LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hawera Star, Volume LII, 21 February 1933, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thc Registrar of Pensions, Wanganui, will be in attendance at the courthouse, Hawera, from 11.30 to .12.30 tomorrow (Wednesday) to attend to any inquiries relating to pension matters. At the monthly meeting of the Hawera. Technical High .School Board of Managers last night, the principal (Mr. J. Dash) reported that necessary per-) mission had been obtained from the Education Department for tlie institution of night classes. The book-keep-er class had commenced that night with an attendance of 20. The typewriting and shorthand classes would j commence on Tuesday and Wednesday j respectively and further classes would be established if the demand warrant-J ed them. Local business houses had been circularised in regard to classes in subjects for accountants’, professional and bankers’ diploma examinations, but only one reply had been received. It is confidently expected that the final stages in negotiations for the establishment of a woudpulp industry in' the Whakatane district will be reached' shortly (states the Auckland “Star”). TiniberJands Woodpulp Company lias now secured an option over Messrs G. Syme and Company's Matahina property of 9600 acres of standing bush,’ with a tramway and timber mills at Edgecumbe, with a view to the immediate establishment of pulp paper mills J The parent company, Timberlands, j Ltd., which owns tlie Pukahunui block! of 41,000 acres at ICiangaroa lias! planted the major portion in exotic 1 trees. Mr. H. A. Horroeks, attorney, 1 Professor Ooban, M. Gibbs, Mr. R. IV Worley, engineer, and Mr. Anderson! visited Whakatane at the week-end, j and conferred with members of local' bodies, re the provision of facilities for J establishing pulp paper mills. Tko Whakattine 'Cb’uuty Council iwa.s re-' quested to improve tihe access road to the company' ? s Matahina block to enable supplies of materials to, be trailsported. It is hoped that preliminary arrangements will be comleto at the end of the month, when Mr. L. A. Dc Guere, consulting engineer ,of Wisconp sin, U.S.A., will arrive in New Zealand) and proced with matters relative to the erection of the mill. It is estimated) that Syme’s Matahina. block holds sufficient standing tawa, etc., to maintain the mills' at a, capacity of 26,000 tons per annum until the company’s own timber is ready. j Arrangements regarding train ser- , vices and cheap fares to cater for , South Tara and ' visitors travelling Co , the Wn show have been made by j the Railway Department. Further de- ! tail:, appear in the advertising columns.

With the object of further popularising the municipal library the Hawera Borough Council decided last evening to hold a “book week” campaign, the sum of £ls being granted for the purpose. Crs. G. J. Bayley and W. G. Strange and Mr. J. Houston and the librarian (Miss H. Carson) were appointed a committee to submit proposals for the campaign to the library committee.

The annual open water swim for the Flannagan Cup was held at New PI.V--mouth on Saturday, the winner being G. Beaven (New Plymou-h). Beaven, wlio bad seven minutes’ start, beat B. S.- Dudley (Opunake) on the fiveminute mark by 15 seconds. Dudley was a few yards ahead of B. Milne (Fitzroy, Turin). H. St. George (Fltzroy) made fastest time. educations for the 1-ace were almost ideal. The sea. was warm and altohugli there was a slight swell and choppiness the wind was from the "west and directly behind that, swimmers. The race was from a point directly opposite the Kawavoa Park bungalow, to a launch moored a quarter of a mile to sea. from the East End pavilion and then to a finishing post at the water’s edge, a total distance of about two miles. lhe distance, the necessity of swimming a straight course and the choppy natuie of the sea that prevented the stroke becoming mechanical combined to make the race an ideal test. Most centres in New Zealand this week are conducting a “learn to swim campaign, but the ITawera Swimming Club has decided that the campaign so far as the Hawera district schools are concerned, shall be continuous throughout the remainder of the summer season The Hawera town schools are particularly well catered for as regards swimming tuition andtlhe club has se cured the weekly attendance ot the Oh an fai, Mokoia and Normanby school children at specified hours every Wednesday The baths custodian (Mr. .J. Dowdle) lias given appreciated service .01 these visits and has been assisted bv club members. This week the Eraser JRload, and Okaiawa school children are visiting the baths for the first time while, at the Hawera Technical School a boys and girls swimming club has been formed with representatives on a central executive. Already four polo teams have been organised, two consisting of hoys and two of girls and the training has been undertaken under the supervision ot Mr. Olariiighold.