LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5380, 28 January 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A miniature queen carnival is being held at the Thames Coast, the object being to raise money to establish a motor camping ground at Waiomie.. Miss Lorraine Steedman has been chosen to represent Puru, Miss Heather Bush Waiomio, and Joyce Griffin Thornton’s Bay. The event is'causing quite an interest on the Coast.

An example of the trust placed in the honesty of our population is illustratejd; at Waihi. Where the recent fire took place in the Waihi Mutual Trading Co.’s boots,, canned goods, etc., ‘Only slightly damaged, have been left entirely unprotected against the- passer : by. This resistance of temptation speaks volumes far the integrity of the individual.

In the couise of. his farewell remarks at the Wanganui Court last week Mr J. S. Barton, SM„ related a humorous incident that occurred in Gisbcrne when he was stationed there. A new and: nervous Justice of the Peace asked Mr Barton if he would allow him to sit on the Bench one day with him to get experience. Mr Parton agreed to the .suggestion, and isn looking down from the Bench at the commencement of the day’s lis.t the Justice remarked to Mr Barton: “My word, you have got a tougJj-Jook-ing lot up before you this morning.” Mr Barton : “Sh ! Sh I They are members off the Bar.”

Advocates of the mid-weqk halfholiday and Saturday long nigjit for Thames shops are canvassing Hauraki Plains farmers with a petition which will be presented to the Thames Borough Council in due course.

A was on the Hauraki plains on Friday morning, but a light shower of rain removed all visible trace at about 4.30 o’clock-

Superintendent Moore will be the delegate! of the Paeroa Fire Brigade to the conference at Hokitika on February 25. Deputy-Superintendent E. M. Moore, Secretary Malcolm, and Fireman C. Rolton Will represent the brigade at the demonstration to be held.

A doctor who motored through from Wellington declared to a “Gazette” representative that the worst piece of road on the whole journey was the stretch between Te Aroha and Paeroa. “And then ,we came to another wretched piec.e about a mile out of Paeroa,” he added, “which continued until we came to a bridge marked ‘Boundary,’ near a little plac.e called Hikutaia.”

A dislocated right shoulder was sustained by Mr. D. Clark, a Ngatea farmer, on Friday afternoon. He was removing some corrugated iron from a haystack on his farm when it came on to rain, and he tetok Shelter at tile end of. the stack- A g.ust of wind blew a sheet of iron, from which the weigjits had been removed, on to him.

“The cost of living in England) is higher than it was when I was there in 1922, but I do not think it is as high as in' New Zealand. Fruit is cheaper than out here, where we grow it. In fact, everything but meat *s dearer in New Zealand.’ 1 ’ This statement was made by the Rev. C. F. Pierce, headmaster of the Wanganui Collegjate School, who recently returned from a tour of America and Great Britain.

It was a kindly spirit which prompted! a minister, in pine of. the Hastings churches oh Sunday morning to announce that in view of the heat he did nof think it would be deemed irreverent if the men of the congregation removed their coats, if they cared to do • spi (remarks the “Tribune”). One or two gratefully availed themselves of. the offer, but to the majority the idea was too surprising to be accepted, so the sensible few sat in easy coolness and white shiit-sloeves, while the majority wished they had the courage to do likewise.

The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date of payment of the income-tax is on Friday, February 8, 1929. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before March 1, 1929. The demands will be posjted from the office of the commissioner of Taxes on or about January 31, 1929. Demands must be presented with all payments) and if a demand has not been received the Commissioner should be communicated with.