THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5316, 22 August 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Deaths from motor accidents .in New Zealan.d have doubled in the past few years. Fo,r the three- years 19.2123 the average wti.s 64, and for the three years 1925-27 the average- was 132.

Twenty-five thousand trout fry ha,vcbeen received by the Ohinemiiri Acclimatisation Club for liberation on Saturday. Eighteen thousand of these will be liberated in the Waitawhe.ta River and tile r.emain/ler in the' Koniata Creek.

The Ripii'oa ferry was out of aetteii for two and a-half days last week on, account of ,a breakage in the winding machinery. The service was restored at mid-day on Saturday.

Giving evidence before the- Assessment Court at Paerca yesterday, a Thames' land agent stated that good, -sound, empty houses within the Thames Boro,ugh were easily obtained. In support of his contention lie stated tha.t lie had a Sound six-roqmed house, with all possible conveniences, well situated, which could, not. be let at 25s a week. He also knew of another house. i.n good order and condition, which had been let furnished at 22s 6d a wle.ek.

At. Monday’s special meeting 'of the Hauraki Plains County Council the engineer, was given authority to reere'et- the metal unloading- stage at tlie- Toivcr-s outlet for the purpose, of unloading metal for the Ngataipua Road loan work.

A debtor, who has haff ah order for. finprison-ment ma.de agains.t him -cannot b,e imprisoned again fo,r default in payment. “Successive judgment summonses may issue aiiid tiiie.ro be procured the attendance and examination of the debtor, unt'l an for imprisonment is obtained,” said Mr Barton, 5.M.., in a reserved judgment a.t Hawera on Friday, “Thereafter that, remedy is exhausted, although, by section 15 the remaining; remedies are preserved.”

A petitten, signed by the settlers, on the Hauraki- Plains side of tlie Waihqu River, from Carter’s corner to Turua, asking for the continuation o,f the Waihou Riven stop-bank to co.nnect with the stop-biijuk now being erected by the Hauraki United Drainage. Board, has Wen forwarded to Mr A. M- Samuel, M.P., for presentation to the Public Works Department.

“The contest this year will be between tlie Relqrm party and the Labour party and Rs principles/’ said the Prime Minister, inj an address; at Wanganui on Monday. “There is qnly room for, .the two parties. There is ii.o rcymi for. the intermediate party. The best tiling for the United party to do is to join up with- us, wliq are just as progressive and Liberal as they ar.c.”

An extraordinary freak of nature was displayed by Mr G. V. Dayus, M.R.C.V.S., at the cattle deniqn-stra-tion held at. Leamington, in the shape of what is recognised aS aj bulldog calf. Taken from a cow at death -at Hor.o.tiu, the calf has a perfect bulldog head, while the remaining portion of tlie body -is normal.. Mr Dayus stated .that, the freak head wa,s due to a degeneration of the thyroid gland o.f the mother.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Children’s Hacking C< ugh.

The' Borough of Paeroa was thrown into darkness for about,eig,ht minutes shortly before. 7 o’clock on Mon, day night. The failure of current was due to a short circuit occurring on the Public Wqrks Department’si equipment at Waikino and interrupting the generating station, at Horahora.

When crap,king his motor-car in a local garage this morning Mr O. Hughes, a traveller, sustained a painful injury to his right hand, necessitating surgical attention. It that the crank-handle slipped, and Mr. Hughes received a deep cut across two lingers.

The nine, miles of road oil the Pokeno-Waihi main highway at Maramarua which runs ,through the Waikato’* coitnty is being I'.e-metalled and brought up to the: standard of a main highway. Several cuttings on the road will be widened in the near future.

Towards the middle of October next a party of between 40 and 50 dairy farmers frojn South Africa will arrive in Ne'w Zealand for the purpose of making a complete tour of the Dominion,. The Department of Agriculture is arranging, a suitable itinerary to enable them to see as much of farming in New Zealand as possible. It i«, expected that the visitors will be able to visit both the Royal AgriculttHal Show and the Manawatu Agricultural Show to be held, at Palmerston North at the end of October and early in, November.

Repairs to. the Piako Road bitumen surface were authorised by the Hauraki Plains County Council at a special meeting on Monday. The l fexperime!n,tal strips of bitumen-sealed roads throughout the county will be topdressed as soon as it is convenient.

Frkm to the commencement of business at Monday night’s meeting of the Paeroa Rugby Un-top Committee the chairman referred to the death of Mr? A. Griffiths, the mother of several prominent ex-Paeroa. footballers. A resolution of sympathy with the relatives was carried in silence, the members standing.

When travelling down upper Hill Street towards Taylor’s Avenue this morning a mishap occurred to a motor delivery van driven by Mr J. •Mathiesoh. It appears that o.n reaching the bottom of the incline the’ fr-oinit. wheels of the vehicle struck a d.'?-cp rut which had been woii’-n in the road by stormwater, and which lias for. some, time been a menace to motorists. This caused the steering gear to lock, and as a, consequence tfife van got out of con-trol and dashed to the side of the rqad, striking a telegraph post. The foirce of the impact dislodged several telephone wires, causing .them to fall, while the van sustained damage to "a ra,dins rod, lamp, and mudguard.

In view of tlie increasing number of application# for work received by the Mayor, of Waihi (Mr W. M. Wallnutt) he- again communicated with Mr. A. M. Samufel, M.P., at- the end of last week, suggesting that as majiy men as possible should be put on ;at the Waihi end of the Pae-r.oa-iWaihi main r.vjad when tlie work of reconstruction is commenced. Mr S&muel lias replied to the effect that he is| making special representations to the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. K. S; Williams, in the matter. Employment on this rojad, especially if work is started at the Waihi end as well as at Paeroa, wpuld with the great drawback to the married man—the keeping Aip of two, 'homes.