THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5051, 12 November 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Armistice Day was quietly observed at Paeroa yesterday. A signal was fired from Primrose Hill at 11 a.m., and again at the conclusion of the two minute’s silence. The steajdiness of the children attending the local district high' school was remarkable. The children were assembled in their classes on the playground, and stood at ease with bowed heads during thq two minutes’ silence. In very few instances the cessation of vehicular traffic .was noticed in the main thoroughfares.

On Sunday next thebe will be a celebration of the Hdly Euchairist .and sierinon at St. Paul’s Church at 9 a.m., the Rev. Walter W. Averill, vicar Hauraki Plains, being the celebrant and preacher. The service will be fully choral, the music being Stammer’s Mass in E flat. At 7 p.m. Evensong will be sung as’usual.

The finance committee reported at last night’s Borough Council meeting that the revenue received during October amounted to £457 ?.s lOd, and the expenditure to £650 8s Id. The balance to the credit of the district fund account totalled £1.964 4s 6d.

The worth of a sovereign in purchasing retail commodities! during the quarter ended September 30, 1926, was only 12s 3d, or in other words the 20s bought less goods by 7s 9d than before the Avar. Its worth was exactly the same in the Steptember quarter of 1925.

In his reply to the civic welcome accorde.d him by a. representative gathering of W'ajroa citizens in the Borough Council Chambers, the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. O. J. Hawken, sounded a warning to farmers, stating that public and private expenditure was growing beyond income, and the,re seemed tool be a champagne expenditure on a beer revenue.

Dealing with retail food prices, the Government Abstract df Statistics for October says: "As compared with September, 1925, the individual combined food groups all show decreases :• Groceries, 5 points; dairy produce, 27 points (seasonal 'reductions' have taken place slightly earlier this year); and the meat group 128 points—the index number for the group in September, 1925, reflected the great upward movement in prices, that took place last year, the peak being reached in November.

In the month of September 486 men were employed on the construction of the Waihi-Taur.anga section of the East Coast main trunk line. O f these, 133 were artisans and 353 labourers, the great majority of whom were in the employ of the Armstrong-Whit-worth Company on the portion of the line going westward from Tauranga.

The Hauraki Plains Cricket Association’s competition will be continued to-morrow, when Turua will play at Kopuarahi, Pipiroa at Kai here, and Waitakaruru at Ngatea.

Topical illustrations from local and overseas are featured in this week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” in highly interesting fashion. In the centre pages are artistically displayed American, Frtench, and Hawaiian beauties, and champions of the boxing and football arenas. Racing is covered by snapshots of the Caulfield Cup contest in Melbourne, the Auckland Racing Club’s meeting at Ellerslie, the Wellington gathering at Trentham, and the Thames meeting. The new landing at Gallipoli and the St. Barnabas Pilgrimage to the battlefields, and the funeral of the late Sir James Carroll are impressive subjects. The. stage, film, and society pages are attractive, and there is the usual excellent miscellaneous section.

Twd shocks of earthquake were felt a.t about 10.25 and 11 o’clock this morning, the former appearing to be the severest. No damage is repo)ted in Paeroa. At Morrinsville, however, the shock was so severe that many and brick buildings suffered, and In setae cases coinside rable damage is reported. Chemists and storekeepers were amongst those who had their shelves cleared of bottles and goods by the swaying of the earthquake.

Nine building permits were approved at last night’s meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council. The value of permits issued during October totalled £4956.

On Wednesday last Mr C. Hayward, of Netherton, was leading a bull by means c*f a chain through a ring in its. nose when the animal became savage and attacked him, Mr Hayward being knocked down and gored badly. Fortunately a boy noticed the serious position of Mr Hayward, and he pluckily drove the bull away sufficiently to enable the unfortunate man to get out of danger, The injuries sustained by Mr Hayward necessitated his admittance to Arohanui Private Hospital, Paeroa.

The drawing of the Hauraki Plains Gulden Art Union was postponed from Wednesday evening last to the evening of Wednesday next, on account of the non-arrival of the books of tickets sent to Invercargill and other South Island towns. About 11,000 books had not been received by Tuesday evening last, and as a certificate must be given that all tickets sold are included in the draw permission was obtained to postpone the drawing. A concert and Vireless entertainment will be held in the Kere»peehi Hall on the: evening of the drawing of the raffle.

The chairman and members of the Main Highways Board will be ing .the roads of this, district this month, and will be in Ngatea on the 25th inst. The Plains County Council intends bringing before the board the undue delay in receiving maintenance subsidies. At the present time between £2OOO and £3ooo' isi due .to that council from the Highways Board, and this is seriously embarrassing the council, which has a large amount of summer maintenance held up on account of lack of funds.

A meeting of the Imperial Gold Mining Co., Lt.d., was held on Wednesday night, when the resolution passed at the last meeting to divide the 100 shares of £lO into 200 shares o'f £5 each was confirmed. Present shareholders will haye the right, up to the 30th inst., to take additional shares. After that date the shares, will be placed on the opeq market. The, mine manager reports that good progress, has been made with the drive, and that another leader has been cut. The country, from a miner’s point of view, is exceedingly promising, and the shareholders are anxiously awaiting the completion of the last portion of the drive'.

At last night’s Borough 1 Council meeting Cr. H. J. Harte recorded his appreciation of the great deal of work performed by the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) in the preparation of tenders and estimates, and supervision of various works. The speaker said that it was easy to sit bajck at a council •meeting and learn that) matters, were going on like clock-work, but probably few people realised the enormous amount of work done by the Mayor outside of the council, meetings.

The accumulation of road metal for the Netherton riding on account of the bad weather is becoming very embarrassing to the Plains county engineer. As soo'n as the weather improves the metalling will be commenced in earnest.

An argument against the charges levied tor the use of the Pipiroa ferry was made at yesterday’s meeting of the Plains County Council by Cr. Harris, who contended that it: was cheaper for a car load td proceed around by Ngatea, bridge thap to pay the fees. The council decided to adhere to its previous decision to review the charges at the end of six months’ running. Councillors were doubtful whether a reduction in the charges would make the ferry a paying concern, and naturally the Waitakaruru and Pipiroa riding representatives would not agree to the joking suggestion .that the deficiency be charged to their ridings.

“New Zealand is a great country tor samples,”’ remarked ,a visitor to Te Aroha when speaking about the weather the other day, and hei was ndt far wrong, so far asi this year is concerned at any rate. Greater variety could not be experienced anywhere. Within the spfiioe of 24 hours one can have samples, of the four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

The report of the special committee appointed to go into the matter df the erection of the Paeroa hospital was deferred at last night’s, Borough Council meeting. It was resolved that avhen ia ( reply to the council’s letter Avas received from the Thames Hospital Board a special meeting of the board Avould be held for the purpose of going fully into the matter 1 .

The question of reducing the cost of maintenance on the. bowling and croquet greens by the purchase of a motor lawn-mower was suggested by Mr E. A. Porritt a,t the Domain Baajrd meeting last night. He said that the Tauranga Borough Council had three motor mdwers in use, and the Thames. Council one, and he believed that the machines were very satisfactory and saved a grea.t deal of labour. The matter was referred to the domain committee for consideratoin when bringing down next year’s estimates.

The Main Highways Board has advised county councils that the rate df subsidy by that board has been increased from £ for £ to £1 10s for £1 as from September 9, 1926'.

The borough foreman was formally appointed an inspector of nuisances, and also inspector of petrol pumps, at last night’s meeting ©f the Paeroa Borough Council.