Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 177, 17 October 1927, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUX’S Correspondents.)

NEW LYNN CHURCH IMPOSING ANGLICAN BUILDING After 13 weeks’ building work, the imposing new Anglican church at New Lynn is fast nearing completion. The inside furnishing only remains to be provided for to permit of dedication, which is set down for Sunday. November 13. WESTFIELD DEVIATION ELLERSLIE-PANICIURE ROAD With The fine weather experienced lately, good progress has been made with the laying of the foundations for the overhead bridge on the PanmureBllerslie Road, which is being built for the purpose of enabling traffic to cross the Westfield deviation by the new eastern railway outlet from Auckland to the southern suburbs. The concrete beds are all down, and after a few more days drying, the work of constructing the tiers to support the spans will be proceeded with. POWER BOARD CONTROL NEW LYNN SEEKS CHANGE In addition to the petition seeking a change of status from town board to borough, there is in circulation at New Lynn a similar document seeking signatories to a request to have the district brought within the inner area of the Waitemata Electric-Power district. Ratepayers only are entitled to append their signatures to the petition. If the spirit of the desired change is given effect to, it will remove a current additional sub-charge of five per cent, on all electricity supplied in the district. ST. JOHN AMBULANCE In the recent examinations of the Huntly Branch of St. John Ambulance Association the following passes were recorded: Medallion Class. —George W. K. Bowen. First-Class. —William Mayes, William Marsh, Janson Hutchinson. Pass. —Hugh Garin. First Aid, First-Class. —Robert Crump and James Joyce. Pass. —Wilfred Ainscough, W. Green, T. Elliott, Christopher J. Owen, Albert H. Thorne. The lecturer was Dr. R. C. Macdiarmid, of Huntly, and the examiner, Dr. D. Martin, of Ngaruawahia. Lack of accommodation has hampered operations in the past, but the School of Mines building is now available, and increased attendances have been the order of the day. The branch has now been formed, and Mr. George Green appointed divisional superintendent with Dr. R. C. Macdiarmid as divisional surgeon. A golden opportunity thus presents itself to those interested in this worthy object, and mine workers especially should take advantage of the chance to take a course of the lectures at a minimum cost. GLEN EDEN NEWS DISTRICT’S GOOD HEALTH In accordance with a request from the Waitemata Electric Power Board, the town clerk, Mr. Croucher, is prepreparing the ratepayers' roll for the forthcoming £BO,OOO loan proposal. * * * A Gazette notice regarding the coni stitution of the Waitemata Electric Power Board sets out that only one representative will be required from Glen Eden, Henderson, and Helensville. * * * Three recent visits to the district by an official of the Health Department revealed only one case of diphtheria, and this has been dealt with. * * * An effort to assist the unemployed, in the form of a social, made by members of the Bible class attached to the Methodist Church, should prove successful, but the actual sum- derived from the function is not yet available. * * * In anticipation of his return to the Old Country, members of the Glen Eden Scout Committee met to farewell their chairman, Mr. Edwards, and presented him with a Chinese cigarette box.

' NEW LYNN SCHOOL i GRANT FOR ADDITIONS ! Cabinet has approved of a grant for two additional rooms at the New Lynn j School. I The advice has been received by the ! member for the district, Mr. H. G. R. Mason, M.P., from the Minister of Education. TREE PLANTING ENDS RIVERHEAD CAMP CLOSES All casual labour was dispensed with at the Riverhead Government treeplanting camp during the week-end. About 20 men in all, comprising No. 2 gang, packed their swags and left for new fields. Only a week has elapsed since No. 1 gang was paid off. At the camp there are now only several cadets and officials. This camp has assisted in keeping “the wolf from the door” for not a few men. MANUREWA ODDFELLOWS MEET AT FOOTBALL The Loyal Manurewa Lodge. 1.0.0. F., M.U., played a friendly, football match with the Loyal Good Intent Lodge, of Auckland, of the same order, on Saturday, at the Manurewa sports ground. The home team bad the best of the play throughout, and eventually won by 13 points to nil, although the visitors were unlucky not registering. For Manurewa Aitkenhead and Drumm scored, both converting their tries, and Gray also converted from a penalty. Before the Aucklanders returned to town they were the guests of the local team at dinner, and before taking their departure expressed themselves as well pleased with the day’s outing, and advised the Manurewa Lodge that they intended to visit them during the cricket season to seek revenge. The game was ably controlled by Mr. R. Forbes, of Manurewa. POPULAR POLICEMAN PRESENTATION AT WAIHI 111 St. James’s Presbyterian Hall on Thursday night the members of the congregation gathered to bid farewell to Senior-Sergeant Mac Lean and family, who are leaving shortly for Gisborne. The Rev. Mr. McFarlane presented Sergeant Mac Lean with a shaving stand and mirror on behalf of the church members, and in doing so thanked the sergeant for his services to the church as a member of the management committee, and complimented him on the fair and able manner in which he had carried out his police duties in Waihi. Mrs. Mac Lean was also presented with a xylonite toilet set. PAPAKURA SETTLER’S DEATH MRS. JOSEPH REA There passed away at the Auckland Hospital on Saturday, October 15, Mrs. Jos. Rea, of Nelson Street, Papakura. Mrs. Rea, who had been bed-ridden for many months, was very much respected by a large circle of friends in many parts of the North Island. She was born on August 28, 1865, at Bishopatrow, Waimeusler. Wiltshire, England, and arrived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hurle, in the May Queen about 50 years ago, and settled in Auckland. Her father -was wellknown for many years in connection with the boot trade. Mrs. Rea was married on August 28, 1889, and lived at Devonport, Waihi, Helensville, Northern Wairoa, Te Atatu, finally settling in Papakura nine years ago. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Jos. Rea, one son, Mr. Ernest Rea, of Papakura; and two daughters, Mrs. George Rickard, of Kaitaia, and Mrs. K. Watson, of Papakura. The funeral took place on Sunday and was largely attended. RAIN IN THE SUBURBS WELCOMED BY FARMERS j . The soft rain which commenced to fall on Friday night, and continued till | late on Saturday afternoon, meant a J benefit of thousands of pounds to the j farming community of the southerfN suburbs and districts. During the recent dry weather the ground had become very hard, there was no growth in the grass, and it looked as if it was going to be a hard summer as far as the feed question was concerned: but the rain which fell was allowed to soak well into the ground, and it will give the pastures a good take-off. It is expected that there will be plenty of feed very soon, provided we do not suffer too long a dry spell. In striking contrast to the smiles of the farmers were the looks of the summer sports people, who had arranged the opening of their club grounds for Saturday, and more than one was heard to remark that they “wondered, if it ever rained any other time but the week-end.” THAMES BOROUGH ECONOMY URGED One item in the report of the finance committee of the Thames Borough j Council caused a lot of discussion at the council meeting. The item referred to the resignation of the book-keeper, j Miss Shand, and the appointment of I Mr. J. Fyfe, who was previously in the council’s employ, to the positin at an increase of £lO4 a year in salary. Cr. Morley maintained that the policy of the town was economy, and he questioned the necessity of having a more expensive assistant. Mr. Bush pointed out that the staff had been working overtime for four nights weekly. If they wanted efficiency they must have the staff “up to the knocker.” The present salaries of the borough staff amounted to £1,069; formerly it was £1,204. He strongly favoured the appointment. The Mayor, Mr. Bongard, said the council had endeavoured to effect economies, but it was not every councillor who could see the inside working of the office. The council would be greatly repaid by the extra £2 a week. Miss Shand’s salary was £3 a week. Cr. Bryan said he would not like it to be thought by councillors that the finance committee had not studied economy. He would like to see the report laid on the table. Cr.. Donovan: Had the staff been paid overtime the amount would be more than £ 2 a week. Cr. Cropp: The trouble is that ratepayers have to work overtime to find the money. The report was gdopted. ,

