LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 305, 12 September 1929, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. -T. P. K. Callaghan, who succeeds Mr. Edmonds as an assistant teacher in the Putaruru school, arrived in Putaruru on Monday.

M™. V. C Bail"v has been elected secretary of the Putaruru Golf Club in place of Mr. S. Edmonds, who has leit rhe dist.ict.

Mr. M. Ileavey, of the Putaruru railway staff, is at present in Paeroa giving instruction to a railway emulnvee in the running of a motor tractor.

Several complaints have been made of the smoke nuisance caused last week by residents burning rubbish in the filling at the corner of Kensington street and Market road.

Putaruru district fishermen are awaiting the anticipated, drop in the lake at Arapuni to clear the banks of rubbish so as to facilitate fly fishing.

A number of Putaruru residents journeyed to Hamilton, during the “ F.io P.ita” season last week and were very pleased with the performance.

In the course of his report to the Thames Valley Power Board last week the manager (Mr. B. Sprague) stated that the . restricted hours of operating for dairy factories that had been functioning for the lest twelve months had been removed by the Public Works Department, and the factories were now running through twenty-four hours.

A noticeable feature of the opening of the new dairying season in the Morrinsville district has been the high percentage of butterfat in the milk. This is attributed partly to the nature of the early spring weather, which has been dry, and partly to the comparatively general practice of feeding ensilage to milch cows. It is stated that ensilage-feeding gives very rich milk at this time of the year without imparting any taint, as is the case with turnips. The high butterfat content is in marked contrast to the position 12 months ago, when the weather was wet and tests were low.—Morrinsville Star..

Mr. Maeown, of the Putaruru railway staff, is on overtime leave and is being relieved ljy Mr. Scanton, or iViornnsville.

The usual weekly competition conducted by the Putaruru Golf Ciuo was won by W. Morse with a scoie of 107—32, 75.

Mr. Cook, of Auckland, has been appointed relieving assistant in the secondary department ox tne Putaruru District High School. He commenced ms new duties on Tuesday.

Tokoroa has not escaped the invasion of influenza, and tne few weeks prior to the school holidays saw the attendance at the school seriously affected by sickness.

The chairman, at the last meeting of tne Thames Valley Power Board, remarked that there were hundreds of flat rate electric consumers using wireless sets without paying the £1 fee.

The executive of the Country Political Party is endeavouring for Captain Rush worth, M.P., to give three addresses in the Rotorua electorate, if the executive is successful the addresses will be delivered in Matamaia, Rotorua and Putaruru.

Miss Matthews, a missionary from India, gave an interesting account of her work to a meeting of ladies hi the Presbyterian Hall last week. Mrs. W. T. Brabyn presided. At the close of the lecture afternoon tea was served.

The Horace Humphreys Memorial Cup, presented to tne Piako Radies’ fiocirey Association for the runnersup in the competition, was won by tne Putaruru and Paeroa clubs, who Bed. The cup is on view at Mrs. Rolfe’s shop, the Putaruru club holding it for tne iirst six months. Mr. Inder, ex-Mayor of Naseby, South Island, was a visitor to Tokoroa last week. He was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lawry, and was greatly impressed by the farming possibilities of the district, tiiough, like most Southern farmers, he was amazed at the amount of manure required to bring the pastures on.

Misses Craig and E. Rolfe returned to Putaruru on Saturday from Gisborne. Miss Craig was a member of the Auckland ladies hockey team that competed in the New Zealand championship matches. Both ladies speak enthusiastically of the hospitality extended to the visitors by the residents of Gisborne.

The total number of consumers connected to the Thames Valley Power Board’s mains is now 7026, including those of the Thames and Te Aroha boroughs, 1074 and 640 respectively. The total now exceeds 7000 consumers. During the month ;6 lighting and heating consumers, i water-heaters, 9 electric ranges, and 38 motors on farms were connected. There are now connected and operating 1747 water-heaters, 321 electric ranges, and 2103 motors —of which 1305 are 2 h.p. milking motors—on farms.

There are wedding presents and wedding presents, and the majority of people bent on making purchases to suit the purpose visit shops and all manner of trading houses, but there have been notable exceptions. A farmer considered that 500 fencing posts was as good a present a? he could make to the* son of a neighbour who was setting out to carve a home in the bush. Another farmer made a gift of a cord of neatly-cut manuka blocks to a young couple residing in the city.

The Putaruru Rugby Union's annual dance was held in the Putaruru Hall on Thursday and was an unqualified success. There was a large attendance, especially of country "oik, and the floor was crowded. Shalfoon’s orchestra, always popular with trippers of the light fantastic, supplied excellent music. Mr. C. D. Brown was an efficient M.C. Mr. A. C. Thompson presented the trophies .von during the season, Arapuni winning both. Cheers were given for the winners and the rvnners-up (Tokoroa). A first-class supper was provided.

The report of the advertising committee of the Electric Power Boards and Supply Authority Association was before the Thames Valley Power Board last week. The committee recommended the expenditure of £20,000, spread over a period of three years. The Government was to contribute two-fifths of the cost, the power boards two-fifths and the trade one-fifth. The chairman (Mr. F. Strange) said the scheme had been before the board for three years, but action had been delayed till Arapuni was linked up. With the position that had lately developed at Arapuni they did not know what electric power they would have to sell. It was decided, on the chairman’s motion, to defer consideration till the next meeting, in the hope that something definite about the situation at Arapuni would be forthcoming in the meantime.