Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 519, 23 November 1928, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(Fr««i THE SUN’S C»rr«*p*nd«nts.)

ROTORUA FORESTERS There was a large attendance of past officers and members of the Loyal Rotorua Lodge in the Druids’ Hall on Tuesday evening. Sister M- Auberton presided. The honours of the order were conferred on P.G. Bro. Graham. of the Loyal Lyttelton Lodge, who in reply thanked the members for the manner in which they had received him as a visitor. One candidate was intiated into the order. The election of officers resulted: I.l*. N.G.. Sister M. Auberton: X.U., Bio. V. England; V.G.. Sister M. Carter; elective secretary, Bro. R. Oates; R.S.X.G.F.G., Bro. R. Jones; L.S.X.G . Bro. Humphries: R.S.VG., P.G. Bro. C. T. J. Luxton; L.S.V.G., Bro. Auberton: warden Bro. R. Dawes; guardian, P.S. Bro. J. J. King: conductor, P.G. Bro. C. G. F. Pepper. The installing officer, P.G. Bro. J. H. Higgins, congratulated the newly-elected officers. The members of the Main Highways Board are expected to arrive in Rotorua on Monday from Wairekei. They will be interviewed by members of the Rotorua Borough Council. OTAHUHU DRUIDS The quarterly meeting of the Star of Otahuhu Lodge. U.A.0.D., was held this week. There was a good attendance of members. The election of officers resulted:— Arch-Druid, Bro. E. Vail; Vice-Arch-Druid, Bro. J. O. . Wells; treasurer, Bro. E. Bailey, re-elected; Junior Past ArchDruid, Bro. W. E. Wells; Inside Guardian, Bro. L. McMullan; Outside Guardian, Bro. W. G. Reid; Arch-Druid Bards, Bros. G. Goldsmith and H. McGregor; Vice-Arch Bards, Bros. D. Reid and G. Crowe; Minute Secretary, Bro. F. Hatton; Chief Steward, Bro. A. Harris. The nomination of Past Arch-Druid, Bro. B. Smith for the office of District President, was recorded and forwarded. Star Ml Otahuhu, with 354?. points, won the ritual contest over Waitemata, which gained 289 points. On behalf of the Waitemata. Lodge, Past-District President Bro. McCowatt, presented the winners with the silver roosters, which have been in Waitemata’s possession for five and a-half years. HAMILTON NEWS A decision to ask the Government ‘to so amend the Dairy Act to enable inspectors to take check tests of milk at the farm before it goes to the factory, instead of conducting tests at the factory, as at present, was made at a meeting of the Xewstead branch of the Farmers’ Union. * * ** A co-operative system of creating permanent footpaths which, in time, would be an alternative to rating was suggested by Cr. A. J. Denz at the Borough Council meeting on Wednesday evening. Briefly, Cr. Denz proposed that all the residents of a certain, street could find about £2 each out of their own pockets. This would be subsidised by the council from a special unemployed relief loan of, say, £I,OOO. The money would be sufficient to provide concrete footpaths with strips of greensward. In a few years Hamilton would be a model borough, as far as footpaths were concerned, he added. The scheme was favourably commented upon and referred to a committee to consider and report. Mr. "Teddy” Parker, a leading member of Hamilton’s popular concert party, "The Dandy Dozen,” was the recipient of a presentation at a meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Ross on Wednesday evening. Mr. Parker, who will leave to taJve up business at Taumarunui shortly, was given a leather suitcase as a mark of the esteem and affection of his late associates on the platform. * * * A splendid new pipe organ is being installed in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. It is said to be the largest organ built in any place of worship, outside the four cities. The offer of a free camping ground on the Buffalo Beach, Mercury Bay, has been made to the Waikato Children’s Camp League by the president of the Mercury Bay Swordfish Club, on behalf of the residents of Whitianga. Aii the necessary firewood will be provided free of charge, and water will be available from the town mains. 1 i ; ! j j ! 1

OTAHUHU BOROUGH COUNCIL adjacent to" the triangle, of Great boutli Road and PanmSlL'5 r »» was submuted to ihe Council last evening, asking foT"??** uonal lighting m tins part of .e aad; - trict. Consideration of the U> * <hsreferred to the Works CommUM?* I J. H. Williams applied for ex-nm from the building by-laws in r#S e J? PUor ‘ i dwelling which he proposS ’SgSj" » the next section. The clerk —.? ’ St rue ted to advise tl,e applicant Th?t request was rejected. indl «is The building inspector reported building permits to the value : of 10s were issueti during October f, 7 61,0P0 PU gallo na that s/r. U 1 Ihe disii ic t telegraph fnrinppr j attention to the damage d„,, clo ** ground cables, and asked that mul tl actors executing work near rubles ! instructed to inspect a plan deposited ‘t the council chambers. The clerk sUucied to apply lor an up-to-date si ' and the council will agree to their gestions. si!The council s congratulations were .. tended to Mr. 1:1. K. llailey, a reshw**'. Otahuhu. who has been selected ' Rhodes Scholar. * HAURAKI NOTES Whereas at the beginning of tc month the tides in the Piako River elsewhere, were very high, and floods occurred through stopbanks being toon,,' the tides are now exceptionally low Vnavigation except at high tide is' t, coming difficult. Above Ngatea this is particularlv an . parent, and though to a great extent drJ to the dry weather, the amount o' dredging and river improvement ben/ carried out lias some bearing on this con dition of affairs. One 6f the LantU Drainage Department’s Priest man di edit has been engaged for many months U improving the channel between Xgatt and Rawerawe, while a Bucyrus drar. line dredge has laid back the river bank from Rawerawe to Ngatea. An* eff.vof the lowness of the river has been tha; the berthage for the Ngarua ferry had to be deepened. Further extensh? improvements to the I’iako River below Ngatea will bo undertaken when the reconstruction of the Michigan waikkr dredge at Horahia is completed, a 10(. foot arm is being fitted to enable the middle of the channel to be dredged, and a stopbank consUuc ted well back frotu the normal bank. * * A cheese factory to serve the Kerepeehi district was discussed by settlers of the district and representatives of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy c© Ltd., at a meeUng on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. W. Y. Kirkman, factory superintendent. explained that until the exar; location was selected it was not possible to say just what the cost would be, but it could be taken that a six-vat factory would cost about £9,000, and a four-vat factory almost as much. Suppplien would have to take up shares to underwrite the-cost, and would have to guarantee to supply for five years. A return prepared by the * ’Dairyman” showed that the average return from all factories in New Zealand since 1902 gave cheese 1.4.*d a lb butter-fat more than butter, while the N.Z.C.D. Coy.’s factories for the pan six years had showed cheese wonh 1.591 d more than butter. It was strange that only four miles from Kerepeehi, at Nether ton, there was an excellent chtest factory lying idle on account of the supply having gone over to butter. That was an example of the ill-effects of a lack of co-operation, for when a few suppliers changed over the overhead costs became too great for the rest to bear. Dealing with the prospects for cheese, Mr. W. E. Hale, local director, said tha: ns yet it was too early to size up the position. Last season was a very good one, and the present season seemed to be as good, except for the fact that the Dominion production was GO r»er cent in advance of what it was at this time last season, and this increased supply was bound to have an effect on the London market. The N.Z.C.D. Company s own production was 34 per cent, above last season’s, though no new factories had been opened. It was decided to ask the company to go into the question 6f reopening the Netherton factory for the benefit of a supply from Kerepeehi and Netherton, and that the matter would be discussed again in the autumn.