THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4602, 17 September 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr H. Poland,. M.P., wrote a few weeks ago tp the Minister of Railways objecting tp the suggested elimination of the 6.40 a.m. train, Paeroa to Auckland,, and has now received a reply from the Minister that he intends to personally investigate the representations which have been made for extra train services between Hamilton and Auckland, and that alt, the same time the interests of this district will be fully considered. An eight-ounce egg, laid by a White Leghorn hen, was shown to a reporter in New Plymouth a few days ago. It is perfect in shape and very much larger than a duck egg. The shell is much thicker and harder than usual, and in this connection somewhat resembles the egg of the emu. The recent floods around Te Aroha were apparent in the lower reaches of the Waihou River during the week end. Backed up by spring tides the water rose higher than it has been known to do for years. On Friday the water was over t,he road between Carter’s corner and Netherton. So far no damage has been reported. The Levin “Chronicle” of Friday savs that 3100 dozen eggs were railed to Wellington from the Levin PoultryKeepers’ Association’s depot t,his week, an increase of 200 dozen over lari week’s figures. This consignment will not go on to the Wellington marker, as is usual, but will form part of a trial shipment of 45,000 dozen, which will be sent to the London market by the Corinthic, leaving on the 19th of this month.. As the shipment will arrive at the end of the European season, on a bare market, there are great possibilities in this new development of poultry farming, provided the difficulty of shipping in good condition can be overcome. Eggs will not stand freezing, and up to date the drawback to their export has been the inability to fix on the exactly correct temperature at which to keep them during the six weeks’ trip. A new’y appointed herd-tester in the Wairarapa, conversing, with an “Age” representative, stated that by testing it had been proved that a herd of 40 cows, after 10 had been culled out, had returned more money than the original 50, this being due to the good producers getting the benefit of the extra feed.

