THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4548, 9 April 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The team that represented the local bowlpig club at. Matamata in the challenge match for the Goldfields Stars on Saturday was unsuccessful in its efforts to bring the coveted trophies back to Paeroa. 1 The scores were: Matamata 18, Paeroa 14. Although beaten, th!) scores do not give ahv indication as to the good tight, put up by the local team.

There is a general protest throughout the Taranaki district against the new valuations in* the county, remarks an exchange. They are considered to be much higher than the productive value of the land, an I meetings arc being held in the different centres with the object of forming associations to take further action in the matter.

A thrashing mill owner jn the Rp,--kaia district was anxious to get through with his thrashing operations while the good weather lasted, states a southern exchange. He therefore decided to work during the Easter holidays. This evidently did not suit the. men employed. They had good cheques to draw, and the prospects of increasing them at the races were, too much for them, so they decided .o quit the job. Within an hour or so of leaving, the vacancies were filled by, others less independent.

A good story was told by Colonel McKenzie, when addressing an audience at Palmerston North (states an exchange). When, the troops were passing through a French village h: noticed an inscription : "Washing done here. English spoken. Australian understood.” The sign, the Colonel said, explained for itself the opinion of the French people of the vocabulary of the Australian soldier.

At the conclusion of the dairy meeting at Waitakaruru on Thursday night Mr G. Buchanan, a director of the N.Z. Dairy Co., was asked if the compahy would ship produce througn the port of Thames if it was improved according to the proposed scheme. He replied that, there was not the slightest possibility of the company shipping through Thames. If dairy produce was sent to Thames it would have to wait there until a ship arrived, and insurance and storage would have to be paid. By sending to Auckland advantage could be taken of every ship that called, so that the produce reached the London market as soon as possible. It would require the whole of three months’ output from the Waikato to fill a ship, and the, produce from North Auckland and the Bay of Plenty would go to Auckland, so it would be quicker t,o utilise the port of Auckland. The question was also raised as to whether it woult’ not be cheaper to ship butter to Auckland from Paeroa, and Mr Buchanan replied that recently, when the Northern Steamship Co. cut the rate, a few shipments were made, but usually it was cheaper.to scud by rail. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Coughs and Colds, never fails.