THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated. THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4593, 3 August 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated. THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The children of St. Paul’s Anglican Sunday School have been working hard to make t,heir annual missionary jumble stall,-which is to take place in the Parish Hall tp-morrov afternoon, surpass all previous efforts. There will be a jumble stall, lollie stall, fishpond, clothes stall, atfernoon tea, and other attractions. There is to be no charge for admission. At the Ohinemuri County Council meeting yesterday the special resolution, proposed by Cr. H. M. Corbett and seconded by Cr. S. H. Morgan, pertaining to the authorisation lor the sealing and signing of debentures 1 and 2 for the Frankton Road, Waihi, special rating area loan" of £ll.OO was confirmed. When it was suggested at a recent, meeting of the Thames County Council that a riding member inspect a certain road in his riding and report, the member replied that he would rather walk .to Wellington. During last month 58 cases of explosives were received at the Paeroa magazine, and 13 cases were delivered. Fees totalling £2 3s were collected for the month. The Thames Couqty engineer reported that on the Coast Road to the county boundary there were 34 slips constantly requiring attention in order to keep the road open for traffic. There were also numerous small slips. The sum of £lO has been subscribed by Turua residents towards the township lighting fund. The. fund now stands at £53. At the meeting of the Thames County Council yesterday the engineer repprted that members of the Whangamata Stettlers’ Association had put, in 18 days’ work on the roads. This week’s issue of the N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review should be eagerly sought after, as the illustrations are of cosmopolitan interest, embracing a,s they do incidents of up-to-date interest from all parts of the world. The well-arranged centre pages are occupied with photographs showing the Prince of Wales and Princess Mary being enthusiastically welcomed at various scenes, also the trooping of the colours, and the opening of the coaching season. Football followers will be interested in the siiace devoted to that game. The Auckland boxing champions are given special pictorial prominence, and the British lightweight championship at tlie Olympia, London, is also depicted in graphic fashion. The stage, screen and society are represented in a selection that will appeal fo all. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

During the month of July the following beasts were slaughtered at the local abattoirs : 65 cows, 25 steers and heifers, 14’2 sheep, 1 lambs, 3 calves, and 11 pigs. The chairman of the Turua Town Board arrived at a meeting on Thursday evening without his lantern and wearing tan boots—a sign of improved roads and better weather. The man Herbert Goonan, who was arrested by Constable McClinchy at Komata last week for being wrongfully in possession of a motor car was before the Police Court at Cambridge on Wednesday and was charged with unlawfully converting to his own use a motor car owned by Norman Griffiths, of Hora Hora. Accused was remanded till Monday. A dance, organised by the Turua School Committee to raise funds for school improvements, was held in ths Victoria Hall last evening. There was a fair attendance, and .an enjoyable time was spent. The silver cup presented, by Mr RL. Davies, of Kerepeehi, to the cartago service sending in the greatest percentage of superfine cream t.o :;he Ngatea butter factory during the past season was won by the Orchard East Road service. Of the cream sent ia on this service 89.8 per cent, was superfine.. The Kerepeeni service took second place with 88.8 per cent., and the Pipiroa service third with 87 9 per cent. The cup was presented to Mr, J. Spence, the convener of the Orchard East Road service,, by Mr G. Buchanan, one of the directors of the N.Z. Dairy Co., at, a dance at Ngatea on Wednesday evening. Mr W. H. Hale, a director, and Messrs A. Tattersail, W. H. Blakeway, and Missea, of the company’s staff, and about fifty suppliers and their friends were present. Dancing was carried on till an ea’-ly hour, and songs were contributed by several ladies and gentlemen.