THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5276, 18 May 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Five building permits, to the value of £1270, were 'granted, subject to compliance with the by-laws, at last night’s meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council.

At Monday’s meeting of the Thames Hospital Board two applications were ' received for the position of house, surgeon. The applications were, discusse.l at length, and finally they were referred to the Cha’rman (Mr W. E< Hale) and Messrs J. W. Dauby and E. L. Walton, with power to 'act.

After an absence of four, months, the gleatcr part of whlcji time..was in the Thames Hospital as the result of, an accident; Cr. W. Turner took his seat at the Borough Council meeting last night. He waa the recipient of a hearty welcome from the Mayor and

A saving of 15 per cent, in the purchase of drugs for the Thames Hospital wi‘l,l be effected by purchasing direct from Englhnd instead of accepting a local tender, accmjdin|g to the advice of the medical superintendent, Dr. W, Sowerby. On his advice the Hospital Board decided to indent its supplies.

. This year Mr Wi.nstoae Churchill has been able to balance his Budget without cali/ng on the active committee who. are making such a success of the Cabaret Dance in Paflroa, next Thursday.*

The first asphalt footpath on the Hauraki Plains is ntow bejng laid at Turua for, the Town Board, which is undertaking an experiment with a special bitumen that does not require heating. The, Haura.ki Road footpath southward from the post office is being treated. >

When discussing the question of egg production from the District Homes, Tav.uru, at Monday’s, meeting of the Thames Hospital Bparfi Mr C. W. Kennedy gave it as hjs opinion that the Homes farm was unsuitable for poultry. He raised hearty. laughter by saying, “Every time I have been down to the Homes I have seen thei fowls dp to their fetlocks ip mud.” When the laughter Had subsided Mr Kennedy admitted that he was, .not much of a judge of poultry. The chairman (Mr W. E. Ha-l.e) assured Mr Kennedy that the farm was most suitable, for poultry. Mr Kennedy: “Very well, Mr Chairman; but I doubt if you know a Brahmaputra from a bantam.' (Laughter.)

A building has been erected bn the Turua Domain by the Rugby footbaU club to serve, as a changing room for players. The building is of iroin, and contains two rooms .which can be locked up dulfiing-matches.

The tension that is felt in officia 1 ei'i(cles regarding the posit'on in China will not, we fear, be relieved before the, distraction of the Cabaret Dance next Thursday has passed.*

During the last few weeks a rumour has gained currency that. Mr W. Marshall, .Mayor, of Paeroa, was likely to contest thei Thames electorate in the interests of the “Prohibition Party.” In fact, two newspapers, in the electorate have published a statement to that effect. With a desire to arrive at the true state, of affairs a representative of the “Gazette” interviewed Mr Marshall yesterday afternoon. Mr Marshall stated that although he had received many requests: from various parts of the electorate to contest the poll for the new Thames electorate. it was tile first tiinq to his knowledge that it har ever been suggested that he should stand in the interests of the Prohibition Par;ty. He said that there was no authority for tile statement that Jia intended to be a candidate.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Children’s Hacking Ccugh.

The Hauraki Plains Rugby Union’s insurance, scheme is being well supported by players this season, and each week sees a bigger niunbek; of contributors. Last season only 64 percent of the players subscribed, but this sea.son 285 of the 330 players who have taken part in the competitions have contributed. The Turua club has made insuiraiicc compulsory, and in return is offering its.- members facilities to pay their subscriptions to’ tlie club secretary during the week if they do not happen to have thq money handy when going on. to play. This method is deserving of consideration by other clubs.

There are two classes of people mot with in the world to-day—those w.ho inten .1 to go to the Caba-'ret in. Paeroa on Thursday next and those who cannot.*

A financial statement presented by the, treasurer to Monday’s meeting of the Thames Hospital, Board showed that t'he revenue for the month, totalled £1530 3s Bd, made up by : Credit balance in April, £65 18s ; lid ; hospital fees, £l5O 17s ; out-p at ’ents? fees, £8 16s 6d ; district nursing fees, £1 ; levies on local bodies, £llB2 14s 6d , donations, £2 ; deposits, £lO ; National Provident Fund, £2O 17s,' 6d ; receipts from other boa,rds, £9 ; ambulance fees, £l4 17s ; old-age pensions, £54 ?s 4d ; refunds, 3s lid ; charitable aid, £0 9s. The credit balance at the. Bank of New Zealand after, paying the April accounts was- £1492'"17s Bd. Account® totalling £1219 16s 4d were parsed for payment, leav’ng a credit balance as at May 14'of £273 Is 4d.

During a/ discussion upon postprimary education at the annual conference of the Secondary Schools’ Association of New Zealand at Wellington, it was. stated that for the year ending March 31, 1927, £3,910.241 had been spent from the public purse to build schools for anjd to educate 297,751 children. In other words, it cost the country £l3 3s for each of, these children, 40,000 of whom were receiving post-primary education and 470'5 a. university educat’on. The estimated national weajth of Ne.w Zealand was £907,000,000, but of that sum less than. % per, cent., or more exactly, 8s 9d out of every £lOO of our national wealth, is spent on education. As for the teachers, primary school! male assistants were paid ar average salary of £3lB per annum, or £6 3s per week ; and female assistants £230 per, annum, or £4 8s per week. In secondary schools male assistants were paid roughly £7 8s: per week and fema.lq assistants £5 9s ner week.

It is doubtful If there are many people who can afford to stop away from the Cabaret next Thursday.*