HAWERA PUBLIC LIBRARY

Taranaki Daily News, 30 April 1930, Page 6

HAWERA PUBLIC LIBRARY

! INCREASE IN POPULARITY. An indication of the increasing 'popularity of the Hawera public library is given in the annual report to the borough council by the librarian, Miss Al. F. Newland. The report states that £552 Is was realised from subscriptions and the sale of papers. This was a record, being £2O more than that taken during the previous 12 months. There had been a steady increase of members and about 40 new books had been purchased. Alcnibers had showed appreciation of the extra copies of good and popular novels which had been added to the shelves. ‘What about the umbrella stand? Winter is not far off and I would like to be prepared this year,” the report concluded. BUILDING IN HAWERA. INSPECTOR’S ANNUAL REPORT; In his annual report for the year ending March 31, 1930, the Hawera borough inspector, Air. L. Hunt, states that building permits totalling £25,784 in value were issued. He had also issued 80 plumbing permits, 34 drainage permits totalling 2600 ft., four lodging house licenses, 51 heavy traffic licenses, 857 drivers’ licenses, 34 dangerous goods licenses and IS hoarding licenses. Thirtyseven infe. lious disease cases; had been notified. From 20 prosecutions the fines had totalled £l7 ss, and dog registration fees had realised £9l -15 s.

NOTORIOUS INTERSECTION.

e SPEEDING AIOTORIST FINED.

Ferdinand Boyes wae fined £2 and costs £1 & 6d at the Eltham Police Court yesterday on a charge of driving a motor vehicle at a epeed which might have been. dangerous to the public. Inspector Lethbridge stated that at 5.15 p.m. on Alarch 24 Boyes drove over the intersection of High and Bridge Streets at a speed of 30 miles an hour. -The magistrate: That is the notori-, ous intersection. Witness: Yes. THE LATE AIR. C. J. BELCHER. I The funeral of Air. C. J. Belcher took place at Eltham on Alonday and was attended by a very large and representative number of mourners. Local bodies from all parts of Taranaki were present, A service was held at All Saints’ Church, the Rev. C. W. Whitacre officiating. He su’d: “Charles James Belcher was hejd in tire highest esteem by his colleagues in the various public offices in which he was engaged in the town’s affairs and in the principal local industries of Taranaki. We all know him by repute and personally as a model husband, an affectionate father and a faithful friend. Surely his relatives and all who loved him must be consoled by these facts and be . cheered by the remembrances of his splendid service.” The cortege comprised over 70 cars. The pall bearers were Alessrs. F. Afuggcridge, F. Gamlin, T. A. Winks, C. J. Preston, R. J. Knuckey and W. J. Tristam. GENERAL ITEMS./ The collection taken up at the Anzac Day memorial service produced £4 18s. Gd. A donation of £1 was given to the Patca Municipal Band, and the remainder to the Dental Clinic Fund. ? Fine weather is *nll that is required to ensure the success of the Alunutahi seven-a-side junior Rugby football tournament, to be held on the Domain today, and to be followed by a dance in the hall in the evening. Arrangements are complete for both events. Refreshments will be obtainable on the ground, where the tournament commences at' 11 a.m. A total of 21 teams from as far north as Opunake and Stratford and as far south as Waitotara, has been entered, and should provide an afternoon’s sparkling football. Buses will run from Patea and Hawera to the dance, at which Wills’ Alelody Alakcrs Orchestra will, provide the music. Under the auspices of the W.E.A. a lecture will be given in the High School at Manaia to-morrow evening. The lecturer is tli2 Rev. B. Dudley, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Lon? don, and liis eubject, illustrated by: lantern slides, will be “Some Popular Questions and Answers on the Starry Skies,” or what the average man wants to know about the heavenly bodies. He will deal with such subjects as “Are other worlds inhabited?” “What is the sun?” “What are shooting stars?” and explain ■eclipses, the pleiadcs and the ninth planet. Questions will be invited. Seven building permits, representing £1174, were issued by the Hawera borough inspector last' month. The erection of a service station (£400) and a dwelling ( £500). were the principal items.

The practice of youthful cyclists speeding up and down Nolantown footpaths to the danger ol human life was mentioned at the Hawera Borough Council meeting on Alonday night. “It will soon be necessary for Nolantown residents to sound a warning device before they enter on to the footpath,” was one remark' passed. The ’attention of the borough inspector is to. fie .drawn, to the nuisance.

Supporters of the Fraser -Road Football Club are requested to attend a meeting in the schoolroom to-morrow evening to discuss the formation of a team and to select a more centrally situated ground.

OPERA HOUSE, HAWERA.

“THLIR OWN DESIRE.”

Possibly the test news that Hawera movie-goers have'heard in a long while is the announcement that' Aletro-Gold-wyn-Mayer’s newest all-talking. picture for Norma Shearer, “Their Own Desire,” will be shown at the Opera House tomorrow and on Wednesday. In choosing the supporting cast, the producing company left no loophole for mediocrity, the group being headed by such prominent film players as Lewis Stone, Belle Bennett, Robert Alontgomery and Helene Alillard, while Cecile Cunningham, Henry Herbert, Alary Doran and June Nash fill the minor roles. “Their Own Desire”-has as its motivation a modern daughter’s discovery that her father has tired of her old-fashioned mother and is cnam-. bured of another woman; Seeking peace front domestic strife, she takes her mother away, only to meet and fall in love with the son of the “other woman.” People who were fortunate enough to see the 'preview of “Their Own Desire,” ar<J unanimous in their opinion that it;

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