THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5437, 19 June 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

• The most violent rain storm of the year visited Paeroa last night and continued well on into this morning. The fall nvas steady, with bursts of torrential rain and fierce gusts of wind occurring at short intervals. At eleven o’clock the weather somewhat abated. In answer to a query at the community singing on Friday night Mr W. Marshall, the Mayor, said the proposed cenotaph was intended for Paeroa and district.

At Monday’s sitting of the Paeroa Magistrate’s Court, Mr F. W. Platts, S.M., presiding, judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases : E. Powell v. J. R. Goonan, £6 17s 4d, costs £1 7s 6d ; E. Powell v. C. Mann, £3 Is 4d, costs £1 7s 6d ; Paeroa Borough Council v. R. B. Dunlop, £BO 3s. sd, costs £5 16s.

Representatives of the three drainage boards operating on the Hauraki Plains met at Ngatea on Monday morning and decided on a set of bylaws suitable for local conditions. When these have been approved by the three boards they will be brought into operation and will greatly facilitate the work of the boards.

A clearance, sale of the furniture and effects of the seven-roomed residence of Dr. Smith is to take place at the residence, Wood Street, to-mor-row afternoon, commencing at one o’clock. The contents of four rooms, on behalf of Mr R. Welsh, who is leaving the district, are also to be offered at the same place. The sale will be conducted by the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co., Ltd.

In connection with the proposal of the butchers of the Hauraki Plains to undertake the provision of a public abattoir, it is understood that a private company is to be formed, and on condition the site is approved by the Government departments concerned, the farm of Mr W. G. Hayward’s, near the Ngatea bridge, will be taken over for the purpose.

The attention of readers is directed to an advertisement appearing in this issue regarding railway time-table alterations operating from Monday, June 24.

The .girls of the local junior branch of the Navy League ar? again this year volunteering their services to sew garments for the clothing and wanning of some of their less fortunate sisters in Britain, dependants of British seamen who sacrified the’’’ lives in the great task of defence undertaken by the Navy. The league in Auckland provides and cuts out the dresses, etc., and the girls in' different parts of the country make them up. Last year the work of the Paeroa girls was highly commended by the ladies of Auckland who saw the display in the Navy League rooms preparatory to packing. The garments and other gifts are despatched from New Zealand to reach Britain just before the cold winter, when, of course, they are most needed.