THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4594, 29 August 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Included in the additional clauses of the “Washing-up” Bill, which was returned to the House of Representatives on Saturday, provision was made for an area of 1 rood 12 perches of the Paeroa Domain to be used as a site for a, fire brigade station and conveniences for sports clubs. The section is fronting Hall Street. The Governor-General’s consent to the raising of the follo.wing loans is gazetted: Otorohanga Town Board (water supply, etc.), £10,000; Hauraki Plains County Council (land for ami erection of county offices, etc.), £10,000; Waimarino County Council (completing Raetihi-Ohura Road), £4OO. Advertising is t,he key industry of the universe. It opens every door. It leads through the street to the market place,, through the market place .to the home. It is »he fine literature of trade and the illumination of business. —Lord Burnham. Since the Government acquired the Waihi Gold Mining Company’s electric power plant at Horahora in November, 1920 (purchase price £212,500), the capital, outlay to t,he close of the financial year 1922-23 totalled £395,022. During the twelve-monthly period in question (states the Waihi Telegraph) working expenses were £9721, interest amounted to £19*208, and the sum of £6620 was written off for depreciation,, making a totjal of £35,549, while revenue was £4l*BlB, leaving a profit of £6269 on the year’s operations. This permitted the accumulated deficiency of £5882 to be paid off, and left £387 available towards the accumulated sinking fund deficiency of £8459. The service was maintained satisfactorily during tlje year, and the reticulation was rapidly extended by the power boards iut,o the farming district, the number of electric milking machine motors connected to the mains for the four boards in the district having Increased in the 1922-23 period to 880. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Coughs and Colds, never fails.

That Kerepeehi is destined to be the shopping centre pf the Plains is believed by purchasers of township sections who recently paid £l2O and £250 for quarter acres. Upwards of 1000 inhabitants of Viddin, Bulgaria,, were poisoned by drinking Danube ,water. Many women and children died. It is officially stated that the water was contaminated with lead. A movement is. afoot in Greymouti to boost a ‘‘go *t,o church” campaign (states the “Star”). Ministers of various Protestant denominations are exchanging pulpits in the hope of affording the congregations a little variety and stimulating interest, in church-going, which is not as popular as it might be. On Saturday t.he Matamata Rugby Union hired a private train, consisting of an engine and passenger coach and a guard’s van, to convey the Matamata representatives from Hamilton to Matamata. The guard said that in his 17 years’ experience this was the first time footballers had hired a special train. About 60 passengers made t,he trip. The cost to the union wa,s £2l. A charge of 5s each was levied on supporters who accompanied the team. The allocation of trout fry was decided upon by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society at its meeting on Friday. Fallowing are the particulars of the numbers to be given to each subsociety : Taumarunui, 120,000 ; Te Kuiti, 35,000; Putaruru, 35,000; Papakura, 35,000 ; Matamata, 50,000 ; Waiuku, 2500 ; Miranda,, 12,500; Hunrly, 2500 ; Ngaruawahia, 5000 ; Otorohanga, 50,000 ; Thames,, 20,000 ; Patetonga, 5000 ; Paeroa., 25,000 ; Waihi, 10.000 ; Cambridge,, 20,009; Ohura, 5000 ; Matakana, 7500 ; Kawhia, 10,000 ; Te Awamutu, 30,000 ; Hamilton, 15.000 ; Morrinsville, 5000. Miss Eliza Watson* aged 42, was gardening at the residence of her sister, Mrs A- ChapmanJ of Gordonton, on Monday, when she suddenly dropped dead. At an inquest* held before Mr- C. M. Gummer (acting coroner), medical evidence showed that death was probably due to syncope following on degeneration changes of the heart. A verdict was returned according to the medical evidence. In the course of his remarks at the meeting of the council of the Chamber of Commerce at Wellington last week, Mr D. A. Ewen (pf the firm of Sargood, Son, and Ewen), called the attention of the members to the reports of the quantity of British goods which were being made from German raw materials. He pointed out that if the Dunedin Exhibition were made Imperial and not international it would be competent to exhibit sucn goods, whilst footwear wholly made in France would be excluded. Mr Ewen said that it had been reported that boots and shoes, made as stated, had been dumped in New Zealand to the value of £300,000* whilst similar goods to the value of about £68,000 had been dumped in Australia, causing local manufacturers a good deal of anxious thought.