LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4371, 27 January 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The "Gazette” will not be published on Monday, the holiday to be observed for Anniversary Day, which falls on Sunday thisyear.

"I used to deal with cattle, but there is now nothing in them,” said a witness at the Paeroa S.M. Court' yesterday.

A final reminder is given of the Hikutaia Sports, to be held on, Monday. The programme and number and quality of entrants surpasses lasc year’s fixture

"A job is a thing you do and watch the clock. You do the job because someone tells you to, and because you think you will starve if you don’t. A position, is a place wliichi you get to by your own initiative." —Dr. Loveland, Chautauqua lecturer.

The Ohinemuri River rose very considerably on account of the heavy rains, ascending from 7 to 22 feet in 14 hours. The Public Works Department’s local officers were keeping a close eye on the bridges, in case of trouble.

Sections at the beautiful Waikawan are advertised for sale by the owner, Mr G. R. Blackett. The Paeroa agent is M'r Edwin Edwards.

The official count of the votes cast in the recent loan polls on the Hauraki Plains is to .take place at Ngatea at 10 a.m. next Wednesday. Scrutineers may be appointed.

Jersey demonstrations are being ar-t ranged by the Thames Valley Jersey Breeders’ Club to be held at Turua and Ngatea, for next Friday, February 3.

Patetonga residents are under the mistaken impression that the proposed Parliamentary delegation will not v/sit their district. We understand that the party will come through Patetonga on the way from Mobrinsville to Waitakarur.u.

At a meeting of local Public Setn rants on Wednesday the following resolution was passed: “That this mass meeting of Public Servants of Paeroa protests against any immediate reduction in .salaries with an assurance to their respective executives of their whole-hearted support in any, action which they may see fit to take."

The heavy rainfall in the hills and the Ohinemuri and Waihou watersheds caused a certain amount of flooding in the lowlands about Paeroa. The Public Works Department officials have been watching all the bridges in the district, but fortunately no damage, has been caused. The water is all over the wharf at the Puke, and over the road some two feet at the bridge, but traffic has not been blocked.

“I would just 'like to remark how ridiculous the action is,” remarked Mr J. L. Hanna at the Paeroa S.M. Court yesterday, .when a summons was called against him by the; Commissioner ofi Taxes, on account of taxes due on a deceased’s estate, for which Mr Hanna is solicitor. Mr Hanna said the Commissioner had withdrawn the summons, evidently recognising the absurdity of the pro-i ceeding. “Struck out,” said His Worship.

A Kaihere settler recently made a suggestion that the land on the- Hauraki Plains is adaptable to the grown ing of sugar beet. With ordinary cultivation he is of the opinipn that the plant could be grown in payable quantities, and th,at the Government should assist with the project. It is not known whether any farmer has grown the beet successfully, but it would be a very interesting experiment.

Some evidence of the extent of the downpour on Wednesday night is the amount of rain gauged at the Lands Department’s, office at Kerepeehi. From the time the rain commenced on Wednesday until yesterday morning at 8 o’clock, 1.84 inches were recorded. The month’s total to date was 3.36 inches, but adding the .84in that fell last night the ,t£>tal reatehes 4.20 for the Tffonth.

Contradiction of a rumour that prices of admission have been raised is advertised by Mr A. J. Innis, pro-> prietor of the Kerepeehi pictures.

The illustrations in this week’s issue of the “Sporting and Dramatic Review” are particularly pompriehensive in their scope, and should at-j tract widespread interest, The South African athletes make up a splendid page, while competitions in the recent tennis championships at Christchurch and Wellington .and representative cricket teams add to the topical value. Racing is covered in pages of snapshots taken at the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting, the Manawatu Trotting Club’s gathering, and the Rotorua Jockey Club’s meeting at Hamilton. A specially fine set of photographs is devoted to Princess Mary, while the sensational French trial occupies a prominent place in the pictorial section.