THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE HAURAKI PLAINS GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4971, 7 May 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE HAURAKI PLAINS GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The. first instalment of the larger drainage scheme put forward by His Worship/the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall)' for the borough of Paeroa has commenced' 'in earnest. Yesterday aj start was made by the Public Works Department with a dozen men on the main outfall drain/ Commencing at the Waihou River, this drain is to be widened to 7ft. on the bottom, with a- one-half to one batter. The department will carry out the drainii g from the river to Puke Road, at which point the borough council takes over.

The Rev. John Louden is expected in Paeroa early next week- The Presbytery of Waikato will proceed to ,his> induction on Wednesday evening next, At this service the Rev. Malcolm C. Gibb will be the preacher. The In-terim-Moderator, the Rev. J. A. Ryburn, will preside',. and the. Revis. J. D. McFarlane and A. C. Hampton will take part. < .

A distressing accident befel the Methodist minister ofc the Hauraki Plains, (thei Rev. JI. R. Hall,) on Wednesday evening. While cycling along Horahia Road he ..was attacked by a, big dog, with the result that he fell, 'heavily and was rendered unconscious. His scalp wounds Were dressed by a settler, and he was taken to his home in Ngatea.

Figures presented to the Wellington War Relief Association show that funds at present held by various societies in New Zealand amount, to £722,988, Avihch is . sufficient to lapt for 17 It was stated at the meeting that the War Funds Council had £113,000 on which societies could d ; ra,w when their, own funds Were exhausted, and that he Canteen Fund amounted to £170,000.

London “Punch’s” classical joke about summer last yw being on a Friday is recalled by the state of the. weather recently in this district. Until Friday, April 2.3,. the weather could have been described as summery, but since then it has been decidedly wintry. Very-heavy rajn fce.ll on that Friday evening, and though the next two days were fine it has. rained ori every‘day since, apd the weather has been boisterous and cold.

Sunday next, “Motheirjs? Day” throughout N.Z. Pastor Joseph Clark’s closing services a.t Paeroa Presbyterian Church : 11 a.m., “Home, Sweet. Home”: 7 pun., “A Wonden-w’orking Enthusiasm.” Netherton 3 p.m. Visitors, heartily welcomed.*

The Turua Town Bbh t rd held its monthly meeting on Tuesday evening, a day earlier than usual on account ofc there being a concert on. the date of the, regular meeting. Most of the evening w'as< taken up with a Works Committee meeting, a,nd the only busiliessj done at the board meeting was to confirm tire action of the works committee in instructing the N.Z. Roads Co. to patch the holes and cracks in the road from, the factory to the Willow dr.ain for the cost of tilie labour and materials plus 5 per cent, for overhead expenses, and' to reach a bas.is for negotiation in reference to the completion of the loading

Now that the fine weather has broken, the Plains County Council’s road maintenance plant hasi been ta.ke.n off the clay roads: and is treating the metalled roads. Many of the roads are now receiving a coating of red blinding metaj.

A great number df spoilsmen ha.ve I been shooting in the upper reaches of the Piako and Waitoa rivers* and very big bags have been secured* Some of the bags have been so big that developments are awaited. The customary winter will be observed’ by the schools, under the jurisdiction of the' Auckland Education Board,, commencing this afternoon. Schools will re-open on Monday, May 17. Inspector Wills, of the Police. Department, Hamilton, and Senior-Sergt'. Maclean made an official inspection of the premises for which licenses are being applied at Paeroa. this morning. The party left after lunch for Waihi, where similar inspections are to be made.

The final matches of the first round of the Hauraki Plains Rugby footbajl club competition will, w’eather permitting, be played to-morrow. The Kerepeehi teams will play at Patetonga, a,nd Messrs J’. Reed and E. Laing will referee. The Ngatea seniors will play at the. Coast ground under Mr J. Kidd, and the Waitakaruru tea,ms will play at Turua under Mr. D. G. McMillan .and 1 Mr J. Clark. There were seven days durjng the month of April on which rain fell on the Plains, the Ist, 2nd, 24th, and 27th to 30th, inclusive. The total rain as, recorded at .the Lands Office, Kerepeehi, was 1.83 inches, compared with .84' for the previous year, 8,.5'5 for the month of April, 1924, apd 9.76 tor 1 the same month in 1923. The aver,age' fall for April during the past 14 years is 3.77 inches. The heaviest fall during last month was, for the 24 hours ending at 8 a..m. on the 24th, when .70 was recorded!. The total, for the year to date is 10.34 inches* (42 wet days), compared with 6.4 inches (33 wet days) for the same period last year, and 21.92 inches (49 wtet days) during the first foua months df 1924. 1' '