LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20922, 29 September 1939, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Mayor’s Relief Fund The Mayor’s Relief Fund in Hamilton for the dependants of the victims of the Glen Afton mine tragedy ; now totals £4 5s 6d, the other don- • ations besides Mr H. D. Caro’s £2 2s being, Atta Cab Company £1 Is, Mr and Mrs J. M. Horton £1 and Anonymous, 2s 6d. Local Body Elections Power to postpone local body elections by Order-in-Council for a period not exceeding a year is given by a clause which was introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday for inclusion the Statutes Amendment Bill. This provision will remain in force until the end of 1940, and is intended as a war j emergency measure. Cricket Prospects The balance sheet of the Waikato Cricket Association presented to the annual meeting last night indicated that prospects for the coming season were bright. Last year the association did particularly well from representative fixtures. The match with J Sir Julien Cahn’s team brought in £7B 12s in gate receipts, £4O Is 8d of which was paid to the New Zealand Cricket Council. Native Plantations Hundreds of specimens of native ferns are now planted at the Soldiers’ Memorial Park, and the Hamilton Beautifying Society has recently added 50 more plants to the plantation. No success has been achieved in growing Nikau Palms, j Previously the society transplanted j ferns from the bush but only about 10 per ceijt thrived. Now, using plants from commercial nurseries, a large percentage are successful. Brewery Profits Tooheys, Limited, brewers, Sydney, ! shows a net profit of £152,287 for the year ended July 31, compared with £151,973 for the previous year. Divi- i dend at an unchanged rate of 9 per j cent, on capital increased by £185,301 requires £144,327, or all except £7960 of the profit. After payment of £SOOO to the staff provident fund, ■ the sum carried forward is in- I creased by £2960 to £29,962. Receipts rose by £40,670 to £821,557, and expenses by £40,356 to £669,270. Volunteer Firemen “Every ex-firemen in Hamilton, j whom I know, has given his services, j but we still require more men,” said Mr A. Craig, superintendent of the Hamilton Fire Brigade today, in connection with an appeal being made for men for the volunteer fire police corps and volunteer auxiliaries to the existing fire services. The men are required as part of the organisa- ( tion being set up under the direction of the Hamilton Central Emergency Precautions’ Committee. Church Unity In an address in the St. Andrew’s Bible Class Hall in Hamilton last ' night the Rev. J. M. McKenzie, as- ( sistant director of Presbyterian Mis- j sions, showed a picture of a theo- 1 logical college in China, in which , ministers received their training. It j was not confined to any section. Anglican, Congregational, Methodist | and Presbyterian candidates for ordination received instruction and j all took the same curriculum. No Melbourne Service The Union Steam Ship Company of T ew Zealand, Limited, announces that it is unable to provide this summer the passenger service between South Island ports and Melbourne, in which it was intended to place the Maunganui. The reasons for this decision are the necessity of conserving fuel oil stocks and the company’s reluctance to incur in the existing circumstances the operating loss involved, which it is considered i will be greater than in previous years because of the falling away of passenger traffic owing to war conditions. Aid For Churches Several Hamilton artists travelled to Ohaupo last night when a concert was held in aid of the Pirongia and Ngaruawahia Presbyterian Church. The following gave items: Messrs J. Woodward, Hayward, G. Moffat (songs); T. Skittrup (trumpet solos and songs); R. Watt (bagpipe solos); ; R. Henderson (magic and ventriloquism); Misses P. Blake (elocution and tap dancing); F. Taylor (national dancing and accordeon solos). Mesdames F. Kerr and Hayward were the accompanists. A play “The Doctor,” was presented by the Ohaupo branch of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union. Liquor in Camps The Army Department states that there is a standing prohibition applying to all members of the forces and civilians, incorporated in the Defence Act of 1909 and its amendments, under which intoxicating liquor may not be taken into any camp, barrack or fort where memb- j ers of the defence forces are stationed. A breach of the clause in- j volves liability to a fine not exceed- 1 ing £2O. In addition to prohibiting any person from taking intoxicating liquor into camps, barracks and forts, it is also an offence for any- : body to approach them for the purpose of taking any intoxicating liquor to them. Debt Regulations in Operation Asked in the Magistrate’s Court, Hamilton, to-day whether the war had affected his ability to pay, a sharemilker appearing as judgment debtor in answer to a judgment summons stated that he was unable to say at present what effect the war i conditions would have on him. The question was the result of the Courts Emergency Powers Regulations, I 1939, which prevent the enforcement j of a judgment unless plaintiffs shows | that defendants’ inability to pay is ! not due to war conditions. After ! hearing evidence from the judgment debtor concerning the difficulties he ; had had to face through stock losses, the magistrate. Mr S. L. Paterson, refused the order. No Benefit to Horses When the petrol restrictions were first announced, it was generally thought that there would be a steep increase in the price of horses because of stronger demand from farmers. However, prices paid for all classes of horses in the Waikato during the past three weeks have belied this belief. Horse values have slackened off during the past two years, and no improvement on these lower values has been apparent since the outbreak of war. At the annual Ohaupo Horse Fair conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, which concluded yesterday, a good, steady demand was experienced throughout for the 180 horses, but , there was no noticeable uplift in j values.