast in 1908, left Wellington lor Southampton on her last voyage in February. Electrical Supply Authorities At a meeting of the Central Waikato Electric Power Board to-day it was decided to support the proposals for the amalgamation of the Electric Power Boards' and Supply Authorities’ Association and the Principal Electric Supply Association. All conferences ol' the former association have been postponed since the outbreak of war, mainly so that executive officers will not have to leave their posts. Chilled Beef Trade The immediate future of the chilled beef trade is reported to be uncertain because of war-time trade precautions. At the present time cattle are not being chilled lor export to England but are being frozen instead. It is understood that shipping companies have received advice from England to the effect that only frozen beef will be accepted for transport to the Home country. Springtime Or Wartime? Springtime is often considered to be marriage time, but this year the war has brought more spring weddings than for many' years. For the first three weeks of September the number of marriage licences issued in •Hamilton has been 33. Judging from the number of inquiries at the office of the registrar, the number for the entire month is likely to be a record lor September. Rhodes Scholarships With reference to the recent discussion of the position of Rhodes Scholars in regard to military service, the University of New Zealand advises that definite cabled instruction has been received that the trustees will approve the suspension of any scholarship during the holders’ war service. The trustees, it added, will permit the resumption of the scholarship when that service is completed. Territorial Air Force "The rates of pay for the Territorial Air Force are exactly the same as those for the regular Air Force," said the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, when replying in the House of Representatives, today to an urgent question asked by the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates (Opposition—Kaipara). The Minister added that arrangements were made to pay members of the Territorial Air Force, which was mobilised on September 5, on the same dates as payments were made to members of the regular Air Force. These were September 15 and at the end of the month. Native Marriages An important clause in the Native Purposes Bill, which was introduced i in the House of Representatives last night, authorises the issue of regulations providing that notice shall be given of the intended marriage between natives proposing to marry in the presence of an officiating minister under the Marriage Act. The regulations may also provide for the issue of a marriage certificate in accordance with the notice, and that no marriage shall be celebrated by an officiating minister until such a certificate is issued.