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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5205, 18 November 1927, Page 2

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

Since Huke Road to the borough boundary was reconstructed a great improvement has been effected, arid it is noticed that the surface is wearing well. That portion of the road in the Ohinemuri County is also standing up to the heavy and fastmoving motor traffic. The county road was recently repaired with Ko■mata Creek metal, with splendid results.

■Measles and mumps are assuming epidemic proportions in WaitakarUru, and though there are ‘56 children on th© school roll, the average attendance this week has been sixteen.

Mr R. D. Elliott., inspecting dental officer, Division of Dental Hygiene, Department of Public Health, Wellington, was in Paeroa yesterday. Mr Elliott expressed his warmest commendation of the work being done at thq Paeroa school dental clinic by Miss L. C. Ellis. He also paid a tribute to the local school committee for its provision of such a modern and well-equipped clinic.

A youth whose age was a little doubtful was brought before the Juvenile Court at Tp Arolia, on Monday on t.wb charges, that at Tirohia he brokei and entered the dwelling of Grey George and stole one cheque form valued at twopence, and that at Te Aroha he forged a cheque drawn on Grey George at the Bank of Australasia in favour of C. H. Drysdale for a sum of £2o' and had caused Alex Snedden to act upon the cheque as if it were genuine and did utter the same. The accused was remanded in’ custody to appear before the Magistrate’s Court on December 21, or at an earlier date if eligible for the Children’s Court.

The first battalion of the Hauraki Regiment will undergo its annual training at the Waikato military camp, Ngaruawahia, from March 24 to March 31, 1928. Officers and n.c.o.’s and also men from isolated training centres will be required to assemble on the Wednesday previous (March 21). The officers and n.c.o.’s will undergo a three days’ obligatory course of instruction prior to the annual camp, while territorials from isolated centres will also assemble on the same date to undergo three days’ extra training in lieu of carrying put six half-day and 12 evening parades at the centres.

The Thames Valley A., P. and H. Association opens its thirty-second annual show on Tuesday, November 22. The show promises to be the largest and most important yet held by th© association. Entries for all classes show a. very large increase on former years and a feature of the first day will be the pony events for school children, while numerous ring events will ke;ep patrons interested on Wednesday (people’s day). A new and interesting feature! on the Wednesday will be competitions for best decorated boy’s trolley and beyst decorated child’s tryciclei or bicycle. The side shows will be more varied and as numerous as ever • The horticultural section to be a record, and the school work competition, which carries a silver cup valued at £5 ss, presented by trie, Te Aroha. News Co., will be in itself worthy of inspection.

Tihe quarterly meeting of the Ohinemuri Licensing Committee is to be held at Paeroa on Monday, December 5.

A fine of £lO was imposed on a man named Ronald Mcßae in the M.itamata Magistrate’s Court yestqijlay for shooting a pheasant out ’’f season.

An examination of the indentations which appeared on the surface of the new bitumen on Normanby Road was made by the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) yesterday afternoon. It .was found that, although there were distinct signs of indentation on the surface, in no case had the bitumen course been penetrated, and there was no reason to suggest that the method of construction or class of materials used were proving unsuccessful. Certain repair - and maintenance work would always be necessary, and full provision ihas been made for such contingencies. As weak spots in the surface appear they are treated with a special preparation of emulsive bitumen, .which has the advantage that it can be worked up and applied as successfully in wet as well as fine weather.

According to a tally taken, the number of vehicles which passed over the, South Road between Papakura and Drury between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. from October 21 to October 31, inclusive,, was 8204, an average per day for the 11 days of 745. The tally taken in March, 1924, gave an average, of 145 vehicles per day.

A mishap befel a timber waggon drawn by five horses, the property of Messrs Brenan and Co. and driven by Mr T. Lovett, on Puke Road, Paeroa, yesterday morning. The; vehicle was returning to Paeroa from the Ngahina wharf loaded with steel girders for the new traffic bridge. When negotiating the detour'on the road which has been made necessary on account of the construction of a concrete culvert over the Te Tawa stream, the driver apparently took the turn off the road proper too with the result that the; waggon ,went over the shoulder of the road, and by the girders slipping to one side the vehicle could not be righted. Traffic at that point was held up for some time, but assistance was obtained from the Public Works workshops at the Puke, and with the aid of timber-jacks and levers the waggon was placed back on the road without any damage occurring. ,

The foreman electrical fitter of the Tauranga Electric Power Board, Robert L. Smith, dropped dead in the street outside his home in Sixth Avenue, Tauranga, shortly before' six o’clock yesterday evening. Deceased had not. complained of being unwell, and was at work as usual that day. Mr Smith formerly lived in Tasmania, and for some time was on the staff of the Talisman Mine at Karangahake. Subsequently he was foreman electrician to the Napifer Borough Council. He had been with the Tauranga Electric Power Roark since its establishment. He is survived by a widow and two daughters.

To-morrow afternoon eight rinks, representing the paeroa Bowling Club, will journey to Waihi, where an interclub match is to be played.

The foundation stone of the Netherton Presbyterian Church will be laid by the Rev. John Lowden on Saturday, November 19, at 2 p.m. The public are heartily invited to be present/’

Several letters of appreciation were received by the Wanganui Hospital Board at its meeting on Wednesday from grateful ex-patients, Among them was a letter of thanks from a. woman who had derive! financial benefit from the board in time ot sickness. The chairman, Dr. Skerman, referred to certain unladylike expressions contained in the letter, and it was later handed round for the amusement of members. Following is an extract: "I asked my useless husband to write and thank you, but he would not, but Vbu know what sort of a pig he is, so you can’t expect anything from him but a grunt.”

The executive council of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand, at its quarterly meeting now in progress at .Wellington, passed a resolution drawing the attention oft members to the; everincreasing traffic secured by motors, to the detriment of the railway service, which might affect the livelihood of some servants. The belief was e ; xpressed that good results would ft'e obtained if employees reciprocate with traders who patronise the railways. The resolution urges on th© Government the economic necessity of nationalising the transport industry.