LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 18041, 9 June 1930, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There is still no traoe of Mrs Jessie Mayes, a widow, who disappeared from her home at Grey Street, Hamilton East, last Wednesday evening. The police are engaged on extensive enquiries.

The annual meeting of the Hamilton Operatic Society will be held at St. Peter’s Hall to-night. Members and intending members are invited to attend.

According to the New Zealand Gazette, sections 30 and 31, ©look 11., Karewa Native Township, area, 2 roods, which have been set apart as a reserve for camping purposes, is vested in the Kaw'hia Town Board.

According to the New Zealand Gazette, the Waikato 'County Council is authorised to stop the following portions of road: —2r 12.6 p, adjoining or passing through lot 11, D.P. 3733, being part of allotment 236; la Or O.lp, allotment 245; la lr 20.3 p, allotment 246; 16.0 p., allotment 247 a; la lr 31.2 p, allotment 247; la lr 11.Ip, allotment 248; <3r 21.8 p, allotment 249; 29.1 p, lot 2, D.P. 11476, being part allotment 233.

In the Police Court at Opotlki James Martin Tracey was charged with being an idle and disorderly person. Sergeant McAlister said accused had been found lying in a weak condition, with a bottle of methylated spirits. He was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. Tracey was at one time a prominent boxer, and fought Flrpo a few years ago.

The Pokeno School, which had been closed for a fortnight on account of the prevalence of diphtheria in the district, reopened to-day. Dr. T. J. Hughes, the medical officer .of health, said on Saturday that no new cases had occurred since May 22, and there was therefore no reason why the school should remain closed.

To-morrow will be the 44th anniversary of the eruption of Mount Tarawera, near Rotorua, which was the greatest volcanic upheaval known in New Zealand history or Maori tradition. One hundred and fiftythree persons, six Europeans and 147 Maoris, perished in the three villages, Wairoa, Te Ariki, and Moura, which were buried by ash and mud thrown out from the raging volcano. The eruption also resulted in the obliteration of one of nature’s supreme masterpieces, the Pink and White Terraces, on the north shore of Lake Rotomahana.