THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5047, 3 November 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A miraculous escape frolm a serious motor accident befel an Auckland commercial traveller between Ohinew,ai and Kaihere on Sunday. Coming down the hill to Kaihere his car left the road and ran about forty feet down a bank. The dense scrub through which the vehicle travelled eventually stopped its career, and beyond a broken windscreen no damage was done. The job df hauling the car back to the road wa,s very difficult, and several motor .trlncks and much tackle were used.

In a civil action heard at the Magistrate’s Court, Thames on Wednesday last Roy Bi-atlie (Mr Walton), of Ngatea, proceeded against Joseph W. Tetley (Mr Bryan), ctf Turua, claiming £75 for fajse and fraudulent representation concerning thq sale of a motor tnuck. The case lasted the. greater part of the day, judgment finally being given for Bratlie for £42 and costs.

The time-hotaoured custom among builders off hoisting a white flag at the top of a new building, signifying that the roof is on, was carried out on the new Royal Mail Hotel, premises at Paeroa just, before mid-day on Monday. It is understood that the epiblem hangs in position until such time as the owner olf the new building “shouts” for the workmen.

“The present situation seems to be that the Protestant Sunday, as, forme;rly understood, is gone beyond recall, and the only Sunday left is the Catholic Sunday, with its eucharist worship and its liberty for wholesome recreation,” said Archdeacon F. N. Taylor, when preaching on “That Sunday Question” at St. Luker’s Church, Christchurch oh Sunday.

The first management: committee meeting of the Paeroa Athletic Club for the ensuing season w.as held in Mr Bain’s Rooms on Monday evening. Prize money to the amount of £lOO was allocated to the initial sports meeting on Saturday, December HThe, sections decided upon were:Running (open), cycling, jumping, school events, floral’ gymkhana, and field! and novelty events. To enliven proceedings the services of the Waihi Federal Band have been arranged.

lOn Saturday last a tally of the traffic was take,n at several points on the Hauraki Plains. Despite the races, the number of vehicles was very little above normal. Only six motorists were caught exceeding the; speed limit, a ( nd it was evident that those who had observed that speeds were being timed had passed the information along.

A total of 1,037,234 Irish-born persons aie living in the United States, while 367,747 come Worn England and Wales, 1'59,020 from Scotland, 105,033 from Australia, 93,301 from Canada, 34,419 ‘from New Zealand, 12,289 from South Africa, and 8414 frolm India, according to census figures published in Dublin.

At an executive meeting of the Te Aroha Bowling Club on Monday evening Mr A. J. Burrows tendered his resignation as secretary. Genera) expressions were made in appreciation of Mr Burrows’ services and regrets expressed at his decision to vacate the office. He was made a. presentation by .the executive, he having declined to accept payment for his services.

Thq proceeds cif the concert given in Ngatea last week by the Rev. Jasper Calder went to the building fund of the Church of England at Ngatea, and not to the relief of the unemployed of Auckland, as previously stated.

A start was made on Thursday last with the preparation of Rdad for the continuation of the metalling commenced last season. Good progress is being made with the sanding.

A painful accident befel, Mr F- Patterson, Paeroa, who was. employed by the Paeroa Quarry Co., early yesterday morning. Mr Patterson had just commenced work and was chopping some timber with an axe. It appears that he was holding a stake with his left hand, and when raising the axe it fouled a projecting ledge of rock, and as a result the axe missed its mark and Mr Patterson received the full force of the blow on the left hand, completely severing the last two fingers. After receiving medical attention he was sent down to the Thames Hospital for treatment. This, accident is pai’icularly unfortunate, as. not long ago Mr Pattersoln. Had the misfortune to lose an eye while engaged on quarrying work.

A return was tabled at yesterday’? meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board showing that the total number of consumers connected to the board’s mains at October 30, 1926, was 6117, which includes the boroughs o>f Te Aroha and Thames. There were connected dulling last month 1 38 lighting and heating consumers, 32 waterheaters, 2 electric ranges, and 19 motors on farms, of which number 14 were 2 h.p. milking motorls. There are now connected and operating 915 water-heaters and 122 electric ranges, and the total number of motors connected and running on farms is 1797, of which 1566 arc 2 h.p. milking motors. In the, number of motors connected to the boa;rd’s mains during the month are included 12 on already existing lines.

An alteration in thel time-table to operate on and after Molnday next is advertised in this issue by the Railway Department.

Accounts amounting to £12,081 13s ch the power fund anil £3360 18s. Id on the loan account were passed for payment at yesterday’s meeting of the Thames Valley Electric Power Board.

Mr J. Costello, of Ngatea, the Farmers’ Veterinary Club’s officer, underwent a serious operation at an Auckland hospital on Monday morning. The latest reports to hand indicate that he is progressing satisfactorily.

The reason why such a man as Mr A. B Williams, who laces on an extensive scale in New l Zealand, hurries a team to Sydney when his stable shelters “one out of the box” (states the Sydney Sun) becomes obvious when the record of that horse is examined. Star Stranger has won four races in his own country, including ,a Derby and a Leger, and has dea ; d-heae.d for a cup, besides filling several places in good races, yet his total winnings there amount to no moile than £5425. A visit to Sydney, howe/er, and, hey presto, ’ £5570 is added to the owner’s banking account, and not less than £5420 of it came from success in one race at Randwick. Star Stranger has won altogether. £10,995.