THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5286, 13 June 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Following on a very wet d;ay on Monday, yesterday . was fine, with intervals of sunshine. A cold southerly wind also prevailed which did much to dry up the sodden ground and wet streets and roado. Last night afid tliic morning were very cold, but bright sunshine has obtained to-da.y.

“It is an interesting fact,” commented Mr Justice Adams in the Supreme. Court at Christchurch, “that a surna.me is not a. real name. The surname ‘‘mplics an added -name, and the baptismal names arc the real, names in the ,c,oiirt.”

Tlie annual meet'ng of the Net I,cr ' ton Hall debenture-holders is to be held at the Netherton Halit, ,a,t 8 o’clock to-morrow night. The business i.s to receive the annual report and baln.nsc-shqct, election of officers for the ensulng / three years, and general business.

.Motorists would do well, to pay special attention to the new motor regulations, which are now' in force, special attention being given to the offaide rule, under.- which traffic approaching from the right has the r’ght of way. At any time motorists may be stopped and their brakes inspected, while rear vision mirrors must be fitted. It is now an offence to pass a car on a. blind corner, and only two vehicles may drive abreast. Foote’s Mine at Hikurangi has been idle for about a week, as; the result of its having been declared “black” by the focal branch of the Miners’ Union. Mr Foote-, who has employed twelve men on day wages, proposed that the men put in a price .a,t which they would work the mine on contract. He made the stipulation that one man. should not be included in the party. The man concerned took the matter to- the union, which decided that his exclusion could not be allowed. As Mr. Foote refused to change his attitude, the union has deleaved the irf'ne ‘black” until such time a® the miner objected to is included in the party.

statement presented at MonilS'y’s meeting of the Thames Hospital Board Showed that the revenue received (luring the period from Muy 14 to June 11 amounted to £4326 4s 3d', made up as follows : Hospital fees. £205 19s 3d; outpatients’ fees,, £5 13s 6d ; National Provident Fund, £2B Is 11 <1 ; Government subsidy, £3985 13s 9d ; ambulance- fees, 10s ; old-age pensions. £6l 4s 2d ; charitable aid. £39 ; sundry sales. 13s 4d. After accounts amounting to £1124 7s 5d had been passed, for payment there remained' a credit balance of £3475 16s 10d.

Woods’ Gieat Peppermint Cure, For Influenza Colds.

Mr H. A- Mills was elected assessor for the Hauraki Plains County to-day, the voting being: H. A. MiH s > 29 ;A. J. Whiteside, 1; Informal, 1.

For some time pajst the Te Aroha D’strict High. School, has been endeavouring to obtain a dental clinic. At the last meeting of the committee a letter was received from the Minister of Education advising that while tlie department was fully al've to the need for dental treatment at schools, no trained nurses were available at present, but Te Aroha’s case would be considered with many others, when nurses were available.

Psychology is one of the sciences that are attracting much attention today. Therefore Rev. J. Lowden will give a series of consecutive a.ddresses in the Paeroa Presbyterian Church on Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. The introductory lecture will, be- on “Temperament.” This, will be followed by others on “Body, Souls and Spirit,” “Personality,” “Habit,” “Memory,” “Will,” “Imagination,” “Conscience,” “Mass Psychology,” etc. Watch Church advertisements.*

In this issue the Railway Department notifies the special concession fares, arranged for the farmers’ excursion to the National Dairy Show at Palmerston North, which is being held from June 19 to 23. An i.nterprov»ncial visit to the Manawat.u district should prove very attractive-, and anyone making the trip will be able to combine business with pleasure and instruction. Full particulars regarding fares and train connections can be obtained from any stationmaster.