LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Putaruru Press, Volume XVI, Issue 957, 20 November 1941, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs. D. G- Thompson, of. Pukekohe, is at present visiting Mr. and Mrs- F- G. Ingpen, of Putarunu.

A special invitation is extended to everyone to attend the RS A. social and dance in the rooms tomorrow night.

Mr. Harry Taylor, of the China Inland Mission, is visiting Putaruru during this week and is to give an address at a public meeting in the Baptist Church to-night.

The latest list of those missing and now prisoners of war contains the names of Lance-Sergeant Enrest Alfred Williams, son of Mr- M. Williams, of Putaruru, and Douglas Ralph Palmer, brother of Mrs. H. Ramsbottam, Matamata.

Sister R. Gallagher, formerly Plunket Nurse at Tirau and Putaruru, has now opened a nursing home at Tauranga. At the outbreak of war- Sister Gallagher volunteered for service overseas but' was not required.

Good progress is being made'by the contractors for the building of the four shops for Mr. W. Yandle and the new Bank of New Zealand. Ihe latter will be a two storey structure with the manager’s residence above the bank.

.An instance of how ratepayers are willing to help themselves and to assist the Matamata County Council to overcome the 'shortage of labour was quoted by Cr. Dee at the council meeting on Thursday. Cr. Dee stated that settlers on one road had offered to spread metal free of cost if the metal were delivered.

A fault on the Thames Valley Power Board’s 11 k.v. line caused the power to be off for some considerable time on Friday. Owing to the strong wind a. pine tree was blown over the line on Mr- King’s property at Puketurua, and it was some time before the fault could be located. Power was restored on the Puketurua section at about 6 p.m., other parts of the district being livened up early in the afternoon It is suggested that if people seeing a broken conductor or trees over lines were to notify the troubleman where the fault is, considerable time and benzine would be saved and power restored much quicker, thus saving a lot of inconvenience to consumers.