LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4303, 12 August 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notice is given by the Thames Valley Electric Power Board that the power will be cut off on Sunday next from 6 a.m. for twp hours in order to make adjustments at Waikino by the Public Works Department, and connect up Te Aroha.

“Kauri timber that was cut forty years ago was very much •superior to the kauri that is cut nowadays,” remarked counsel at the Commission sitting on Wednesday.

The Paeroa Borough Council,, nt last night’s meeting, decided «to modify the brick area by-law. A full report of the meeting will be published on Monday. The report of the Rivers Commission has overtaxed our space to-day.

For the football match next Saturday—'Waikato v. New South Wales—the usual 3.40 p.m; train from Frankton has been delayed to leave Hamilton at 5.10 p.m.

“No public hospital in the Dominion can be run on the present fees charged to patients,” said Mr Donaldson when giving evvidence before the Rivers Commission on Wednesday afternoon.

At the Public Service Entrance Examinations, held in Jnue last, Masters Walter V. Halligan and William C. Malcolm, of the Paeroa District High School, were successful in gaining senior free places.

The Pukemiro Collieries, Ltd. (Glen Massey, near Ngaruawahia), have advised the Thames Hospital Board “through” coal was now 18s per ton, less Is discount if paid, before 20th. This figure is a reduction of 3s.

Captain W. J. Moore, of the Paeroa Volunteer Fire Brigade, has been awarded the “Gold Star,” having served in Paeroa and other brigades during the past .twenty-five years. The decoration will be handed to him at a suitable function, which will be chronicled in due course. An unique feature of .the distinction is that Captain Moore has served Paeroa for twenty-one years out of the twenty-five.

Interesting and highly encouraging evidence in regard to the possibilities for dairying of .the swampy land between Tirohia and Mangaiti was given by Mr G. W.. Mace at the sitting t»f the Rivers Commission yesterday. This will appear in the “Gazette” on Monday.

The farm attached to the Thames Hospital Nurses’ Home is a • very profitable institution apparently. The chairman ‘of the Wellington Hospitals Conference said the farm, which was used to supply milk, eggs, and vegetables ;to the hospital, was the envy of many other hospital boards.

A return of civil aviation in New Zealand during the four months of April 1 to July 31, 1921, shows that the number of passengers carried was 2283, and the approximate machine mileage 24,300 miles. The companies subsidised by the Government are the New Zealand Flyin’g School and. 4he Canterbury Aviation Company.

“Conduct of men, good; women, very good,” was a statement contained in the superintendent’s report to the Thames Hospital Board on Wednesday. Evidently mere men still fall short of a state of perfection;

Stuttering has been proven by scientific invest] gation/in America to be due mainly to the system whereby left-handed children are forced in the schools to become right-handed. Experiments were made upon 60,000 of such cases, and the victims were taught .to .become ieft-handed again, as Nature had intended them to be. In practically every case 'the "patient” was cured of the stuttering habit.

Mr A. R. Robinson, a member c-f the Thames Hospital Board, gave some straight talk at the monthly meeting on Wednesday, in reference to the granting of relief. In some cases the beneficiaries had not bee.i deserving cases, and had taken advantage of the Board’s leniency.

A well-known Turua business man intends to establish a motor-car service,, which will leave from Turua at 8 o'clock every morning, and run via the Kopuarahi Road to Ngatea. From Ngatea the route will be along the Ngatea-Ke-repeeiii Road, .catling at Kerepeehi, down to the Wharepo’a ferry cross-roads, and from thence back to Turua to connect with tne launch which leaves for Thames at 11 o’clock every morning. A'retu’.i ■trip is to be made in .the evening, immediately after the arrival of the 4.30 launch from Kopu. The promoter of- this service Sta/ted that it will come into operation as soon a? ever the roads will! permit* There is also a rural mail delivery in view by the same promoter. Thames is making a bold bid to overtake Paeroa.

Mr A. R>. Robinson, of Hikutaia, a member of the Thames Hospital Board, intimated to the Board last Wednesday that he would be obliged to resign his position. He was chairman of the Ohinemuri County Council ; there was a river commission at Paeroa at present, there were dairy meetings and other things which too?< up a lot of his time, IHe pad already missed .two meetings this year; he found it impossible to give proper attendance to the duties of member.. He regretted the step, but there was nothing else for it. The’chairman, Mr W. McCormick, expressed his regret a;t the loss of sc able a member. Mr Robinson had always been very painstaking, and'the Board appreciated his services. Mr W. C. Kennedy (Waikino) said Mr Robinson was a man who was highly respected through the district. He hoped he would reconsider his resignation and stay on the Board at least till the end of the year. Mr Robinson thanked members for their kindly remarks and promised to continue until the end of ■the year. For Bronchial Coughs, take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.