LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4396, 29 March 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As Friday next, March 31, is the end of the “Gazette” Office financial year, the management will be obliged ‘if customers having overdue accounts will kindly endeavour to settle the same, in whole or in part, by that date.

The annual meeting of the West Football Club is called ior Friday evening at eight o'clock in the Fire Brigade Shed, and the annual meeting of the East .Football Club is to take place on the following evening (Saturday), also in the Fire Brigade Shed.

By advertisement in this issue Mr A. L. Mitchell intimates having taken over the studio recently owned by Mr Cameron, and hopes by prompt attention and good workmanship to merit the support of the people of this district, Mr Mitchell in another advertisement announces his intention to continue his piamntuning work, and hopes to retain with satisfaction his established connection.

Mr W. Goodfellow, managing director of the N.Z. CO-operative Dairy Company, Limited, 'is not among those who believe that Old England' is in a decadent state Notwithstanding all the talk about American cutencss and push, the London business man was the smartest business man in the world to-day. The Yankee could talk, but his talk did not count for much when it came to making a deal. ( Some of the Hauraki Plains roads, are > getting into a shocking condition owing t'o the great amount of heavy traffic and wet weather. The Netherton road between Mr Death’s corner and the Puke Bridge is . said to be almost impassable. The carting qf metal has been held up, during the wet weather. The KerepeehiNgatea road is also being badly cut up by metal trucks, and motor vehicles negotiate a portion only with difficulty. The “Piccadilly” restaurant has changed hands, Mr C. A. Blown having disposed of 1 the business to Mr Ml. A. Pavlak. The new proprietor, besides keeping up tjhe cuisine of the fomer.one, also stocks a full assortment of fish. ,