THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5101, 16 March 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Auckland-Thames express was two hours and twenty minutes late in arriving at Paeroa on Monday. The cause of tife delay was the breaking of an axle on an L goods waggon near Taupiri. The waggon was derailed, and considerable damage was done to the permanent way. The other train services were maintained as usual,

The final “wash up” meeting of tlie Eric Robson Benefit Committee, was held last evening. The net proceeds of the campaign which was finalised on March 3 witli an entertainment in t.he Gaiety Theatre amounted to the sum of £55. Special mention was made of the willing public support, and the ready assistance of’Hikutaia and Kai’angahake people and the band of entertainers from Thames. Lt was decided that the money be held in Paeroa in trust [Or Mr Eric Robson, to be expended as occasion warranted.

It is understood that Mr W. C. Kennedy has definitely decided to offer himself as a candidate for the Mayoralty of Te Aroha. Mr R. Coulter has been Mayor for the last five or six years, and Mr Kennedy has held office as councillor for three years.

The Paeroa Borough Council has just competed seme good work in Arney Street. From the intersection of Willoughby Street to the crown of the hill past King Street the road lias been reconstructed. On the lowlying portion the road has been raised te a permanent level for the first time since that portion of the highway was constructed. The total length of roadway reconstructed is about eleven chains, all of which has been well rolled and surfaced with red metal. With the exception of small maintenance charges the area' snould .carry the traffic for some time to come at, a very small cost.

To-morrow is St. Patrick’s Day. As the patron saint of Ireland many miraculous stories are related, such as his reputed extermination of serpents from the island. St. Patrick carried out a Christian mission, extending probably over forty years, amongst tthe Irish with great success, and was consecrated bishop in 441. He wrote a “Confession” and an “Epistle,” and upon' dying at an advanced age was buried at Downpatrick, Ireland.

“The m.i.st rickety railway that 1 have ever been on is the one from Wellington to Auckland,” said the Bishop of London in speaking o'f his experiences in New Zealand.

The chairman 0" tlie Ohinemuri County Council (Mr H. M. Corbett) advises that there is at present a party of seven Government surveyors working on the Waihi-Whangamata road. It is the intention cf tlie' Public Works Department, to employ 100 men within the next few days on the construction and new 'formation work on this road. It is understood that the'work is being undertaken primarily to provide work for some of the unemployed.

Arising out of a sister having slipped and broken an arm, the polishing of the floors at the Palmerston North Hospital lias been discontinued. Several members of the Hospital Board, to whom the fact was reported, commented that there had been too much polishing, making the floors really dangerous.

Tlie management committee o'f the Paeroa Athletic Club met on Monday evening to finalise arrangements in e- nnection with tlie fireworks display in the domain to-morrow evening. The control of gates, hoop-la, refreshment stall, dancing, and the display itself was discussed and approved, and the keen interest lieing shown by the public of a wide area in this unique evening received favourable comment.