LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4365, 13 January 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

New lists of telephone subscribers have been circulated. There are over 160 connexions with the Paeroa exchange.

During the past month two cases of diphtheria have occurred in Paeroa, both patients being sent to the Thames Hospital. There was one case of pneumonia.

A meeting to discuss Hauraki Plains County matters is tc be held in the Ngatea Hall at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Mr Hallyburton Johns'tone is the convener of the “indignation meeting.”

The annual meeting of the *'e Ardha Jockey Club is advertised for Saturday. March 4th, and Monday, 6ta. Mr' E. O. Nash will forward pocket programmes upon application.

A claim for £936 14s 4d has been made against the Thames County Council by Mr Alexander Rene Joseph Page, of Parawai, in respect of certain land taken for reading on the Maramarahi block, and alleegd damage resulting from the work done thereon.

£5OO in prize!money is offered by the Matamata A. and P. Association, whose annual fixture takes place on Thursday, February 9. Entries in all sections close on Friday, January 27.

Large numbers of pigs have been received by Mr G. Sarjant, of the N.Z. Bacon and Meat Packing Co., on the Hauraki Plains this week. At Turua on Monday 190 were received, while at Hikutafa on Tuesday there were 169, and at Ngatea on Wednesday 130. These figures are well above the average and the pigs were of very fair quality.

A strange story of, a business settlement is told from a-township no great distance from the Hauraki Plains. Two partners in a business quarrelled, and one offered the other a certain sum to sell out his portion of the business. This sum could not be found, so it Was agreed that they should fight, and the winner would have full possession of the business. They fought, but after a fierce encounter the result was a draw. The two men, we are told, are still partners.

The young man Spencer C. Blakley, who some weeks ago made an attempt on his life at Paeroa by cutting his throat, and was admitted to the Waihi District Hospital for treatment,- was on "Wednesday morning discharged from the institution and, under escort of Senior-Sergeant O'Grady, was taken to Thames. He appeared before Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., on the same day in connectipn with a charge of attempted suicide. He was convicted and discharged.

Complications between the Lands Department and an owner of some land at Kerepeehl would have been amusing had it not been so painful. As far as can be gathered from meagre information available, a labourer from the Lands Department was sent to the property in question, but was ordered off by the owner. The resident engineer next appeared on the scene to put matters oh a proper footing, but he in his turn was forced to retreat. The constable resident at Kerepeehi was called in, and he was roughly handled. These incidents had their sequel in the Thames Police Court today, when the defendant, a Maori Woman named Penepi Hoani. was fined £5 for assaulting Constable James Michael Devereaux in the execution of his duties, in default.one month’s imprisonment. She was also bound over to keep the peace for one month.