THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5296, 6 July 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some members of the Public Works Department’s local staff were- to be seen on the site of the proposed Paeroa hospital this morning. It is understood that levels were being taken for the lay-out of the building, and also for roadJng. access.

A brief sitting of the Children’s Welfare Court was held at Paeroa. yesterday by Mr S. L. Paterson, SIM. Aftei 1 hearing evidence against a schoolboy. 13% years of age, who was charged with theft, the magistrate committed him to the Education Department’s welfare branch at Hamilton for two years.

Miss M. Fox, of the staff of the Kerepeefii school, who has been transferred to the Point Chevalier school, was the guest of honour at a very pleasant gathering at the residence of Mr and Mr® H. Booth, Kerepeehi, last. Saturday evening. Musical items by radio and local contributors were much enjoyed, and cards and games were played. A presentation to the departing teach of a salad bowl and a cheque was made by Mr W. Thomson, who referred to the high esteem in wfiich Fox w.as held by the residents of the district and the school children.

It may not be generally known that if ,a voter signs or otherwise marks a voting paper so that the name of the voter can become known the vote wiU be considered as informal. Such a mark on one of tlie voting papers used in the election of trustees for the Hauraki Plains West Drainage Board was so marked, and at the. official count of votes by the returning officer, Mr E. L. Walton, on Wednesday the vote was disallowed. The amended result of the election is as. follows: C. W. Parfitt 138, J. Motion 125, A. Douglas 118, T. A. McClean 113, A. H. Me. Clean 91, C. H. Waite 77, E. Keane 69, and informal 4.

Tlie matter o f establishing a ferry over the Piako River near the Kaihere landing to serve as a temporary outlet for the Kaihere settlers until the road to Ngatea was metalled was referred to Mr E. Taylor, lands 'drainage engineer on .Wednesday. Mr Taylor stated that the only information he had on the subject was the paragraph in the “Gazette” to the effect that as the result of representations by the member for the district his department had been authorised to go into the matter. Mr Taylor remarked that when the matter was mooted some years ago he had urged that the money should be put to providing a bridge instead of a temporary ferry, which would be fairly cdstly to establish as it would be necessary to at least fascine the approaches and make' 11 road connection. The ferry would be useless without a bridge over the A,wait! canal near Kerepeehi. . This would take a month to erect, so the outlet would only be required for a couple of months before the road to Ngatea would be available. That road would be metalled in the summer,

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Replying to a letter from the Mayor of Wai hi (Mr W. M- Wallnutt) asking the Public Works Department to provide further relief work for the Waihi men who recently completed, a section of the Waihi-Whangamafa road, the district engineer at Paeroa, Mr O. G. Thornton, stated that in the course of a few days everything would be in readiness to start the party on a fresh section.

The Auckland Education Board has appointed Miss E. McLoughlin as sole teacher at Komata North ; Mn G. Sale, late headmaster at Karangahake, goes to Grafton (Auckland) as first assistant, and Miss A. M. Dixon has been appointed infant mistress at Turua,.

An unfortunate example of the possible results of schoolboy horseplay exists in .a case at present in the Tau. marunui Hospital. The patient is a son of Mr M. W. Coates, of Aukopae, Wanganui River, who, after winning a. Junior National Scholarship last year, was sent to a secondary school. There he wa,s put through the ususal unofficial “initiation” ceremony, and, it is alleged, received an injury to,one hip which may lame- him for life, and will certainly keep him in, hospital for ma.ny months.

At the Warden’s Court, Paeroa, yesterday, before Mr, S. L. Paterson, Warden, the receiver’ of gold revenue proceeded against Mrs Edith L. Remington for recovery of arrears of rent due ou resident site No. 8820- at Ka,rangalinke. Judgment was given for tlie amount claimed, £1 10s, together witli costs £1 6s. A decree of forfeiture was also entered.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board the chairman (Mr F. M. Strange), the deputy-chairma.n (Mr J. Price), the engineer (Mr N. G. McLeod), and the manager, (Mr R. Sprague) were appointed delegates to attend the annual conference of electric power boards to be held at Wellington towards the endl of this month.

An connection with the forthcoming Auckland Winter Exhibition, a special*' 1 “Farmers’ Excursion” train at cheap excursion fares is being run on Thursday next from the Bay of Plenty district to Auckland. Particulars of the train times; and fares are advertised by tile Railway Department in this issue.

“The young man of this country is haying too soft a time,” declared Mr. W. T. Lili (Ashburton County Council) at the conference of local body representatives on unemployment in Christchurch (says the “Press”). “It would do him good if he was kicked out and told to get a living somehow. We should bear in mind the words of Cecil Rhodes when a father asked his advice on what to do with his son : ‘Give him a good education,” said Rhodes, ‘and then give him five shilling and turn him out.’ ” Mr Lili went on to say .that he never thought the time would come when a child could not get enough to eat ip this country, where there was such abundance.

A little comedy, ip which a wouldbe speculator, a pound note, and a. stalwart limb of the law played a prominent part, caused quite a considerable amount of ajnusement on Hastings racecourse the other afternoon (says the Telegraph). The firstnamed principal approached the “tote’’ a little before it closed 1 for the last race, and, drawing a pound note from his pocket, planked it down on the counter of one of the pigeon holes, with the usual request for a ticket on the equine of his fancy. Before the nimble, fingers of the clerk could grasp the note, however, .a. gentle zephyr caught, it and. whirled it, into the air, well above the head?, of the crowd. Pandemonium followed momentarily, the owner of the note giving chase and tongue simultaneously. His anxiety was not long sustained, ■however, for after a short, but eventful flight, the errant note was neatly fielded by a policeman standing on the outskirts of the crowd, who promptly returned it to the rightful owiier.