LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 13 April 1908, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The tender of .Mr F. H.:.Boase for the lease of the Hawera railway platfortn, book stall has been accepted for another term. The Eliham Couivty Council are in the most satisfactory position of having only £52 Is Bd(plus £9 17s 3d native rates) outstanding. A harvest thanksgiving was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Sunday by the Salvation Army. Appropriate services wore held, and were largely attended by' tho public. The festival will be continued to-night. There was a large congregation at the Methodist Church last night, it being the Rev. S- J. Gibson's farewell service. Cii Tuesday evening the farewell public meeting will be held in the church. There will be a splendid programme of music, addresses, amd a presentation, to be concluded* with refreshments. There will be ] no charge for admission. | A Meremere correspondent writes : — On- Friday last a very successful dance was held at Mr Buchanan's woolshed in aid of the sports fnnds. The floor'- wns very ' -good, and the ' company enjoyed themselves immensely. Mr P. Sheahan made a capital if.C, and Mr P. Burns provided excellent music. Dancing was kept -up till about half past three. The members of the Hawera Hockey Club put in a good two hours' beneficial practice at Bayly Pork on Saturday aU ternoon. As the Rugby footballers have scoured the Park fox their matches the Hookey Club will have ti> secure* other gxouha.s. It is not improbable that a meeting of mcm&ers will be called shortly to consider the -position. . Some interesting figures bearing on the Greater Aucklamd question have been compiled in regard to the rating of the' different bodies intereatcdu It is ahown that in «evern.l cases *he rates of th« suburbs, which are only partially or imperfectly drained, are as high, or even higher, thnn those of the city, and Eden Terrace, a small road board district which has evinced a strong hostility to tho Greater Auckland movement, pays considerably more in rates than the city ; whilst tho borough of Newmarket, which ha* gained the unenviable .notoriety of being one of the worst kept boroughs im •the. Dominion, hna to pay as- much or • mqare than the city. The ficures fetid to show that it would be greatly to the advantage of the smaller "bodies. to" throw in their lot -with the city, .especially in view of the projected drainage' scheme. J?or Bronchial Cbnfchs fahe' Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. ]« 6d and 2a ] 6d. — Advt.

Those who take an interest in technical education in this district will be sorry to learn that the director, Mr A. A. Hintz, is leaving the district. Mx Hintz came here about sixteen months ago, and as a result of his organisation successful claso&s have been started at Hawexa, El'bham, Patea, Manaia, Mangatoki, Miaitapu, Kapuni, Alton, and Waverley. Technical schools have al-o been built in Eltham aud Patea and grants received for the ereeticttu of schools in Hawera and Manaia, thd construction of which buildings is to be immediately proceeded with. Mr Hintz has now been appointed director of technical schools in the Nelson province, and will have charge of the whole district. He will take up his -new duties early in May. Tho Maoris of both Islands are very anxious to secure a match with the English footballers, and negotiations- to that end have been in progress between Mr C. R. Parata and the New Zealand Rugby Union. Mr Parata has been informed that the Union would willingly do what it could to arrange the match, but the itinerary bos' already been drawn up, and the matter must be left to the visitors. There is just a chance that a match may be arranged for Rotor ua during the visitors' stay there. It was at Rotorua that the Icust English team played a native fifteen, but in the proposed event the Maoris would be representative of the whole Dominion, and. would not be merely a local team, xi is said that out of the fifteen, ten would be interprovincial players. . Nominations for the Marltiorough races close with the secretary on Saturday next at 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 15, is Jast gas discount day. Jf'ox Children's Hacking Cough at night Woods' Great Peppermint Core. Is 6d and 2s 6d. — Advt. FRENZIED WITH FEAR are many who develop lung trouble. Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption will cure them. Price Is 6d and 3s. For sale by chemists and storekeepers, Hawera; F. J. Gapper, Kaponga; and C. James, Alton. — Advt.