THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY’, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4467, 15 September 1922, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY’, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Exceptionally cold weather was experienced yesterday and last night. A biting easterly wind prevailed, accompanied by sleet showers. A fall of snew was recorded at Manawaru, but so far Paeroa has escaped.

The social committee of St. Paul's Church intend holding another of their, popular socials in the Soldiers’ Hail next Wednesday evening, 20th inst.

A fire which had been smouldering on Mr Grey George"s property at Tirohia for the past few days, broke into a mass of flame last night and the south-eastern sky was brilliantly lighted up, and many Paeroa residents turned out to see the sight. We understand no damage has resulted.

Mr Edwin Edwards, land agent, Paeroa, advertises for sale a very profitable little fuit farm of 20! acres right handy to Paeroa. Particulars will be seen in his advertising space.

“Twopence for a glass of hot water!” This is an incident whihe occurred .at a railway refreshment room last night (states the Waikato Times). The victim was a Maori woman who desired ,to warm some milk prion to giving it to her baby.

Good progress is being made with the erection of the Morrinsville Cooperative Dairy Company's new butter factory opposite the Morrinsville railway station. The principal buildings, which are of concrete, are nearly finished, and engineers are busilv engaged on the work of instaJ'ing the machinery. The board of directors fully .anticipate that the factory will be ready to manufacture butter on ■the first of next month.

“The Hauraki Plains will be .a very thickly populated county, but an expensively roaded one,” was the opinion of Mr F. J. Walters (chairman of the Piako County Council), when speaking at a meeting between the Hauraki Plains and Piako counsy councils at Tahuna. yesterday.

Tlie attention of our readers is drawn to the Koor-ak Proprietary s new advertisement in this issue. It is of special interest to sufferers of rheumatism, etc.