THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which Is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5274, 14 May 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which Is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 14, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

■' At a meeting of the Te Aroha Borough Council on WOidnesday last the Mayor (Mr R- Coulter,) reported that the posit'on of the unemployed in th it. town was acute. A special committee was set up to devise ways and means; to absorb some of the local, unemployed oil works in the lyorough.

A deputation from the Patetonga Ratepayers’ Association waited upon the Minister for Public Works, the Hon. K. S. Williams, at Thames on Friday last and explained that the reading of their distr'et was being held up cn account of the Local Bodie? Loans Board having failed to sanction the whole of the proposed loan. It wa? : contrary to human nature to expect a whole riding to carry two loans for.two sections of reading. The Minister, while pointing out that he would not attempt to influence the Local Bod’es Loans Board, said he would explain the difficulties of the position Which the board had created to the chairman. He fully irealised,the position.

The two Hauraki Plaiiiis footballers who were suspended by the referees cn Saturday, May 5. were dealt with by the Judicial Board on Thursday evening. W. O’Neil, on a charge of striking another player, was, suspended for one playing Saturday, and E. G’ih who did not appear to answer a charge of disputing a line umpire, was suspended until he appeared before the board.

Many an eye was cast at the rivei; during the ceremony of ‘Opening the Hauraki bridge last Friday morning, for, while the Prime Minister was speaking the old ferry which has done duty for so many years was making what was probably its last trip. When the official party was visiting tha Plains during the afternoon the Prime Minister stopped his car and chatted awhile with one of the ferrymen who happens to have come from the same place as Mr CQ’ates.

It is possible that before long the farmers of the Waitakaruru district will 'have the dairy factory that they have desired for so many years. Many of the N.Z. Co-operative Dairv Co. suppliers have promised to supply the Te Aroha proprietary company as soon as it bas elected its bulking station. A site has already oecii secured in the township, and it is understood that a building which, with liftings, will cost over £5OO. is. to be erected in tiie near future. It i.-, claimed that the company has secured over 1000 cows, which is 200 more than its minimum requirement for the establishment of a bulking station. The cream is to be carted by motor-iorry to Te Aroha. and cream will also be picked up on the roadside. Officials of tile N.Z. Dairy Company met the suppliers at a meeting last Thursday evening and. it is understood, promised consideration of a request for a cheese factory providing the milk of 700 cows was guaranteed for four years. A further meeting is to l;c field.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Coughs and Colds, never fails.

After seven attempts Madame Pochard, who was heartbroken by her husband’s: death, succeeded in committing suicide at Proving, Paris. She tried twice to hang herse-Hf, but was cut down. She then tried poison, but recovered. She next jumped into a river but was rescued. She then jumped from a window and fedi upon a woman, whom she nearly killed, while she herself was merely bruised. Finally she locked herself in; a room and hanged, herself this same rope she had before used.

The playing strength of Rugby football in New Zealand was set down at 30,000 (apart from boy-s playing for their, schools) in the annual rppoirt of the New Zealand Rugby Union. Mr J. Prendevillc (Wellington) suggested that, as most teams with emergencies consisted of about twenlty players; a fairer estimate of the number of players in the game would be 40,000. The number' of teams playing under, the jurisdiction of the N.Z. Rugby Union was shown as 1876.

After d'amp conditions on Friday the feather locally cleared on; Saturday and a perfect autumn day prevailed. Yesterday morning the sky was overcast, and shortly before midday there was a light shoiwcr of rain. As the afternoon wore on the weather became worse, and during the evening the south-easterly wind which had prevailed during the afternoon veered round to an almost easterly direction and increased in strength, and was accompanied by' heavy rain. This morning dawned line, with a mild, south-easterly wind, but immediate prospects for settled weather arc nut very bright. The local rainfall /or the 24 hours ended at .9 o’clock this moijning was .41 of an inch.

On Friday, May’ 25, the contents of the Exchange Billiar'd Rooms. Pollen Street, Thames, will be offered at auction without, reserve, the sale taking place on the premises.