LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 2667, 8 September 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Dubbo Return. The Talisman Dubbo Gold Mines Ltd. reports that 46 tons of ore were treated at the Golden Dawn battery for an approximate realisation of £3Ol, Orphans’ Visit. Members of the Paeroa Orphans Club under the vice-president, Bro. E. Edwards, were the guests of the Matamata Orphans Club last evening together with the Rotorua orphans. Certificates of Fitness. The time has again arrived for motorists to obtain their certificates of fitness. Already motorists are coming to local garages to obtain these very necessary warrants. Garage proprietors express the hope that the crowding at the end of last March will not be repeated this time. Hospital Commission. In order that readers may recall the report of the Hospital Commission a comprehensive summary of the finding is published on page three of today’s Gazette. Cabinet announced last week that the amalgamation of the Thames’, Coromandel, and Waihi hospital districts would be undertaken, to date from December 1. Power Board Franchise. Objection to the “man in the street” being given a vote on power board elections was voiced by Mr J. F. Mayn at yesterday’s meeting of the Thames Valley Electric Power Board when conference remits were under discussion. Ratepayers and perhaps consumers should be allowed to vote, Mr Mayn said, but not anyone who had no interest in the supply of power.

The Waihi Baths.

Close on 1000 persons have bathed in the Waihi tepid mineral water baths since they were opened just under three months ago, and no complaints have been received. On the contrary, everything points to them becoming very popular and a great improvement on the old fresh water baths. Owing to the continual flow of water no difficulty is being met with in cleaning them out. The medicinal properties of the water and the benefits to be derived therefrom are also becoming to be appreciated. Power Board Conferences. “I am of opinion that the power boards conference is becoming more of a burden than a benefit,” contended Mr H. M. Corbett at the Thames Valley board meeting at Te Aroha yesterday. He objected to some of the remits as being contrary to Government policy, and said that many were passed without a propei’ knowledge of the case. The conferences should be held every two years or even three years, instead of annually.

Electric Fences.

In order to keep cows from breaking through fences a Paeroa farmer suggested to the Thames Valley Electric Power Board yesterday that fences could possibly be electrified. He understood that that procedure had been adopted in America. “It might assist the cows over the fence,” suggested Mr H. R. Bush. “Electricity helps a race-horse.” (Laughter). New Zealand boar.ds had no information on the matter, reported the manager, Mr R. Sprague.