THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5050, 10 November 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

From Friday last a Heduction in the charges for Idng-distance toll communications has been in operation, the half-rate concession commencing at 8 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. Noi alteration is made in the charge for calls ovei. a distance not exceeding 150 miles. For calls, over distances exceeding I'so miles the charge is the same as previously up to 150 miles, and for every additional 10 miles or fraction thereof exceeding 150 miles the change is Id between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and lad between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m.

The new motor ambulance purchased by the Thames Hospital Board is giving every satisfaction, and proved very useful on both days of the Thames Jockey Club’s meeting, when several jockeys were, injured. The question of insuring the vehicle against fire, .and also under a comprehensive policy, was brought up at the Hospital Board meeting on Monday, but the matter was deferred, and in the meantime the secretary was instructed to ascertain the rates for both classes of risks.

The flag flit the Paeroa District High School was flown at half-mast yesterday as a mark off respect to the late Mr A. E. Say, who was for some time a member of the School Committee.

Ten distorting mirrors, each 6ft by 3ft, have been accepted by the Naiper Borough Council from the Napier Thirty Thousand Club. They arte expected to arrive in Napier early in the new year. The arranging of a. room Far them at the baths was; left to the baths committee.

At Monday’s meeting ,jf the Thames Hospital Board Mr J. Rowe moved that the resolution passed with reference to the acceptance of a tender for the erection of a maternity hospital at Paeroa be rescinded and the deposit returned forthwith. The resolution was seconded by Mr W. J. Hall and carried.

At the Wardeth’s Court at Paeroa on Monday, before Mr J. W. Poynton, Warden, Mr C. H. Price, of Komata North, and Mrs W. McNeil, of Karangahake, applied for and were granted the surrender of mining privileges in respect of 'residential sites at Komata aind at Karangahake. Applications were also granted to three Karangahake women for licenses: for residence sites at Karangahake, and to Rudolf Schulzki, of Karaiigahake, prospector, who applied For a prospecting license over a certain 40 acres at Karangahake.

Complaints as to lack of noise are unusual, but the council of the Canterbury Automobile Association has decided to write to the Railway Department 'regarding the electric train on the Little River route. Mr F. WFreejnan, in speaking on the subject, said that the railway engineer and himself were nearly run over while on a 'railway crossing. “It creeps along like a thief in the night,” he S!a ( id. “It’s whistle has a most peculiar sound —a sort of cross between a motor horn and a baby’s cry.” It was decided to ask the Railway Department to equip the train with louder warning signals.

In the Magistrate’s Court at Waihi yesterday three Natives residing at Katikati were fined £5, in default seven days’ imprisonment, for supplying liquor to natives.

A contract has been let for a block of three shops for Messrs Wallace Supplies, Ltd., covering an area of 82ft deep with a frontage of 50ft) to Normanby Road. It will be off handsome appearance, built df brick and concrete, with plaster finishings. The shop fronts will be of English oak, and the ceilings of fibrous piaster with handsome cornices in angles. The following tenders were received : W. W. Scott, £3667 (accepted) ; Robinson and Beagley, £3900'; E. A. Chester, £4075 ; R. I. Roberts, £4353.

By the will of the late Lord Stevenson a little Belgian girl who was adopted by the deceased at the .time cF the German invasion of Belgium in the first stages of the war, has come into a fortune of £25,000. Lord Stevenson’s first wife; died childless in 1917, and it was her wish that the love which she and hex’ husband bore For the refugee, Marie Suzette-, should be perpetuated in some tangible manner when they were gone.

A nolvel excuse 'for being late wa ( s advanced by a member of the Thames Hospital Board at Monday’s meeting. An inspection of the institution and the Tararu Homes is always made by two committees on the morning of the meeting, and this, particular number failed to be present at the appointed time. When apologising for his absence he stated that he had been listening-in on the wireless the night before, and had heard a station at Melbourne say it was 8 o’clock, good night. He thereupon set nis watch by Melbourne time, but when he arrived at the station to catch his .train for Thames next morning he found that it had departed two hours previously. (Laughter.)

There are evidently some good bargains to be picked up just n°w in mining .machinery. The management of a mine near Thames recently advertised for two boilers, and were deluged with correspondence, in reply. Finally a practically new boiler (1001 b pressure to the square inch), which had cost £l5OO, was secured for £lOO, and another amost new boiler (1201 b pressure), which has c-d.sti £l2OO, was secured 'for £5O.

The Railway is equipping all the lavatories in the carriages with papei- towels contained in a receptacle which releases one at a time. This innovation will be greatly appreciated by the travelling public, who were always appi'fehensivei regarding the roller towel formerly displayed for common use, even when it appeared clean, which usually early in the morning.

The management committee meeting of the Paeroa Athletic Club was held in Mr Bain’s Rooms on Monday evening. In the main the business dealt with related to the initial athletic sports meeting, to be held at the Paeitoa Domain on Saturday, December 11. A fine trophy, in the shape of a silver cup, has be,en donated to the club by its patron, Mr A. M. Samuel, M.P. It Irais been decided to allocate this cup to the primary schools, relay race. The cup will be held by the winning school each year, and will become the property of the school, winning the trophy twice in succession or three times at intervals.

The gate takings at League football matches in Auckland during the season just ended amounted to £4232, a record in the history of the code. This sum is exclusive of the amount taken at the New Zealand team’s trial games. The takings show an increase of £1077 over the previous seasoln.

An album de luxe is. being prepared by the Government for presentation' to the Duke and Duchess of York. It is expected to eclipse anything e,ver attempted in New Zealand. Special brush and penwork and a judicious selection of New Zealand films will be included.

At a sitting of the Juvenile Court at Waihi yesterday Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., presiding, three boys were changed with the theft of a various assortment of goods from local business premises. Senior-Sergqant Maclean described the accused as aj “notorious gang, which had proved a thorn in the side of the police.” The accuseds’ methods wqre rather Unique, he said. They would steal from a shop and return later, selling the stolen goods back to the o.wner. One of the gang would go in at the front of a shop and some little thing, whilst his accomplices would approach ’from the Hear and enter the premises. The police desired to break up the gang. After hearing the evidence the Magistrate ocnvicted two of the accused, committing them to he supervision of the Child Welfare officer for a term of two years. The charge, against thq third accused was dismissed.

The New Zealand Meat producers' Board has received a cable, from. itsl representative at Buenos, Aines, South America, advising the following shipments to the United Kingdom for the fortnight ended October 28, 1926, from A 1 gentine and Uruguay : 184,500 quartei’js df chilled beef, 10,784 quarters ofj frozen beef, 40,575 carcases of frozen mutton, and 60,596 carcases, of frozen lamb. The quantity shipped, to the Continent df Europe: during the same period totalled 100,608 quarters of fifozen beef and 10,330 carcases of frozen mutton.

One of the first requirements in a good soldier is that he should calle properly ‘for his rifle. A Greymo’uth territorial failed to do this, with the result that the barrel of his rifle became rusty (says the Greymouth Star). He appeared before Mr W. Meldrum, S.M., charged with wrongly damaging a rifle to the extent of £1 Ils 6d by allowing it, to be,come rusty. Defendant admitted that he did not clean the rifle, although he knew it was his duty to do so. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs. (7s), and £1 Ils 6d, the amount of the damage. He. was allowed 14 days for payment.