THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 18, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5153, 18 July 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 18, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• —< At Thursday’s meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council His Worship the Mayor said that last month was one of the busiest months he had ever experienced with Borough Council work.

A reminder is given of the public meeting to be held in the Centenary Ha.ll to-morrow night, when His Worship the Mayor and councillors will address the ratepayers on the proposal to rqise £4500 for the reconstruction of the main streets 1 .

Application by A. G. Kneebone-, A. Connor, and Mrs M. Lawlor for permission to have a private telephone line erected at Kerepeehi was; approved by the Hauraki Plains County Council on Thursday, provided the engineer was satisfied as to the crossings over the roads.

During the closing stages of the Paeroa versus Piako junior representative match at Te Aroha on Saturday afternoon the Pa.eioa captain, H. Moore, received .an accidental kick which fraeftired three bone-.- in his right hand. He received treatment from Dr. W. R. Lawrence Te Aroha, bofore returning home.

When the gelding Gold Clip, owned by Mr H. R. Bush, Thames, wtis being schooled at the Paeroa Racecourse yesterday afternoon t'he saddle girth broke and the rider Mr G. Pennell, was thrown heavily. He received skin abrasions and bruises, and after medical attention at the course was sent to his home; on Thames Road.

The necessity of reducing staff became apparent at Thursday’s meeting of t'he Hauraki Plains County Council, and the question arose as to which class of. men should be put off. The chairman observed that at the present time, whC-h there was much unemployment, the council should not continue to employ men who had farms and were merely working for the council to assist their income. While he believed in giving ratepayers preference, he thought that at the present time preference should be given to men depending entirely on the council for their livelihood. There were cases of genuine hai'dsihip among families where the breadwinner was a county casual employee. The matter was referred to the Works Committee, with instructions to go into the question of, wages as, well.

In his annual report to the Paeroa Domain Board of . the time spent on the bowling and croquet greens for the past year Mr W. Hamilton gives the times as 593 hours and 231 hours respectively. On general work in the Domain he spent 1425 hours. Permission was granted to t'he superintendent to procure the nece.-sary seed, manure, and lime for top-dressing the greens.

Unique weather conditions were experienced on the; Hauraki Plains on Saturday morning. There were three heavy white frosts, though most people were of opinion t'liei’e was only a black frost. At 1.30 a.m. the ground first became white, but half an hour later a fog caused a thaw. By 2.30 a.m. the fog was gone, and the ground was again white, and an hour later there was a heavy shower of rain. Another frost at 4 a.m. was melted at 6 a.m. by more rain. These observations were- made by one of. the dredgemasters oir night shift, and he states that each frost-wet rope was sufficiently frozen to be almost unworkable..

At Thursday’s meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council it was decided to call tenders for removal of the old at the Netherton ferry.