THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto, Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5326, 14 September 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto, Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

J'uildihg permits to the value of £646 were granted at las? night’s meeting of the Paeroa Borqugh Council. Tlie building.: include a, dlwulliug in Miller. Avenue..

The young man who was arrested ,we.e;k on a charge, of incest was before the Court on Wednesday. After evidence of witnesses had beeiij taken the accused pleaded guilty and wa,3 committed to the Supreme Court fc-r sentein.ee. Messrs P. E. Brenan and E. Edwards were the presiding j’s.P.

A new set e ; f by-laws was before the Paeroa Borough Council for consideration. last night. A number of alterations and additions are required to. bring tlie present by-laws up-to-date, especially with reifqrcnce to motor-car regulations.

Tlie total number of staff employed on the New Zealand Railways on March 31, 1928, including tliolse engaged on wqrk chargeable, to capital, was 15,'584, and the average .number actually at work throughout the year, was 18.541.

Hh.Rcjyal Highness the Prin.cc. of Walds'ienjoys the distinction of being tlie most widely-travelled Rqyal personage: tlie- world has: known. There are very few corners of Empire that His Highness lias nqt seen, and he has again embarked on a 3000-milc tour, his objective on this occasion being East Africa.

As the result of prcpc.eutions last year bookmakers ip. New Zealand cqn-tribute-di £4829 to the coffers of the State. The -annual report of the Police Department recenly stated that out qf 36 prosecutions for carrying on business of a bo,okma.ker 27 convictions were recorded, while; there were 4 7 convictions out of 57 prosecutions for. keeping a common gaming house. Eight convictions were entered against persons laying tqtalisator qdds, seven; for street betting and 110 for betting with bookmakers. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For coughs and colds, never fails.

Durinig the past month the revenue, in the district fund account of the Paeroa. Borougih Council amounted to £6BO 6s Id, ail’d the expenditure £1039 15s 4d. After payments recommendied the credit balance;, including advances made to, the various loan accounts, will be £309 8s 2d. After the expenditure of £lO 16 2d of tlie sewerage loan and £24 0s 6d of the swimming bath loan, the respective positions of the various loan accounts will be;: Sewerage, £23 18e 3d (debit) ; swimming bath, £67 8h Id (credit)house sewerage connections, £541 13s Id (debit); Council Chambers, £39 10s 9d (credit) ; 1920 street improvements, £ll9 18s 6d (credit); Criterion bridge. £B2 4S Id (credit). A saving of £ll,OOO has been effected in the N.Z. Railways coal bill sjince. April 1, reports the- general manager. At the Borough Council meeting last night a resolution of congratulation, proposed by Cr. Edwards and seconded by the Mayor, was passed to the “heroes of the hour,” Kingsford Smith and party, for the great achievement they have accomplished. It was also decided to, invite the fliers to Paeroa, or at least to pass over, the town, when, flying to or returning from Rotorua. At the quarterly meeting of the Tauranga Licensing Committee- the following transfers were granted: Talisftnan- Hotel, -Katikati, from J. Meikle: to Andrew Wrighfl Anderson ; Waihou Hotel, frojn T. F. Hodges to eßrnard Grundy ; Nottingham Castle Hotel, Morr.ineville, from A. Beange to T. F. Hodges. There were no complaints, and the meeting was over, in less than five minutes. Tlie matter of .the Town Planning movement was advanced a step last night at the Paeroa Borough Council meeting'when a civic survey map of the town cf Paeroa showing the proposed classification of the various areas and streets was: approved by the. council. Possibly on account of the Press publicity given the fact that the Farmers’ Veterinary Club of Haur.aki Plains has been) in existence longer than any other, veterinary Club in. the Dominion, an,d was still making satisfactory progress, applications for particulars of the organisation are frequently received. The latest application was a .telegram from the Auckland A. and P. Association. A' copy of the rules was forwarded, but it is uiillikely that the secretary supplied the information that the success iff the club and its long life was almost entirely due to the fact that in MT J. Costello the club had an excepionally good and practical veterinary surgeon, who was enormously assisted by his wife. By working for many hours daily in the dispensary she enables him to spend all his time attending members.

Tlie bad state of the footpaths in William Street and of Junction and Old To Aroha roads was brought under the mot'ce of the BoEbugh Council last night. His; Worship said that Junction Road had not had anything done to it since he had been in office, witli the exception of a few stray loads of metal, and as it concerned a number of ratepayers he; would have the rqad attended to at the first opportunity. Regarding Old Te Aroha Road, this was always in a bad. state owing tc. the low nature of the ground. It was .however, not .so fad as Junction Road, or as important to the paeroa ratepayers.

•A pessimistic note was struck by a director, Mr Henry Hayward, at the annual meeting of Auckland Amusement Park, Limited, which, although it paid dividends of 25 and 10 per cent, respectively, on ordinary and preference shares last year, is this year unable to, pay an|y dividend on ordinary shares. He considered the rent of the site —£85 a week, or, with rates, £lO5 —was very high. It was proposed to wait on the Harbour Board and ask for a reduction!

Reference to the' remarks! made by Tom Heeney to the effect that prohibition in America “is a, curse, and I hope. New Zealand will never gQ dry,” was made at the annual meeting of the Taranaki area of the New Zealand Alliance at Stratford. The opinion was expressdd that no, doubt Hweney felt that way in view of thefact that Tunney was a devout teetotaller and hat); never, touched alcoholic liquejr.

Over three-quarters of a million sterling was paid last year by the Federal Government of Australia by way of bounties, to encourage industrle':. Nearly two-thirds of this sum was received by the wine-makers,’ while iron and steel interests received £243,628.

•At last night’s meatinjg of the Domain Board it was decided to make the rental cf the croquet lawns the same as last year, and to have the ia.wns top-dressed.

The Prudential insurance; Co. of the United States has recently issued some startling statistics dealing with murder in that country. Th&sfe show that .while the murder rate for England and Wales is seven per million of the population), it is 104 pen* millioji for American cities 1 . Among these Chicago stands qut glaringly, its) murder rate being for l.a.st yfea)r 160 per milliqn of the population. Yet, if we may trust .the figures, Chicago, is not the worst example, for Detroit caps it with a murder rate of 190 peir million of the population, or. 27 times the rate of England andl Wales. And even t’he present rate, of Detroit is gjven as an “improvemenlt,” for. it was formerly 250 per milflion.

The Wellington music and elocution competitions again jshow a lojsSi, this .time of over £2OO, although the entries, -numbered 284.7. The loss of three years totals £7OO. Mr ,G. A. Troup. Mayor, of Wellington, and) patron of the; Competition Society, attributed the loss to radio broadcasting. At -the. annual meeting of the society the question will be discussed whether .the competitions should be continued. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For Children’s Hacking C<4igl