THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5354, 21 November 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Keen interest is being taken in the P,aeroa Swimming Club, and the membership .was increased' to 105 at the committee meeting on Monday night. The club nights arranged are Tuesdays and Thursday from 7.30 to 9.30 o’clock, and the custodian has appointed by the committee to be in charge. Members must be financial before they can participate in the privileges of the club. To-morrow night some instruction in the art of swimming will be given to members who desire to learn to

We regret to recor.d the death of Miss Gertrude Phillips, who passed away at hey home at Paeroa yesterday after a long illness. The deceased was the youngest daughter of Mr. John and. the late Mrs Phillips, of Paeroa. She was of a quiet and unassuming nature, and gaiirqd the affection of all those with whom she came in contac.t. To her bereaved relatives' much sympathy is extended.

The esaminatiqns for Public Service Entrance and Senior ami Junior National Scholarships commenc;e|d at the Paeroa District High School tq-day. Mrs W. L. Lawrence is the local supervisor., and is assisted by Mrs Whitmore. The. examinations will extend ovqr two weeks, and the Matriculation examinations will follow a little later.

An old offender named Jock Stqwar.t, alias Angus, Johnston, etc., was arrested at Thames on Friday on the charge of theft c.f clothing -frqm the residence of Sergeant-Major Steward', Hill Str.ee;t, Paeroa, on election day, and also the; theft of a bridle from an outhouse at Mr R. Stock’s. Taylor's Avenue. Accused) was brqught before Mr F. W. Platts. S-M., at Thames yesr terday, and pleaded guilty to the charges, and also to othejr; offences c’ommitted at Thames and the Waihou Hotel, and was sentenced to three months’ hard labour. He was also ordered to make to Ser-geant-Majqr. Steward of £4 17s tor cjothing not recovered.

That complaints of the difficulty of communicating with the passenger department at the Morrinsville railway station are fair.ly prevalent was made clear at Thursday’s meeting of the Morrinsville Chamber of Ocimmerce. A member stated that those in charge should be taught that they were; the servants of the publie and should answer any fair questions put to them by the public seeking information. The chamber decided to write to the district manager, stating that continual complaints had been made of the telephone at thq passenger department at the station not being answered.

In its statistics of production and payment for the present season to October 31, the Te Arqha Dairy Co., Ltd., shows an increase in output over the corresponding period of last year c.f 40 per cent., being 7'56,5001b, as aj.a'nst 538,0001 b in 1927. The rate advanced for October butter-fat was t'he same in both seasons, Is sd, but the total sum advan. cd this sear son to date amounts to £54,109, an increase of £15,559 on the; pay-out for the same period last year (£38,550). The amount of butter-fat supplied last month, 320,0C01b, was the largest for any month in the history of the company.