I The Paeroa Borough Council Fi- | nance Committee reported at Thurs-1 day’s meeting of the Council that the ievenue had amounted to £369 4s including accounts recommended for payment. The balance to the credit of the District Fund accounts at Sentember 13, 1923, amounted to £B5B 7-s Id. The Committee also recommended the payment of the accounts attached to the 1920 Loan Account financial statement, and drew attention to the £5OOO paid into this account by the State Advances Department. During the course of his sermon in St. Paul’s Church at yesterday’s Evensong, the vicar, the Rev. F, B. Dobson, drew ( the congregation’s attention to the fact that more frequent services, and especially celebrations of the Blessed Sacrament, were now being held than had hitherto been the case.. This was partly due to the recent division of (the parish, which enabled him to give more time to the wo>’k in Paeroa, but was also on account of the approaching Mission of Healing. The Holy Sacrifice was pleaded before God with Intercessions for a blessing on the Mission, and he urged upon all the parishioners to make full use of these appointed means of grace, not only on their own account, but on behalf of all those who are devoutly looking forward to receiving great benefits from the Mission. It' is only by the co-operation of all in the prayers and devotions i that the fullest blessings from the • Mission can be expected. There will • be the usual celebration of the Holy Communion, with special Intercessions, on Wednesday at 10.30 a.m. The first parcel of new potatoes from Pukekohe was sent to Welling- , ton on Tuesday last. The quality is I said to be good, but the yield is light. The Pukekohe “Times,” in an article on the subject, says that so far as It,he main crop is concerned .the indi- ; cations point to the yield being heavy, although it might be a little later this year, as. compared with previous years, “I have been chided because 1 have said that if the country has lost £4,000,000 on improving the soldier settling question, the money is well lost. I am still of that opinion,” said J Mr A. D. McLeod, M.P.. at Masterton. —“Age.” The following building permits, totalling £1768, were granted during ,the month by the Paeroa Borough Council: R. I. Roberts, addition to JI Hamilton’s house, Junction Road; M. > J. Charlesworth, to build shed; R. 1. • Roberts, to build wash-house for J. Mclntyre, Hill Street; R. I, Roberts, additions to Roman Catholic Church, Waihi Road; H. Spinks, to reconstruct house in Corbett Street; R. - I. Roberts, to erect house for Mrs E. NWhite, Aorangi Road. “Winter eggs in New Zealand will i be cheaper than in any other pant of • ti e world,” said Mr J. E. Merrell ■ (Christchurch) to an Otago “Dallj' • Tines” reporter. “When the export • trade is developed it will mean that • there will be double the layers whoss • winter supply will be accessible only i to New Zealanders. Of course it will harden the summer price, and that is v.hat is needed to encourage the industry. In time we will have ships loading eggs from the Dunedin wharl i> such quantities that a ship’s cargfl ■will consist entirely of eggs. Sis , lorry-loads are the beginning, just as the first 400 sheep was the initiation ), of our frozen meat trade. Given a ► good market in London four years will bring about exactly what I state.” County councillors in this district are getting quite a reputation as < pugilists, says the Waipa Pest. The latest to figure in this respect is a member of the Waipa County Coun- . cil, who will shortly appear in court to answer a charge of striking one of ,the council’s workmen. The hearing of the case will probably be very interesting. r “I am inclined to think thait, a - great river flowed nrder what is now i Invercargill not more than 1000 years i ago,” said Mr. G. Jack’.’iery during a - lecture on the “Rocks at Invercargill” - (relates the “Southland Nows”). U j is difficult to say how long wood could - remain as such when buried deep un--3 dergiound, but it generally turns to ■ lignite fairly rapidly; in fact, cases have been known where wood turned to lignite in about six years. How3 ever, I think it obvious that but a ; short time ago a wide river coming ' from the mountains a long way off 1 carried with it immense quantities of I quartz gravels. If this river came 1 from the north-east, for instance, <f " it was the Mataura, then it drained • lands which have now disappeared L and which were rich in quartz.” 5 Mr Edison, the great inventor, who ’ was present at Marion at the funeral 3 of his old camping friend, President 1 Harding, was afterwards asked for his 3 views cm life and death. Mr Edison 1 said he did not believe that the spirit 1 returned to earth and communed with those living, but he added : “We know r that the soul does exist after death. I I have not found it possible to demonstrate the existence of the life beyond , the grave, but I have faith in a Su- . preme Being. ... I am convinced . that the body is made up of entities which are intelligent. When one cuts f his linger I believe it is the intelligence of these entities that, heals the ’ wound. When one is sick it is the intelligence of these entities that brings convalescence. .The entity that gives life and motion to 'the human body is ! finer still, and lies infinitely beyond ' the reach of pur finest scientific instruments.” FLICKERLESS LIGHT ■ THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. Used as a "night ight” In the nursery or sick room, Golden Ray Candles give wonderful service. There is an absence of that spluttering and sizzling that goes with inferior makes. Throughout the night they burn steadily and quietly—the patient or child is never disturbed. It is indeed wise to keep a packet of Golden Rays handy. Get a packet from the grocer to-day. If you have any difficulty in getting your supply, apply Auckland merchants.

The “Northland Age,” Kaitaia, describes “a new departure, which, whilst very commendable to those taking part in it, is a reflection on the County Council.” The road between Kaitaia and Slater’s Mill, al Victoria Valley-Takanue Junction, had got into a very bad state. As the County Council was either unable or unwilling to undertake the repair work, the citizens took the bull b.'the horns and undertook the work themselves. A canvass of the district was made, resulting in £25 5s being raised. Four lorries and seven drays, with drivers,, were lent; storekeepers lent shovels and gave four tins of benzine. Six men gave free labour, and morning and afternoon tea was provided and dispensed by a lady-

Acceding to the Waimate Witness, Mr J. Sl’nger, foreman of. the water and urainage works, ha- dt’v ? sed an ingenious method of 'aying the pipes under the tarred roads and streets which will obviate the destruction of the road surfaces. Instead of the old method of digging trenches Mr Slinger’.s gangs attach a boring apparatus to the house supply pipes which carries them under the road to the side where the mains are laid. The value of this idea can be easily understood.

