THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5254, 21 March 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A daring burglary took place on the s.s. Taniwha on Friday night or early on Saturday morning, when the vessel wajs on the journey between Auckland and Paeroa. Carrying about 120 passengers, many of whom were coming to the Paeroa races, the Taniwha was a full ship. The till in the ship’s bar was robbed of £B, while several passengers were also relieved of smaller sums of money. Two men, strangers, were seen coming out of the bar by a passenger.. The police have the matter in hand and an early arrest is likely. The chief steward was on duty all night, and towards morning he lay down i'n his l clothes for a rest and dropped off to sleep, and it is known that the keys to the bar were taken from his pocket.

Tlie Bay of Plenty Jockey Club, which holds its annual race meeting on Saturday next, March ?4, has decided to celebrate the running of the first passenger race tram from the Waikato and intermediate, districts by granting free admission to the course and lawn to all visiting patrons on production of the return half of their railway tickets. The train will leave Frankton Junction at 5.45 a.m., Hamilton 5.52, Paeroa at 8 o’clock, and Waihi at 8.59, arriving at Taunanga at 11 o’clock. The return journey will commence at 6 p.m.

The excursion, trains to Paeroa from Auckland, Waikato, and Thames were well patronised on Saturday and Monday on account of tihe Ohinemuri Jockey Club’s annual meeting. On Saturday the special train from Auckland carried 1500 passengers, and on Monday Jthe number was 1000. A pleasing feature was" that the trains arrived and were despatched' according to time-table, and there were no vexatious delays.

A huge volume .of motor traffic palssed through the Hauraki Plains on Saturday and Monday last to and from the races at Paeroa, and several drivers learned that it was not safe to speed on the red roads that look so smooth but are treacherous on account of the lively nature of the surface. From much experience, Plains farmers are now adept at removing cars from roadside drains, and it i|s probable that few travellers missed the first race.

' Major E. A. Porrittj M.C., officer commanding A company, first battalion, Hauraki Regiment, Lieutenant V. J. Innes, N.Z.S C., adjutant, Lieutenant W. L. Lawrence, commander No. 4 platoon, and about a dozen n.c.o.’s left Paeroa by the express this morning for a ten days’ annual camp at Hopuhopu, Ngaruawahia.. The whole of the first battalion of the regiment will be under canvas by Saturday (next until March 31.

A medium-sized yarding of cattle was sold at satisfactory prices at the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co.’s Ngatea sale yesterday. Heavy fat cows brought from £6 6s to £7 6s, lighter £5 to £5 17s, unfinished £4 10s to £5 2S, forward-conditioned cows £3 16s to £4 ss, and store cows £2 10s to £3 6s. Heavy bulls sold at £7 14s, and others from £2 16s to £4 17s.

Mr Errol Fuller, manager for First National Pictures (A’sia), Ltd., was in Paeroa yesterday arranging for liis firm’s huge masterpiece, “The King of Kings.” to be screened here in June next. ■

Mr A. M. Samuel, M.P., has arranged to address a meeting in Paeroa at an early date on the Act tliat was passed by Parliament last year concerning farmers’ finance.

Yesterday a Karangahake motorist had the bad luck to be the victim of some wanton destruction to fhis car tyres. He left the car on the side of the road about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and when he went for it at about 5.30 he found that his tyres, wihich were practically new, had been gashed with a knife. We understand that the police have the matter in hand.

The Minister of Education, the HonR. A. Wright, has, on Mr Samuel’is request, consented to stop for a few minutes to-mornw at Paeroa, on his way to Tauranga, to receive a deputation from Kerepeehi settlers with reference to the cost of transport of their children to school.

In the Turua Town Hall to-morrow a grand fete is to be held, the Mayor of Thames (Mr W. Bongard) performing the opening ceremony at 1-30 p.m. The proceeds are to be devoted to the Turua. branch of the Plunket SocietyThere will be hosts of attractions, the function terminating with a dance in the evening from 10 to 12 o’clock.

The Hauraki Plains Co-operative Dairy Co., of Turua, paid out yesterday for February supply at the rate of Is 5d for cheese and Is 2d for butter. Having sold its output at the beginning of the season at a. good figure, the company has been able to make payments to suppliers which compare very well with those of other companies. For the first six months cheese suppliers received Us. 6d and for the last two. months Is sd, while the payment to butter suppliers has averaged .02d under Is. 4d for the last eight months. The grade of the company’s product has been consistently high, and the average for the season is among the top four in the province. Since the breaking of the drought the supply has not fallen, but on account of the greater proportion of solids in the milk th© number of cheeses manufactured daily has increased from 40 to 4'2.

Tlie' Komata North ferry over the Waihou River below Netherton, will be closed for an indefinite period from Friday next. This has been rendered necessary by the work of the Public Works Department in. stopbanking the river.

An elderly ’ lady named Mrs Necnikowski, mother of Mrs Kallu, of Thames, received) severe injuries to her knee when alighting from the train at Paeroa on. Saturday morning. .The train had. pulled up at the siding, and consequently the steps were a ' long way from the ground. In jumping down Mrs Necnikowski must 'have landed on a stone, thereby twisting the tendons of the knee and! severely straining other muscles, she received medical attention from Dr. Smith, of Paeroa, and later was sent to Thames.