LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3111, 27 April 1942, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Street Stall In Paeroa

Proceeds from the street stall held by the Paeroa District Patriotic Committee on Friday totalled £53 Is 10d. Donation of £250

A donation of £250 has been made by the Ohinemuri Jockey iClub to the Paeroa District Patriotic Committee 1942 All Purposes Appeal. ■

Liquor Near Dance A first-offender was charged in the Thames Court on Tuesday with (being in possession of liquor near the Turua dance hall on April 6. He was fined £2, with Court costs.

No Lights On Cycles Six people were charged in the Thames Court on Tuesday with riding bicycles after dark without lights at Kopuarahi. Each was fined ss, with costs. Thorp’s Road Started

"The contractor has at last commenced Thorp’s road, but is handicapped for the want of suitable labour and plant,” reported the engineer, Mr L. E. Shaw to the monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council. Obscene Language

Arnold Rapana, a Maori, aged 20 years, employed at the Kopuarahi lime works, was charged in the Thames Court bn Tuesday -with using obscene language in Richmond street on March 28, He was‘fined £2 and ordered to pay Court costs. Revenue From The Magazine

“Revenue from the magazine amounted to £53 2s 9d, an increase for the year of £37 Is lOd,” reported the chairman, Mr W. Marshall, to the monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri 'County Council ip reviewing the year ended March 31, 1942. Peel’s Creek Road Progressing - “The contractor doing Peel’s creek road, Maratoto, has made reasonably good progress and the job is nearing completion,” reported the engineer/; Mr L. E. Shaw, to the monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri- County Council. Your Horse, Sir!' Everybody had a laugh at the 'Hikutaia polo on Saturday. A senior player, F. Klaus, was chasing the 4S oz. bamboo-root ball on his big horse Danny, when the saddle girth came loose, and before the rider realised it he was sitting on the ground watching Danny go for a caper. Kelp Found At Tararu A seaweed seldom seen on the east coast but frequently on the western side, has been found by Mr E. Walters on the Tararu beach. The seaweed is known as kelp, and local fishermen say it has not been seen in this locality before. It looks like a. long whip and is quite flexible when green. Komata-Maratoto Fordway . “The formation , and etalling of the approaches of the Komata-.Mara-toto fordway has 'been completed,” reported the engineer, Mr L. E. Shaw to.the monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council. No Stockings For Nurses—Yet

Thames nurses will have to wait a while longer before they can buy stockings from the hospital institution. Advice was received from Wellington at the monthly meeting of the Thames Hospital Board that samples of stockings could not be supplied, as requested by the board. The Factory Controller was endeavouring to arrange manufacture of stockings, but none had come to light yet.