In reply to correspondence from the clerk, the clerk of the Feiiding Borough Council advised the Morrinsville Borough Council at its last meeting that the “Restar” rpads in the Feiiding district had been down six and seven years. They are standing very well, having received a topdressing of restar every second, and in some cases every third, year. The cost of maintenance has worked out at about id per .square yard per annum. He added that his Council proposed to tar-seal a further 10 miles of roads this season.

As an experiment the Eltham County Council this year decided to give a discount of five per cent, on all current rates paid before August 31 last. The system has worked admirably, and the county clerk stated at the last meeting that up to date £5499 3s 6d had been collected, as -compared with under £lOOO at this time pf last year. The rates collected up to date thio year amounted to one-third of the whole of the year's rates.

American newspapers record a curious way of meeting business competition that was adopted by the Chamber of Commerce in a town in one of the Western J,bates. To ston business going to the firms in the big cities, which sent out mail order catalogues, the chamber made an arrangement with the local picture houses by which they accepted a mail order catalogue as ticket of admission for child tp the movie theatre. The practice was condemned by the United States Federal Trade Commission, as a hindrance to inter-Stato trade.

The farmers of Taranaki are invited by the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce t,o co-operate with it in the immigration of English secondary school boys to the province (states the Wanganui “Chronicle”). It is proposed to bring out lads, aged from 17 to 20,. and selected by the chamber’s representative at Home. The ladr would require to be trained in farm work for a period, of two years, anJ treated as member's of the family, t,he remuneration for the first six months to be nominal, afterwards increasing with the improvement shown in the work, with a minimum of 15s per week. The idea is to tit the lads for farming on their own account, and it is hoped the farmers of the province will send in theii’ names and do everything they can to ensure the success of the scheme.

Mr Keith L'ennedy., violinist,, with the Kennedy Eiit,ertaineis, writing to the editor of the “Gazette” from Natal, says the company is touring South Africa, and that they have done most pf the Natai, Cape Colony, Transvaal, and the Orange Free State.

A well-known farmer was driving in his motpr-car from Stratford to Eltham. On the road (relates the “Argus”) he passed two men who, asked for a “lift.” “Certainly,” said the farmer, “jump in.” He drove them along some distance, and then stopped, saying, “I have to call in at this house for a few minutes, but you need not get out. Just stay In tjie car and I will take you the rest of the distance.” He thre.w his overcoat off, went in tp the house, and was soon out again. But when he came out the men had decamped, taking the farmer’s overcoat with them. This may be looked upon as a champion specimen of mean theft-

J’robate has been granted in the will of the late Adam Adair Coubrough, of Taviuni, the wealthiest planter of Fiji. The personal estate was sworn at, £2l/740, and the real estate has been accepted subject to valuation. This will exceed £lOO,OOO, it is expected, as Mr Coubrough owns a very large area of first-class cocoa-nut-bearing country, all in the best condition. Among the behests are legacies to the managers of his various estates, to nephews and nieces in Scotland, and t,o the nurses of the Mena Home in Auckland, where Mr Coubrough died. Provision is made for the widow, and the income of the residue goes to the son and daughter.

Superstition dies hard (remarks the Oamaru “Mail”), A striking reminder of this fact is given now in the main street of the to.wn daily. At the south end of Stafford Street repairs to shop fronts arp in progress, and those necessitate the use of a ladder on the footpath. A great many people are firmly convinced that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder, and that if one does so walk, unwittingly, the best; way to repair the mischief is to walk back under it again as soon as the mistake is discovered. It might be expected that such a belief would be confined to very young children, but if a watch is kept at the locality referred to it will be seen that believers in this old superstition are, without exception, adults ; and tp see now a woman, and then a man dodge the ladder, or wailk back under ft if they have been so thoughtless as to pass beneath it, is a very entertaining study in the phenomena of the human mind.