LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4613, 12 October 1923, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Building permits to the value of £3OOO were issued during the month by the Hauraki Plains County Council. All the Nelson doctors have unanimously passed a resolution protesting against the adoption of mixed' schools in Nelson, where a complete system of separate schools is possible, and has been in operation for several years. “Mr Massey has gone to London and Mr Wilford is visiting Singapore, so I have been left behind to look after New Zealand.” —Mr H. T. Holland in a speech at Palmerston North“They have winds in Sydney,” said Mr A- Veitch, who has returned to Wellington after a three months’ holiday, “Not the sort of winds we have here, but howling winds that blow the roofs off and blow buildings down. Not long before I came away I saw portions of roofs hanging on the telephone and electric light wires. There were high winds for nearly a fortnight. On the bowling greens, as soon as you took your foot off the rubber mat it was whisked away, and it became a point with players to see that someone put a foot on the mat when a played stepped off, and at times it was necessary to have someone stand on the other end of the mat. to keep it down while you played. Prominence is given in the “N.ZSporting and Dramatic Review” to the Auckland v. Hawke’s Bay Rugby match at the Domain last Saturday, photographs of the respective teams and exciting incidents pf the game being recorded. The England vFrance athletic sports at the Pershing Stadium are the subject of a striking series, and the Timaru to Christchurch cycle road race is depicted in a fine series of photographs. The centre pages show fair bathers at Hammersmith and Newquay, Cornwall. An outstanding feature is the Australian Jockey Club’s meeting at Randwick, with graphic illustrations of principal races, special space being allotted to Ballymena. Fashion modes and stage and film occupy their own particular niche, and a long list of miscellaneous pictures will appeal to readers,