THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE HAURAKI PLAINS GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4973, 12 May 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE HAURAKI PLAINS GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. A. -M. Samuel, M.P., arrived ,at Paeroa yesterday afternoon. He attended the Athletic Club’s social last evening To-day Mr Samuel is busy in town on matteijs: connected with the electorate. This evening he will accompany the Hon. Minister of Mines to Karangaliake, and to-morrow he leaves with the Ministerial party for Waihi.

The Defence ■ Department advises that the ‘ official, designation of the Military Camp at Nga.ruawahia is the Waikato Camp, Ngaruawiahia, ahd not Hopiihopu, as frequently referred to.

The census returns .taken at Te Arolia by Mr J. Motley showed that there was a population of 2300, which included 1115 males, 1159 females, and 26 Maoris. The number of houses in the borough was given as 498.

A* decision to apply to the Minister of • Education to have placed on the estimates this year a sufficient sum to enable, arrears in the erection of school teachers’ residences in the Auckland province to be overcome, was reached by the Auckland Education Board 1 on Wednesday.

During the last four years the. Plains County Council has spent £3741 Is 6d on Miranda, Road. OS this, £1285 has come out of .the riding' rates-, of which £2963 13s 8d was, collected and £1716 18s 9d spent in the riding.

The folly and unseemly behaviour of ' dance patrons, pulling down streamers and other decorations froin the ceilings and walls was again enacted towards the closing stages of the Athletic Club’s social a,nd dance at the Gaiety Theatre last night. To save the large dome suspended from the. ceiling from ruthless, destruction an appeal, was made by Mr W. Pennell, one' of the M’lStC. Fortunately the appeal from .the stage was successful, but the floor was strewn with decoration's which were more easily seized and torn down. Apart from the fact that the debrisi impedes dancing, it should be remembered that very dften the decorations are expensive and the carrying out of the scheme entails much thought and arduous work to complete. The thoughtlessness on the part of dancers is worthy of censure, and what has, apparently become a habit should be discouraged by promoters or dances.

Having secured the use ofcl the drill hall, members of the. East Football Cl,ub will hold a practice at 7.3,0 o'clock this evening. Members of the senior team are particularly requested to attend. An invitation to members of other clubs is cordially extended.

Another Kerepeehi child has been admitted to the hospital suffering from cerebro-spinal meningitis. Ason of a Wharepoa Road farmer was taken to the hospital on Monday.

The results of the Hardley Challenge Shield, which is 'competed for annually by cheese factories, show that this, year the competition has .been won by the Tokoroa Dairy Co., Ltd. (J. Barron, manager), with 93.599 points. The Hauraki Plains Dairy Co., Ltd. (R. McKenzie), was second with 93.212 points. The competition is open to all cheese factories in the Auckland province, and the awards, are based on the highest average grading points of the various factories for the season 'from October 1 to April 30.