Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 489, 19 October 1928, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUN'S Correspondents)

HAMILTON AFFAIRS The quality of the water supplied to the Waikato Hospital has given the hospital authorities some concern. The board obtains part of its supply from the river, but since the Waikato became impregnated with silt from Arapuni the town supply, which is filtered, has been used. The board finds the cost of obtaining water from this source expensive, and has decided to employ an expert to advise it on the question of installing an independent filtration system. The action of the deputation from the Dominion Federated Sawmillers* Association. which waited on the Prime Minister and the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. A. D. McLeod, on September 20, recommending that the Government take part in the control of the timber industry', was discussed at length ih committee by the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce last evening. It was decided to invite Mr. H. Valder. managing director of Kills and Biimand, Limited, who was a member of the deputation, to discuss the matter.

PUTARURU NOTES Mr. A. W. Swap, who has been postmaster at Putaruru for the past year, has been transferred on promotion to Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay. During his short sojourn in Putaruru Mr. Swap has proved himself to be a very popular and capable official, being responsible for many innovations on his own initiative for the benefit of the public. Mr. Swap left for Wairoa on Thursday night. * * * Mr. C. C. Neal mentioned to the Putaruru Town Board that many ratepayers were anxious that something should be done about securing a water supply. There was also the question of a sports ground and he thought the board should consider the question with a view to submitting the proposals to ratepayers at an early date. In his opinion they should be given an opportunity to vote on these matters. The chairman replied that he also had been approached by ratepayers and members of the tooard. and that in consequence he was formulating proposals for a new town hall, a snorts ground and a water schema which won’d be considered at a special meeting to be -ailed at an early date. TAU n *A r>T T NI i rc WANT FINALE’S The half-yearly financial report submitted to the Borough Council by the town clerk, Mr. L A. Webb, discloses that the finances of the borough are in a buoyant state. All accounts are in a very satisfactory position. The electricity department *ias had a particularly successful period, and shows a gross credit balance of £3,650 8s for the term. The library and abattoir accounts, w r hich have hitherto shown heavy deficits, now show' that the leeway is being largely made up. The borough bank credit at September 30 was £1,423 3s sd, the highest in its history, and the civic finances are all on a very sound footing.

KING COUNTRY NEWS nui Hospitiii Board the Yhairmaul'jt^ r V h. inns, -Who has been in bad health' r« some months, was granted indefinite leave or absence in order that he might seek medical advice in Auckland at thhands ol a specialist. Very deep pa thy is felt for this popular official t» his long-extended trouble The new school at Xfcapuke (Tiu marunui district) was officially opened by the member for Waimarino, Mr. R \v Smith, M.P., in the presence of a lartf gathering of settlors and interested townspeole. The pupils weer formerly accommodated in an old shed totally unfit for school purposes, and the prevision of the new and up-to-date build ing has been long awaited. A novel feature of the proceedings was a response to a toast in Maori for the benefit of the many natives present, and translated for the Europeans. Part of the Maori response expressed pleasart “that our children will receive free education and go to Parliament like Mi Smith."

The Marifenui Pigeon Club * last race from Papakura, in very bad flyinz weather, resulted: J. Whittaker's Rose Marie, 732.4 yards a minute, 1; R. Patterson's Break O'Day. 731.8 yards, 2 J Langur ell’s Cute Lad, 731.4 yards. s;’ d! Andrews's Flapper, 721.1 yards. 4; D. Wilson's Master Ben, 590 yards, 5. * * # Reporting to the last meeting of the Taumarunui Borough Council, the electoral engineer, Mr. H. F. McLeod, stated that the work for supplying the Manunui Town District was proceeding rapidly, and recommended that the board be granted an additional amount of power to supply a suburb outside of the licence district. This concession was granted A deputation from the school committee waited on the council asking for a definition of the position in regard to rates on the Harding Estate (school property). The rates were paid last year by the Auckland Education Board, and as this body refused liability except for special rates this year, i* was resolved to demand the whole amount from the local committee. * * * At the annua! meeting of the Kaitieke Cricket Sub-Association, Mrs. J. F. Waldegrave was elected patroness. Mr. H. C. Bruce president, and Mr. H. C. Wedde, secretary and treasurer. Having served for 18J years as a member of the Wellington Land Board, Mr. James Georgetti, sen., is now standing as an Independent candidate for the Waimarino Electorate, and at a large meeting in Taumarunui, he was officially welcomed by prominent farmers and Crown tenants. Mr. Neal Dempsey, sen., of Kaitieke, presided. During the evening a good deal of Early King Country history came to light, disclosing the terrible hardships the pioneer* had suffered. Mr. L S. Ford, a farmer who has held various local body positions in the district, responding to the toast of the “King Country," claimed to be one of the oldest settlers in the district. Few to-day, he said, realised what the early settlers had to contend with. Then, be stated, there was hardly any settlement north of Mangaweka. The speaker expressed pleasure that the settlers were now "coming into their own," and complimented the women for their noble asin the pioneering work. Mr. Neal Dempsey, speaking on behalf of the Crown tenants, expressed their gratitude for all that Mr. Georgetti had done for them as member of the Land Board, and as a mark of esteem now th. he was entering the political arena, asked him to accept a gift of a travelling rue Responding, Mr. Georgetti promised that if elected to Parliament he would endeavour to have legislation amended for the assistance of the farmers, and give them more concessions than the: had had in the past.

OHINEMURI RELIEF WORKS

The tramp of the -unemployed In the Ohinemuri district lias very much diminished during the last three or four weeks. Formerly it was a daily occurrence to encounter quite a number of “tramps" who had journeyed ever the Hauraki Plains to Paeroa, having walked from Auckland, a distance of over miles, in search of work. Now that the milking season is approaching the fanners are in a better position to offer work, but most of the men on the road are unaccustomed to milking and are little or no use to the farmer. During the past winter about 300 men have been employed on relief works w the Ohinemuri district, which are carried out by the Public Works Department. , Lately very few men have been refuses work on the relief sections of road construction, which is going on in vanouparts of the district all the way alonthe East Coast to Coromandel. bridges have been constructed, and m? r are in course of erection, including many deviations in the loading sectionsIt is a long stretch of country B* l Waihi to Coromandel, via On the road between Whangamata ano Hikuai, a distance of 12 miles, t®*** was a big gang of men employed deviation work. Mr. O. G. Thornton, resident engineer of the Public Wor» Department, thinks it quite possible during the coming summer n»otan«will be able to use the road from to Hikuai. The department is gaged on an engineering survey tween Tairua and WhenuaJcite. was the only heavy piece of forraau remaining to be done on the roundup, from Waihi to Thames, via Tairua a™* Coroglen. . The men on the reMef work* present time are for the most part workers. r the v are not asked to do tnthan a fair thing. for which men with dependants receive l"s ao».*> while single men receive 9s a day-

ROTORUA TOPICS At the annual election of of the Arawa Trust Board, the ing were elected: —Raureti MoKon rangi. Kepa H. Ehau. Wera Loffw. . Tai Mitche’l. T. Morehu. J- Gardlne--. Horn!, U. K. Wibapf, Kiri Tapseu Hemana Pohika. . ecte^ Two members have yet to be for Tuhorangi. one for Rangiweweb.• a . for Ngatiwhakaui and one for Kan ora. Pini Haupapa and W. oni volinS candidates for Xgatiwhakane ana is still proceeding. ♦ * * The Rotorua Borough Council of ceived 45 applications for the PJJ** * traffic inspector. An appointing be made at the next meetuio*