THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5218, 19 December 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY. DECEMBER 19, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

All schools tndcjr the jurisdiction of the Auckland Education Board close for the Christmas vacation tomorrow afternoon, and will reopen on .Wednesday, February 1, 1928.

General regret was expressed in Paeroa on Saturday evening when it became known that Mr T. El Midgley had met his dejath under tragic circumstances at Waihi that day. The late Mr Midgley was well-known in Paeroa., having resided here for many years prior to .his departure for Waihi. He was organist at St. Paul’s Church tor several years, and was ever ready to offer his services to all musical functions. Mr Midgley was of a. kindly disposition and unassuming in his manner, and his loss to the community in his professional capacity will keenly felt.

On Friday afternoon Grace Bain, aged .12 years, daughter of Mr Alex. Bain, Stop-bank Road, Netherton, sustained a painful injury. It appears that the, little girl w?s walking from the house to the milking-shed when she slipped over, and in falling came in contact with a shovel. Falling with somq force, she sustained a deep cut on her arm. The little sufferer was immediately conveyed to the Arohanui private hospital, where it ,wias found necessary to summon surgical aid, and several stitches were inserted. Although still an inmate, she is progressing satisfactorily.

Tiie Nor»h' ; rn Steam Ship Company notifies that it lias reduced tiie passenger fares to and from Auckland. There is a, gcnerrl reduction from ajl the river ports, including Paeroa, Turua, Kopu, HaUraki Plains, and also form Thames. . The fare now is 7s 6d ■single and 12s 6d return.

Shortly before 11 o’clock on Saturday night two motor-cars collided near the Puke Road railway crossing Both cars were travelling at a moderate, pace at tiie ti,me. One, a. Ford delivery van, driven by Mr H. H. Harrison, of Paeroa, and the other a Chevrolet car containing some Maoris and driven by a man named Pickering, met in practically a .head-on collision. Fortunately no passengers we,re injured, and the two- cars Were not seriously damaged.

The unsuitability of crinolines in these modern days was demonstrated at Ngatea on Wednesday evening when the commencement of) a concert was held up for half an hour or so through the difficulty of transporting the dress. Trouble was first experienced when it was found that the dress could not be taken into a motor-car. Enveloped in an improvised brown paper bag, it was tied to the hood and towed behind, but somehow it came adrift and on the party arriving at the concert hall the dress was missing. The're was nothing to be 'done but set out in search of the article, which, on account of its size, was’not difficult to find on the roadside. The trouble, however, was not over. The outer door of the dressing room presented no difficulty, but it is stated that great contortions were necessary to get the dress and its wearer through the door and up the steps to tiie stage. A minor mishap •o .curred later, when, after an encore, the wearer was bowing her way backward to tiie seat and tripped, falling backwards.

A painful accident befell Barbara Kelly, of Wharepoa, yesterday afternoon. Tha little girl .had climbed well up a. fruit tree at her home for the purpose} of gathering plums, when she lost her balance and fell to the ground, sustaining a deep cut on her left leg. She was driven to the Arohanni Private Hospital, where a number of stitches we,re inserted.