HOWICK NEWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 180, 20 October 1927, Page 4

HOWICK NEWS

GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS

The Howick Town Board met on ! Tuesday night, Air. Crawford presiding I over a full attendance. The town clerk was instructed to ! interview the manager of the Electric- : Power Board with reference to having the high-tension poles in front of McTnnes’ new buildings moved toward the road, allowing the wires to be free of the top of the completed building. It was decided to reconsider the work of metalling Alasefield Street on the erection of dwellings there. The tennis club has applied to the Anglican Church authorities for an area of land, and if the request is approved it is intended to move the playing areas at present situated on the domain to the glebe land. The new courts will have hard surfaces. Financial reasons are the cause of the contemplated move. * * * When visited yesterday the Howick bowling green presented a very trim appearance nestling on the brow of a hill overlooking the Hauraki Gulf, and it is reported that the greens are in tip-top order, and will be up to scratch on November 5, opening day. From inquiries made, it appears that there is no possibility of the resumption of the boat service to Howick, as the wharf has recently been condemned by the Alarine Department, and 1 has been partly dismantled. The work of repairing the PanmureHowick Road is being proceeded with, but at present operations are held up on account of the non-arrival of material. Thirty-two candidates from all parts of the district were recently confirmed at a service conducted by Archbishop ! Averill. * * * Extensive improvements have been carried out in the cemetery, which presents a trim and neat appearance. This work has been made possible by an endowment, which provides funds for all time. Interred in this cemetery are b‘2 old soldiers, including veterans of Waterloo, India and the Maori Wars. Advice has been received of a Government grant for a memorial to their memory. It is the intention of the church to erect Lych gates, the cost of which will be borne by the parishioners, and the Government is to be asked that the grant may be used in providing memorial tablets.

PLUNKET ROOMS OPENED IN WAIHI

Another milestone on Waihi’s road of progress was passed on Tuesday, when the Mayoress, Mrs. W. M. Wallnut, formally opened the Plunket Society and ladies’ rest-rooms. The Mayor, Mr. W. M. Wallnut, who presided at the function, said that a good name for the building would be “After Many Years,” for it had taken the people of Waihi a good many years to find the courage and finance to erect the building, but now that they had done so they had erected a building that was worthy of any town. In the unavoidable absence of the president of the Wailii Plunket Society, the vice-president, Dr. Elizabeth D. Cole, voiced the thanks of the society for the assistance* that the Waihi Borough Council had given them, and particularly thanked the Mayoress for her untiring efforts to procure adequate accommodation for the Plunket Society to carry out its work. The building, which is of the bungalow type, has a very pleasing appearance both inside and out, and is a desirable addition to the architecture of the town. After the formal proceedings afternoon tea was provided by the ladies of the Plunket Society Committee.

LATE MRS. R. HOOKER

Mrs. Rachel Hooker, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Woods, of Milford, at the age of 71, was a very early resident of Auckland. Born in Freeman's Bay, Mrs. Hooker was the cider daughter of Mr. James Lye, one of the first builders in Auckland. She is survived by her husband, Mr. J. C. Hooker, formerly of New Plymouth, three daughters. Miss Hooker and Mrs. Wood, Milford; Mrs. T. Voglit, Stratford; and one son, Mr. H. J. Hooker, Mount Roskill.

At a recent Paris show’ I saw the prettiest possible adaptation, by one famous French designer, of the bolero idea. Though there was not a single bolero, properly speaking, in her entire collection, it inspired one of her most charming creations. A form of decoration like dragonfly’s wings, made of chiffon and bordered with sequin embroidery, was festooned round the armholes of a georgette gown and gave the effect of the fashionable bolero line in front. On a tightly swathed corsage it lent delightful movement and lightness to the dress, and is a notion to be duly taken note of.