THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4738, 15 August 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wm. J. Mains. Paeroa, Sept. 7-21. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. notifies the alteration of the date of the Coromandel sale to Wednesday, August 27. At last night’s meeting of ough Council it was stated that four building permits, to the value of £555 10s, had been granted during the month The private maternity home in Turua which has been closed for some months is to be reopened ‘ii about a fortniglit, when alterations and prenovations to the building are completed. Nurse Sheridan will be in charge. The finance statement submitted at tlie Borough Council meeting last night showed that revenue received during the month was and expenditure £754. The balance to the credit of the district fund account, plus ihe £l4OO advanced to the street improvements and sewerage loan accounts, was shown as £1513. His Worship the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) received advice at midday to-day from Wellington to the effect that tlie Governor-General’s proclamation Lad been issued granting authority to close Hill Street crossing and tlie taking of. further land necessary for the erection of the new railway statioi: and yards at Paeroa. The Ma,voi expects to receive full particulars of the proclamation to-morrow. As an indication of the amount of work entailed in connection with the recent Paeroa post office thefte case it is interesting to record that nofewer than sixty-eight witnesses were subpoenaed, from as far as Waiheke, Auckland, and Invercargill, and' a total of twenty-nine informations were laid. When it is considered that summonses to witnesses, bailment forms, and numerous other official papers had l<. be prepared in duplicate or triplicate tlie amount of work thrown on Constahlo McCHnchy and the local Magistrates’ Court staff can be appreciated,

Many settlers on the Hauraki Plains are now planting small patch-, es of phormiura tenax for the purpose of watching its growtn on their lands.

The American type steam dipper dredge recently erected at Kerepeehi was .on Tuesday last taken up to the Waitor Stream, where it will commence operations.

Arising out of a recommendation from the Domain Committee the Borough Council decided last night to jut down 12in pipes along the open drain in the domain-to take the storm water from Willoughby and Mackay streets.

It was decided at Tuesday’s meeting of the Thames Valley. Power Board to levy a special rate of %d in the £ on all consumers within the board's territory, to provide for. interest. sinking fund, and other charges in connection with the loan of £l5O, 000 £o- extension of hydro-electricity.

Tlie Railway Department’s workmen made a start to move the residence of Mr G. Dean, Hill Street, Paeroa, this morning. This house is being moved bodily farther over, on the section, the precent site of the house being required by the department in connection with the new railway station and yards near Moore Street.

There have been doubts expressed by farmers whether the use of electric power in the milking sheds is cheape r than the use of benzine. Mr F W Walters (chairman of the Piako County Council) has carefully prepared figures in connection witli his Tahuna shed, where last season the butter-fat production was 25,5921 b. The cost of benzine and oil over that period was £45 ‘l7, whereas if. the shed nad been supplied with electric power the cost for the same butter-fat production would have been £43 12s.

Before the commencement of the ordinary business at the Thames Valley Power Board meeting at Te Aroha on Tuesday a vote of Condolence was accorded the widow and family of the late Mr H. L. Birks, Chief Electrical Engineer to the Public Works Department. In moving the resolution the chairman (Mr F. H. Claxton) referred to the ability and willingness of the late Mr Birks to at all times assist the board. By his untimely death New Zealand would suffer a distinct loss, so far as hydroelectricity development was concerned. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Plains County Council the clerk reported having accepted a collect telegram and paid 2s 5s charges thereon, 'Afe tlie message was from a ratepayer who had on previous occasions waited on the council with a grievance, and who had then been instructed on a course of action, the wire was not received The clerk was instructed not to accept collect telegrams in future. Mr E. Taylor, Lands Drainage Engineer, will be in Wellington at the same time .as the County Council’s deputation on drainage matters. The "N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” again reaches a creditably high standard. The centre pages are show amazing thrills at Wembley Rodeo, tennis and golf exponents, the theatrical garden party, and social events. The Chinese v. Auckland football attraction is generously dealt with, and the Victoria . College v. Auckland University Rugby match is also of interest. Coursing enthusiasts will be interested in the photographs of the Waterloo Cup meeting, while racing is represented by snaps of meetings in New Zealand and Australia. The miscellaneous section has many interesting illustrations.

Considerable interest was evinced in Paeroa this morning, and not a little satisfaction was expressed, when it became known that a start had been actually made on the excavating and levelling of the new post office site on the corner- of Mackay Street and Normanby Road. Mr A. W. Curtis, Paeroa, is the contractor, and at present he has a gang of men and four drays, in addition to a plough and a number of horses, busily at work removing the soil from the site and carting it on to .the stop-bank near the Criterion Hotel, It is understood that about 2000 cubic yards of earth has to be removed and, given reasonably good weather, the work should be completed within a month.

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