Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 458, 13 September 1928, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE 6UN’S Correspondents.)

OTAHUHU ORPHANS’ CLUB The official guests at the Otahuhu Orphans’ Club’s meeting on Tuesday evening were the president. Bro. Johnson, and the executive officers of the Auckland Orphans’ Club, and Bros. George Reid and Rogerson, of the Auckland Savage Club. Other guests were Bro. Maxwell Walker and several members of the Papakura Orphans* Club. The president, Bro. McDonald, occupied the chair. One of the best programmes yet submitted by the master of ceremonies, Bro. G. V. Pearce, met with the full approval of the large attendance. The club’s orchestra, under the baton of Bro. Edwin Parker, opened the programme with the overture "Lustpiel,” and the following contributed items: Songs, Bros. Arthur Wright, C. Bryden, Harold Hill, T. C. Seaton and- Bob Wilson; vocal duet, Bros. Allen and Hill; elocutionary item, Bro. Professor Maxwell Walker; humorous item, Mr. Ned Fort; accompanist, Bro. A. Hutton. Mr. Neil Crane, of the Tivoli Theatre, London, was accompanied by Mr. A. Lawrance, and had to respond to several encores from the enthusiastic audience. HAMILTON NEWS Hamilton does not intend to relinquish its hopes of a free grant for the building of the High School Hostel without a desperate struggle. The £>oard of Governors realises that the department has turned a deaf ear to its claims and is now enlisting public support. That ample support is forthcoming was evident at the weekly luncheon of the Rotary Club to-day, when members of various organisations were present. A committee consisting of representatives of the Hamilton Borough Council, Chamber of Commerce, Retailers’ Association, Winter Show Association, Domain Board and Farmers’ Union was appointed to petition the Government to make a free grant not conditional on the 5 per cent, interest charge, which according to the amended Act, is -payable by the board for all grants for building purposes. Mr. C. L. Mac Diarmid, who is chairman of the Board of Governors, as well as president of the Rotary Club, addressed Rotarians on the various aspects of the matter and pointed out that a hostel was long overdue and had actually been promised as long ago as 1914. * * * An offer to take up debentures for £ 4,400, at 6 per cent., required for work on the Hamilton-Cambridge Road was received from the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., by the Waikato County Council at its monthly meeting yesterday A special order raising a loan for £7OO for the Sedgwick special rating area was confirmed. Various settlers complained at the state of roads in view of the rates they were paying. DEVONPORT AFFAIRS The Devonport Borough Council, at its meeting last evening, instructed the engineer to report on the proposal to fence off with wire-net ting 1£ miles of deep drain that bounds the racecourse. An inspection is to be made of the footpath on Lake Road, residents objecting that it is not what they want. Only £l6B was available to carry out the work estimated to cost £l,lOO. Further consideration will be given in committee to suggestions of the Devonport Poultry Keepers’ Association that the annual licence fee for keeping poultry be increased from Is to 2s 6d and that the 1926 by-law requiring elaborate poultry houses and runs be enforced in all cases. The engineer will report on the cost of installing a fjre alarm box in Ngataringa Road.

