1929 PATEA’S PEAK YEAR

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1931, Page 10

1929 PATEA’S PEAK YEAR

BUILDING ACTIVITY DECREASES NO BIG ENTERPRISES LAST YEAR. There has not been any great building activity in Patea for some years now, with the exception of 1929, when the erection of several public buildings was commenced. The figures for that year were accordingly unusually high, this accounting for the large disparity when a comparison between 1929 and 1930 is made. In 1929 16 permits for work estimated to cost £8936 were issued. Two permits, to the value of £9BO, were for the erection of and major alterations to dwellings, and three, to the value of £7456, for other buildings. The other eleven permits were for miscellaneous small jobs, estimated to cost in the aggregate £3BO. - •...•• -t Only twelve permits, representing an estimated expenditure of £1364, were issued in 1930. Three, to the value of £5BB, were for major .. alterations to dwellings and two, to the ' estimated value of £536, for the erection of . and major alterations to other buildings. ■Seven miscellaneous jobs were estimated to cost £240. > ‘ By far the largest proportion of the 1929 figures was formed by the children’s ward at the hospital (£3395) and the library and Plunket block (£3891). In addition the new courthouse, for which no permit, as it was a Government building, was issued, was commenced in 1921, the cost being £lOOO. GENERAL ITEMS. Speaking of heavyweight lambs at the Waimate West Experimental Farm Committee meeting Mr. E. Long mentioned that he had killed one weighing 701 b. Two others weighed 681 b and 661 b respectively. In each case the lamb was one of tw’ins. The use of obscene language in a public place at Patea was responsible for the appearance of John Corradas before Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., in the Patea Court yesterday. Accused, who elected to be dealt with summarily, was placed on probation for 12 months. Hawera county rates totalling £15,44.7 were outstanding from a total collectable amount *of £22,747 at the end of December. In spite of the depression, the county clerk (Mr. J. W. Harding) considered that payments were being made quite as satisfactorily as in previous years, and he expected that fully 75 per cent, of the amount outstanding would be paid in before the 10 per cent, penalty was imposed. A number’ of ratepayers had made arrangements for paying, while others were settling their rates by instalments. ■ Park Tennis Club players to meet EL tham to-morrow at Hawera will be as follow: Misses J. and A. Hicks, Mesdames Jenkins and Hodder, and A. Beck, R. Billows, E. Yearbury and F. Bernard; reserves, Mrs. Dymond, R. Billows. The Hawera cricket team to play Old Boys B to-morrow will be as follows: Fairweather, Young, Nielsen, Hughes, Bray, Jennings, Kennedy, Giblin, West,. Shaw, Williams, Hawke (12th man). Mushrooms in small quant't-.es have made their appearance in South Taranaki after the recent rain. The loss of a finger and a lacerated hand were injuries sustained by a young man Frederick Brice, oi’ a Hawera farm on Wednesday while he was cutting wood. Brice is a recent arrival from Australia, having come to New Zealand to gain farm experience. He was employed by Mr. D. Muggeridge, Ketemarae Road, Hawera. His car caught fire while Mr. T. A. Kinmont was starting it in his garage at his residence, High Street, Hawera, about eight o’clock last night. The fire brigade was promptly on the scene and put out the blaze with the chemical extinguisher before much damage was done. A second call on the Hawera fire brigade was made last night when a few minutes before 11 o’clock a blazing hedge at the corner of Turuturu and Glover Roads threatened adjoining properties. The outbreak was soon extinguished, little damage occurring. PIHAMA GENERAL AND PERSONAL Hay and ensilage crops are reported to be exceptionally heavy this season. •Several farmers are being handicapped by the wet weather. Mrs. Allen, sen., and party have returned from an extensive motor tour of the North Island. Mrs. T. R. Bennett, Morrinsville, is spending a few days in the district, visiting old friends. Greenmeadows beach has had its quota of visitors over the holidays. Several campers who tasted its qualities *7 past seasons returned.