THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5269, 2 May 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An unenviable experience was the let of Mr. L- Nevin, during the storm on Monday night. He-had met a. party of passengers ait the race train to drive them in his car to karangahake. Travelling along the PaeroarWaihi road it was necessary to paiss through a few inches of water near -Mr W- M; Sorensen’s, property. On his return journey about 20 minutes later,, the ‘water across the road had increased, but Mr Nevin considered that he would be able to get through all right. Proceeding cautiously, he entered the water, but had gone on/ly a fe-w yards when, it suddenly became deeper, and the engine stalled. As the water was still rising, and every effort to get p he car out having failed, he decided t'o abandon it and go for assistance. On 'his return he found that his car had been carried over a wire fence and landed ini a paddbek about 150 yards, from where he had left it oh the roadside. By the appearance of the vehi-i cle it had been rolled over several times before it finjally came to rest on dll, four wheels. The car, obviously, is fairly extensively damaged; ,

During the Turua-Kcrepqehi junior football match at Kerepeehi on Saturday last H. Baker,' of the Turua team, had iiis collar-bone- broken. He was attended by Dr. Lange and was admitted to the Thames Hospita’l. He was covered by the Rugby Union’s insurance scheme, and will be entitled to £1 a week while incapacitated. A Kerepeehi player, E. Mulgrew, was suspended by the referee for swearing in the same match.

The Waitawlieta Sawmilling Company. t'he heads of which are Messrs R. Joughin. and J. H. G. Banks, after rather over four years of strenuous operations in taking out the timber in the Waitawhcita bush—employing an average of 50 to 60 men—is now in voluntary liquidation (states the Waihi Telegraph). Durng the past month the dismantling of tire plant Jias been- in active progress, and- has involved the removal o£ milling inai chinery, the breaking down benches and rolling .stock and the raising of 12 .milejs of rails, representing approximately 500 tens in we’ght. The petrol driven locomotives are also included in the plant, all of which is to be disposed, of. The company went into liquidation on the 31st March, since which time about a dozen men have been a.nd are still being employed in dismantling opera* tions. Particulars of train- trrangements and excursion fares in conneciton with tiie Cambridge Trotting Club’s races at Cambridge, on May 5 alre advertised in this issue. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, . For Influenza Colds.