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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5312, 13 August 1928, Page 2

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

After a series of frosts, followed by warm, .sunshiny days, a change in the local weather, conditions to, ok place yesterday afternoon and there were several light showers of rain-. Heavier rain fell last night, and conditions this morning were dull and threatening, with an unsteady barometer.

It was stated by the secretary at tlie monthly meeting of the Paeroa District High -School Coimmittec on Saturday night that, during, tire, last six year,? the committee had- -expended the sum of £2598 16s, 3d, of which 98 per cent, had been, spent in Paeroa. The maintenance and general expenses of the local school were abprc.ximately £4OO a year.

The annual ball in aid of the Kerepeehi Church of England building, fund even.tua.ted last Thursday evening and was a very jolly affair. The ha.l-1 was crowded, as dancers, 'were present, from all parts of t.he Plains as well as-from Paeroa, and Thames. Tim music was by the Dixie Boys’ Orchestra, and Mr N. Clay was M.C. Very few wore fa ; ncy dress. The prizes were awarded as follows : .Best la.dies’ fancy dress, Mrs H. Hoff, rose trellis. Most original, Mrs Rogers, Maori woman. Best gentleman’s costume, Mr H. Hoff, stork ; most original, Mr G. Boswell, Maori.

An apparent anomaly in the hospital statistics for .the year ended December 31, 1927, is the statement that while the North Island has 50 public hospitals, equaj to one fqr every 18.4'84 people, the: Sbutli isiapd has 59 hospitals—on-e for every 8913 people—buit while 47,150 persons were treated in the North Island, there) were only 25,605 in the Soiut.h Island.

£ When- being entertained by musicians at Invercargill the other day Mr Alfnad O’Shea,, the tenor, s;aid that he had been touring New Zealand for two and a-half months ami during that time had experienced two fine days. He had- been slightly disappointed in the size of the audience the previous night, but 'he recognised that he had come, to ;a, Scottish town and the 2'3 seats were full!

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