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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4618, 29 October 1923, Page 2

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

Mr R. A. Wilson, engineer and surveyor from the Wellington office jf the Public Works Deartment, has arrived in Paeroa and commenced on the work of surveying the proposed route of the Paeroa-Pokeno railway this morning. