LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21372, 17 March 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Airmen and American Navy The New Zealand Air Force Band is to play at the reception to the American naval men in Auckland tomorrow. Jockey Injured A fracture of the collarbone was received by a Matamata jockey, Owen Evans, aged 19, when he fell from his horse at the Paeroa Races on Saturday. “Always Leaving” “This teamster, he is leaving?” asked Mr W. F. Tracy at the sitting of the Armed Forces Appeal Board in VVaimate. The appellant: They are always leaving. They stop about six months and move on. Citizens’ Band A selected programme of band items was presented at the Waikato Hospital yesterday afternoon by the Hamilton Citizens’ Band under the baton of Mr J. H. Hardiman. The concert was much enjoyed by the patients and visitors to the hospital. Accident at Motumaolio A cut over the eye and bruises were suffered by James Kirk, aged 67 years, a contractor of Matamata, when the car he was driving crashed j into a pole on the main highway at I Motumaoho on Saturday afternoon, i He was treated as an out-patient at the Waikato Hospital. Huddart-Parker Earnings Trading results of Huddart-Parker and its subsidiaries for 1940 show a profit of £153,507 (including outside shareholders’ interest of £19,970) against £189,064 in the previous year. The latest profit is struck after providing £38,303 for taxation, against £54,014 in 1939. St. Aldan’s Church Special services were held at St. Aidan’s Church, Claudelands, yesterday, and the attendances were exceptionally large. The vicar, the Rev. G. A. Crossman, conducted the morning services, and the Rev. G. R. Coats, vicar of St. Matthew’s Church, Auckland, preached in the evening. Collection for the day amounted to £56. Saint Patrick’s Day Saint Patrick’s Day, the national day of the patron saint of Ireland, was celebrated today. Although the occasion was once observed as a general holiday, banks are the only business places now closed. The usual Banks v. Law golf match, which is played bn this day was postponed on account of the inclement weather. Will They Get More Petrol That some people cannot see beyond their own little needs was evidenced by a conversation overheard at a hotel breakfast table in Auckland yesterday. Two men were discussing the war, and one was heard to say: •‘[ wonder if the American Lend and Lease Bill will mean that we will get a bigger allowance of petrol.” Still at Large The police search for the Maori prisoner William Mokaraka, who forced his way out of the Kaikohe police lock-up on Wednesday, has continued without success. Since his escape Mokaraka has twice been seen by police parties, but he was able to escape into the dense scrub and bush that largely cover the area to the south of Kaikohe.

Wellington Mayoralty The Greater Wellington Ratepayers and Citizens’ Election Committee, at a : meeting held to consider candidates for the local body elections on May 17, decided to support the candidature of the present Mayor, Mr T. C. A. Hislop, for a further term in office. Members expressed the opinion that Mr Hislop had given good service to the city as Mayor, and the committee decided that, particularly in wartime, it was undesirable to make a change in any office that was efficiently filled.

Enemy Aliens The people of the Dominion were assured last night by the AttorneyGeneral, the Hon. H. G. R. Mason, that the Government is taking no rinks in its treatment of enemy aliens in this country. Already 80 enemy aliens, of a total of approximately 2300 in the Dominion, have been interned. The Minister said that in no case had the Government refused to act on a recommendation by the Alien Tribunal for internment. With the exception of a handful of enemy aliens in one provincial district, all cases throughout the Dominion had now been thoroughly investigated.