LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4458, 25 August 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The sub-committee of the Hauraki Agricultural a.pd Pastoral Association elected to arrange the dates of the forthcoming show have decide 1 on Wednesday and Thursday, 6th and 7th December as the most suitable af available dates.

A witness in a mining case heard at the Paeroa Courthouse yesterday was ordered put of the court while previous witnesses gave evidence. “He’s deaf, anyway,’’ said counsel, when walking over to the witness to loudly tell him to depart, which the witness did like a shot.

The Rising Sun Gold Mining Company. recently reconstructed, commenced work at Owharoa on Monday last. Mr McLaren is mine manager and Mr McCombie supervisor.

There was no less than 30 tons of number 11 gauge copper wire used in the construction of the new telephone wire between Paeroa and Pokeno, across the Hauraki Plains.

“I thank you for your information, but it is nothing more than what I already know,” was the satirical retort of a shareholder to one of the directors at the N.Z. Dairy Company’s meeting at Hamilton on Wednesday. In the heading of the report of the court case published in pur last issue over the alleged theft of wool, brought by the police against Jakoh Bertelsen and James Steven Callingham, it was mentioned, that “a conviction was entered.” It should have read “A fine was entered.” In giving his decision the magistrate said there was no case against Bertelsen, but as regards Callingham, his was on a different footing. The fact of having shorn the sheep and taking the wool away showed dishonesty, but under the circumstances, the case being trivial, he would deal with Callingham under section 90 cf the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908, which gave Him power to dismiss the information against Callingham, but ordered him to pay cost's, 10s. That there are thousands. of acres of mining land, unworked licensed holdings, held up in the Hauraki mining district, was a statement made by Mr J. McCombie, mining engineer, r f Auckland, while giving evidence in a mining case in the Paeroa Courthouse yesterday.

We wish to draw our readers’ attention to Messrs Brocket and Shand’s new advertisement, appearing on page lof this issue. This firm has just unpacked a fine assortment of Cooper’s well-known flower and vegetable seeds, for which they hold the agency for this se.ason, and ask that you inspect their stock of seeds before buying elsewhere.

There are quite a number of counterfeit coins in circulation at the present time, and yesterday we were shown a sixpence and also a twoshilling piece that had been passed off on to a local tradesman. The imitation is so perfect in size and design that it is impossible to detect the fraud by simply looking at jt. When sounded, however, it has a dead sound,. the usual "ring” being qnße-absent.

According to a remark made by Mr J. McCombie, a mining engineer, while giving evidence in a mining case at Paeroa Courthouse yesterday, there is a turn in the tide of mining. If the central portion of the local area is locked up, he asked, what chance have prospectors of getting in ?

House breaking seems to be getting an everyday occurence, but so far as Paeroa is concerned it has been singularly free from the light-finger-ed gentlemen. The quietude of Mr Benjamin Greig’s house was however interfered with on Tuesday evening, when it was visited by an uninvited guest who helped himself not only to Mrs Gre’g’s gold bracelet watch, valued at over £2O ,but also to the contents of the baby's money-box (about £2), which he abstracted. No clue has so far been unearthed by the police, who are investigating the master.

A would-be speaker h,ad rather a hostile reception at the N.Z. Dairy Company’s meeting at Hamilton on Wednesday. One speaker was awaiting the answer tp a question when another man at the front of the hall wished to amplify his brother farmer's questions and statements. He commenced several times to speak, but each time w.as greeted with hundreds of voices crying “sit down” and "snut up.” He sat down, rose to hiis feet again, and began to apologise for breaking the rules of debate. He was again given no Hearing, and so at the request of the deep-throated chorus he sat down and shut up.

"Some of the mining companies are holding areas they do not intend to work. The Hauraki district is bristling with unworked holdings.” The above were the contentions of Mr Hanna during his address in a mining case at the Paeroa Courthouse yesterday. Mr Hanna further maintained that if the areas were split into smaller areas the production would be most likely fourfold. It was quite clear people were willing to take up this land if only it were opened up.

Danby’s Shoe Stores, Thames, have made a special warehouse purchase of ladies’ smart shoes at prices which are lower than ever.- We direct attention to M,r Danby’s advertisement on our third page.