THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4979, 26 May 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A reminder is given that the annual meeting of the Paeroa Beautifying and Improvement Society is to be in .the Centenary Hall tomight. A special meeting is also to be held for the purpose of amending the rules. It is hoped that the general public will show its, appreciation of the work being done by this small band of enthusiastic a,nd voluntary workers by attending the meeting this evening and lending support to the progressive, works suggested for the coming year.

The first community hotel to be' established in the Dominion will, be erected as a result of the enterprise of the people Of Te Kuiti, where a public company has beep formed to carry through the enterprise. The company, which has been. registered, will have a capital of £25,000, ot which 8000 shares' have been taken up in Te Kuiti. 4

Mr J. P. Gamble begs to apnoimice that lie has opened up a large range of ladies’ evening frocks from 29s 6d. Showing now.*

At Kerepeehi oii Saturday last the local senior “Soccer” team defeated the. Thames: F.C. team by three goals to nil after a very exciting match. The junior team lost its match by three goa,ls to nil.

A new regulation enables the Railway Department to reserve ' seats in railway carriages for any particular person over any distance. This right the department did not legally possess hitherto, as shown in a recent dispute when a, traveller, who refused to give up a seat though it had been “reserved” for a well-known official personage, was: prosecuted and the Court upheld his claim that the reservation had no force.

At the present time two big moneyraising drives are in progress on the Hauraki Plains, but little interest, appears to be taken in either. The A. a,ud P. dissociation's golden art union has been launched, and attractive, showcards are exhibited at. many places. A queen carpival to raise funds for the building of a Roman Catholic Church at some central site _ in the 'district is a.lso in progress, and many social functions have been held and are planned for the near future, but the competitive spirit usually associated with queen carnivals is missing, as the progress of the two queens is not announced and nothing definite can be .ascertained as ,tp the probable location of the proposed building. For Influenza Colds take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

The monthly meeting of the Thames Valley Electric Power Board is to be held a,t Te Aroha to-morrow-•A special meeting will also be held for the purpose of electing a chairman. It is also intended to make a presentation from the board members to the- retiring chairman, Mr F. H. Claxton.

Arrangements have been made for those who desire to make an inspection of the ground floor of the new post office a'fter the opening ceremony to-morrow afternoon.

A slip of the tongue at a banquet in Taranaki last week placed a, new member of Parliament, who was replying to the toast of the Legislature, in a position of momentary discomfort. In the course of his speech he observed that he was also down on the list to reply to the toast of “The La,dies,” and he remarked that he really knew 1 little about either Parliament or the ladies; as he had only touched the outskirts of things. The merriment which the innocent slip created was intensified by the knowledge that the speaker was, himself a bachelor.

At the special meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council which was held to arrange details for the visit of the Prime Minister, representatives ofthe Ojiinemuri Cctonty Council, were, present, and the county is co-operat-ing with the borough in evei'y way possible to make the auspicious occasion a memorable one. -

* While proceeding from Wellington to Upper Hutt on Saturday afternoon a five-seater Buick cay, when approacihng the entrance to the Taita Gorge, skidded on some loose , metal, and before the driver could right the car it plunged down a flfteen4teet bank, and, somersaulting, Landed upside down on top of its four occupants; who .were imprisoned under the overturned machine. By a miracle the only member of the patty w'ho 'received even a scratch was the; owner a,nd driver,»who had one hand pinned under the steering-wheel.

Lieutenants E. G. Moncrief, M.C. (Morrinsville), E. J. Browning (Tauranga), and Staff Sergeants-Major G. Patterson (Waihi), R. Meecham (Rotorua) A. Steward, M.M. (Te Aroha), and W. C. Cossgrove (Thames), are at present in Paeroa in connectibin with the Defence Department’s annual x of territorials and senior cadets.

The Northern Steam Ship Company’s Pinko River steamea’ Wa,ipu became* stuck on the mud outside the mouth of the river early on Tuesday morning and the passengeiys were towed to Pipiroa in owe of the ship’s boats. There a Thames fishing launch picked them up and carried them on to Ngatea. The steamer continued up the river witltohe evening tide.