BIRKENHEAD AFFAIRS ! AUTOMATIC TELEPHONES WANTED The Birkenhead Borough Council ! met last evening, the Mayor, Mr. E. G. Skeates. presiding. The Devonport Borough Council wrote asking the council's opinion o» limiting the number of days for street collections. The suggestion was approved, and the New Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children was refused permission to take up a street collection in November, as ! their funds are in a healthy condition. A vote of £ 5 was made to the Business Association toward the carnival week to be held in October. Mr. R. S. Mc.Ki ns trey wrote offering his property of 11 acres in Roseberry Avenue for a sports ground, for £2,000. It was agreed to inspect the property. Permission was granted for a street collection on September 28 for the Auckland Hospital Wireless Fund. An enlarged photograph of Mr. E. C. Walton, ex-Mayor, was received and the donor thanked. Strong criticism was expressed by the Mayor, Crs. Darlow and Jasper at the attitude of the P. and T. Department in. not installing the automatic telephone in Xorthcote and Birkenhead. The Mayor stated it was a scandalous shame and unfair to these districts, when Takapuna, a neighbouring borough, had an automatic exchange direct to the city. Cr. Jasper said he had several application forms filled in for the automatic telephone, but the department had handicapped the canvass by not stating how soon the phones would be installed after the required number was obtained. As a protest against the delay there was a talk of the subscribers on the present toll system of getting their telephones removed. It was resolved to write to Mr. Alex. Harris, M.P., on the subject, and to ask the Xorthcote Council to co-oper-ate and form a strong deputation to wait on the Prime Minister the first . time he is again in Auckland. HUNTLY TOWN BOARD SUCCESSFUL YEAR’S WORK A full board of members of the Huntly Town Board sat on Tuesday far the final meeting prior to the election of the new board on Wednesday next. Mr. W. E. George (chairman) presided. A report of larrikinism was forwarded by Mr. B. Stewart, manager of the Town Hall, after the Labour Party’s dance. Drastic measures are to be taken to guard against a repetition of the complaint. An unfavourable criticism of the class of pictures exhibited, and filming of a recent Saturday night’s programme on a Sunday, came before the board, and the chairman, in replying, said that the Government censor having passed the films, the board had' no right to interfere, while the complaint re Sunday filming was due to circumstances entirely exceptional, and treated as such. An enlargement of the original Ratepayers’ and Citizens’ Committee was presented to the board by Mr. Roy Sheeran, and will be hung in the boards’ meeting-room. The clerk (Mr. E. J. Price) reported that payers of rates appreciated the 5 per cent, concession for prompt payment and 66 per cent, of the due rates were paid in one month. In reviewing the work of the board during its term of office, Mr. George traversed the improvements made by the retiring members and stated that whereas the board had ari overdraft of" £SOO on entering office, they had nowfinished with a credit balance of £BOO. The sanitary contract showed a profit of over £ 100 on the previous year's figures. In returning thanks for the hearty support, accorded him by his committee, Mr. George paid a compliment to the local Press and the Auckland Sun for their co-operation in supporting any progressive momvement in the district. . and in Huntly in particular. DARGAVILLE NOTES A special meeting of the Dargaville Borough Council was held on Monday evening, when it was resolved to put to the ratepayers a proposal to raise a loan of £2,500 for the erection at the gasworks of a further holder of 20,000 cubic feet capacity, an exhauster and a building for housing of coal. * * * At Monday evening’s meeting of Loyal Dargaville Lodge, M.U., 1.0.0. F.. Bro. Honnor was installed as elective secretary. At the close of the meeting an interesting debate on the summer-time question took place, Sister A. Tonkins, V.G., and Bro. R. Page, who took the affirmative “that summer time was not in the interests of Xew Zealand,” being voted the winners. PAEROA INTERESTS The first annual meeting of the Pae- % roa Defence Rifle Club was held on Tuesday. Those present were very enthusiastic regarding the affairs of the club. It was agreed to officially open the season on October 13, with what is called “Invitation Day.” The following officers were elected: Patron, Mr. A. M. Samuel, M.P.:-vice-patron, E. W. Porritt; president, E. Edwards: deputy-president, F. C. Hubbard; vice-presidents, Lieut. C. Bassett, V.C., Dr. Little, Messrs. W. Marshall, F. E. Flatt and P. Williams; secretary and treasurer, Mr. A. A. Jenkinson; auditor, W. D. Nicholas; handicapper and selector, Capt. Simmonds; range officer, Capt. Simmonds: assistant, R. Wells; Executive Committee, Messrs. P. H. Hubbard, HSimmonds, R. Wells, W. A. Reid. JH. Walmsley, J. Simpson. A. Bridge and V. Carrick. Considerable interest was manifested in the meeting of the New Zealand Sliaremilkers’ Association, when there was a good attendance. The following officers were elected. President, P. C. Shirley; treasurer, AT. Bell; secretary and organiser, A- • G. Schmidt; executive, Messrs. A. McKinnon, E. Gaston, O. Ayson, Mason, and A. T. Bell. ■