LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 289, 23 May 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The rates outstanding to the Putaruru Town Board to March 31 amounted to £252 4s Id. At the annual meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board on Monday, Mr. F. Strange was reelected chairman for a further term.

That junior high schools are a good thing for country people who are not in a position to send r their children to high schools was the opinion of a member of the Putaruru branch of the Farmers’ Union at its meeting on Saturday.

During the hearing of a motor collision case at the Putaruru Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, a visiting lawyer caused some merriment by asking the driver of a horse-drawn waggon if he were travelling fast, to which the reply was: “ I do not do any speeding in it."

The summary statement of cash received by the Putaruru Town Board for the month of April showed that £69 11s lid had been received. The sum of £25 13s 8d for Town Hall rents being the largest amount. The balance was made up of license fees.

Special interest was lent to the weekly meeting of the Methodist Bible Class on Monday evening by the presence of the secretary of the Young People’s movement, the Rev. Hames, M.A. Mr. Hames gave an intensely interesting address that was greatly appreciated.

During the discussion on daylight saving at the meeting of the Putaruru branch of the Farmers’ Union on Saturday, the form of the motion was under discussion. “We are opposed to summer time in any form,” said one member, to which another replied: “We want summer time, and plenty of it,” amidst laughter.

The good work done by the Tokoroa Rabbit Board is evidenced by the fact that the board’s first order for pollard was one of a ton, whilst this year • 2cwt of pollard for the winter poisoning is deemed to be sufficient. It was also stated at Friday’s meeting of the board that where rabbits were exceedingly plentiful it is now rarely that one is seen.

Prior to his departure for Gisborne, where he is to be married, Mr. A. C. Thompson, manager of the Putaruru branch of the Bank of New Zealand, was met by the members of his staff and presented with a pickle jar in a silver frame. Mr. Bailey, in making the presentation, conveyed the staff’s best wishes to their chief for a long and happy married life.’ Mr. Thompson suitably responded. Victor McKeown, an employee of Messrs. Bray and Co., met with a painful accident on Tuesday morning. He was engaged in lifting the top of the bitumen heater when a flash of vapour arose and come into contact with his face, inflicting burns. After medical attention at Putaruru he was sent to the Waikato Hospital, but it is not anticipated that he will have to stay in that institution for any length of time. When the general business stage was reached at the Putaruru Town Board meeting on Monday, Mr. McDermott said that as a result of the regrading of Princes street pipes were removed from some of the business places, and this, combined with the fact that other places had no pipes, made the water course down and over the footpath. Mr. McDermott asked in view of the kerbing to be placed in position shortly, whether property owners should be notified to provide pipes, so as to prevent the kerbing being cut into once it is put down. This is to be done.

Frequenters of the Putaruru railway- station on Saturday were highly amused at the sight of a young man walking along the platform with a placard “ just married - ” on the back of his coat. The young man was or>livious of the merriment he was causing, and was not a “ newly wed” but a temporary member of the local railway staff who was leaving Putaruru. A libera! besprinkling of confetti completed the impression that a honeymoon romance was heing enacted.

A narrow escape from an accident was experienced by a motorist on the Lichfield road on Sunday evening - . Near Lichfield there is an “ S ” bend near a Taupo-Totara Timber Company’s crossing, and on the left hand side of the bend there is a bank. Motorists not knowing the road are in a quandary as to the exact position of the road, and the motorist in question drove into the bank, crumpling - up the “ bumper ” in front of the car, and apparently affecting the steering gear. Residents nearby state that several motorists have met with a similar mishap. The attention of the Auckland Automobile Association has been drawn to the need for sign-posting this bend.

A deputation consisting of Messrs. J. W. Barr Brown (Chamber of Commerce), J. S. Reid and J. R. O. Lochhead (legal fraternity) waited on Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., on Thursday in reference to the holding of a monthly court, the erection of a courthouse and the appointment of a clerk of the court. The deputation pointed out the need for the granting- of these requests along similar lines to that voiced at the Chamber of Commerce and reported in our last issue. Mr. Paterson agreed that the requests were all reasonable ones and that the time was ripe for these acquisitions. He promised to support the requests, and the deputation, after thanking His Worship, withdrew.