LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5415, 24 April 1929, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

During the past year the Paeroa Volunteer Fire Brigade mustered 32 times, of which four were fire calls and one a parade. The average attendance of the 13 members at all musters was eleven. As a means of paying off the bank overdraft incurred through extraordinary expenses by the Anglican Church, voluntary subscriptions pre being proffered. At the meeting of parishioners on Monday night the vicar, the Rev. W. G. H. Weadon, announced that he had received £2 that afternoon and £7 at the meeting for the purpose, A special requiem mass will be cele? brated in the Catholic Church to.morlow at 10.30 a.m., on the occasion qf Anzac Day. Several Cabinet Ministers attended a special screening of the Hauraki FlfiJf Grpwers’ film at Wellington, The film and the object were most favourably commented on. The Prime Minister, during the course of a conversation with one of the company directors, emphasised his interest and promised his support, not only on account of it being a secondary industry, but a primary one as well, the growing of flax constituting the latter. Patetonga township will have a metalled rpad all the wpy to MgrrinSr ville by th c en d of tjjis week jf the present, progress is maintained by the metalling contractors. Last evening only gaps totalling about 150 yards remained to be completed in the sec? tion between the township and the gravel near the Maukoro Landing road. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cur* For Influenza Colds.