LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13935, 14 July 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

— !•« j H.M.S. New Zealand, with Ad- ! j miral Lord Jellicae and Lady Jellicioes ; aboard, is expecited to arrive off the New Zeailand ooastt.,on; August 18. 1 Paeaioa -will have a bonfire on Mondiay nigiht following tihe children's day. I,ti i® isuggested thait tihe cthildreli ga.th.ea- the nuaterial for the. blaze. «r j The Mayoo* of Paeroa, Mr Breaiman, \ and Councillor Flatt haive been a/p- | ipoinitied tihe Paeroa. Borough Counctil ■ represemltaitives to aititemd tUie • nest ' oonfei-eacie of the Thames Harbour | 1 Board. ! Anoittietr Auckland V.C., 2nd Lieiut. sR- S. Judsani, i® Returning by tihe ■ hosipiital sihipi Mar'annai. Within the ,'spacie of one moinitih. this soldier won! the Msitfinguiisbed Conducrti Medal, , the Military Medal, and tlxe Victoria. 'Crosß. i ;, On Saturday aftiertnoon 1 about 4.3t)i the etectric oaible, ait the cortifer of I Queen and Grey Streete, leading to ; Shortland wharf fused 1 amd ciamei to the ■ groiund!, (throwing! out, spaifks att a i^i'eiait rate. Howevea-t since boys of am dnquliring dijsip.ositiion have been I known,' tia pick up live wij-es, tihe ipowea' stattiion was at otnee informed, ; and the oura-'entt. shut, off till t!he caMe had- bee(n siafeiy Jadjuisted again- | ■ 1 "I had at dold, Yom* Worship., a ooiugh our'e had not tbe d'eaired effleoti, so I took a little brandy, atnd mat beding; a young 1 pensom the iaqimir miade m© sillyy," expla.inieid Nora; Nugemit-■ when oha.rg<ed before Mr F. V. Frazcr, S.M., at Wellangtlo-n lia«fc •week with' in'Siabriety aend brc?akiiac; . hietr 'pir'aliibi'tlicini order. Ifc was tlio de- I , ferad'amit's 161-gtl appearance. The ao--1 cueed waisi fiined £1. ' I Tihe Genea-al Officer in Chai'gei oif Adlmiinisttrialtlioni wrotie to <tb® Paeroiai - Boa^oiugjh Council ' thia-t a field-gun, oaipturedl on tihe Weistern. frotolti by the 6'tih Hauraiki R'eg'imieniti, wais lying 1 art? tiho Ordmamoe. Stores, and asked when iifc wouid be ooiivenienjt to recieilvte i;t. Tihe Mayor . itihoulghiti the Council should ajpfply foa" the field-gun. He also miemitiomed itihla,t Paeroa was the disita'ibuitdng 1 centre for No. 2 Area., for war 'tiroiphaeg, biulb sia^lar only otic miachaniei-gtuni hiad been reiceiived. It w!as deciided tihafc ,a requesifc for the gun be forwarded and the toiwn clerk wire ta see if dtfc cotuild Tito* be received in timo for Peacei celebratk'naI . , .- Two boys mamed Mules, riding i oni a h/otrsiei, were letiuinning hiom© from a fooitiball miaitcli 1 at, Tyruia O.H, Saitiurday alterm>oin. Whilst arousing one of th© drain bridges, th© karae. slipped! •'a.nd caime down, roffioig oirca^on the lads. One of tii© lads, Erici Mules, satsitiaikied a. [ oomipoiiuuid fracita.u'o of -the leg, .tihe . oitiheir eisoaipingl with si-igbb biru&sas- . The sufferer was i-emdefred jiitsiti-aiid by two serbtiena and was then pliaoed in the care lotf Mi' F. Gibbons, wbo ■ bamighib tihe ladi .into the lOxames Hosipital by means . of tihe llaiunicih ■''Rimiui.'' Onl ecaquiry we jSind h© is progreisßii.ng as well as cam: be expecited. Tho fol'lowingi .informiatioini regfarding tarred aioadways i s conltiaiined in a letter, finoma the ELWiaim Cbuntfy Comncdl 1 ftfoi tho Palmeirstoni North, Boroiugh Coumoil: A macadamised riciaid in. good oi-der, haiving" beem. tliorouiglbly comßodidated' by traffic^ is firs* siweipiti wiith a hoa-se ,sweeper, arad doimjplelted witih baird' brofomis. Tlair is then' applied with, a flexible htotge aad fan^ nozzle, a* the ra*ei of a.bouti tJireiei-qfuiartein'g of a gallon per square yard. Chiitps niqfc. largietr 1 ifchaA threequairtler \im(ch giauge are ismimtdii'ately aippliedl frown drayd at aaibouti thia ratb of oin'o ciuH'a yaird 1 peir 1 60 squiatre yaa-djg. T!he tlarf insed cotnformis to tbo spietciiffldationis of resifer. Toltlal coiat, 15 ? tia 18 pencie per square ya.i-d, ao-ctott-'dio^'toi locailiity. ' | i Geo. Cullen and Co's Winter Qearance Sale now on.—Advt. ' • We are informed tihat .tihei cuirtaiil™m)h recently made to .tlie. boundaries ofttihe O'hinemuri Couwty, Council diisM<& has sot reduced the revenue to thja* body that it is finding it «-x----"treimel yw difficult;, if not imp^jisßiiblQ, to. meeit the d,emand i miadet upon' it. for £600 annually towards the- cost, of the Wanhi and Ohinemuri Rivers Imip^owement scheme The Coamoil now feels, im keepm^ wi'tih the Wa.iM: Borough Council; whicth has afeo s:uffered h©a,vy roduwtdonis! in, inoo-me through tihe falling off of ih© oiold that the time has? com© when tihe Gotvertwnenitl should sieit; tip a, cf>ra missiiora ta make fresh, ailloraa^oinfi vi oa^derlo- relieve the pressure oh! cwfedbutdng bodies" the revenwb of which hiaß so- markedly d'imi'mteihed ss; i}ic^ -the . oniajiinial aJlocaibioinH were made.—• W&ifti Telegsriapih. 1 I. ■ : - I