LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21373, 18 March 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Poultry to Be Killed The British Government has announced that a large number of hens must be killed because of the restriction on feeding-stuffs.

Sports Postponed The Hamilton Technical High School’s athletic sports which were to have been held to-day have been postponed owing to rain. Estate of £56,000 The late Lord Lloyd, former British Secretary of State for the Colonies, whose death occurred on February 4, left an estate valued at £56,000. Work Resumed Work was resumed on a normal basis at the Woburn railway workshops yesterday. This was in accordance with the Government’s terms announced on Friday. The stoppage commenced at the beginning of last week. Building: Society The draw for a £IOOO free-of-interest loan was held by the Hamilton Star-Bowkett Building Society last night. The winning share, number 18, was held by LieutenantColonel H. C. Glendinning, of Mount Albert, Auckland. Loyalty of Teachers A resolution supporting the Auckland Education Board in its efforts to maintain loyal teaching in the schools under its jurisdiction was carried at a meeting of members of the Returned Soldiers’ Association in Hamilton last night.

Trucks Collide Two heavy motor lorries, one belonging to Messrs Butler and Carroll, Ltd., contractor, Hamilton, and the other to Mr W. Foster, fruiterer, Te Awamutu, collided this morning at the corner of Ward and Anglesea Streets. Nobody was injured, and the vehicles were not badly damaged.

Extending Flying Field The expansion of the Taieri Air Force station at Dunedin by 52 acres so that it may be used by heavy aircraft of a general reconnaissance flight was announced today by the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones. The total cost involved in the work is £12,000, and the addition will make the flying field one of 262 acres.

Employees of the State ‘‘So far as I can see, the returned men settled on the land after the war are simply going to be employees of the Government. Is that going to be good enougn for our returned soldiers? It is not good enough for the average farmers,” said Mr V. W. Simms, chairman, at a meeting of the Northern King Country executive of the Farmers’ Union.

Daylight Saving Support for any measure the Government might bring forward for the extension of daylight saving by another half-hour in order to conserve supplies of electricity was forthcoming at the monthly meeting of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last night. On the motion of Mr A. J. Yendell it was decided to write to the Associated Chambers of Commerce, Wellington, and inform them of the Hamilton Chamber’s approval of the scheme. They Preferred Hamilton

Two members of the party of United States Navy ratings proceeding from Auckland to Rotorua by special train this morning evidently preferred the attractions of Hamilton, for just as the train was leaving the Hamilton station they leaped off, and commenced a leisurely inspection of the town’s attractions. Mrs H. C. Ross, president of the Hamilton Women’s Patriotic Committee, was soon busy arranging for their entertainment.

King’s Birthday The action of the Government last year in changing the date of the Kings’ Birthday from June to November at the short notice of less than a week, thus causing considerable inconvenience and financial loss to various sporting bodies was criticised by several speakers at the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last night. It was suggested by Mr D. Gracie that the most suitable date on which to observe the holiday for the business community would be the first Monday in June. Recruits for Air Force So many inquiries have been received in Hamilton in connection with the Royal New Zealand Air Force recruiting rally that Squadron-Leader A. C. MacArthur, M.C., and Lieutenant Lidgard have found it necessary to extend their hours of attendance at the Winter Show building until about 9 o’clock tonight, when they leave for Auckland. - Today there has been a fine response to the rally, and it seems probable that the total number of prospective candidates will exceed 100.

Fast Loading of Coal Indicating close co-operation by all concerned, fast loading was accomplished at Greymouth wharf on Saturday, when 2800 tons of coal were loaded into two vessels—Kaimiro, 2200 tons, and Titoki, 600 tons —in 13 hours. Three cranes were used on the Kaimiro in daylight, and at night two cranes were engaged loading all the coal available before the expiration of tne shift. Tributes were paid to the efforts of the water- ! siders to give effect to the appeal of 1 the Minister of Mines to speed up I North Island coal deliveries. Blackout Questioned The view that the authorities j should state whether the Army or the | Navy had asked for the partial \ blackout of Auckland was expressed I at a meeting yestei'day of the execu- j tive of the Auckland Manufacturers’ I Association, when it was stated that j business firms, as well as private in- j dividuals, were sometimes put to I great expense in observing the regulations. The expense would not he | grudged if people knew the-t the pre- j cautions were absolutely necessary, i but the reasons for the dark city | for a fortnight had not been ois- , closed. I Waste of Effort Criticism of the continued use of ■ searchlights by the defence author-’ jities when all other sections of the i community had to observe blackout regulations was made at a meeting of the Waitemata Electric-Power Board yesterday oy the chairman, Mr S. E. Kennings. The board, he said, had co-operated to the fullest pos- : sible extent in tne introduction of : the scheme, and others had done so i too, but the use of searchlights would to a large extent nullify the whole effort, entailing a waste of i time, money and effcrL by ratepayers, 1 shopkeepers and householders.