THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4605, 24 September 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Early last evening an electrical Storm passed over Paeroa, the lightning at times being very vivid. The evening was fine, however, up till shortly after ten o’clock, when a north-easterly wind came up, followed by a torrential downpour. The barometer has fallen considerably, and further heavy rain is to be expected. The Northern Steamship Co. has placed the s.s. Waipu in the Piako River’ service to cope with the increasing traffic. It is hoped that shippers will continue to support the company, so that this vessel may be retained on the river. A stewardess is now included in the staff of the ship. The citizens’ presentation to the ex-Maypr of Waihi (Mr D- Donaldson), to mark his many services to that town in public and philanthropic movements, will take place in .the Borough Council. Chambers this evening at 7 o'clock. Mrs Donaldson s ever-ready assistance will also be suitably recognised. The Mayor (Mr W. M. Wallnutt) will preside, and al'l interested are invited to attend. Man wakes up in the morning, after sleeping under an advertised blanket, on an advertised mattress ; takes off advertised pyjamas ; takes a shower in an advertised tub ; shaves with an advertised razor ; washes with advertised soap ; powders his face with an advertised ppwder; dons advertised underwear, hose, shirt, collar, shoes; suit, handkerchief; sits down to breakfast of an advertised cereal; reads the advertisements in his local paper ; drinks advertised coffee ; puts on an advertised hat,; lights an advertised cigar ; rides to his office in an advertised car, on advertised tyres; where he refuses to advertise on the ground that advertising does not pay. For Coughs and Colds, never fails. I Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, 1

There was a very persistent agitation for a long time for a coroner to be appointed to Paeroa, and at last .the powers that be duly appointed a well-known citizen to fill the important position. Since his appointment there has been no call on his services, so he decided to ’throw off the girdle and strike out for the “big smoke,” and incidentally the Avondale races. It never dawned on our Mr Coroner to advise the police that he was going away for a. few days. During the week-end the services of Paeroa’s coroner were unfortunately required, but he could not be found, and the result was that Mr W. M. Wallnutt came down from Waihi, as has been done for many years past, Football in Paeroa this season was terminated on Saturday last, when three matches wei’e played and resulted as follows: Senior game, final for the cup, West 16, Netherton 0 ; Junior, East 6, West 0; Third-grade, Waikino 11, Paeroa 6. A debate will take place on Thursday evening next, commencing at 7.30 o’clock, in the Methodist Centenary Hall. The subject to be taken is, “Is Counsel justified in defending a prisoner whom he believes to oe guilty.’’ The affirmative will be taken by Mr' O’Neil, solicitor, and the negative by Mr Wilks, high school master. His Worship the Mayor, Mr W, Marshall, will preside. Admission is free, and an invitation is extended to the public to be present. The Paeroa Ladies’ Croquet Club notifies by advertisement in this issue that the annual meeting of the cluo will be held on Wednesday. At the music examination in connection with the Trinity College, London, which took place at Te Aroha last Monday, the following local candidates were successful: Associate Diploma: Honours, Muriel Taylor, 83 ; Associate Practical: Tracy Moresby. Mr Mallinson, the examiner, expressed great pleasure at the performance of the diploma candidate, Miss Muriel Taylor, During the week-end a band of lawn tennis enthusiasts held a working bee on the new tennis courts on the Te Aroha road. The grass has come through very satisfactorily, and the shrubs have made good progress. Attention is being given to top-dress-ing the ground at present. It is expected that there will be four courts available for play this year, taking a membership of eighty players. With anything like seasonable weather it is hoped that the official opening will take place well this side of Christmas. A settler on the Waitakaruru road has improved the appearance of his farm buildings, and at practically no cost, by painting them with a mixture of clay, skim milk, and water. Similar clay is found in most, parts of the Plains. This whitewash will not rub or wash off. To-day is being observed as Dominion Day. Several flags were flown in Paeroa to mark the occasion. The holiday is being partially observed, and the banks, borough and county offices, N.Z. Dairy Co., and solicitors are closed in addition to the Magistrate’s Court and the Public Works Department. “I can’t cook any dinner ; the police took my cook away this morning !’’ Such (stated the "Waimate Advertiser”) was the rather unusual reply made by a back-country hoWlkeeper to a Waimate man who telephoned on Friday morning to order luncheon for the party of Rangiotfa footballers who were being taken on a motor trip, Maoris from many parts of the country assembled at Kerepeehi towaids the week-end to attend the tangi of the late Raerae Dixpn, who died on Wednesday last. Holders of free places in secondary schools may now remain until the end of the year in which they attain their seventeenth birthday. Hitherto* a free-place holder had to leave on reaching the age of seventeen. At Feilding recently the well-known agricultural chemist, Mr Wild, said that he had made an investigation some time ago and found that the average quantity of manure applied to the cultivated land by farmers of New Zealand was lewt per acre. That equalled 11b to every 40 square yards. ‘‘We put pepper on our boiled cabbage more liberally than we put fertiliser on the soil,” said Mr Wild. The West Coast for real democracy. There is np false pride about the Mayor of one of the towns visited by the Canterbury B Rugby side. A Christchurch “ Sun ” writer, who was accompanying the team on its tour, was introduced to this particular Mayor, whose occupation was that of a carrier. A further meeting was suggested. “Let me see,” said the Mayor, “to-morrow won’t suit me, as I’ll be put with the cart then.” “But don’t call me mister,” he remarked later, “Jack’s my name.” An Oamaru resident (says the “North Otago Times”) declares that while some of the small, birds in this district may be insectivorous, the majority of them are vegetarians. He planted fifty lettuce and fifty cauliflower plants one day last, week, and not a single plant remains. The birds have taken the lot. The opinion has been expressed that the letter “e” is the most unfortunate in the English alphabet, because it is always put of. cash, forever in debt, never out of danger, and in hell all the time. It is fortunate that it is never in war and always in peace, lit is the beginning of existence, the commencement of ease, and the end of trouble. Without it there would be no meat, no life, and no heaven, (t is the centre of honesty,, and makes love perfect. It also starts off in error, and printing, publicity, typography, and lithography can get along without it, although it is necessary in electrotyping, engraving, and Cypefounding. It is the beginning and end of editorial existence. —Type. Advice has been recieved that the Kerepeehi street lights will be installed within the next few days. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For coughs and colds never fails. .