LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4360, 30 December 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Paeroa-Hauraki Plains daily mail service start’s on Tuesday. The car leaves Criterion Hotel <.at 3 p.m., and the Paeroa railway station at 3.30 p.m.. The car will remain at Ngatea oyernight, leaving that centre at 8 a.m., arriving in Paeroa by 10.30 a.m. The first trip will be from Ngatea on Tuesday morning. The wily native when on holiday bent uses his wits most effectively, as the following reproduction of a conversation heard on the FranktonAuckland express : “Hpw you manage to ride first-class, Henri ?” "Te guard ’im say, ‘Hi git out of this first-class carriage!’ I git out, and when te guard go way back to te van I come back to te first-class carriage, and "ride all te way.” The Railway Department draws attention in the .advertising columns of this issue to a special advertisement in connection, with train arrangements for the New Year holidays.

It is notified in the Gazette, for public information, that the Minister for Customs is prepared tp consider applications for the importation of cream-separating machines of German origin having a capacity of nor less than 400 gallons per hour. Aprplications should be sent to the Comptroller of Customs, and should state the name of the machine, the name and address of the exporter from whom the goods would be obtained, the number of machines for which permit is-desired, and the, port of importation.

“The Sport of Kings” forms a striking portion of the illustrated section of this week’s issue of the “Spirting and Dramatic Review.” The Cambridgeshire Stakes (England) is represented in an attractive series, of typical English racehorses. The Auckland Racing Club’s meeting is covered in an interesting set of -snapshots, and a full-page photograph of the Cup winner (Malaga) makes an outstanding feature. The Waipa Racing Club’s meeting, the Parramatta River contest, and a. splendid selec-i tion of theatrical stars add to the general value of the publication. In view of the agreements between the British. Governments and Jthe Belgian and French Governments which are now awaiting ratification, and which apply the procedure under Article 296 of the Treaty of Versailles relating to pre-war debts to the claims of French and Belgian nationals resident in New Zealand on January 10, 1920, the Controller o(f the New Zealand Clearing Office (Enemy Debts) desires to receive at the earliest possible moment the names and addresses of such claimants, together with the amounts of their claims. These claims must be confined to debts against German nationals as defined by Article 296 of the treaty. The Railway Department draws attention in the advertising columns of this issue to a special advertisement in connection with train arrangements for the Christmas holidays. The financial editor, of the London Times writes: The Bankers’ report shows distinct signs of' business improvement attributable to the marked financial activity of the past , two months, during which sixty millions sterling has been raised in loans, mainly for the Dominions and Colonies. The reduction of the bank rate has contributed to the improveThere were about twenty persons only who went from Paeroa to Thames last Friday night by the special train, Paeroa-Thames, secured by the Thames business, men to bring people in to shop at Thames oh that evening. The shops in Paeroa. appeared to be doing a brisk trade ; unusually large crowds thronged the streets, and with all the shops and streets lighted up by electricity the scene was a more than ordinarily animated one/