LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5329, 21 September 1928, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

start has been made on tlie erection of four additional houses at the railway settlement.

Mr E. McGregor, solicitor, of Morrinsville,, who is a, candidate in the interests of the United Political Party for the Thames seat, spent s.ome time In Paeroa yesterday.

The Rev. J. Lqwd'en has resumed his duties, and will continue his lectures on psychology iii, the, Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening.

The railway refreshment, service returned to the Railways Department last yea.r a net profit of £7576. The advertising service gave a. pro,fit. of £3678 on a total revenue- of £'52.600.

In welcoming tlie Tasinan flyers at Wellington on Monday, in the course of his speech, the Prime Minister said : “What Kingsford Smith has gone through none of us will ever know. Imagine a man aw.a.y from Jiis home land endeavouring to, pioneer a flight such, as he Ims pioneered, from the United States of America to Australia, and then to New Zealand. (Applauses) I do nic;t wa.nt to touch on personal matters, but it has been said—and I believe with absolute truth —that he was hard up and did not know where to. turn for the next shilling. (Laughter and applause.) That fej not, uncommon amongst Anzacs. Nevertheless, his determinh.tion and his personality, with that of Flight-Lieutenant Ulm’s, won thrcjiigli, and thanks also to our good friends in the United States: of America who had confidence in them.

On Tuesday the Governor-General c;peiied the Wellington, Winter Show within its own permanent building. This building is the largest one-floor space structuie in the Dominion, it providing 160,000 square feet of floor space.

Sc ; me excitement was caused recently in Hunter Street, by a woman endeavouring tq escape from the clutches of a man, who was said to be a seafarer, and who had been enjoying himself ashore. The. man accused the woman of having stolen, a roll of bank notes from him, which she stoutly denied. The woman broke away, but was pursued and caught by the man, who, pointed to a peculiar bulge in one of her stockings below the calf. Much to the amusement of a crowd cf onlookers, the .man insisted on the woman taking down} her stocking, and -wlieii she had done so the cause, qf the bulge was found to be the missing money. The woman handed the hotes to her accuser and then hurried away.

t It is not generally known among motorists that the New Zealand Government is enforcing fitting of reflectors, and has a set. standard in regard to> rear reflectors on cars and motor-cycles. The reflectors must be clearly seen at 150 ft and at an a,ngle of 35 degrees on either side of normal. All motorists whose, reflectors are defective in this respect are liable tc prosecution now, as the. time: of suspension of prosecutions has expired. Two motorists were fined 10s. each in Auckland recently fc ; r having no reflectors.

The Bay c.f Plenty Times report..; “One of our subscribers at Gate Pa complains that some person is ‘borrowing’ his paper. A strict watch is being kept, and if such unauthorised ‘borrowing’ still continues: it is likely to ptova an expensive matter for tlie person or persons concerned:” “Borrowing a. paper” seems to;'be a common practice. A few mornings agp a man in Paeroa spied a young man in the act of extracting his paper witli a pen-knife from his doorway. “Ah ! 1 caught you !” exclaimed the owner. “YeS,” said the guilty would-be purloiner of the “inky way” ; “1 was just going to have a. read.”

Two artists who recent delighted listeners will appear again at. IYA Auckland on Saturday, September. 22, states the New Zealand Radio Record. They are Mrs Daisy Barham, of Ngatea, and Mr Arthur Briggs, qf Thames. Their programme will include solos and duets from Gilbert, and Sullivan’s “Mikado,” “Patience,” and “Ruddigore”—three numbers from each work. The duo will give Hie dialCgnp/ leading up to their items.