THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE Motto Public Service MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,& FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5313, 15 August 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is Incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE Motto Public Service MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,& FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Th;, olliciu.l Reform for ,t!ie Hauraki electorate is being, selected this al’ternoe.ll at Mercer., whore delegates from all parts of the electorate -have assembled. These delegates 'have been selected by tli'j. various Li r .anclies of the Reform League in the proportion of one to every 50 Reform vo,les cast' a,t .the last election.

An employee of the l-Ja.iiraki Plains County Council, Mr A. Hendry, was involved in a motor smash last Saturday evening through swerving suddenly ten avoid an appi'.o,aching car which loomed up suddenly out of a tleirse fog. The mishap occurred on Pekapeka. Road. The car struck a power pole witih such force that Hendry was thrown right through *he windscreen and i lear of the ear. He' was severely cut on tile band and arm. and the vehicle was considerably damaged.

To-day. being Die Feast, of Assumption. is being observed as a special holiuey by Roman Catholic schools. The scholars of the local Catholic sche,ol are spending the dlay at Thames, where bask.ctba.il and football matches arc be'ing played against the Thames Convent.

At Monday’s meeting of the Thame 3 Hospital Rciir;l the deputy-chairman (Mr J. AV. Dauby) referred to, tire untimely death of-Miss Claxton, an exsister. of the hospital. In moving a resolution of i.yinpathy to the parents Mr Dauby said that M'ss Claxton liad received her first training at Thames and had proved herself to Ije a true woni'in, clever, ami devoted to her work, and one who had. rendered signal service to Hie board. The- resolution was ca,rried in silence, the members standing.

Rather stqrmy weather conditions prevailed locally yesterday. The sky was dull and threatening, and there were several light showers of rajn. Last night the barometer fell again, ami there' was heavy rain during tlie night. This morning dawned bright and sunshiny, but shortly after 9.30 o’clock a thunderstorm passed over the town. The barometer is still unsteady.

The general dull for the new Hauraki electorate, copies of which came' to hand .on Monday, contii.ins 9058 names.

The annual general meeting of thte Pa.eroit Bowling Club is to be held at the Soldiers’ Club to-morrow night at 8 o’clock.

One ol" the relief workers engaged in flax planting near the Kaihere landing. a married man named l Birkett. whose wife and l child live in Ain'klaml. was admitted to the Thai lie-' Hospital late on Monday ai'iernciin with a severe cut on 'the biek of his lei"; hand. He was using a big knife to trim the leaves off a rent of flax thiit lie hail dug up ready for tran-planting. whep the the hlenv was de fleeted. It is tiiougiit that all the diii'ivs qf the hand were severed.

A I'clurn ta.bled at Monday’s meeting qf the Thames' Hospital Board chowc.l that the receipts for the. month of July amounted to £1952 3s 6d. Accounts presented for payment totalled £1363 ils 3d. which left a cr'?d iI balance of £3062 Ils. plus a lixed deposit of £2500.

Woods’ Great Peppe.i'mi.nt Cure, For coug.hs and colds, never fails.