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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1926, Page 8

A foolish "April fool" joke was played off at the Auckland railway station on Thursday evening, the victims being a few hundred people who had gathered on the platform to meet their friends on the Limited and the special which was timed to arrive a few minutes earlier. Word came through that the special had lieen delayed at Te Kuiti for an hour, and would arrive at 11.50, instead of 10.50. At a few minutes before midnight a train cair.e creeping into the station like a lame du?k. and stopped half way a'ong the platform. It was met by a wild rush of two or three hundred people to that section of the platform, eager to welcome their friends. A general laugh went up when it was discovered that this was a goods train shunting. There was again no sign of the special till about ten minutes after midnight, when an express engine 'startled the crowd by rushing into the. station. Again a scramble for a good position to meet their visitors, only to find it was the morning express shunting. .The people were now in a thoroughly jovial mood, so that when the Limited came in, a quarter of an hour later, even those who were waiting for the special concealed their disappoinment.and patiently waited till 12.30, when their train arrived, 100 minutes '■ late. I Candidates are getting busy for the election of the Kauri Gu-m Control Board, which will take place shortly. There is mention of four already to contest the Northern division, comprising Mangonui. Ifokianga and Whangaroa counties. A monster meeting was held in the southern and central part portion, and, as an outcome, a representative deputation waited upon Mr. R. T. Wrathall and ] asked him to carry their nomination. Mr. Wrathall has consented to stand and committees are now being formed to support bis candidature. Mr. Wrathall has had a long and varied experience in the industry, practically in all its branches, digging, sorting and buying, extending over a period of 20 years. C On St. Patrick's Day a historic memorial was handed over to the Ngaruawahia Borough Council by the Hon. R. F. Bollard, Minister of Internal Affairs. It was a gun-turret from HM s Pioneer, a warship which was doselv connected with Waikato's early histo-V during the Maori wars. Dunns? the course of his remarks the Minister said I that the turret had been presented by Mrs. Corbett-Scott, of Epsom. The lad'v has written to the '"Star" statin- that I her sister, Mrs. Gerald Clarke? had donated the memorial in memory of her father, the late Dr. R. T . Corbett. Car owners who have purchased scond-liand vehicles since the i-iaiwi- £ well J l} * f° tOY Vehicles A <* "°uM choni J t °ISee1 See _ hat the necessary change of ownership has boon recorded by a deputy-reg lS trar, as they will be unable to obtain new number plates until this is completed. i»»ies An important event in the hhtcrv of o:i.ii„vu occur* to-cay, which is iV-".'m mo:il mbiiec of the borough v i m ,-.'. I cipa.ity under the Municipal C_-~r.--a twin, Ordinance, it 63 The first of the first Borough Council was held on Aipust 6, 18-,0. Prior to that th- 1 <•>] governing body was the Town Board, which had jurisdiction for about three years.