LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4507, 22 December 1922, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hay-making received only a temporary set-back with last week-end’s wet weather, for the farmers are again hard at it. In the Turua district the crops are numerous, and appear to be •particularly 'heavy. Men’s knitted ties from X/11 at D. McWatters’.*

It is not unusual to see a, Ford oneton truck engaged in hay-making, but on the Hauraki Plains the other day a man’s head and shoulders were seen sticking from a moving pile of hay, and on closer inspection it was discovered that the motor truck was the means of locomotion.

Men’s good wide end ties from 1/up at D. McWatters’.* . e

At a meeting of the committee of the OhinemuTi Jockey Club held 110 Wednesday evening the following officers were elected: President, VZ. Neil; vice-president, A. D. McGuire : treasurer, P. E. Brenan; handicapper, R. Wynvard. A sub-committee was set up to revise the programme for the March meeting. Lt was decided to at once proceed .with the erection of 20 more lose boxes. Fit yourself out in fine footwear this Christmas. Men’s new shoes and boots showing at Dales’.* Men’s initialled silk handkerchiefs, only 4/11 at D. McWatters’.* The following report was tabled at Wednesday’s meeting of the Olunemuri County Council: Stock slaughtered at the abattoirs up to December 19 total 177 head, comprising -51 cattle, 99 sheep, 22 lambs, 2 calves, and 3 pigs. Boys’ panama hats from 5/11 at D. McWatters’.* At the conclusion of the Ohlnemuri County Council’s business on Wednesday last the chairman took the opportunity of extending hearty season’s greetings to the councillors, county staff, and t'he press, thanking them for the help and support accorded during the year. The kind wishes were reciprocated by the councillors, staff, and the “Gazette” representative present. The ladies all like smart shioes. Men! give them a pair of the famous Astral shoes from Dales.’* Men’s striped fugi silk shirts, only 10/11 at D. McWatters’.* 1 The garden. of Mr J. Ingham, stationmaster at Hikutaia, is the subject of much congratulatory comment by railway passengers and passers-by generally. The climbing roses and sweet peas, especially, are a blaze of colour. They speak volumes for the horticultural skill of the grower, and are a source of delight to the spectator.