Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 588, 14 February 1929, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUN'S Correspondents.)

PAPATOETOE INTERESTS SHORTAGE OF WATER The continued spell of dry weather is seriously affecting the household water 1 supply of the residents of Papatoetoe and surrounding districts. Although the dry spell has not been ! of very long duration so far, a number ! of householders are looking formird to , buying water unless rain falls during the next few days. HAMILTON NOTES HIGHWAYS BOARD'S VISIT It is possible that the Main Highways Board may consider favourably the proposal ma.de to it at Ngaruawahia yesterday that the Raglan Town Hill Road be converted into a main highway. Mr. A. E. dull, chairman of the board, told Mr. T. Parker, chairman of the Raglan Town Board, that a formal request should be made through the county for the revocation of the declaration of a lower road and its substitution for the hill road. * a * There are to date 3,297 consumers in the Central Power Board's area, of whom 3.025 are connected for lighting and 1,221 for heating. Only six oases of infectious diseases were notified the Hamilton Borough inspector last month. There were three notifications of typhoid, two of pneumonia and one of diphtheria. * * % Building was on the up-grade in Hamilton last month. Twenty permits to erect buildings of a total value of £7,626 were issued in the borough, compared with £5,739 in January last year.

PAEROA NEWS NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS Following is a list of Paeroa candidates who in the Ihi b tic Service Kntrance. Senior National Scholarsitip, and intermediate examinations, held in November, 1925, satisfied the requirements for a senior free place. The numbers pi veil indicate the candidate's position in order of merit in the Public Service list: — Muriel “Beatrice Mills (110); Hilda Williams OH). Mervyn .lames Taylor (477). Kathleen Mary Tallies (2."»2), James Edwin Silcock (Till. Claud Allen Wright (764), John Len "Wright (SOI). Jack Humphrev Ward <914 >. Robert Wilford Urry (949), Reginald Keith Wells (1016). * * • For as long back as most of the farmers can remember, there has not been a better season for grass growing. Everywhere in the Thames Valley, a.- the saying goes, “there is grass to burn.’* The farmers of Xetherton have had remarkable crops: in fact, more than they know what to do with. Independent of large stacks sufficient for their winter needs, some of the farmers are baling large quantities which find ready sale in places where the dairymen have not been so successful. The milk returns at the various factories have been much higher than previous seasons. Harvesting has now nearly all finished and the dry weather for gathering hay has proved quite a boon. ROTORUA COUNTY COUNCIL MEETS A meeting of the Rotorua County Council was held yesterday, with Mr. H. P. Ford in the chair. A discussion took place on the question of co-operating with the Borough Council in giving facilities for the delegates to the Press Conference to see the county, and especially to view the pumice land development. It was resolved that the council form itself into

;v committee for the purpose of nig the vbiunjr delegate* and p, operate "irli tne Borough Council T showing them the district. UIK 1 in A letter was re, iveil from the j manager of the Tourist Depart > *j no ".‘' dguifc. *«' • - i‘t the eouueir< letter i ilrawing attention to :he lendiilwT 1 * ,he lu,a '‘ »“>» satins that «. expenditure on iv'ail works must he ,«« trolled b> the Public Works lyp,-,.™' • Me udvi.-cd tha, he had t»rKarS&'? atn '~ ~f the council „ l-nar ™na*er of his Jcpartmem, ;U id h?J ! ask oil lmn to urjre the T-.iSTio \Vcrtst department t > take the necessarv . uo„ to have repairs effect, ,!. Th e I ameer was instructed to prepare a r . port on tourist reads, and an e ,,|na. of costs to be Placed before th 3 Sin isters when they visited Rotorua , The Tr,asury I'cpart ment at »,ellin». - .taints ” cS£ ! debentures for the £4,000 loan for pletioi. b> the council. I, vas pro”."’ bv me chairman that the reasurer u given authority to place .SJOiio on fix , d deposit for six months. Tins was s«-.-onded by Cr. Steele. A circular was received from the district Engineer of the Public Works I>epartrnont at Tauranga risking for information in connection with the appointment of a traflic inspector, to be s„ n _ plied to the Main Highways Board. The chairman and county engineer were nstrueted to supply the information r«I duired. Mamaku Forests, Ltd., Auckland asked tor repairs to be carried out on the Mangorewik Gorge-Ngawaro section of the Tauranga Road. Cr. Keith mov*d that the company be informed that the Public Works Department is ait'ectine repairs-. Tins was seconded by the chairman and carried.