THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5031, 24 September 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr A. M- Samuel, M.P,. left Paeroa for Auckland yesterday morning on several matters connected with the electorate. ’He will return to Paeroa and also spend a few days in Waihi, within the next fortnight.

A painful mishap befel a Patetonga schoolgirl, daughter of Mr W. Thompson, on Friday last. While playing at school she fell, placing her hand on the base of a broken'bottle, with the result that the wrist and palm were, very severely cut. The injury was attended to by the district nurse, four stitches being inserted.

“I like your streets, they are cleaner than those of any American town the siize. of Paeroa,” sad the .Rev. G. A. Forde at last night’s meeting of the Paeroa Orphans’ Club.

From October 1 next a new system of staff discipline will be observed throughout the Railway service. The essential features are the abolition of monetary fines and the provision of a system of merit and demerit marks. In the opinion of the Prime Minister (Rt. Hoh. J. G. Coates), as expressed recently, the hew order of things will be much more equitable in operation than -the old, and will remove much cause for discontent.

In stating that. there. was a credit balance of £97 19s, 8d at last night’s session of the Paeroa, Orphans’ Club th e president (Bro. P. Williams) stated that there were only two sessions, of the 1926 season left, the October one being Ladies’ Night.

Resulting from a special meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council At Ngatea yesterday, Messrs W. Fleming and Son, Ltd., Paeroa, wiere- advised that their tender for the material foh the PekapOka water scheme had been accepted. The scheme, which is to supply 17 farms with fresh water, includes several miles of 3-inch mains, in addition to an electrically driven pump and large tank stands.

A hitch has occurred in connection with the installation of the drain pump on the northern side of Orchard East Road. Preparations of the site were, in progress when it was learned that the Lands Drainage Department proposed to erect a large S|top-bank along the river-bank in the near future.

Alterations in the times of the steam rail-car running between Frankton and Thames are advertised by the Railway Department in this issue.

First aid for coughs, colds, and Influenza, Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure.