THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4989, 18 June 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

An interesting comparison of the cost of painting at the. present time with that of 27 years ago is revealed in the following authoritative information. About 27 years ago, when the Mackaytown Hotel., was erected, the cost of thoroughly painting the premises was £BO. Just recently the same contractor was the successful tenderer For painting the same building—since removed to Waikino —the price being £3BO.

Mr 13. Franklin, chief health inspector, Auckland, has been in the district during the last few days inspecting premises that are applying for restoration of lice»fi*s.

in furtherance of the Waihou and Ohinemuri River Improvement Scheme, the old railway bridge over the Ohinemuri River at Paeroa is shortly to be demolished. Much of the timber will be used again for temporary constructions ami concrete boxing in other parts of the province.

Commenting on the Poland Cup match played at Paeroa on Saturday last the Te Arolia “News” states, inter alia : "The arrangements made by the Paeroa, union officials for the Press were all that could be desired. A table ami seating acconimodatioh being provided at the half-way line, it was possible, to view the whole game clearly.”

In this issue Messrs Carr, Pountney, Ltd., Auckland, notify tha,t they have been successful in obtaining a part shipment of Malden Island guana, which is being offered at an exceptionally low price. This manure is especially suitable for swamp country.

We have to acknowledge receipt from the local stationmaster (Mr W. P. Payne) oif a, copy of the N.Z. Railways Magazine, the first issue of which was made on May 1. The motto of the publication is “For Better Service,” and it is issued free to all railway employees. The magazine is attractively arranged, and is issued as the officially recognised medium for maintaining contact between the administration, the employees, and tiie public, a,nd for the dissemination of knowledge bearing on matters of mutual interest and of educative value.

On the motion of Mr J. W. Danby, at the. Thames Hospital Board meet-, ijiig on Monday, it was resolved that the local Plunket nurse.' be approached anti Invited to give lectures on infant feeding to nurses undergoing training at the Thames Maternity 'Hospital. It was generally agreed that the nurses should be afforded the opportunity of becoming a,s highly trained ri,s possible.

Four football matches were played by Turua teams oh Saturday last. The senior grade tea.m journeyed to Hikutaia. and secured a win by 12 points to 10, .the junior team played its inter-club match against Kerepe.ehi at Turua and secured a win by three points to 0, a third-grade team was defeated by 16 points to 0 by a Thames team, and the schoolboys lost to the Kereneehi boys by 14 points to 3 in the school competition match.

For Influenza Colds take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

For having assisted in shifting scenery for a pantomime Isaac Terence Netting and Herbert Shearman Were charged in the Police Court, Christchurch, with having worked at their trri.de or calling on Sunday, May 26. They were convicted a,nd ordered to pay costs.

The removal of the band rotunda from the main street ,to its new site, on the railway reserve was carried out without mishap yesterday afternoon. The structure was raised from its foundations, securely stayed, and then mounted on a number of wooden rollers a,nd pulled by a horse down the main street. The overhead telephone and electric power lines were th-e cause, of delay in the passage of the rotunda down the street, but it .'eached its final resting-place safely early in the evening, and the minimum bf inconvenience wa,s caused to traffic in the street, as there was sufficient room tor a vehicle to pass between the obstacle a.nd the kerb-

Mr Bobby Leach, whose claim to fame was that he went over Niagara Falls in a ba.rrel without being killed, not so lohg ago slipped on an orange peel in this country, broke his leg, and died from the injury. Now .the New York papers record that Miss Emily Silbon, who performs, dangerous acrobatic feats twice daily in Barnum and Bailey’s Circus, flirting with death in every performance, has been forced to leave the show on account of serious injuries, caused by falling out of a rocking-chair in her apartment.

The auxiliary scow Pono arrived from Auckland at the Puke on Tuesday morning with a full load of furniture consigned to Hancock and Co. for use in one of the local hotels. In the outward trip the Pono took a consignment of honey tor the Thames Valley Honey Co.

Hullo Sporties I Roll up to Sports Queen’s Fun Factory, next County Council, to-night. Hoop-la, shys-, coffee and pies, and Mr Spondulics tickets. Yknotucumalong win BigPrize.*

The Pa,eroa-Waihi railway traffic has now been switched over to the irew line from the dock at the railway station to where the lines separate, just before reaching the Te Aroha Road crossing. Undei the, new arrangement the Waihi train can now enter or le.aye tire station yard simultaneously with the Thames-Waikato train, a,nd two trains can cross the railway bridge over the, Ohinemuri River at the same time. The new arrangement is working satisfactory.

Haying purchased the hardware, business of Mr Chas. Holes, Belmaht Road, the Paeroa Hardware Co. is offering a special line o*f carpenters’ tools at keen prices.**