LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4428, 16 June 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Notice is given that an agency of the Public Trust Office has been established in Paeroa in charge )f Mr. James Cpuper as agent.

The first of the popular Catholic Socials is to be held in the Soldiers’ Club on Tuesday next, June 20.

“It is not often one finds a blank cheque floating around. It reflects on the honesty of; the Council,” said Mr. H. Lowe, chairman of the Thames County Council, when a blank cheque was found among the deposits for tenders for some of the county work.

It is seldom that callers of tenders complain about the tenders being too lbw. but such was the case at the Thames County meeting yesterday, when two councillors were of the opinion that the work could not be done at twice the estimates submitted by some of the tenderers. It would be a shame to accept thoss tenders, said onei It was also suggested that the work be let out on wages. The .lowest tender, however, was accepted.

A painful accident occurred to Mr. James Connor, of Kerepeehi, oh Tuesday morning. He was riding on horseback along the Kaikahu Road when his mount stumbled and threw him. His neck was injured and twisted severely. He was taken to the Thames Hospital, where he is now reported to be progressing favourably.

An instance was given at a testing association meeting the other day of a farmer who wanted to cull one of his cows. His wife, however, persuaded him to keep the animal. That cow gave 5541 b of butter-fat for the past season, and the farmer is naturally congratulating himself on his spouse’s choice.

A broken arm and several cut on the face were sustained by Leslie McKay, a lapd of 13, a few yards from the Wharepoa ferry on Monday. The lad had evidently been thrown from his horse, which he was seen by the ferryman to be leading towards the ferry. He was taken to Mr. Daily’s house and medical aid summoned from Turua. The boy is since reported to be progressing favourably.

The services of the Methodist Church will be held this Sunday in the Sunday School building as the Church building is undergoing extensive alterations and painting. Last Sunday, services held in the same building were a great success, all attending speaking very highly of the fine interior and its good acoustic properties. The singing by the choir was heard to great advantage through these latter qualities.

An echo of last year’s Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Commission was heard at the Thames County Council meeting yesterday, when the dent said Mr. Rhodes, M.P., had gope to a great deal of trouble and expense on behalf of the Council at the Commission, and that he should be reimbursed. The matter was left tp the chairman and clerk.

A Wellington tenancy has been ended on the ground that the tenant by sub-letting was making an unreasonably large profit. Defendant was paying a rent of; 35s a week for an eight-, roomed house; and for two rooms, with the use of a kitchen, she was charging 30s. The magistrate said he had no doubt that the case was an instance of the mischief that the Legislature had intended to curei The law empowered him, when a tenant was making an unreasonable profit by sub-letting, to put an end to the tenancy. He was going to put an end to this tenancy. It might be a lessor to other landlords. Somebody had to be the first victim. He was going to make an order for the defendant to surrender possession of the premises within fourteen days. If he had any more cases of the charging of exorbitant rents to widows with children he would make the term seven days.

A salutary punishment of six months ip gaol was imposed upon a young man named George Arthur Thompson by the Wanganui StipenHary Magistrate, the offence being the giving of a. false fire alarm. Having given the alarm from the box near the Opera House, he took cover in a right-of-way to watch the result. The brigade answered the call promptly, and Superintendent Williams, on looking round, found Thompson emerging from the right-of-way. On. being confronted he denied the offence, but could not explain why there was blood on his right hand, and then later admitted that he fell against the alarm. His going tp gaol (says the Wangapui “Herald”) should serve as n warning to others who might be tempted to interfere with the alarm.

A publication unsurpassed for the abundance and excellence of its illustrations is the “Sporting and Dramatic Review,” and this week’s issue more than maintains the high standard. Four complete pages forming a supplement are devoted to Kings College, Mangere, which was recently the scene of a noteworthy gathering. A panoramic view of. the fine building and photographs depicting various incidents make up i’ striking series that should serve as a souvenir. Snapshots at the Auckland Racing Club’s winter gathering and the Otaki Maori Racing Chib’s meeting will intersst the sporting public. Special prominence is given the aeroplane disaster between London and Paris, and some graphic photographs were secured. The miscellaneous section covers stage, screen, and society, and includes a fulLpage group of the “Maid of the Mountains” company.

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