LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21366, 10 March 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

(‘liild Injured I :\\ the result of a fall yesterday‘ Betty Booth. at lour-year-old child of ‘ ()kete, was admitted to the Waikato l llospital. sufl'cring from a l‘ractured arm. 1 Band Concert l A selected programme of band music was given by the Hamilton Regimental Band, under the baton of Lieutenant A. E. Savage. at the Wai—kato Hospital yesterday. 1 Appeal Adjourned On the application of the Director of National Services, the No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board, sitting in Hamilton today, granted the appeal respecting Harry Lilley, a constable of Hamilton, on the grounds ol‘ public interest. The case was adjourned si'ne die. Sitting of Appeal Board The No. 2 Armed Forces Appeal Board, Messrs S. L. Paterson, S.M., A. E. Manning and R. Coulter, con—ducted a sitting at Hamilton today to hear 20 appeals on. various grounds. The board sits at Huntly and Ngai'uawahia on Wednesday. Rotary Conference Between 60 and 70 delegates from outside Wellington are expected to attend the New Zealand District Rotary conference, to be held in Wellington this week. Inspector G. B. Edwards will attend the conference on behalf of the Hamilton club. Very Dry Month ‘ Only .60 inches of rain fell in Te Aroha in February, making it the dryest month for many years. The temperature on the hottest day was 87 degrees and the minimum temporature was 42 degrees. The mean temperature [or the month was 68.85 degrees. Insufficient Rain The light rain that fell at intervals during Saturday afternoon was insufllment to relieve the effect of the dry spell. During the afternoon . heavy black clouds formed in the sky but they soon passed round and other parts 01‘ the Waikato experienced the downpour. The weather yesterday was hne and warm, the maximum reading of the thermometer being 81 degrees. Auckland Black-out. From tonight all street and verandah illuminated signs and also all community street lighting will be blacked out in Auckland. Plans for meeting blackout conditions are now being made by the transport services, including the railways and the city tramways. jl-lowever, details have yet to be completed. Collapse of Youth While fishing from a launch in the Papakura Channel on Saturday afternoon, James Donnelly, aged 19, of Papakura, a freezing works employee, collapsed and died, He was a stepson of Mr R. Richardson, of Greenwood Street, Frankton Junction. The youth went out with a fishing party in the late afternoon ‘and was putting his line out when the collapsed. The launch immediately put back to Onehunga and Dr. C. J. A. Griffin was sent tor, but Donnelly was dead by the time the wharf was reached. Daylight Saving The extension of daylight saving throughout the year and the saving of an hour instead oi half an hour is said to have found favour in official circles in Wellington. 1‘: has been pointed out that increasing day—light saving I'or the full hour throughout the year would mean a saving of 13 per cent in electricity. In view of the present shortage of electricity and the general fears of restriction it is believed that legisilaticn extending summer time will be introduced in the House early this session. No Fishing Over Week-end Boats of Auckland’s fishing fleet which usually fish for terakihi, schnapper and kingfish stayed in port over the week-end, while their owners and crews awaited a decision Irom the Auckland Wholesale Fish Merchants’ Association regarding a recent price increase of 3d per lo awarded the fishermen by the Price Tribunal. Although no otficial statement was made by the Merchants’ Association yesterday, it was stated by one qt the members that the mat—ter would be settled today. The failure ot‘ the boats to sail over the weekend would cause a shortage 01‘ fish later in the week. Flounder boats and lother fishing boats not affected by lthe price increase, sailed over the week-end. Singers’ Hazardous Journey Their sense of humour caused Messrs Oscar Natzke, Kenneth Neate and Henri Penn to make light 01’ a hazardous journey from Taupo, says a Napier paper. The party is travel—ling by car, with a large trailer attached for carrying luggage and essential gear. One tyre of the trailer had caused them a lot of trouble on the Taupo road, and they decided that next time it went down it would stay down. About 40 miles out from Napier the tyre again collapsed and the party continued on with it flat. Had any of Mr Neate’s admirers had the opportunity of glancing into the car from then on they would have been surprised to see him strumming a ukulele and singing in true hill-billy style, "She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain."