THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4568, 25 May 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. • — : — On Thursday next Miss Milgrew will commence her dancing classes in the Soldiers’ Hall. The children’s class will be held in the afternoon and the adults’ in the evening. The charge has been Axed at the low price of 6d for child/ren, Is for ladies, and Is 6d for gentlemen, and there it' littie doubt that the classes will be well patronised.

A clearing sale is to be held at Pipiroa on Monday next, when the entire stock of Mr G. W. Keith, who is leaving the district, is fo be offered. Particulars are advertised.

The concert organised by Mr Eri’ick Charmers, of the Australasian School of Grand Opera, as a benefit for the Ngatea Football Club, and held in the Ngatea Hall on Thursday evening, was not such a success as was anticipated. Owing to a breakdown the c&r was not at Turua to meet the Thames pupils of the school, so only a portion of the programme could be given. The large audience which had assembled from all parts of the Plains was, however, well satisfied under the circumstances. Many of the pupils showed decided merit, and their items were well received. The hope has been expressed that Mr Charmers will have another opportunity of bringing his party to Ngatea, when, on last night’s indications, a. splendid concert should result.

Particulars of Mr A. G- Snelgar and Co.’s clearance sale,, which takes place at Ngarua on Tuesday'next, are advertised. Amongst the dairy stock to be offered are 85 Shorthorn dairy cows which are a particularly good lot, and also young stock and some good farm horses.

Reserve Thursday, June 14, for the Paeroa Tennis Club’s Dance.* As the Rev. Father Dunphy was proceeding along Normnaby Road this morning in his motor-car he met with a slight mishap,, which made it necessary to leave the car on the side of the road. In this case the bad conditioif of the road could not be blamed. The cause pf the accident was a broken rear axle. Yesterday being Empire Day, flags were flown in the town. At the invitation- of the committee, His Worship the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) paid an official visit to the District High School. The children were drawn up in lines in the playground, and after saluting the flag, His Worship delivered a simple but stirring address to the children, commending them to fear God, and honour the King. He briefly described the important place which little New Zealand held in the great Empire. The address appealed strongly to the children, who Isitened with marked attention throughout. At the conclusion of the address the National Anthem was sung, and the pupils returned to their classrooms. His Worship, accompanied by the headmaster (Mr G. H. Taylor) and a member of the school committee, then inspected several 0? the classrooms, which had been decorated suitably for Empire Day. The ordinary class routine was suspended, and the day was, devoted to song and story about the Birth of the Empire.

The Messrs Carters’ service mail car made a fast trip through from Tauranga to Paeroa this morning. Leaving Tauranga just before 7 o’clock; the worst portion of the road, about 15 miles from Tauranga. known as the Corkscrew, was safely negotiated, and the cair, carrying eleven passengers, arrived in Paeroa at 10.30 a.m. Despite the bad conditions of the road between Tauranga and Waihi so far the train connection has never been missed.