THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4493, 17 November 1922, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Northern Steam Ship Company's Paeroa-Auckland run will be resumed to-morrow, when the Taniwha will leave Auckland at 1 p.m-, and leave Paeroa again on Monday, the 20th, at 7.30 p.m.

An invitation to the Mayor and councillors has been received from the secretary of the Alley Memorial Park Committee, Hikutaia, to be present at the formal opening of the park on Friday, the 24th inst. The invitation was accepted.

A farmhand named Manning, in the employ of Mr T. McClean, Ngatea,, was kicked on the head by a horse, yesterday, necessitating’ three stitches being put in the wound. Mr Manning was breaking in the horse when it kicked out, catching the unfortunate man on the head.

The D. MeWatters Stores have just opened up a splendid assortment of one-piece frocks. We direct special attention to the new advertisement on our first page.

Owing to Wednesday next being the Butchers’ Employers’ annual holiday the butchers of Paeroa will close all day.

A telegram was received by the Paeroa Borough . Council from the Prime Minister advising that the polling booth would be the Central Theatre instead of) the Drill Hq.ll, at the coming election. It was' decided to write to the Prime Minister and thank him for the interest taken and the help fie had given.

-In the course oC his campaign speech on Tuesday evening last at the Central. Theatre Mr. Poland said that Mr Goodfellow, managing director of the N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was considered a strong, sound .man, who,, after making inquiries in America and at Home, had come to the conclusion tihat a pooling scheme of all dairy produce was the only sound and satisfactory method to secure for the farmers a fair return for. their labours. Incidentally, Mr Poland mentioned, whilst speaking of the Dairy Produce Export Bill, that at the present, time one-third of the dairy produce exported by the N.Z. Co operative Dairy Co., Ltd., was handled by Messrs Joseph Nathan and Co., Ltd.

In the course of his report tp the Hauraki Plains County Council on Monday the engineer, Mr J. Higgins, stated ; ‘‘The portion of road between Netherton Bridge and Awaiti Road requires metalling throughout, as the old metal has practically disappearedThis road serves the whole of the through traffic for and to Paerba, and will require 22 cubic yards of metal per chain. The continuation of the same road to Wilson’s Road corner will to some extent lose its importance when Wilson’s Road is metalled, but at the present time It is not safe to anticipate that sufficient money will become available to complete the ia-st named road before the winter, and I would suggest that your Council be prepared to face the heavy demands that are almost certain to be made on the. revenue in order- to keep the present road open for traffic during the next winter.”

A sample of meat Hour was shown to a few Ngatea settlers who met Mr A. E. Fear, organising secretary for the Dairy Farmers’ Union, last evening. Meat flour, explained Mr Fear, was obtained from a beast which, when killed, was dried and made into a powder. One beast would dry up to l-BOlb pf powder and would provide 2000 meals' in green form and 4000 meals in dry form. One pound of flour would provide a meal for 16 persons. A company was at present being formed in England to forward the manufacture qf meat flour. This would be a good use for cull. cows.

The s.s. Oneroa made another special trip from Auckland to the Piakq River centres this week. The Onepoa is in no way affected by the shipping strike, and the farmers concerned are finding the vessel a decided acquisition, especially at this period. Part of the Oneroa’s cargo from Auckland yesterday morning included a number of boxes of bees, which were landed at Ngatea.

The rainfall on the Hauraki Plains for this month to date is 2.64 in, the heaviest fall being .69in, registered on the morning of the 12th.