LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3278, 21 June 1943, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Collarbone Broken While playing in a rugby match at Ngatea last Thursday between Paeroa District High School and Ngatea District High School, G. Vuglar of Paeroa suffered a broken \collarbone. Drains All Cleaned < The cleaning of all drains, in the Komata North drainage area has been completed, reported the engineer, Mr L. E. Shaw, to the June meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council. “All Eye-Wash” “That’s all eye-wash,” commented a member of the Hauraki United Drainage .Board at Thursday’s sitting when it was stated that a settler had denied ownership of cattle which were damaging one of the board’s drains. Wire Thrown In Drain “Very considerate of him,” commented a member of the Hauraki United Drainage Board at Thursday’s meeting of the board referring to a farmer who had thrown a quantity of hay wire into one of the board’s drains. The clerk reported that the drain ■ cleaner ha,d complained bitterly about the trouble this wire had caused. HauralM Drainage Board The monthly meeting of the Hauraki United Drainage Board was held at Turua on Thursday the chairman, Mr C. K. Fox, presiding. Others present were Messrs E. B. Hill, C.\ W. Schultz, R. B. Madgwick and the clerk, Mr J. E. Green. Leave of absence was granted Messrs D. G. McMillan R. E. Tye and R. Green. Wants It Both Ways “It does not seem right that he should have the grazing of the drain and then make a profit out of the cleaning,” was the comment made by a member of the Hauraki United Drainage Board at Thursday’s meeting when a settler whose pigs had been causing damage in one of the board’s drains asked'for an increase in .the price for cleaning because of the difficulty experienced in carrying out the contract. The Misquoted Aphorism Apologising for the smallness of the orchestra at the Paeroa-Hauraki Returned Services Association function on Saturday, the leader, Mr J. H. Bartlett, said that the famous words of Winston Churchill could be paraphrased to suit the occasion: “Never in the history of music will so many suffer so much at ' the hands of so few.” However, the orchestra made an excellent showing and as its numbers were well chosen its efforts were much appreciated.