LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5056, 24 November 1926, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ,weather during the last few days has shown a decided improvement, and full advantage is being taken of it judging by the busy appearance of the town. The bowling green and tennis courts have been well patronised during the evenings.

The members of the Highways Board, who are making a tour of inspection df the main highways in the; North Island, are expected to ariive in Paeroa this afternoon and meet the Ohinemuri County Council at 4.30 o’clock.

In accordance with an expressed wish of the Governor-General there will not.be a public luncheon tendered to the Vice-Regal party.

The final session of the local Orphans’ Club is to ba field to-morrow (Thursday) night, when Mr F. E. Flatt will preside. The programme is to be contributed by members only.

The business people are to be apked to close their respective places of business from 10.30' a.m. to 2.30 p.m. on the day His Excellency the Govern-or-General will be in Paeroa.

Exhibitors are reminded that entries for the forthcoming show close with the secretary, Mr Edwin Edwards, to-morrow evening.

The high level road leading to the Nqtherton bridge and "Ngahina wharf which has recently been raised and metalled is now in permanent use again. • .

A recent frost at Otaki resulted in the loss of 20',000 tomato plants on a grower’s property. A Manakau grower is stated te have sustained a loss of £lOO worth of seedlings from thq same cause.

The Scott Cup, which has been presented for annual competition at Paeroa between Boy Scouts in St. John’s Ambulance work, is on view in Mr D. Me Walter’s window. The trophy may be competed for by* any boy scout troop in- the Dominion.

■ A Kerepeehi farmer, Mr C. Fawcett, had a fortunate escape from serious injury in a mishap that occurred on his farm on Monday last. He was carting some pigs in a cart on his farm when, owing to the rough nature of the ground, he was jerked off the, vehicle and -a, wheel passed over the lower part of his chest. His injuries are very slight, despite the weight of the cart and the five 1601 b Pigs.

Mr D. Leach, secretary of the Ohinemuri Acclimatisation Society, notifies us, that, he has received 100 pheasant eggs for hatching purposes. These will be distributed in various places to farmers and others who are willing to pay attention to .them and rear the, birds.

After a mild epidemic of measles Wanganui is now m' the throes of mumps, another minor ailment, usual ly associated with childhood days. Numerous cases, of this painful glandular trouble have bean reported, and grown-ups, curiously enougn, have been afflicted more than children.

The filling in of the moat round the rotunda in the domain is to be proceeded with, and it is hoped that fully half of it will be completed by December 9. This is a much-needed improvement, and on occasions; when public receptions are held will be greatly appreciated by the public generally.

The next Borough Council meeting, which was. to have been held on Thursday, December 9, will be held on December 14, and the usual committee meeting set down for December 7 has been dispensed with.

The extended Paeroa-Auckland White Star service will cotaarnence on Friday, when an extra car will leave the Imperial Hotel, Auckland, at 7 a.m. for Paeroa. and return, leaving Paeroa 'for Auckland at 5.30 p.m *

The Ngahina wharf was a scene of activity on Monday, when three boats were discharging, cargo. The scow Miro, the explosives ship, landed a shipment of explosives for Paieroa and Waihi.

Consent has been given by the. Gov-ernor-General to .the rais-jn-g of the following loans : Thames Valley Electric Power- Board, £loo,oo'o (portion of £150,000). for electrical works; Matamata Town Board, £BOOO for erection of municipal buildings ; Te Awamutu Borough Council, £15,000 (portion of £40,000), for construction of streets.

Dr. Valintinq. (Director-General of Health), who was recently in Auckland, made the astonishing statement that over twenty thousand operations had been performed in the Dominion during the past twelve months, or one, to every eighty of the population.

That a little more care should be exercised by some drivers of motor vehicles when turning in the street was amply demonstrated on Monday evening, when the driver of a light motor delivery car turned sharply to the left in Normanby Road and only escaped ramming a five-seater motorcar. There is a growing practice in the town of cars drawing up on the wrong side of the .street, and motorists should, for their own protection, see to it that tl\ey are not offenders. Some very awkward positions have also been created by drawing up too far frdm the edge of the footpath, particularly so in Belmont Road, which is fairly narrow for a busy thoroughfare. |