THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5347, 5 November 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

His Lordship the Bishop of the Diocese will make a pastoral visit to tlhis parcjcliiaj distiict during the present week. He will adm.nister the Sacramejnt of Confinmation in S.t. Mary’s Church, Hikutaia, at 8 o’clock on Tuesday evening, and celebrate Holy Communion in St. Paul’s, the Parish Church, at 7 o'clock on Wednesday mqrniiig, It is hoped that during Wednesday. His Lor.dS.hip will be able to meet; some of the parishioners in the. outlying districts, and •’n the evening, at 8 o’clock, fie; will again administer the Sacrament of Confirmatiqn, to a number of candidates in St. Paul’s Church. After tire service parishioners will have the opportunity of meeting the Bishop in the Parish Ha.ll.

Thq vital statistics for Paeroa for the-month of : Octolier are as follows, with the figures for the corresponding period in 1927 in parentheses : Births, 6 (6) ; deaths, 1 (3) ; marriages. 1 (1). .

Fair suc.cess attended the Paeroa competitors at the Waihi athletic spqrts on Saturday. R. Swann had a fairly easy win in the 220yds handicap, while, G. Wells finished second in the 100yds forced handicap, with Swann third. In the mile race. L. Marshall and L. Roberts finished creditably in third fourth positions respectively.

Sqc.tion 128 of■ the Electoral Act, 1927. provides that where polling day at any. election is other than t;bat appointed as the weekly , half-holiday under the Shops and (Offices Act, 1922-1924,d,1ie- provisiqpns of that Act relating to the weekly half-holiday shall be deemed to refer to the polling day in lieu of the day appointed, and it shall not be necessary for any employer tq observe the day so appointed in the week in which the holiday falls. On the other hand, factory occupiers are required, merely to give their employers reasonable time tq record their votes, but not exceeding one working hour, without deduction from their wages.

The extraordinarily high tides which have beeir experienced in othqr parts have been experienced onj the Hauraki Plains during the pa ; st few days, and the Piako and Waihou rivers have been abnormally high. Much land has been inundated’ along the coast. a,nd where the stop-banks are low the;y have been topped. There is very little; floodwater in either river, but new high-lejvel records have been created. Manly drains have been unable to function efficiently, and some country has been flooded; At .the Ngatfea butter, factqry the height of the river prevented the ivaste water from flowing away, and the flooding of several rooms was caused, the water being Bin or 9in deep in the stokehold. Near. Hopai. a portion of the stop-bank broke away and a farm was inun|datqd to a dtepth. of several feet, water entering the farmhouse. Th e bank was built up by employees of the Lands Department wlie;n the tide receded.

As the position regarding the death of a political candidate, before the poll is not widely known, it is interesting to recall the procedure; in the c.ve-ivt of such a contingency. According to section 116 of the Electoral Act. 1927, if a candidate dies between the closing date of nominations and the date, of the elections, the; poll is postponed in the electorate concerned’. The names of previous candiilaties are accepted and there is no Necessity for them to be; nominated afresh. Any further nominations can thejn. be received and the poll held as soon as formalities have-been complied with.