THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 23, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4589, 23 July 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 23, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the depletion of staffs by the prevalence of influenza the Hillcrest school and Hamilton . Bast schools have been, closed. Paeroa bore quite a busy appearance to-day, occasioned no doubt b< the fact, that a stock sale was being held in the local yards. Not only were the streets busy with farmers, buyers, and drovers, but a number of farmers’ wives availed themselves of the fine day and took the opportunity of the sale to accompany their menfolk to Paeroa on a shopping expetition. The shopkeepers predict a'.' exceptionally good turn-over in their businesses as a consequence. Mr Poland (Ohinemuri) some time ago asked the Minister of Justice whether he. would take steps this session to remedy the manifest injustice inflicted on country newspapers .published in no-license districts in being prohibited from accepting advertisements from brewers and wine and spirit merchants, whilst metropolitan newspapers were allowed to broadcast no-license areas -with liquor advertisements, sending in thousands of papers against the hundreds of the’ district publication. The Hon. Mr Parr (Minister of Justice) replied that when the licensing law-was under review the matter would be considered. Under the present law the Supreme Court had ruled that certain advertisements relating to liquor published in no-license districts amounted to. “soliciting orders.” Mr Poland, M.P. for Ohinemuri, has given notice to ask the Minister of Justice whether he will introduce amending legislation to the effect that, when a solicitor in the Supreme Court of New Zealand makes a statement on behalf of his client, that statement must be confirmed by his client on oath, otherwise too much power is placed in a solicitor’s hands. One of Mastertpn’s oldest inhabitants informed a “Wairarapa Daily Times” reporter that the present spell of bad weather, is the longest "sloppy” period he has ever experienced in his sixty years’ residence there. The' dairy cow.s in New Zealand number 1,238,891, cattle 3,475, 449; horses 331, 922, sheep 22, 928, 864, and pigs 396.648. AH the figures show an increase over last year. For Influenza, take Woods* Great Peppermint Cure.