THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4670, 5 March 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Borough Boundaries Commission' which was set down for hearing at tin. Courthhouse to-morrow, has been postponed until next month.

Accounts amounting to £7643 9s lid were passed for payment at yesterday’s meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board.

A public meeting of ratepayers ’s to be held this oveningin the Soldiers’ Club at 7.30 o’clock, when Mr F. H. Claxton, chairman of the Thames Valley power Board, will give an address and explain the objects of the Board’s proposal to borrow £150,000 for further reticulation work. The opportunity will be taken by the Boards officials to acquaint the ratepayers with all the work going on within the Board’s area.

To-day is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Dent, on which day ashes were sprinkled on the head as a sign of penitence niftier an injunction of Pope Gregory the Great in the 6th century.

Twenty-one milking motors and 63 lighting and heating consumers have been connected up during the month by the Thames Valley Electric Power Board. This makes a total of 804 milking motors connected and running, and 3932 lighting and heating consumers, which includes To Aroha and Thames Boroughs. The number of motors on meter is 226.

Representatives of the Hauraki Plains and Piako County Councils met in Paeroa this morning to further discuss matters in connection with the secession of the Tahuna Riding.

The official opening of the new fire station in Hall Street, Paeroa, will he performed by the Mayor tomorrow evening at 7.30 o’clock. A cordial invitation is extended to the public to be piisent and assist to make the functicn a memorable one in tile history of the progress of the borough.

At yesterday's Thames Valley Power Board meeting the Finance Committee's report, as follows, was adopted "The committee discussed very fully the reduction of charges for milking motors, and recommends that on and after April 1, 1924,'the charge be £l5 up to 500011) of butter-fat for all 2h.p. motors and under. All motors over 2h.p. must receive the sanctirn of tne Board and the engineer before installation, and the basisi of charge and butter-fat shall be in the same proportion as for 2h.p. motors. For motors smaller than 2h.p. the existing rates for motors already installed will stand up to 50001 b of butter-fat.

The annual sale of produce from tlm Harvest Festival Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul’s Church, was disposed of in the Parish Hall last evening. The .stalls were attractively arranger, and there was a fine display of produce, jams, and preserves, all of which met with ready sale. The Ladies' Guild also had a stall, as well as being responsible for the supper arrangements. tA about nine o’clock, what little produce remained was offered at a “Dutch auction" conducted by Mr E. Edwards, when, due to his skill, everything was quickly disposed of. The funds of the church will benefit considerably as a result.

The Thames Trotting Club’s fifth annual fixture is to be held on Saturday next, and it will be seen by the advertisement in this issue that every endeavour is being made to provide a real good day’s sport. A special feature of the meeting will be an exhibition of pacing by Mr G. McMillan’s champion pacer, Man-p-War, the winner of the Auckland Trotting Cup.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Power Board at Te Aroha Mr W. E. G. Willy moved that a hearty vote of thanks be accorded the engineer, Mr N. G. McLeod, for the efficient and expert manner in which he and his staff dealt wtih the break in the board’s cable across the Piako River at Ngate:> recently. In seconding the motion Mr Claxton said that it was very gratifying to find the staff so loyal and willing as to act promptly and work long hours when an emergency arose.