! PAPATOETOE PIGEON CLUB FIRST RACE OF THE SEASON' i Th<? *>C the season nf „ :i. centiy -formed Papatoetoe ! Club. was held on Saturday- nS” 1 jluntly in wet weather. The Vl, k m ;not yet in possession of the timing clocks, but it is hoped | cure some very soon, when it ~ able the officials to time the bird,J?' perly. pro ~ The result of race i«s- X. Hill s b. c . Wild Xut. 1; J b. c.c.. Blue. Bill. 2; B. Andrews”,^ 8 ! 3. The club will hold its next race i Te Awamutu next Saturday. m REFRACTORY ORES DEPOSITS AT THAMES | The deposits of refractor}- ores is , the Thames coast area have been th. cause of much speculation as to th means of mining them. A svndicat.' backed up with German monev ha« not been heard of lately, though’ it it said they are yvaiting for the renort of the analyst. At the same time the ground is being attended to. and » large amount of excavating and “onwatering" yvork has been accomplishes in the hills under the supervision of Qualified mining engineers. The refractory ore deposits, if the analyst's report is satisfactory, trill prove a bigger asset to Thames’ than gold. Professor M. A. Hunter, yvho was at one time connected with the Thames School of Mines, and who has recently returned from America, Is In Thames and is visiting the coast area in an advisory capacity. MEETING AT WIRI CHANGE OF NAME REJECTED I Situated midway between Fapatoetoe and Manurewa, on the Main Trunk railway, is a small station well known to thousands of Aucklanders for the prolific growth of blackberries, and also for the abundance of rocks which spread as fa.r as the eye of the traveller can see. This is Wirt. About two miles from the station, on th© main South Road, is a settlement by the same name, and the population surrounding the settlement, having become dissatisfied with the old name, expressed a desire for a change and for that reason a meeting was called on Saturday night last in th© Wiri Hall. After much debating, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ferguson, it was decided that the name of Wiri should stand. A feature of the meeting was the fact that those who discussed the benefits of a change prior to the meeting were either noticeable by their entire absence or silence. SOCCER AT HUNTLY SOCIAL EVENING To mark the success of the Rotowaro School Soccer Club a highly successful social was held on Friday evening in the Rotowaro Public Hall. Mr. Leo. Munro presided and the function was arranged and organised by th© senior succer club in conjunction with the whole of the residents of the mining township. In the course of his remarks during the evening the chairman expressed the hope that the presentation cf medals to the winning team woula foster the game of soccer in Huntly district, and returned sincere thanks to all those who had assisted and brought to such a very successful conclusion the popular game. Mr. E. George, chairman of the Schools’ Association, who was accompanied by Mr. James Wallace, the wellknown soccer referee, then presented the cup and medals to the successful team; also to Master Joe Barlow for his sterling performance against the Australian boys at Huntly when Mr. Fred Knapper donated a handsome medal to the best player. Barlow thus received two medals. The team souvenirs are silver medals with gold centres, suitably inscribed with the players’ initials on each. In making the presentations Mr. George complimented the winners on their success and expressed his pleasure at being able to participate in the function. The lusty lungs of the juveniles had ample scope for their talents, and they showed the:r could applaud as well as play football. A delightful supper was provided and music and song was indulged in to a late hour and the function was probably the most enthusiastic ever held in connection with the round ball code. ( I | I ! . j ! j | k