£25 FOR A. AND P. FUND

Taranaki Daily News, 19 December 1933, Page 8

£25 FOR A. AND P. FUND

HAWERA BOROUGH DONATION.

BUSINESS AT MONTHLY MEETING. A donation of £25 to the Egmont A. and P. Association was voted by the Hawera Borough Council at the monthly meeting last night. During the month, it was reported, a deputation from the association waited on the council and asked for remission of rates to the extent of £5O. The council considered that it was not expedient to grant the request in that form. Arrangements to fix seats in the tower grounds were left to the Mayor and Cr. Strange.

The foreman reported that Campbell Street had been bitumen-grouted and a coating of screened shingle placed thereon. Douglas Street had been similarly treated and was completed. Waihi Road from Hunter Street to South Road had been widened, the new portion bitumen grouted and screened and the road bitu-men-coated and dressed with shingle. In High Street from Vogel Street to Grant Street broken edges had been repaired. Footpaths in Erin, Cambria, Grey and Wellington Streets had been top-dressed. Unemployed relief men were engaged cleaning channels in Nolantown. The inspector reported that one case of scarlet fever and one of cerebrospinal meningitis had been reported. The latter case proved negative on bacteriological examination. Six plumbing jobs were inspected .and passed and, three drains totalling 150 feet in length were tested and passed. Four building permits for work valued at £925 had been issued. There had been three prosecutions for parking breaches which brought in. £1 in fines. Twenty-nine drivers’ licenses, including' eight new drivers, had been issued. Dog registration fees collected totalled £2 15s.

The librarian reported that 25 adult members resigned while 14 joined, leaving a total of 469; there were three new intermediate members and no resignations,' while in the juvenile department there were 16 resignations and four new members, leaving a total of 210 members. There was an increase in both 1 receipts and book issues over the figures for last November. DEATH OF MR. M. POWER. x EARLY MANAIA SETTLER. The death occurred during his sleep, on Sunday night of Mr.- Michael Power at the residence of his son, Eltham Road, Kaponga. Mr. Power was one of the early settlers of Manaia, later removing to Neal Road, Kaponga, where he took a farm. He afterwards acquired a property on Eltham Road and a few years ago retired to New Plymouth, his son then managing the farm. Mr. Power is survived by Mrs. Power, a son and two daughters—Mr. Martin Power, Kaponga, Mrs. Booker, New Plymouth, and Mrs. J. Kelly, Te Roti. GENERAL ITEMS. Unemployed Request Refused. A request by Adjutant McKenzie for remission of abattoir fees on lambs killed for the unemployed self-help butchery was refused by the Hawera Borough Council last night.

Hospital Board Collection. A good sum in small change was raised round the table at the Hawera Hospital Board meeting yesterday for the Christmas pudding for children inmates.

Plunket Society Competition. A competition was held by the Manaia Plunket Society for a pair of geese donated by Mrs. R. E. Davison, Rama Road. The winner was Mr. Ray Symes.

Limit on Water Supply. It probably would not be possible to grant any further extensions of the Hawera water supply to houses outside the borough, said the Miayor (Mr. J. E. Campbell) at last night’s meeting of the borough council.

Sixpence a Year. Sixpence a year is the rent to which one Hawera Maori is entitled. The amount due on the property in which he is interested is shared amongst a number of Natives. Manutahi Sale of Work. The “busy bee” sale of work held on the day of the Manutahi Sunday school picnic realised £3 13s Id. AUROA BOWLERS BEATEN. FIRST REVERSE OF SEASON. A bowling match between Auroa and Pihama was played at Auroa on Saturday, when the’ Auroa team met its first defeat. The scores are:— P. A. Beck, Lambie, Riley, Tito (s) .. 19 — . Sheerin, Duff Bradford, Kilpatrick (s) — 20 Guild, Hikaka, Glengarry, Julian (s) 32 - Webby, Ross, Corey, Johnstone (s) — 15 51 35 MANUTAHI PERSONAL ITEMS. Mrs. A. Thomson has returned ‘from a holiday in Hawke’s Bay. Mr. Athol Clarke paid a short visit to Manutahi during the week-end. PORT OF PATEA. December 18: In port, motor vessels Kapuni and Hawera;’ expected to-day, motor’ vessel Inaha, from Wellington; high water to-day, 11.55 a.m. and 12.25 a.m. HAWERA OPERA HOUSE. “STORM AT DAYBREAK” TO-NIGHT. The attraction at the Hawera Opera House to-night and to-morrow is “Storm at Daybreak,” a story of three lives enmeshed in an unusual conflict. The plot centres about Kay Francis, young wife of Walter Huston, wealthy Hungarian landowner. Huston has long been worried because he suspects that his wife’s affection for him is rather that of a daughter for a father. Nils Asther, Hungarian officer, who has saved Huston’s life during a mob uprising contingent upon the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at Sarajevo, becomes military governor of the district. Asther and Miss Francis fall in love, but the man who is friend to one and husband to the other is a perpetual bar to their happiness. The story is brought to a terrific climax when Huston discovers what is going on under his roof.