Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 113, 3 August 1927, Page 12

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUN’S Correspondents.)

THE FIRST SHOT AGAINST MERGER PROPOSAL The Avondale merger proposal promises to be the basis of a keen campaign to be waged by the respective parties for and against the movement. The first shot will be fired this evening by opponents of the Greater Auckland scheme, when a meeting of ratepayers wifi be addressed in the Avondale Tow if Hall. In calling the ratepayers together, the notice urges them not to return to rating on capital or annual value. Under this system, it is asserted, their industry and thrift would be heavily talced. The Alayors of Mount Eden, Newmarket, and Avondale, Messrs. E. M. Potter, S. Donaldson, and H. Tiarks, Air. Hall Skelton, and Alessrs. Wright and Pendlebury, of the Avondale Council, have been requisitioned to address meetings at Avondale and Blockhouse Bay against the proposal. ♦ A UNIFORM FUND AVONDALE BRASS BAND The Avondale Municipal Brass Band, of 17 instruments, is making strenuous efforts to raise sufficient money with which to buy uniforms. It has approximately £3O as a nucleus of a fund for the purposte, and expects financial assistance from the Avondale Borough Council. In the matter of cornet players the band is also short, and would welcome any who would care to join up. On Sunday morning next a programme of music for the inmates of the Avondale Asylum will be given. THEFT OF PUMPKINS YOUNG MEN FINED At the Waihi Court yesterday, before Air. F. W. Platts, S.AI., four young men —O. C. Holt, Frederick C. Holt, Harry Hoy, and Collin Cooper—were charged with theft of pumpkins from a farmer at Athenree. All pleaded guilty except Cooper, who was also charged with trespassing in pursuit of game. The charge of theft against Cooper was dismissed, but he was convicted and fined 40s and costs for trespassing. The other three were convicted and fined 40s and costs for theft. OMOKOROA FACTORY DIRECTOR RESIGNS Air. M. D. Alears, who has occupied the position as a director of the Tauranga Dairy Company for many years, has resigned. The suppliers of the Omokoroa district entertained him last week at a social and presented him with a valuable leather wallet containing a fair amount in cash. Reference was made to the good work done by Air. Mears in the interests of the suppliers. The annual meeting of the company will be held on August 8 and it is understood a very favourable report and balance sheet will be put before the meeting. Five directors are to be elected for which there are 10 nominations. DEATHS AT DARGAVILLE FUNERAL OF T. LUNNY The funeral of the late T. Lunny, who was accidentally killed at Dargaville last week, took place on Sunday and was largely attended, representatives of friendly societies, sports bodies, boys scouts and other organisations making it one of the largest funerals seen here for some time. The accident cast quite a gloom over the town. Death has claimed another victim in the person of Mr. Frank Passell, who passed away yesterday afternoon. Deceased was a well-known and much respected resident of Dargaville, and was for many years an employee of the Hobson County Council. His kind and obliging nature endeared him to all, and he will be greatly missed. He leaves a widow and four children to mourn his loss. DARGAVILLE NEWS THE TIMBER TRADE Owing to the slackness of the timber trade, a number of hands were put off at the local sawmills on Saturday last. A further reduction is probable shortly. Half a million feet of white pine is ready for the Australian market, but at present there is very little demand for it. All*. Fred Van Renin, Dargaville’s champion swimmer, left yesterday morning for YY’arkworth, where he will in future reside. Mr. Van Renin’s ability as a swimmer has won for him many cups and trophies, and he carries with him the best wishes of his many friends in his new sphere of labour. All*. C. L. Hewson has been appointed district representative of the Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary Ltd., in place of Air. Hardy, who has been transferred elsewhere. EXPERIMENTAL FARM WORK AT DARGAVILLE At the Northern YVairoa Experimental Farm Society’s annual meeting on Saturday, Mr. F. A. Jones, Alayor of Dargaville, expressed the opinion that there was no district more worthy of having an experimental farm and farm school than Northern Wairoa. He paid a tribute to the keen interest taken in the farm schools held in the | district by Air. Cockayne, Chief of the Agricultural Department, and complimented the society’s chairman. Air. C. J. Hamblyn. on the hard work he harl put in, and the good results obtained. PIG-MARKETING | OPERATIONS IN WAIROA The first annual meeting of the Northern Wairoa and Ruawai Pig Alarketing Association was held in the International Hall on Saturday afternoon, when Air. F. Wordsworth, chairman, presided over an attendance of about 50 breeders. The chairman’s report stated that although the season had not been so successful as expected, 2,794 pigs had been killed and marketed. This was considered a fair beginning and the opinion was expressed that the society would progress very much i during the coining season.

