THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5082, 31 January 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. P. K. Callaghan has been appointed as an additional assistant teacher at the. local district high school, in consequence of the increased attendance. Misses M. Hutchins and G. Gwillia-m, last year’s pupils a.t the school, have been appointed to the. staff as probationers. Mr L. Faville has bee.n appoin'ied assistant master at Hikutaia.

Tennis has been rather dull at Netherton this, season, largely on account of the state of the courts. However, these have now been tarred and sanded, and should be in good order tor the rest of the season. Seven of the members were busily engaged Wednes* day last.

An anecdote illustrating the (act that the Maori has learnt dishonesty from the white man was. tpld by Archdeacon Williams during an address at the. Gisborne Rotary Club. He said that many years ago in the Wairarapa there was a storekeeper who used to do a big trade with the Maoris. They found that he alwavs treated them exceedingly well, and in selling tfiem sugar and flour he used to let them weigh the bags themselves. ;In those days they to weigh with a steelyard, and in to strap the sacks on to this something was necessary. He used to leave a heavy bullock chain close by, and the innocent Maoris used te chain their bags of flour and sugar on with this. Eventually, of course, they found out that tlrqy were being “had,” and looked to do the same thing back to the storekeeper;

Private advice has been received from Mr W. 8., Gillespie, to the. effect that he will not be in charge of the secondary department of the Ngatea District High School during the coming year. He has been appointed to a position in the Auckland Grammar School.

An tOrongo soldier settler who; through force of the circumstances prevalent in his district, ceased supplying the dairy factory. In conse.-* quence, the factory ceased supplying him with butter. When the rsason fo,r the stoppage of his butter w*as realised the soldier sent a 20-gallon can containing about a gallon of milk, being all his farm was producing, and thereafter supplies of butter were forthcoming.

Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co., Ltd., Auckland, have an interesting announcement in these columns concerning the favourably known D.C.L. Whisky.®

An e,x-constable who went on tour with the party escorting the Prince of Wales through the Dominion states that while, travelling through the Wairarapa the constables had to be content with black tea, while in another compartment on the train Government officials s.at enjoying pineapple cubes to the accompaniment of the bes.t ere,am in th e Wairarapa. The climax, however, was reached when in Dunedin. Poor Henry DubbS, who' had been subject of inspections at about half-hour intervals in order to see whether his boot lacOs matched those of the other fellow, was invited to sleep in the police cells. That was the breaking point, and a constables’ strike was. ve,ry nearly precipitated.

Members of the Ngatea Methodist Bible-class went for a picnic to Waihi Beach on Saturday. The Turua Sunday School held its annual picnic in the domain on Friday, and the Kopuarahi school picnic was held in the school grounds on Friday.

Included In the list of candidates who have passed the Public Service Entrance examination are Alma. M. Power, Jean K. Farrelly, and Dorothy M. Towers, all pupils of the Paeroa District High School.

This morning a start was made by the contractors with the erection of a large ferro-concrete shop in BeJmorit Road in front of the old gold refinery.

The Thames Valley Electric Power Board will hold its first general meeting this year at Te Aroha to-morrow.

% 1 When the Waihou River stop-bank is continued below Netherton the outlets of the drains from the farms near the main road will be cut off. To provide an outlet the Public Works, Department has a very big gang of men constructing a drain between the road and the river.

The seven members of the Paeroa Athletic Club who were competitors at the Waihi sports meeting on Saturday failed to gain any success. From all accounts it would appear that lack of systematic training preparation was the main feature in accounting for the failures.

After having been silent since December 17, the school bell clanged out a- disciplinary warning to pupils of the Paeroa District High School this morning. Soon after 8 o’clock groups of sunburned children were to be seen about the streets, same walking along leisurely, relating their experiences during the six weeks’ vacation to their pals, while others tripped along eagerly to be among the first to reach the booksellers to purchase new requisites for the commencement of the school year. Here and there- was noticed an older child carefully shepherding a younger sister or brother along to receive her or his initiation into the mysteries of a school career.

On the. afternoon and evening of Wednesday last a successful sale of work was held in the Ngatea Hall by the ladies of the Anglican Church Guild. The attendance was satisfactory, and good, business; was done. The stalls and their attendants were: Sweets. Misses. Hayward and Wade, anid Mrs McCarthy; produce. Mesdames Vowles, Waite, and Coppins; sewing, Mesdames. Wade and Darlington. Mrs Birkenhead was kept busy at the hoop-la table, and the fortune-telling tent .where Mrs King presided during the afternoon and Miss T’izard during the evening, was well patronised. Various competitions and games of skill were held.

The 87th Anniversary of New Zealand as a British sovereignty was quietly observed at Paeroa on Saturday last. The day was a close holiday, and bunting was flown from several premises. Perfect weather prevailed, but with the exception of the bowling tournament were no local celebrations. A number patrons journeyed to the annual race meeting at Takapuna, while the Thames Coast and Waihi Beach found favour with many people. The afternoon, particularly, was very hot, and

' "te local swimming pools attracted a large number of young and old who sought the refreshing effects of a bathe.

After a long spell of fine weather a. few light showers of rain fell on the Hauraki Plaips early on Saturday morning and late in the afternoon. A heavy downpour would be very welcome, and envious eyes were cast at the hill country’ to the east fjnd the west, where much heavy rain appeared to be falling. The pastures are. becoming dry and tanks low, while all the metalled roads, are becoming disintegrated, but Saturday’s fall was insufficient to harm unstacked h a y or do much benefit.