LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20917, 23 September 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Springdale Domain The appoimnent of Messrs 11. A. Wags tali', J. li. Wells, F. U. Johansen, 11. Old, W. J. Nicholson, J. Werder and A. 11. Fielder as a Board of Control of the Springdale Domain Is gazetted. Liquor Seized A party of police raided premises in Hobson Street last evening and seized 300 bottles of beer and took the names of 10 young men. The occupier is to he charged with keeping liquor for sale and the others with being on the premises. Legal and Bank Holiday Dominion Da., the 32nd annual observance of the elevation of New Zealand from a colony to Dominion status, falls on Monday. All banks and legal offices will be closed hut the Magistrate’s Court will function. The Auckland Stock Exchange will not he open. Agricultural Science The University of New Zealand announces the follow! iyg examination passes in subjects for Lhe degree of bachelor of agricultural science:— Massey College: Dairy factory equipment and management, C. 1. Thomson; dairy practice 111., A. F. Graham. Day of Atonement The Day ol' Atonement, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, began today. it is the culmination of the tenday period of repentance which began with the New Year. Special services and observances mark the Day of Atonement. Bulls Frighten Children The Waitemata County Council has decided to take action against persons having bulls running on roads. It was slated that a line of £2O could be imposed. In the Henderson and Parakai districts, it was alleged, a “reign P- terror" existed, children being afraid to use Hie roads, rendering it necessary for motor-cars tu he sent for them. Cheeseman Memorial The results of the Cheeseman Memorial Competition, which this year was in the form of a nature diary for March and April, are as follows: Senior section: Douglas Dye (Kaukapakapa) 1, Pat Thomas (Epsom) 2. Juniors: Audrey Morrison (Paeroa) 1, Fay Booth (Whangarei) 2. Douglas Dye also won the essay competition in connection with the rural school course at the last Waikato Winter Show. Former Boxer Fined A former middle-weight boxer, Nelson Joseph McKnight, pleaded not guilty in the Police Court, Auckland, yesterday, to assaulting a taxi-driver, Bruce Crowley. Sub-Inspector Pender said accused, who was drunk, knocked complainant’s cap over his eyes while driving. Accused said complainant refused to drive to instructions. He said he sneezed in the driver’s face and apologised. A line of £2 was imposed.

First-Aid Among Fijians Among the sugar-cane and sugarmill workers of Lautoka, Fiji, there is a strong interest in first-aid, and by a recent mail the St. John Ambulance Association in Auckland received a request for several dozen volumes of books on that and kindred subjects for members of the local group. This is the second branch in Fiji. One was opened in Suva a few months ago under the patronage of the Governor, Sir Harry Luke, shortly after his visit to Auckland early this year.

PUT CLOCKS FORWARD Summer-time will be Introduced In New Zealand as from 2 a.m. tomorrow. All clocks and watches should be advanced half-an-hour before retiring tonight. Summer-time will end at 2 a.m. on Bunday t April 28.

Coloured Petrol For Treotore? A decision to approach the Government about shorter hours for service stations was reached at a meeting of the Invercargill Petrol Resellers’ Association. It was decided to cease the practice of granting credit and to sell petrol on a cash basis. It was also resolved to ask the Government to colour petrol for use in tractors, as it was stated that many persons were buying petrol for tractors, obtaining a rebate, and using the petrol in their cars. Waggon and Four Revived The unusual sight of a waggon drawn by four horses, and carrying several people and a load of groceries, was seen on the Dargaville-Whangarei road in the vicinity of Tangiteroria on a recent afternoon. A motorist said the horses had obviously been brought from the runs to which they had been driven by the advance of the motor car, and, after being hurriedly brushed down, had been put to the unaccustomed task of taking the farmer aiid his wife to town. Day of Intercession interviewed yesterday, Mr F. \V. Horner, of Hawera, president of the New Zealand Baptist Union, who is visiting the Waikato, said that the Baptists of New Zealand observed a day of prayer, intercession and humiliation in connection with the war a fortnight ago, but lie desired that they should follow the lead given by Archbishop AveriH and the Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly to observe another day of intercession on Sunday, October 1. The general executive committee of the Churches of Christ has unanimously decided to accede to the suggestion of Archbishop Averill, and is requesting all churches to observe October 1 as a day of prayer and intercession. Unemployed and Farms The Whangarei branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union passed a resolution suggesting that unemployment benciris to able-bodied men under the Social Security Act should be suspended for the duration of the war; that scheme 4B for farm development work should he abolished and a revised scheme for general farm labour introduced with the view of increasing production, it was contended that if production were to be speeded up the labour problem would have to he solved, but while men Jiving in the towns were being catered for by unemployment benefits there was no hope of their taking country work unless they were frightened into it.