Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 485, 15 October 1928, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUN’S Correspondents)

WAIKATO TRAFFIC FEES The apportionment of heavy traffic fees has been a sore point with several local bodies in the Waikato district, and the point was again discussed at the October meeting of the Matamata iCounty Council, when a letter on the subject was received from the Hamilton Borough Council. This body collects and apportions the fees received by some seven or eight other bodies in this area, and it desired to know if the bodies concerned would agree to the disbursement being made for 1929-30 on the basis of the magistrate’s order last year. This order allowed hotoughs to retain 55 per cent, and counties 75 per cent, of their collections, the balance being pooled and apportioned according to moneys spent on maintenance from current revenue. Cr. S. H. Judd thought that the council should have some power of scrutiny. Money spent on streets in boroughs would include sidewalks and pavements. He urged that an auditor should scrutinise all accounts of all bodies. Cr. Darby agreed and suggested the work be done by the Government Audit Department, which should make up each body’s claJm. This course was agreed to, and it was decided to write to the Government Audit Department on the matter and to advise the Hamilton Borough Council of this fact.

HAMILTON NEWS The musical comedy. ’High Jinks which was presented by the Hamilton Amateur Operatic Society on Saturdaevening lor the last tinje, has had a ntoM successful season. The society has decided to donate £IOO toward the funds of the Childrens Camp League, an organisation formed to give the children of poor parents holidays at Christmas. Last year th society donated £ 100 ti> the Mayor’s un employment relief fund. Extensive arrangements' have been made by a committee of Hamilton business men to observe Boys’ Week, whf. h commences to-day. Addresses will b, given by prominent residents at the schools of the town to-day, and a futher-and-son banquet will be 'held to-morrow evening, at which the Minister of Health the Hon. J. A. Young, will be the principal speaker. Commercial and industrial establishments will be visited on Wednesday while on Thursday parents are urged to spend the evening at home with their boys. A visit will be paid to Ruakura on FTiday, and a sports meeting will be held on Saturday. Special services for boys will be conducted in the churches next Sunday. ROTORUA NOTES At the meeting of the Ifotorua Carnival Shopping Week Committee it wa* decided to arrange an art union with the consent of the Minister of Internal Affairs. The committee approved of the executive s action in ordering 5.000 booktrLt *° throughout the di:--At the conference of local bodies convened by the Rotorua Borough Council. Mr. J. Parsons, of the Guthrie Settlement, mentioned incidentally that he had realised £350 last season from three acres of land, with only £SO for expenses. Th© crop was potatoes, which yielded about 16 tons to the acre. Simland ha-d been given to several settlers, and such success by a fellow other< Rhould be encouraging to the • • » The delegates at the local bodies conference decided to write to the Prime Minister aslung hiha to turn the first sod of the Rotorua-Taupo railway, and a suitable date; also that the Minister ot Lands be asked to supply maps showing in colour native lands ocand c-own i aDd * held for afforestation purpose* m the areas of Rotorua and Taupo * { The conference formed an organisation to be known as the Rotorua-Taupo Progressive League. WHANGAREI INTERESTS Rora . an Catholic Church at A^as blessed and opened yesterday morning by Bishop Cleary in the presence of a large congregation cn 2 rch 18 a handsome structure of a P d concrete, erected on an eleSltc 7 m Street, only a Fhort distance from the centre of the town. The inter lol ' measures 105 ft by 42ft. including the two side-aisles. Concrete is used for the piers and arches and the walls and facings are of red brick. The cost was £7,900 and a debt of £4 400 remains upon the building. The aichitects are Messrs. Owen and Morgan, aild the contractor is Mr. O. Haigh. The opening ceremony included a procession round the exterior of the building, in which the congregation and a large number of local and visiting Hibernians took part. The bishop opened the door with an inscribed gold key, presented to him by the architects and contractor as a memento. He afterwards preached the sermon. Another crowded congregation attended the evening service, when the preacher was the Rev. Father Gondringer, S.M-, of Mount AlbertCollections during the day realised £2SO for the building fund. KATIKATI REUNION The 50th anniversary of the arrival of the ship Lady Jocelyn with the second party of Katikati settlers, organised by the late Mr. G. Vesey Stewart was celebrated by a reunion in the Katikati Hall during the week-end. Mr. H. W. Johnston presided over a large and enthusiastic gathering. Mr. Kenneth Morton, in proposing tbe toast of the pioneers of the Lady Jocelyn, recalled the struggles and difficulties that had been overcome by the early settlers, who came from the North of Ireland.