PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 142, 17 June 1926, Page 8

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

TURTJA. ' >y ' * TOWN- HALL FOE HJEtr. The tender of Mr. E. 0 CliP.t has been accepted lor erection .• *2fIDT ' town. hall. SottW* in" «4S '• principal Bhiirehulders. 'atetW; THAMES. ). i HOSPITAL PATIENTS' pep,, I! At a meeting of the Tham Board it was decided to eoj!, *®tifo\ reciprocal arrangement for 12iZ> i the TaunuiKn, Waihi, Cornm I* B With Walkato boards, as re^Ts™^ o**0** of patients irom those districts men t taurangaT a 'Klip Eorough Council fixed. «... dated rate for the current year at "a?,*" 1 ' the £. and the water rate at w ? id b £, with certain variations Wr. «» ! for by the Art. Mr. w H N oi i Pr °™*l dered his resignation as foreman .? ,e »- was accepted with regret The ™ n U ? 4 " cided to call tondpps for iijSoSSf? fc the town hall building and for ts '» Sin:.° thC _^" S baDks o°u r t^ WHAKATANE. The Hay ..r Plenty Power B oaM • issuing a pann.Wet .-ontaming foeS 1 ' figures concerning the proposal to i«"* electric light and power in the counH MU " Whakatane and Opotikl. It is S^ 0 ' borrow £170.000 and a poll wili P De P S h July 3. The sum of £30,000 1. aStottoj , ,* " ; installing Hf-:-.i f - linos and W iS * consumers. The balance of fUOOfln i for provide main transmission and rettMiiiJi 1, lines an.l oth»r eauipment. revw l»tiin PtJKEKOHE. At Thursday* sitting of thp Pn& i Magistrate's Curt, Benie Basil iK* manaper of the Pukekohe Hnlol" 1 " 1 "charged before Mr. W. R. M S.Wi with sellln.3 liquor to John O'Shea k'mw , that O'Shea was a resident o£ a prodffi area, and being aware that such Honi?s? to be taken to Ongarne, a district'Wflt* ,, proclaimed aren. He pleaded not mm, 1 O'Shea, in evidence, said he told BjyK was proms to Onprarue, but admitti? r he did not pass the informatioToTL' h « barman, who servod him with ttuMiJ* Counsel for defendant Mr F A w v • submitted thore was no evidence ? n S* , that defendant know O'Shea was a tK & of a no-license area, and he contend^Ui prosecution must fail. The concurred and dismissed the case. WAITJKU.' The Town Board received a dnnnt«n from the Chamber of Commerce X£ co-operation in ontcrtaJning the oiSnrt the Indian Army hockey team, on n occasion of their visit on July 14 The Chamber had passed a resolution 'n,, a suitable water and drainage scheme » absolutely essential to the progreisof fk district," and the executive had been L J what steps the board were takiar h JT matter. The chairman said lie filly LZ that water and drainage were necesZ but the matter was too importenf tat discussed In a hurry, and on his motion £ was agreed that a special meeting be held m June 28 to go fully into the matter n, Domain Board asked for assistance ti i! proving the drainage of Massey Pi* j, prevent playing areas being flooded A cm mittee was appointed to confer with tif Domain Board and report at the neb meeting. '

The clerk was instructed to obhi. an estimate of the cost of a conm' channel in George Street, to divert aton water from the school grounds. The Chamber of Commerce wrote r«m«r ing the board to prohibit the OriySi d cattle from Court Street to National But corner, and to reconsider the opening o( i stock roud between Kitchener Bold u» Victoria Avenue. A reply is to be seat that the board cannot consider the matter it present. \ MORRINSVILLE. An election to fill the vacancies earned on the Norfolk Dairy Company's ..liraril of directors through the death of Mi i Squire, and the resignation of Sir. E. 'i Douglas, resulted in Messrs.: EfiMmroei and R. H. Hinton being seleetedjrom 6ys candidates. At the annual meeting of the" Mannteparu Settlers , League, the following officers were elected: Chairman, Mr H. Wilcocks; secretary, Hr. A. TV. Carte; committee. Messrs. Newman, P. Bahne, C. Coleman, D. Grnbb and J. Timrns. . Three large herds belonging to Mr. V. R. Lowry, at Piako, have been disposed of during the past few clays by private sjb at a price that is said to be satisfactory to the vendor. The total cows numbeiij ocer 300. One herd jroes to Te Awamutn. The Morrinsville-Matamata Road at Kereone nas been rendered impassable bj the recent rains and several cars nave ten bogged. Demonstrating the mildness of the water, a Morrinsville resident states that hi) strawberry plants are flowering and tte are several fair sized berries on them, i few of the berries are starting to ripen. The half-yearly installation of officeri to the Morrinsville MX. Oddfellows lofti resulted as follows: G.M., Bro. W. Black; X.G., Bro. D. Piper; V.G., Bro. W. Swithi E.S., Sister G. Morriee; lecture maJtef, Bro. R. Scott. An attempt is bein? made tt form a new lodeo at Kereone. An election of two directors for tin Norfolk Co-operative Dairy Company fr suited in the return of Messrs. H. Jlannd and R. I£. Hinton.

MATAMATA. The Minamata Chamber of Commerce considered a letter from the Matamati County Council, replying to the chamber's request, on behalf of Richmond Downs' settlers, to open a road through the Morgan estate, but regretted that the request could not be acceded to, owing to the fact tluts deviation would be necessary, which wiiH be too costly to undertake. No fortlK action was taken meanwhile. Mr. C. & Macmillan, M.P.. wrote assuring the chamber that he would do his best to hdve the anomaly of the differential freights on molasses, . from Fiji and Chelsea wotff respectively, removed. The Morrinsville-Matamata Boaa «< Kereone, where nrw formation wort ti being carried out, is at present in •.«? bad state, there being some deep ruts which in the wet «-pn Hier form almost inpassable boss. Settlers have difficulty In negotiatinz this road even with Sots , drawn vehicles At a public meefinz addressed by. Miss Averill. it was decided to form a Matamata troop of Girl GuidPS, and the follow! were elected a committee: Captain. Mrs. G. Pilkinsrton: president and ehairwomtH. Mrs. C. W. Turner: vice-presidents. Jle!" damps Hampton. Ferdyce and Barry: secretary and treasurer. Miss Bell: commit**. Mesdames Blackburn, Cooifluea, Cratswick. Mo=ford, Wells. Laurenson, Blennerhassett. Hawes. Stockdale, Rollett, »» a Misses AVaite and Uollett.