PATEA NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 October 1927, Page 2

PATEA NEWS

GENERAL ITEMS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The half-yearly statement of receipts and expenditure of the Patea Borough Council shows receipts £1033; and- expenditure £1360. The estimates for the next half-year provide £4590 for receipts and £4931 for expenditure. The sum of £740 appeared as a credit bank balance on September 30. Street work has been concentrated upon in Rutland, Middlesex, Essex and Devon Streets and the sum of £303 spent on formation. The greatest amount was expended on Rutland and Middlesex Streets.

The monthly meeting of the I’atea County Council was held on Tuesday, Mr. A. J. Gibbs presiding. Messrs. W. G. Jones and D. Hurley, of Hurley ville, waited on the council soliciting assistance in metalling seven chains of Clifford Road. The cost of metalling the section would be about £ll2, and the settlers could guarantee £2O if the council would undertake the work. Asked whether the settlers would not give one-third of the cost, Mt. Hurley eaid the settlers had raised a loan of £365 for special work some years ago and considered the council should now assist them. The chairman stated that unless the settlers could find one-third of the required sum the council could not at present put the road in order, but he intimated that if the money were forthcoming the length would be metalled by Christmas. The council granted a request emanating from the S.O.S. Motors, Wanganui, allowing the company’s motor vehicles to travel at a miximum speed of 30 miles per hour, in the County of Patea. The local public hospital has been filled to overflowing with patients during the past winter and tile staff has been ..ept exceedingly busy. With the early spring and beautiful weather Patea has lately enjoyed, the amount of sickness has shown a great decrease and at present only 21 patients are in hospital, compared with 29 at the beginning of September. . The new hospital laundry is almost completed and, with the addition of windows and doom, the exterior will be finished. The matter of installing an electrically driven mangle and wringer was considered at the monthly -meeting of the Patea Hospital Board last Tuesday, but it was decided to hold the matter over in the meanwhile.

So far the summer-time Act is not receiving as much attention locally as in some centres. Must farmers are not in favour of the measure, but state they at; going to carry on and give the thing a fair trial. At Whenuakura factory congestion is anticipated, and as the milk there is graded the result may be detrimental to the suppliers. The local bowlers are looking forward to another hour’s daylight during which time they may “Kiss Kitty and roll into the ditch,” but they are perturbed about the hotels closing at 5 p.m. standard time. The local golf club championship resulted as follow:—Ladies’ senior championship, Miss Tui Gibson; ladies’ junior championship, Mrs. Glenny; men’s senior championship, Mr. Gordon Wills; men’s junior 'championship, Mr. D. Finlay.

A welcome homo, was given to the Rev. Gibson and Mrs. Gibson on Tuesday evening. St. George’s Sunday School was crowded with parishioners who had come from both town and country. Mr. F. S. Tanant, in extending a very hearty welcome to the vicar and Mrs. Gibson, expressed the hope that they would both -spend many happy years amongst them, and when the time came for their vicar to mount another rung of the clerical ladder, they would be able to say Patea had benefited by their presence. Mr. Hall (Kakaramea) and Mr. D. C. Nicholls (Patea choir) also tendered good wishes and a welcome to the guests. The Rev. Gibson, who was loudly applauded on rising, spoke feelingly concerning the onerous duties of a clergyman’s wife, and while thanking them most sincerely for their welcome and the tablefull of presents from parishioners, he appealed to his hearers not to expect too much from Mrs. Gibson. He hoped that the kindness displayed would continue and that they would be a very happy family. During the evening songs were given by Misses Hamerton, Boagey and Haswell, and a recitation by Miss Thompson. PERSONAL. Mr. and Mrs. A. R-ockell are at present visiting Patea. The many friends of Mrs. Roots will regret to learn that after a brief stay at her home it has become necessary for her to be re admitted to hospital at Wanganui. The death occurred at the Patea Hos pita! on Friday night, of Mr. Hunter Shaw at the age of 88 years. He never married and had resided in Patea for a considerable number of years. He was very well known in the district. Mr. Hunter Shaw was born in Downpatrick, Ireland, and had lived in New Zealand for 5" years. By the terms of his will he will be buried in Auckland with his brother.