THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE HAURAKI PLAINS GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 3, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4969, 3 May 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE HAURAKI PLAINS GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 3, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Considerable, rain fell Locally during the week-end. Saturday was fine, with an overcast sky, bu heavy rain fell during the evening. Yesterday morning was-fine again, but towards midday heavy clouds banked up and from about 2 p.m. until early this morning heavy rain, accompanied by a. nor-easWiy wind, prevailed almost continuously. From 2.30 p.m. yesterday until. 9 o’cl.ck this morning 1.65 inches, .of rain was registered. The barometer reading this morning was 29.66, with a rising tendency.

The shooting season -opened with fine weather on Saturday morning, and a large number of local sports,men ispent a good day. Already several large bags of duck have t'a-llen. prey to the guns in the district.

■ Mr H. J. Hill, who has commenced classes for singing and vc-ice. production, conducted. a trial of voices ht his studio, Paeroa, on Saturday. Mr Hill states that he is agreeably surprised to find so much talent available, .and considens: i.t has: been a loss, to the town that singing has not been developed and encouilaged here years ago.

A number of local and district turf patrons journeyed by motor-car and ti ain to Te Rapa on Saturday for the purpose ■ of attending the Hamilton Racing Club’s autumn meeting. The special tr;ain from Thames- to Te Rapa this morning was poorly patronised, no doub on account ot,the rain.

Mr D. Leach, secretary of the Ohinemuri Acclimatisation Society, received the following letter from the secretary of the Auckland Society this morning: “I have ,to advise you that we have to-day received a telegram from the Hon. Minister of Lnterna,! Affairs stating that he cannot allow pukeko to be shot during May, except in counties already gazetted. If pukeko are damaging properties, he will be pleaised .to receive, a letter from the owner of the land stating damage done, etc., and he will then consider 1 giving permission to such peiuon to shoot pukeko.”

Referring to the important part Paeroa will play as a, buisy railway junction in the future, during the course of his speech at the opening, of the new municipal offices at Paeroa. en Friday afternoon Mr A. M. Samuel, M.P., stressed the urgency of the construction of the Pae.roa-Pokeno line. He said there were about 600 men at present working on the Tau-ranga-WaJhi railway, which was rapidly nearing completion. As soon as any signs of slackening off show, a move should be made fo get the Governmemnt to engage .the men on the work of building the PaeroaPokeno line. If thfe could be. done it would saye unemployment for a large number of men, and it would be the means of hastening the construction of the line, which was almost dajly becoming a matter of urgency.