LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4333, 21 October 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The “Gazette” will riot be published on Monday next, (Labour Day). The highest bid for the old Refinery at Paeroa was £2100,,, but as this did not come up to the reserve the place was not sold. The Piakp River is said to be rising after the heavy rains’, and is reported to be in flood in 'the Waitoa district. The stream has not affected a great deal below Patetonga. "I suppose you .wear '.the overcoat all day and every day and sleep in it, too, just like a Maori ?” queried a solicitor when examining a witness as the Magistrate’s Court regarding the dilapidated state of an overcoat. An application for the re-hearing of the case Bertplsen versus Endean has been fixed by Mr J H. Salmond', S.M., to be heard at Thames on November 19, at 10 a.ifl. When some Maori, witnesses were being heard at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday some statements appeared to be a little conflicting, which caused Sergeant O’Grady to .warn one as follows : “ I want you to be careful of perjury. A Lot of it has been committed here torday.” A conference of the chairmen, certain riding members, clerks, and engineers of the Hauraki Plains, Ohinemuri, and Thames county councils was held at Hikutaia yesterday to discuss the matter of bridges over the Waihou River. The conference arrived at the unanimous conclusion that two bridges were required, one on the northern and the other on the southern end ; namely, the proposed Hikutaia-Nethertpn bridge, and one at Kirikiri. A reminder is given of the special anniversary services to be held in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday. There will be special singing, for which the choir and children have been practising thoroughly. The Rev. McDonald will preach at all three services. The morning service will be especially for parents, the afternoon service for children, and in the evening a special subject, “The Interrupted Honeymoon,” will be discoursed upon for the benefit of the young men and women. The advance pay-out for dairy produce by the New Zealand Co-op .Dairy Co. Ltd., for ,the month ofl September will be: Dried milk Is 7 di, cheese 1 s 6d, butter Is 5%d. Mr A. J. Sinclair, assistant manager of t,he company, states .that advices show that the prospects for che.ese were on a parity 'with those of butter. “If you could come into Paeroa to a dance about once a week, coiijd you not come in to parade once a week ?” was a poser vhich was put at the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to a young man who was claiming exemption from, drill under the plea that he was outside the radius. The young man scratched his head. “Who carried put the re-classifica-tion of the Rui-of-Hauraki drainage district, Tahuna,” asked Cr. O. Glynn at the meeting of the Piako County Council on Monday. The chairman (Cr. F. W. Walters) said it was done by an official classifier, Mr W. R. Johnson. The re-classification should be advertised. Cr. Glynn expressed disappointment ;that he had not been consulted, as he .was a member’ of the committee dealing with the matter, and he considered he sh’cyu'ld have been advised, as to what action should have been taken. The cLera, Mr N. J. Ray, said the re-classification was no’; in order at present. Each of the settlers concerned should have been given a copy of the re-classification list. It was resolved to refer the matter to the Council’s solicitor for an opinion.

Correspondents.desiring to have letters inserted in the “Gazette” should try to send the manuscript in the day before publication, otherwise such contributions may have to be held over, foi’ a subsequent issue. There is always a good deal of matter t.o be coped with on publication days, and the “Gazette” must catch mail services and trains to the Hauraki Plains and the .Goldfields on the afternoon of publication, so that we cannot'publish late letters, etc., that might mean delay arid the missing of the timetable services to Hikutaia. Wharepoa, Turua, Ngatea, Netherton, Kerepeehi Kopuarahi, Mangatarata,. Patetonga, Waikino, and other places.

An artistic array of neatly-framed pictures and .photographs is now on view in the window of Mr F. A. B. Cameron’s studio, Paeroa, and include the circular, oval, and rectangular forms, with both bevelled and convex frames. Mr Camer;on specialises in the framing of War Certificates, and has some very creditable work on view. His child studies in photography would be hard to excel. Visitors .to the studio are welcomed, and all work is guaranteed. A special inducement is that, with every dozen photographs a handsome enlargement it obtainable as a gift. Now is the time to secure photos for dispatch to friends at Christmas tinje.

Oratory to-day is almost a tost art. But occasionally, one comes across jewels of speech. A gem was contributed by Dr. Pomara in the House when speaking on the motion of condolence .to the relatives of the late Hon. Mr Heuheu Tukino. The member of tli,e Executive Council representing the Native race paid fhe following exquisite tribute to the memof the deceased legislator: “Sir, the proverb of the Tuwharuetoa tribe is ‘Tongariro the mountain, Taupo Nui-a-Tia the sea, and Heuheu the man.’ To-day the mountain is palled with a cloud of sorrow, ;the waters of Taupo are troubled, and Te Heuheu the man is no more. The stars in the Maori firmament are getting scarce. The great tree from the Waonui of Tane has been uprooted, .the mid-post of the tribal house has fallen, and th? watch bird of the dawn has flown. To Heuheu Tukino, chief of chiefs, my elder, Haeta ra ki ie iwi.”