LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5387, 13 February 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Yesterday, at Tauranga, a, deputation waited oh the pofitjnaster-General (the Hon. J. B. Donald) and; on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce, asked that. Tauranga be raised to the status of a chief post office, or at least made a lediged l office. The necessity for running a nia.il car frcim Paeroa to Taneatua' was emphasised. The Minister promised consideration of the requests. New Zealanders will shortly have the opportunity of seeing three worldfamous sprinters in action, Percy 'Williams, the Olympic spr.int championl ; D. G. A. Lowe, the English winner of the 400 metres ; and Ralph Ball, the Canadian middle-distance winner. The party will visit the Antipodes after touring Britain, the Continent, and South Africa. A contract for carting 750 cubic yards of gravel from Smith’s gravel pit at Maratoto Road on to the Netherton Ferry-Hikutaia main highway is called by the Ohinemuri Countjl Council. An address of considerable interest to farmers will be given by M r i Hastings, organiser oft he Pig Marketing Association, in the Ngatea Hall to-night. Included in the subjects to be dealt with is the matter of the sharp rise in the pig market. At the meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board at Te Aroha on the sth inst. Mr AV. E. G. Willy, of Turua:, suggested that the board should go into- the question of cheaper el.eetrjeity for pumps used bn the Hauraki Plains tor drainage purposes. He said! that the AVai'hou was silting up in a serious manner, and and that although lie might appear to be looking years ahead it was only a matter of time before the river bed in places would be above the land, like the Missouri. Pumps had already been installed' at various points to gqt rid of the water by sending it back to the river, and more w’ere being inquired after. To be forewarned was to be forearmed.