LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20953, 4 November 1939, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Correspondence Prohibited Correspondence for Sahibol Laka- ; jat, Postbox 72, Den Haag, Holland, | is prohibited by notice in the New i Zealand Gazette. I Penalties For Profiteering j The Spanish Government has de- ■ creed penalties ranging from minor ! terms of imprisonment to the death j sentence for speculation and proj fiteering. | British Treasury Bills I The total amount applied for in tenders for £55,000,000 worth of Treasury bills was £102,555,000. The average rate per cent for bills at three months was 23s 4.39 d, against 23s 8.83 d a week ago. Dairy Board Conference A special conference has been called by the New Zealand Dairy Board for November 29 in Wellington. The conference will be attended by ward delegates of the board, who will discuss the guaranteed price and other matters affecting the dairy industry. Mission Lecture The Rt. Rev. F. A. Bennett, Bishop of Aotearoa, will visit the Waikato next week. He will give a lantern lecture in the Winter Show Hall, Hamilton, on Tuesday night, taking for his subject his recent visit to India. The proceeds will be devoted to St. Aidan’s mission quota. Kauri Timber Company The Kauri Timber Company, Limited, which has its headquarters in Melbourne, has received advice that the directors, subject to audit, have resolved to recommend a final dividend at the rate of 7 per cent per annum for the year ended August 31, making with the interim dividend paid in June 6 per cent for the year, an unchanged rate. Centennial Art The attention of artists is drawn to an advertisement in this issue regarding the National Centennial Exhibition of New Zealand Art which will tour the Dominion during 1940. I Artists are invited to submit not | more than two examples of their work for the consideration of the ! selection committees in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin. ! Halls for Soldiers The intention of the Government to i build a large recreation hall at each j military camp was announced at a i meeting of the Auckland Provincial j Patriotic Council in the Hamilton j Municipal Chambers last night. Mr 11. J. Goldstine (Auckland) stated that : the Government would see that suit- : able halls were built, and it would be the work of provincial councils to furnish and equip them. Pedestrian Crossing Moved The pedestrian crossing in Victoria Street near the Hamilton library has been moved a short distance southward and now leads from the centre lof the Garden Place frontage Ito the new Chief Post Office. The change has been made because in its old position the crossing was situated dangerously for traffic turning from the new road on Garden Place, south down Victoria Street. Bands for Army Camps In the opinion of the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W. E. Parry, a brass or a pipe band would be a boon to the men in the military camps of the Dominion. Receiving a deputation in Wellington yesterday on the collection of patriotic funds, Mr Parry said that arrangements were under way for forming bands. Protection of Boarders Regulations issued under the Fair Rents Amendment Act are designed j to pre\ r ent the exploitation of reguj lar occupants of boarding houses j and hotels in Wellington and adjac- | ent districts during the period of the exhibition were issued yesterday. The regulations la y down as the standard charge the charge as at June 1 last. They do not cover casual accommodation. Patriotic Control “ There seems to be an impression in some parts of the Dominion to the effect that the Government regulations with regard to patriotic funds will be difficult to administer,” said 1 Air I. J. Goldstine (Auckland) j deputy-chairman of the Auckland I Provincial Patriotic Council, at a meeting of the coupcil in the Hamilton Municipal Chamber last night. “ However, I am satisfied, after visiting Wellington, that the regulations can be administered without difficulty. When you get down to the back-bone of things, these regulations are nothing more than the provisions for perfect control.”