THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 14, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4563, 14 May 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 14, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Members of the East and Komata football clubs are notified that an extraordinary combined meeting of the t,wo clubs is to be held to-night in the Soldiers’ Club. The Wednesday half-holiday in Te Aroha is to come into operation this week. The secondary and primary schools under the Auckland Education Board’s control closed for a week’s .holiday on Friday. Schools will reopen again on Monday, May 21. The hours for the Waihi Telephone Exchange have, on the application of the Waihi Chamber of Commerce, been extended two hours daily, and the exchange is now open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. • Owing to the.unpropitious weather on Saturday afternoon t,he Bowling Club was forced to abandon the formal closing of the season. Fortunately, the Thames team was advised by telephone during the morning, and in consequence did not undertake the trip to Paeroa. The Postmaster-General (Hon. J. G. Coates), in reply to the Borough Coimcil’s- request for an extension of telegraph at the local telegraph office, said he had gone carefully into the question of opening the office be’wcen the hours of 7 and 8 p.m.. He regretted that the request could not be granted. It was pointed out that the volume of business likely to be transacted between 7 and 8 p.m. would be very small, not sufficient, to warrant the expenditure involved in providing extra attendance. The letter further stated that in the eventof a telegram of an urgent nature requiring to be transmitted arrangements could be made for its transmission on payment of a reopening fee.—Received. In connection with the framed photograph of councillors which was presented to Cr. Brenan on Thursday last it is interesting to record that the whole of the work was locally done at the Mitchell Studio. The work is of a very high order, and has been favourably commented upon. A Patetonga schoolboy named Frank Tapper had his arm fractured while playing football. He was conveyed in Mr F. Plummer’s car to the Morrinsville Hospital. The machinery for laying dewn the bitumen on the experimental strip of road at Turua arrived by scow on Thursday. Owners of properties in the Haiv raki Drainage area are notified that the new classification list >s now open for inspection. Ratepayers would do well to note that unless overdue water charges are paid within one week the water supply will be disconnected and an additional- fee of £2 will have t,o be paid before the water is turned on again. If. sufficient inducement offers, Miss D. Molloy will visit various centres on the Plains for teaching the pianoforte and theory. Particulars may be obtained by ringing ’phone 58, Turua. At a meeting of the Hauraki Plains Tennis Association held at Ngatea on Thursday last it, was decided to hold the first annual ball on June 6. A strong committee was appointed to deal with the matter, and arrangements were made tp ensure a successful function. The cups and shields will be presented to the winning clubs and the medals to the winners of the recent handicap tournament. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.