THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 7, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4560, 7 May 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 7, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On and after to-day mails for Thames, Waihi, and intermediate offices,. Auckland, Te Aroha, Morrinsville, Frankton function,, and King Country to Taumarunui, will close at 9.4<5 a.m. in lied of 10 a.m., as previously.’ The •only contested riding in connection jvith the Ohinemuri County Council elections is that of Karangahake. The contestants are M'n A. McGuire, the sitting member, and Mr J. Brown, of Rotokohu. The election takes place on Wednesday". The Royal Victorian Chain, the highest order that can be conferred for personal services to the Sovereign, hag been conferred on the Archbishop of York. It, is dated from the Royal Wedding Day., The only ether possessors of the chain are the Archbishop "of Canterbury, the Marquis of Landsdowne, the . Marquis of Crewe, the Marquis Curzon/ and Lofid Hardinge. Referring to the Dairy produce Conti pl Bill at the annual conference of'the Dairy Farmers’ Union at Palmerston North on Thursday last, tfie Mayor, Mr J. F. Nathan, said that the industry was suffering from"’irregular shipments. On April 30 there were in the Dominion 167,000 boxer, of butter .'and 74,000 crates of cheese. This produce would reach the markets at a time when other countries in Europe would be producing under conditions to /enable them to place their produce on the market at the lowest cost. He advocated fortnightly shipments. The ships might make six trips, whereas they were now making four, for the reason that vessels had to call at small ports round the coast, and this was a costly business. Farmers would prefer to see produce shipped direct, from the main ports, which would enable the be>t metnods, of handling and dispaltch to be employed. He urged co-operation between the dairy farmer and merchant, remarking upon the fact that the merchant class never had an opportunity of assisting the dairy farmer. Mr Nathan said lie was convinced that the time was not far distant when farmers as a whole would form a federated head and conduct their own business. s Tor Children’s Hacking Cough, ; - Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

“It’s sure a good medal, and I like it, but I like the applause better,” said a Maori on being presented witn a medal for merit at Kerepeehi recently.

Tlie- outbreak of plague in India has caused the Department of Public Health to notify local bodies to spare no effort to reduce the rat population. At the Ohinemuri County Council on Thursday last, when the letter was read, Cr. Johnson considered that it referred more to congested areas. He contended that the rats in the country were too healthy and well fed to eat poison.

A man named William White was charged before Mr J. Motley, J.P., at Te Aroha on Thursday last with receiving the sum of £74 15s and failing to account for the same to the International Harvester Company at Christchurch. The accused was remanded t.o appear on Friday, the 11th.

As from this morning a new post office has been opened at Tirohia, and will receive one mail inwards daily. The office is in the charge of Mr A. L. Pendergrast. The settles contemplate building a room on tp the house of Mr Pendergrast to enable the work of the post office to be carried out there. The establishment ,of a post office will supply a long-felt want, and the settlers are to be congratulated on their enterprise, and, through preparing to help themselves, the Government has not delayed in doing its share of the work.

The Waitakaruru focXballerjg had an eventful trip homo from Patetonga on Saturday. It w aK l ust dusk when they arrived at the Patelonga wharf, and -hi embarking a player stepped into the river. Owing to the flood and the high spring tide, the country was inundated for miles and the launch had not gone far before the fact that it was not, still in the river became apparent, it,was, therefore, decided to return to Patatonga and obtain the services of a pilot. Such a man was not. available, so the party again set out, only >to be stopped suddenly on top of a fence. Very strenuous efforts were necessary to get the boat off, hut ev'eritually this was dond, and by a miracle the river was found agaim From then on till Ngarua landing and the stop-banks were reached no one could tell whether they were in the bed of the river or not. Many times the boat ran aground and had to be pushed of, and many times it had to be stopped while the men at the bow with a lantern ascertained whether a shadow was dry land or merely a shadow.

The Piako County Council, Te Aroha, has 'decided to complete the Stanley Road concreting scheme oy contract. . Nearly two miles have been constructed. There remains a bal-> ance of about £12,000 to finish the job, which wlil exteffd for, a further two miles, .

The fate of the Wellington Union’s notice of motion, the design of which was, in effect, to delete the new kick-into-touch rule, was decided at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Rugby Union on .Friday last, when a substantial majority ot delegates expressed the conviction that the interests of the national field game would be best served by the retention of the rale during the current season.

“In the past it has been customary for trie Mayor after installation to entertain the council ait a dinner,” said His Worship the Mayor of Te Aroha (Mr R. Coulter) after his installation on Wednesday evening last, “but with the approval of councillors I intend on this occasion to depart a little from that procedure.” He then asked that, the councillors join with him, at his expense, in entertaining the borough employees and their wives. He felt/that the councillors as well as the employees would appreciate the opportunity of coming together, for there were perhaps some of the Council who did not know who were the employees. “We want to know them better, and to establish deeper relationship,” he said.

..'.When Labour comes into its own municipal councillors may be able to enjoy “buckshee” tj’ips round the woi/ld (says the Wellington Post). The desirability of sending city councillors on world tours was suggested by Mr H. E. Combs when speaking at the Labour Party’s municipal meeting in the Molesworth Street Methodist Hall. “It would pay us well ’tp select from our council two or/ three members asid send them, round the world,” said Mr Combs. “If this were done they would get an idea of what municipal enterprise should be. They would get hold of the latest ideas, and could show what could be done in a city like this.”

A mild sensation has been caused in the Aria district by the discovery of what is stated to be gold-bearnig quartz during boring operations for water close /to the factory. Water diviners selected a site, and a bore has been put down to about 170 ft, water being struck, bu)t, not in sufficient quantity. The bore is now ia solid rock, and it is reported that the geologists consider there is 800 ft of it still to be pierced. Drilling is being merrjly continued, however, the patches of what is held to be goldbearing quartz no doubt acting as an incentive.

Revelation of amazing ill-luck was made by one of the soldier settlers who came to meet his former General, (Sir Andrew Russell) at. Fairview re cently (says an exchange). He told Sir Andrew cheerfully that he had been in 89 land ballots, and had not been 'lucky in one. Sir Andrew was glad to hear that Fortune had changed after the soldier had finally bought land for himself, for he is now doing, well.

According to a Havas telegram from Amiens the remains of over 300 British soldiers have been found since the beginning of the year in the Albert sector: 138 at Thiepval, 13 at Montauban, 74 at Pozieres, 69 at Longueval, and 20 at OVillera-la-Boisselle. AH these bodies have been interred under the superintendence of t,he Imperial War Graves Commission. Others are being found every day.