LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4345, 21 November 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• Those whp were up early on Sunday morning were considerably surprised to note that there was a light frost.

The annual Sale of Work held by the St. Paul’s Ladies’ Guild on Thursday last resulted in about £l7O being added to their funds.

It is understood that some delightful and novel features will be introduced at the Hikutaia Queen concert next Friday. These are in the nature of— ? Hush ! hush!.

According ip a remark made by Mt McAlpine at the Farmers’ Re-union a/ Ngatea on Saturday evening, large numbers of the farming community are not sound financially. He saio thousands of' men are only caretakers of their farms for the mortgagee.”

An auction sale at Mr R. A. Smoothy’s, Waihi, is advertised by Messrs Parker and Marks to take place on Monday next.

A meeting of the Thames Valley branch of the NjZ. Jersey Breeders Club will be held on Friday, at 11 a.m.. in the Ohinemuri County Council Chambers.

When the Ngatea Hall committee’s deputation was in Paeroa. last week they were shown through Messrs Le Manquais, Lamb and Co.’s factory. They were shown everything from the rough timber to the finished article and were surprised that Paeroa had large business.

"We can show them where the Government is trying tp run water uphill,” said a speaker at the re-union of farmers at Ngatea on Saturda?/ evening when the proposed Parliamentary tour of, the Hauraki Plains was being discussed.

The second and fourth Saturdays in the month have been appointed as the days, and 12 noon the time, when pound sales may be held in the Hauraki Plains County.

"Toe majority pt the farmers have not paid their subscriptions to keep the organisation going,” declared Mr Thomas at the farmers meeting at Ngatea on Saturday evening. “It is no.t the executive which has failed the farmer,” he continued, "but the farmer has failed himself.” Mr Me Alpine added that in one particular area, containing 600 members, 400 were unflnancial. Colonel Allen, alsj speaking on the subject, said the farmers paid 30s per year subscription, while waitresses who served fish in Auckland paid £3 3s per year to their union.

The Hon. Sjr, William Herries, M.P. for Tauranga, in a reply to the Morrinsville Chamber of Commerce in reference to the proposed Parliamentary delegation to the Hauraki Plains, suggested that the visit should take place at about the end ofi January, or the beginning of February, when roads would be at their best. A member of the committee remarked that the visit ought to be timed for when the roads .would be at their worst.

One of the outstanding features of the Anglican Bazaar last Thursday was the grand march by some fifty chilcf’en, aU in fancy costumes, Little tiny fairies, Gypsies, scouts, spring fashions, summer, cooks, Japanese, a “Charlie Chaplin,” two pierrots, soldier boys, and not forgetting a pretty little Queen of Hearts, Miss Marjorie Say, who was awarded the first prize, the second prize being awarded to Miss Joyce Say as Fairy Queen, and the third prize to Miss June de Castro as Summer. The first prize for the boys was presented to Willie Parry as Charlie Chaplin, the second to Ray Eaddy as Moonstruck, and the third to Joe Parry as a soldier boy. This feature was arranged by Mrs Dobson, who :'s to be congratulated on the result obtained.

A resident of Paeroa, speaking to a representative of the “Gazette,” remarked that some people are taking risks by entrusting to school children the carriage of letters to and from post offices. He recently picked up two letters that had been dropped on the Wharepoa road, and one on the Thames road? Many of the children ride to school, and indulge in racing along the roads, so that it is quite likely that .letters would be blown out of: their school bags l or coat pockets. The practice of indulging in mad gallops on the roads, which is very noticeable in the Nethertpn-Tu rua district,, where two and even three children may commonly be seen riding on the one horse, is fraught with danger, especially in view of the increasing amount of motor traffic on the roads. Should a horse stumble and fall a serious accident might easily occur. A meeting of the, debenture-holders of the Netherton Hall was held on Friday night, to elect a trustee, vice Mr S. Fisher, resigned. - There was a good attendance, Mr R. H. Heappey being in the chair. Mr T. Vowles, the secretary, was unanimously elected trustee. The two trustees for the hall are now Messrs S. J. Laughlin and T. Vowles. The Netherton Hall is built of heart of kauri and iron(matai floor), on a freehold allotment, and not encumbered in any way. It is the intention of the committee to matc?>line the hall at an early date, so that any entertainers may reckon on getting a good hall at a reasonable rental. In the near future the hall will be electrically lighted. “Only the fit survive.”—-Shaw. The bustle of modern life exacts a heavy toll on the general health. Weakened, run-down constitutions are more susceptible to prevailing complaints—coughs colds, and influenza —and it is wise to have- a good remedy, like Baxter’s Lung Preserver, always handy. “Baxter’s” is celebrated far and wide as an unfailing specific for head colds, throat colds, and chest colds, as well as for coughs, bronchitis, influenza, and asthma. In addition, “Baxter’s” possesses splendid tonic properties for enriching and revitalising the blood. Large bottle 2s 6d. Chemists and Stores.