THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5016, 20 August 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Public Schools under the jurisdiction of the Auckland Education Board closed down this atleruoon for the August term holidays for two weeks. Schools will reopen on Monday, September 6.

At a recent meeting of the Auckland Education Board a letter was received from the committee of the Royal Show asking the Board to grant a special holiday on November 17 to all schools from Helensville to Mercer so that scholars could visit the show. It was decided to grant the request of all the schools that made application for this holiday.

Two trucks were derailed at Motumaho railway station on Wednesday afternoon. The train, which leaves Paeroa at 7.45 a.m., was shunting at Motumaho when the main portion of the train, which was left standing, moved forward on to the trucks attached to the engine, and as a result two waggons were derailed, and Mr L. W. Wright, of Paeroa, who was guard in charge of the train, had his right hand badly crushed. There was no damage to the permanent way, nut the derailed trucks were more or less damaged. Mr Wright was attended to at Thames Hospital, and yesterday an X-ray examination of the injured hand was made, but the full extent of the injuries are not yet available.

The commission to decide oq the question of the amalgamation of the Hauraki and Horahia drainage districts will probably sit at Turua on Tuesday, August 31. Mr L Campbell, of the Public Works Department, will be the Commissioner.

At the meeting of Rawer awe farmers on Tuesday evening relative to the proposal to have a pump installed to keep the outlet drain dowin to summer level all the year round, it was mentioned by an old settler that such a scheme was mooted by Mr J. H. Knapp at Pipiroa twelve years ago. Now, with electric power available the proposail has- become possible and is eventuating with marked suc'cess k

When the Public Works Department's 50,000-vol.t ele'etric pdwer line is constructed from Bombay to iWaikino it will cross, the Piako River near Ngatea. As insulation of this high voltage is difficult a; submarine cable will not be u?ad, but towers about 150 ft high will be erected to carry the wires over the river.

For five days recently the flood-gate on ths Puhanga island block near the newly installed drain pump could not operate becajise the leveQ, of the Piako River rea'ched to within half an inch 0)0 the record flood level anc( was 3ft abovq the average level of the land. By means of the pump the land was kept dry and the drain practically empty. There is- no doubt 1 of the success of the pumping experiment.

Attention is drawn to the Railway Department’s advertisement in this issue in connection with the (football match North Auckland v. Waikato at Hamilton on Saturday next, for which special train arrangements have been m r a;de.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Coughs apd Colds never fails.