THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4626, 16 November 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

« A special sitting of the Magistrate's Court is being held in Paeroa to-day, when a sharemilking dispute is being heard before Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M. A new railway by-law issued last -week makes it a punishable offence for passengers to place their feet on the seat cf. a railway carriage. A final reminder 'is given of the Methodist Sunday School anniversary services, which are to be held in the Central Theatre on Sunday, 18th, at 11 n.m., 3 p.m., and 7 P-m. This year the' services' promise to be brighter and better than ever, the singers being assisted by an efficient orchestra.’’* A dwellinghouse at Thames, occupied by Mr C. D.' Sanders, was broken into on Wednesday afternoon and ransacked. The police later arrested a man named Bill Burnell, who, when searched, had several aticles alleged to have been stolen, including two brooches and two pairs of spectacles, valued at £4. He was charged with the offence and remanded until Monday, as other charges are pending. Some considerable time ago one of the power wires running along Hauraki Road, Turua, became broken near the school. The loose ends were at first given a wide berth, although they proved to be “dead.” Many times the wires have been found on the road or the footpath and have been colled up to prevent pepple tripping ovc” them in the dark. Evidence that one wire was not "dead” on Tuesday night, was found the following morning, when it was discovered that two dogs had been electrocuted. Probably the switching on for the first time of the additional street) lights had something to do with the matter, but that such a menace to life a,s a live wire should be found lying where any person might easily touch it and be killed is a matter of concern to the people of Turua.