THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5498, 8 November 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

There are now 35 men in the unemployment relief work camp at Torehape, small gangs having arrived at frequent intervals during the past few days.

At the .meeting of the Swimming Club on Wednesday night a letter was received from the Borough Council granting permission to the club to hold an open night on the occasion of the opening of the club on the 15th inst.

The Waitakaruru Tennis Club’s courts will be the Mecca of all tennis enthusiasts of Hauraki, Plains to-mor-row, the occasion being the official opening of the season. The Kaihere Club is also opening its season, but as there is only one court a general invitation has not been issued to sister clubs.

During October another Thames Valley Power Board gang was started on the installing of meters, which the board considers should expedite the changeover from flat rate. Arrangements for an additional gang to be started in November have also been made. This will make a total of three gangs employed on metering.

As the result of continued efforts on the part of some Awaiti settlers to have a road constructed from the blind end of Awaiti Road to the Tirohia bridge, a move has at last been made. A survey gang is now going ovex- the route.

At the meeting of the Plunket Society held at Te Aroha the nurse’s report for September showed that the Paeroa rooms had been visited by 41 mothers, 41 babies, and five older children. Visits to homes totalled ten, including three to new cases.

When the time comes for reading the minutes of thb last annual meeting of an organisation on the Hauraki Plains which numbers a great proportion of women in its ranks it is to be hoped that some of those who attended the meeting this year will be present in case anyone queries the statement that the business was brought to an abrupt termination when IYA radio station commenced to broadcast a description of a wrestling match from the Auckland Town Hall on a recent Monday night.’

The Hauraki Plains cricket competition will be continued to-morrow, when the second innings of the first matches will be played. Turua will visit Pipiroa, Waitakaruru will visit Kaihere, and Kopuarahi will play at Ngatea.

The total number of consumers connected to the Thames Valley Power Board’s mains is now 7139, which includes the Thames and Te. Aroha boroughs, Thames consumers numbering 1074 and Te Aroha 640. During the month 33 lighting and heating consumers, 35 water-heaters, 5 electric ranges, and 36 motors on farms were connected. There are now connected and operating 1845 water heaters, 331 electric ranges, and 2240 motors on farms, including 1833 2 h.p. milking motors. In addition 43 consumers had lighting and heating extensions made during the month, together with one 3 h.p., one S h.p., four 1 h.p., five I h.p., and two 1-6 h.p. motors connected on meter rates.

The State Forestry Service, Rotorua, wrote to the Thames Valley Electric Power Board at its last meeting with reference to tree planting carried out by two men supplied to the board for that purpose, and stated that it would be glad if the board would advise whether the work was satisfactorily performed, and would also appreciate any comments the board had to make in connection with the trees or any matter concerning planting. One man reported that the trees planted last year had made good growth, and the plantation had greatly improved in two years.