LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5406, 3 April 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thq gate receipts at the Kerepeehi Sports on Easter Monday totalled £BO 17s 6d. The heaviest rainfall in New Zealan | iii January was registered at Otira, South Island, with 22.89 inches cf rain, and the lightest fall jvas recorded at -Mahurangi, North Island, with .020 of an inch. The highest temperature was recorded! at Te Aroha, 79.8 degreps, and the lowest at Manovburn Dam, South Island, 43.2 dcgrqe.s. .Of! Nqw Zealand Dependaneies Niue Island was the wettest, with 27.19 inches.

Hundreds of thousands of boys in China go to work for sixpence a day at the ages of six or seven, and never have a chance to develop, so Mr T. M. Haslett told an audience of boys at the Christchurch Y.M.C.A. He explained that because cv their sizs, they were very useful for scraping out boilers, being commonly employed on this wort from an early age.

On thq motion of Cr. Mace the following resolution was carried at the last me ting of the Ohinemuri County Council ; “That plans be prepared foir cutting, down and widening the cutting and filling on Snakey Bend, Old Te Aroha Road, and subjected, to the Public Works Department for approval, and when approved tenders called for the work and for metalling to the extent of the subsidy.

Woods’ Great peppermint Cure For Coughs and Colife, nevqr fails.

At a private screening of the local industrial film last night His Wor-’ ship the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) and thq borough councillors expressed themselves as beng delighted With the prcducton. The Mayor has con J scnteid to preside at the, free screening of these pictures at the Aurora Thcatie to-morrow night.

Mr H. M. Corbett, chairman of the Ohinemuri County Council, has stated he docs, not intend to stand for reelection to that body. Mr Corbett was first elected a member of the council when .21 years age, and, apart from a break of between five and six years, has sqrved on it continuously far 25 years, during which time he has been chainmail for eight years. It is understood that Mr O: Bjerring, of Mataura, president 0f the Waihi branch of the N.Z. Farmers Union, will offer himself for the seat to be vacated by Mr Corbqtt. The. latter, whilst, retiring fr«m the Ohinemuri County Council, does not contemplate severing his connection with the Thames Valley Power Board.

Three members of the Paeroa Fire Brigade—Superintendent Moore, Fireman Ward, and Dr. Smith —combine between them 88 years of volunteer service in the interests of the public. Superintendent Moore’s 33 year:; of service with the. 22 years’ service of his two sfons make a total of 55 years for one family, a record' to bq proud, of.

The Buick motor-car belonging to Mr F. Basham, of Ngatea, which was stolen from the garage of Hauraki Motois, Ltd., on the night, of -March 21, and at the same time as a case of benzine was stolen from Mrs E. Martin’s farm, Rawqrawe, was recovered by the police near Wellington on Saturday last.. It is hot yet known whether the car is damaged. It had been abandoned.

Mr A. Craig, of Waitakaruru, had his leg broken last Saturday evening when he stepped .off the runningboard of a moving motor-car in the track of an approaching Thames service car near the Waitakaruru Hall. Owing to the lights of many motorcars Craig did' net notice that the service car was moving.

Remarkable perfc.-ma.nc.es in naildriving were witnessed at ,thq Melville School Fair recently. Two competitors, drove threq-ineh nails into Oregon pine blocks with only t.wo hitsSoma of the! less, skilled were taking 15 or 16 hits. TJi» star performers werq Major W. Allen and Mr R. Oates.

Mr S. Henderson-, the well-knowiA and popular jockey, who was badly injured at the Paeroa, races and who underwent a critical operation in Auckland a week ago, is progressing slowly and favourably.

There are over 4650 bridges on New Zealand roails. This- total does not include the innumeasble sm*U bridges of. less than 25ft in length. About 4350 of Die bridges are in counties ; cities and boroughs control 235, and the remainder are in town and road districts.

The Union Steam Ship Company of N.Z. has placed a contract’ for two moileln cargo rteainers of 3400 toirt dead weight, and specially designed fikr t'h-e West Coast coal trade and the carriage of ■ general cargo in coastal waters. Shipping is regarded by many authorities as a barometer of trade, sb the building of. two new ships is perhaps an optimistic sign of improving commerce in the Deuninion itself.

The N.Z. Gazette announces the appointment of Mr F. W. Platts, S ! .M., to be a member of the Thames Licensing Committee, ajictf Mr H. R. Bush clerk. Mr F. H. Ldvien, S.M., has bqen appointed a member of the Hauraki Committees and Mr C. V. Roberts clerk.

As a result of an appeal to the Minister of Public. Works during his ’ ecent visit to Waihi tlrqtbwn Beautifying Society will benefit to. the extent of £5O. This money was, requested in connection with the proposal to make the western slope; of Martha Hill into a public park.

Returns submitted to the phiiieinuri County Council meeting on Tuesday for the period ffiom March 1 to 25, inclus've, ’howed that 34 cases of explosives went! issued and none received, the .storage fees, including February, being £8 o's 10d. At the abattoir 57 cattle, 103 sheep, 21' lambs, 5 calves, and 1.1 pigs wqre slaughtered, the, fees received being £B6 Is SJ, including, £45 2s lOd for February. Two interments were made at the cemetery, and fees received amounted to £3 15s, including £1 5s for February.

A great deal of money is being, spent by the Main Highways Board on that section of the Pae,roa-Pokeno highway in the Waikato County where considerable widening of the road is being undertaken. An indication of the amount of traffic carried by this road on holidays was afforded by a motorist who travelled from Waitakaruru to Pokeno on Good Friday, morning and met 84 cars and three buses.

During the first fortnight qf March New eZaland exported to the .United Kingdom 170,250 carcases of mutton, 165,165 carcases of. lamb, but no beef ; while Argentine and Urnguay exported during the same period to the United Kingdom 58,8'50 carcases of .mutton, 16.750 carcases of lamb, and 249,470 quarters of beef.

Regulations for the shooting season, opening in -May, have been gazetted, including an amejidment that no person will be allowed more than one standi and no stand _ ! s to contain more tha.n two persons or guns. The limit in deqeys ha.-j been reducqd from 25 to 15. Licenses for the season of two months are now procurable.

Banish the woes of the winter, There’s nothing in winter to shun, Make yourself feel like a sprinter, Make it a season of fun. Banish your colds and complaining, Such ills there’s no neqd to endure, There’s aid for good health regaining In Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.