LOCAL & GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 58, Issue 4121, 4 April 1949, Page 4

LOCAL & GENERAL

Wasps In Molasses Wasps are reported to be greatly on the increase in all parts of the Thames Valley and each day brings further reports of trouble experienced from these pests. It is stated that 900 wasps were removed from a drum of molasses on an Awaiti farm. Brooklyn School Jubilee On September 24 the Brooklyn Public School will celebrate its jubilee, when it is expected that many schoolday friendships will be renewed. To enable an authentic record to be compiled of ex-pupils, all old scholars are requested to send in their names and addresses, together with period of attendance at the school, to the jubilee secretary, Brooklyn Public School, Wellington. Road Repairs at Waikino In the Waikino area footpaths have been re-sanded and eight culverts have been lifted and cleared and broken pipes replaced, reported the county engineer, Mr L. E. Shaw, to the z February meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council. “ The badly pot-holed footpath in the Waikino shopping area was patched and has since been completely sealed with bitumen. Considerable work has been carried out in widening and removing dangerous bends on the Pukekauri and Waitawheta roads, a bulldozer and. the county grader being used for the purpose. All the new work has since been metalled.” Bottle Drive Money Of the £3O collected last year in the school children’s bottle drive some £8 18s had been spent on cricket gear for the secondary department of the Paeroa District High School, stated the secretary, Mr T. I. Jenkins, at the March meeting of the school committee. The acting headmaster, Mr E. Meyer, was given authority to spend the remainder at the primary school on whatever sporty equipment was most urgently required. Hikutaia-Netherton Main Highway The dust layer seal coat of another 34 chains of the Hikutaia-Netherton main highway has been completed, reported the engineer, Mr L. E. Shaw, to the March meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council. ** Shouldering of a further section will be continued in preparation for next year’s sealing.”