NORTHERN WAIROA FACTORY JULY PAY-OUT The Northern Wairoa Dairy company’s total output of butter for July, the first month of the 1927-1928 season, was 15 tons Sslb., an increase of nearly two tons on the output for the corresponding month last season. The payout for July butter-fat will be on the basis of Is 4d a lb. A record season is expected. MORRINSVILLE NEWS FIRE BRIGADE DANCE The Alorrinsville Fire Brigade dance was held on Monday evening in the Alasonic Hall, and the floor was taxed to its utmost. The hall was prettily decorated in the brigade colours, red and black. Excellent music was rendered by the Elite Jazz Orchestra, and extras were played by Airs. Lingard Miss AI. Strevens, and Air. J. Firman. Novety dances were won by Aliss Jones (Whangarei) and Air. Thompson (Lucky Spot), and Aliss P. Firman and All*. Nicholls (Alonte Carlo). Branch - man E. Gj'igg acted as M.C. The women’s committee, consisting of Alesdames J. Pretty, Al. Firman, Elder, and Simpson, were in charge of the tables, and an excellent supper was provided. After a month of more or less boisterotis weather, Alorrinsville was yesterday bathed in sunshine. The streets presented a busy appearance. There is evidence of an early spring. The willows are showing a tinge of green, and in severa places the fruit trees can also be seen showing signs of bloom. A euchre party was held on Alonday evening in aid of the Alorrinsville Catholic Church funds. The prizes were won by Airs. J. Mellars, Air. J. Thompson, Miss C. Aladson, and Air. C. Burrows. MORRINSVILLE DRUIDS JUNIOR LODGE At the quarterly meeting of the Druids’ Juvenile Lodge, No. 3, officers were elected as follow: J.P.A., Bro. S. Pryor; A.D., Bro. D. Fahey; V.A., Bro. A. Jackson; 0.G., Bro. A. Redshaw; I.G, Bro. C. Jackson: A.D.8., Bros. T. Clarney and S. Redshaw; V.A.8., Bros. Gwillirn and Manning. Superintendent Bro. E. Grigg was the installing officer, and Bro. Staid acted as AI.C. An enjoyable supper was provided. after which games were played. THAMES HARBOUR DREDGING OPERATIONS At the Thames Harbour Board meeting last evening the chairman, Air. W. Danby, reported that the new regulations governing • the removal of sand from the foreshore had greatly increased the revenue, and it was evident that they were necessary. The engineer reported that the dredge had shifted 6,041 cubic yards in July, there being 20 working days, averaging 132 hours, the cost working out at 14d. a yard, which was higher than last month owing to casual labour. The present area being dredged is very foul with fascines, tins and other obstructions, causing difficulty in the suction pipe. Some discussion was caused through the engineer’s report on the Kopu Wharf. The recent gale caused the shed to be damaged, and it was decided to re-roof the shed with iron and also pay a visit of inspection to the wharf next month, when the board will decide what to do with the very bad portion toward the middle. One ipember stated that if the Kopu Wharf were made wider to allow wheel traffic a lot more goods would come that way. APANUI SHIELD MATCH PROBABLE FIXTURE Air. Kerr, of the Alagistrate’s Court at Opotiki, has been transferred to another district. Air. Roberts has arrived in Opotiki and commenced duties as relieving clerk on Alonday. Mr. E. Lake died at the Opotiki Hospital on Sunday after a sudden illness. Deceased was at one time a successful sheeplarmer on the Coast, but failing health caused him to abandon his occupation, and recently he had lived a retired life at Opotiki. The qualifying round for the men’s championship was played on the Opotiki golf links on Saturday. Those who qualified were:—Burns, 78; Mahoney, 86; YV. A. Todd, 90; Dawson, 91; R. AI. Todd. 92: Birkmyer, 95: Bunkall, 95: Short, 96. The first eliminating round will be played on Sutur- | day next. Should arrangements be completed satisfactorily, the Opotiki senior Flugby representatives will play the Rangitaiki fifteen at Matata on Saturday next for the Hurunui-Apanui Memorial Shield. The shield is for competition between the Bay of Plenty sub-unions, and has been held this season successively by Whakatane. Rotorua. Te Puke and Rangitaiki. NORTHCOTE BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETS The engineer, Air. Greville Walker, reported to the Northcote Borough Council last night that a length of 3,090 feet of kerbing had been laid in Queen Street. The plans and specifications for the improvements of Belle Vue Road would be put before the council at its next meeting. A report from the reserves committee recommended that a retaining wall two feet high be constructed on the seaward side of the Stafford Road reserve. The borough building inspector reported that a builder had deliberately ignored his instructions to obtain a permit for the erection of a building, and the offender is to be instructed to cease operations until be obtains the permit. The Mayor was appointed the council’s representative to the committee of delegates of interested bodies to investigate the question of the North Shore amalgamation scheme. A donation of three guineas to the Waitemata Bridge Committee was voted.