LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 47, Issue 2669, 13 September 1937, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

The Dubbo Return. The Talisman Dubbo Gold Mines Ltd. reports that 43 tons of ore were treated at the Golden Dawn battery for an approximate realisation of £270. Wrestling at Thames. An alteration in the bout to be staged by the Thames Wrestling Association to-morrow evening between Woods and Wescoatt has been announced owing to a breakdown in the transport arrangements for the latter. Woods will now meet Floyd Marshall in the professional match instead of Wescoatt.

Orphans at Onehunga. A party of eight members of the Paeroa Orphans Club journeyed to Onehunga on Saturday evening and were met by another four former members now residing at Auckland. The visitors were entertained to a splendid programme by their hosts. The vice-president of the Paeroa club, Bro. E. Edwards, supported the Onehunga chairman and responded to the welcome extended to the Paeroa members. Boom Road. The formation of the Boom road, Waitakaruru, is. almost half done. The contractors appear to be making a good solid job, and the ultimate result should be 100 per cent, better than the former condition of the road. A great deal of damage, however, is done by motorists travelling fast over the completed section. A low speed is compulsory during the week, but at week-ends there seems to be no limit observed. Heavy Company Taxes. The exceptionally heavy taxation borne by companies was referred to by Mr W. S. Newburgh at the annual meeting of Mason, Struthers, Limited, in Christchurch. Mr Newburgh said the accounts for the year showed that while shareholders had received £4400 in dividend and £275 was ’carried forward, land and income tax had taken £4lOO. He said there appeared to be little hope of a reduction in general taxation, but land tax might come down. He hoped that every opportunity would be taken by business men to draw attention to the burden of taxation.

A Coral Bridge.

Made possible* by the discovery of over 50,000,000 tons of dead coral in Moreton Bay, near. Brisbane, a bridge has just been built over the Brisbane River at Kangaroo Point. The cement of which it is composed has been made from lime from the deposits of dead coral, which is of a very high grade. The discovery of the coral, giving rise to a flourishing industry, was due to the research scientists of the Great Barrier Reef Committee, which has done so much to disclose the wealth which the reef is able to contribute to Australian industries.