THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4482, 20 October 1922, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

There will he no publication of the “Gazette’ on Monday, October 23 (Labour Day).

The Rev. Dr. Laws, 8.A., will conduct a service in the Methodist Church this evening at 7.30 o’clock. An invitation is extended to all ‘who can attend.

The Commissioner of Taxes draws the attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing, in to-day's issue that the due date of payment of land tax for the current year is’ on Tuesday, November 7, 1922, and that the demands .will be posted on or about November 1. , i

The Minister of Defence has an nounced that the High Commissioner, on behalf of New Zealand, bad signed a contract for the erection on Gallipoli of a battle memorial to commemorate the exploits of New Zealanders'. Some difficulty was experienced in securing a suitable site, so that the memorial should be visible from both sides from the sea, but the site chosen at Chunuk Bair seems to satisfy requirements in that, direction. The contract price for the memorial. is £4,822-

The Canadian people, according to Mr H. Sheargold, who has returned to Levin (states the Chronicle), h.ave a hiandy method of preserving their meat. A beast is killed and the joints hung outside during the frosty weather, and are soon frozen stiff. They are then wrapped in paper and packed in a barrel, and are leady to be taken out and prepared for the table wnenc-ver wanted. The Auckland Education Board has decided that the Christmas holidays will start on Thursday, December 21, the schools reopening on Tuesday, February 6. For the mid-year holidays the schools will have one week, starting on May 14 and two weeks, from August 27 to September 10, Regarding February hours, the board decided that the schools in the, Auckland urban area should be open in the mornings only, and that in the Hamilton urban are.a full hours, should be worked, with authority to the ncadmaster and committee to shorten the day at their discretion. Respecting country schools, that full hours should be worked, with the proviso that the school committees should have power to decide otherwise in particular cases. The Paeroa Methodist Choir is competing in the Hamilton Choir contest on Monday nesft. A meeting' of the supporters and friends of- Mr Hugh Poland will be held in the Druids’ Hall on Wed 1 - nesday next, the 25th inst., at 8 p.m.

On Monday next (Labour Day) the Post Office —except money-order and savings bank—and Telegraph Office will be open fipm 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. The telephone exchange will be closed. Deliveries will not be made by postmen. The receivers will be cleared at 7 a.m„ and all inails usually despatched on Mondays will close at 8 a.m.

At S- Paul’s Church, on Sunday evening Mr Harold Hill,, the wellknown Auckland tenor, will sing the recitative “ Rend your hearts,” and aria "If with all your hearts,” from the Elijah.

According to the latest returns there are 37,837 purebred cattle in the Dominion. Jerseys head the list with 12,997, Shorthorns come next with 8585, Herefords third with 5221, and Fresians fourth with 5091,

The engine of the train whicn leaves Frankton at 7.35 a-m. reached Paeroa in a defective state this morning, and upon examination on arrival here it was deemed unwise, to procfeed any further on the journey. In consequence the usual. 11-5 a.m. train -O Thames had tp be abandoned, and had not left the station up to the time bf going to local railway officials have made arrangements for another engine to arrive either from Frankton or Thames.

In connection with the proposal of the Auckland Education Board to supply school stationery and requisites to school children at a min’mum of cost, the Board is circularising the schools in its district, as follows : « The Board regrets that after further consideration it cannot see it's way to proceed with the project of establishing a stationery depot for the purpose of supplying committees and schools, with stationery and requisites at a minimum cost The Board find? that the capital expenditure upon the project would be considerable, and would recur annually. The Board regrets that circumstances' will not permit the fulfilment of a plan that promised to effect considerable economy to parents pf children attending our primary schools. The Board has however, again urged the Education Department, Wellington, to inaugurate a Dominion supply of school stationery.”

In connection with the forthcoming A. and P. Show Mr T. A. Dunlop recently approached an official of the Association and offered to don.ate a cash prize for the best ehild’B fcoha fide school pony iff t,he association could arrange a class. Mr Dunlop’s offer is’ .a generous one, and should produce a large number of entries, judging by the number of “kiddies” who ride to the local school. Such a competition should cause a fair amount of rivalry, and doubtless much energy will be expended on the ponies in preparing them for the event. It will also tend to enepurage children to care for their mounts and take, a lively interest in their welfare.

“We sat until 10-30 at night at the last meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council, and I had tp ride the 25 miles from Ngatea to Tahuna. I got home at 2 o’clock next morning” said Cr. E. R. Whitechurch, a member of the Hauraki Plains County Council, who waited on the Piako County Council on Monday as a deputation. Cr. F. W. Walters said the Piako County Council expected to finish its business by 5 o’clock.