THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1927. LOCAL AO GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5216, 14 December 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1927. LOCAL AO GENERAL.

. A bread-delivery van owned by Mr E. L. Mulgrew, of Kerepeehi, was destroyed by fire on the Patetonga road near Kaihere on Thursday last. The fire was caused by a backfire while descending a hill. The vehicle wat, insured, but Mr Mulgrew >vill be a heavy loser.

At Monday’s meeting of the Thames, Hospital Board a letter was received from Dr. Phyllis Moir resigning her position as house-surgeon to take effect as from December 31, 1927. The resignation was accepted with regret.

The annual examination for 6th standard pupils has been concluded at the Paeroa District High School, In all, £4 pupils gained proficiency certificates. 3 competency certificates, 4 endorsed competency certificates, and two children failed.

There was a change yesterday in the spell, of fine weather which prevailed locally for some days. In the afternoon there was a heavy shower of rain, which has done, much good by freshening up pastures and gardens. A good steady downpour would be particularly welcome at present. There has been a decided drop in the temperature during the last 24 hours.

A painful accident befell Leslie Marshall, eldest son of Mr W. Marshall, Mayor of Paeroa, yesterday afternoon. He was mounted on horseback and was gathering in some sheep. When negotiating a small hill the L.orse slipped off the track and fell, and before the rider could get clear the horse rolled on him. Fortunately the ground was fairly soft after the heavy rain, but young Marshal] sustained a bruising of one leg and a badly sprained ankle. The injured limb has been dressed in plaster of Par's, and it will be some time before he will be able to get about. At midday yesterday young Marshall completed sitt'ng for extra subjects in the matriculation examination. In view of the fact that he was in active training and had intended being a competitor at the Paeroa athletic sports on Saturday, to have met with an accident was very unfortunate.

Very .good results were achieved in the proficiency examinations recently held at Kerepeehi, all the eleven candidates passing. At the Ngatea school 13 candidates were presented, and ten proficiency certificates and two competency certificates were obtaned, while there was one failure. The Turua school examination will be held to-morrow.

By adopting daylight-saving New Zealand has made her time exactly 24 hours ahead of that of Samoa, which is not affected by the measure. “I’ve skipped exactly a day,” smilingly remarked Dr. T. R. Ritchie, chief medical officer, Western Samoa, who arrived in Christchurch last week (says the Lyttelton Times). Were there no daylight saving measure New Zealand would be 11 y 2 hours ahead of Greenwich, and Samoa the same length of time behind Greenwich, making the island 23 hours behind the Dominion’s time.

The temerity with which cyclists ride on the footpaths in the Borough of Paeroa requires more systematic checking. What might 'have been a serious accident was narrowly averted late iiist night. Two pedestrians were walking along the Normanby Road footpath just past the Thorp Street intei section, when a lady cyclist came along at a good pace from behind without any warning. Before the pedestrians could make way the fair rider fashed into the person on the right, and was thrown heavily from her machine. She not only narrowly missed striking a telegraph post as she fell, but was within an ace of fading into the deep open drain that runs parallel with the footpath. The person who was struck was profuse in his apologies and assisted the rider to mount her machine. Instead of the cyclist apologising for riding on the footpath she curtly asked him, who had a right to be where he was, why he did not give her more room to pass.

Since the work on the municipal baths site was commenced last Friday morning good progress has been made. A number of workmen, horses, two drays, a scoop, and a motor lorry are engaged on the work. The whole site has been cleaned up and a general level of the ground made. Efforts are now being concentrated on the excavation for the baths proper.

District farmers will show enthusiasm over the “pay-oiit” on the recent offering of over 11,000 bales of wool, cleared at the first seasonal Wanganui sale on November 22 (says the Wanganui Chronicle)'. The average price for a bale amounted to £2O, and this n\eans that gome £220,000 will recompense farmers for their labours towards preparing for the wool export period.

The All Nations Fair, promoted by the Ladies’ Guild connected with St. Mark’s Church, Te Aroha, resulted in a profit of £550 for the three days.

Revenue returns of the Post and Tecgraph Department for the quarter ended September 30 last are published in a Gazette. The postal revenue (shillings and pence omitted) for the quarter amounted to £349,389, compared with £370,169 for the corresponding quarter last year, and the telegraph revenue for the same period was £419,786, compared with £408,559. Money orders issued were £1,288,155, compared with £1,291,849, and savings bank deposits ’ £6,635,763, compared with £7,533,915 last year.