THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,& FRIDAY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4618, 26 October 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,& FRIDAY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On inquiries being made of the Waihi Hospital this morning it is pleasing to state that the victims of the Waikino tragedy of this day last week are all improving. Mr R. T. He’d and Constable H. Olsen have shewn marked improvement during the last couple of days.

Sunday next will be the Feast of S.S. Simon and Jude, and will be observed with festival services at St. Paul’s Church. There will be a celebration of Holy Communion at 8 a.m., Mattins at 11, and Festal Evensong at 7.

The case Paeroa Engineering Co., Ltd. (Mr C. N. O’Neill), v. H. F. Housler (Mr J. L. Hanna) was partly heard in the Magistrate’s Court, Paeron, on Wednesday last. The case for the plaintiffs was presented, and one witness for the defence was heard. Owing to the lateness of the hour an adjournment was made until November 12.

A young man named Albert Bray, an employee of the Lands Department, had his foot crushed by a tailing stringer while engaged in the construction of the Puhanga Canal bridge on Tuesday. He was taken to the Thames Hospital, and is progressing satisfactorily.

An interesting compi uni cation—to school teachers—from the Education Department was read at a meeting of the Wanagnui Education Board last week stating that school registers cannot be marked for attendance unless schools are open for two consecutive hours. It was stated that the practice in some schools on wet days was to have about 20 minutes for lunch, reasseinble the school,- mark the register, and then disperse.

The Turua Social Club has for some time been developing into a boxing club. At the weekly meeting on Tuseday last the social club was wound up and a boxing school formed Fifteen pupils were enrolled, and an instructor from Kopu was engaged .o vi'-it Turua weekly.

This week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” reaches a high standard of merit. Racing occupies a prominent position, the opening of the trotting season being marked by the snapshots taken at the Auckland Trotting Club’s meeting on Saturday. The Wellington Racing Club’s fixture at Trentham and the Waikato Hunt Club’s meeting at Claudelands are also pictorially reviewed in a comprehensive manner. A beautiful photograph of the King’s yacht Brittania will make a universal appeal, as also will views of Japanese cities destroyed by the earthquake and striking panoramas of the rebuilding of the war-shattered territories of France. The Wanganui Competitions are dealt with in some charming sets, and other local events are covered in various portraits. The Stage, Motion Picture, and the Social World will make a direct appeal to the feminine readers, and miscellaneous items cover a large field.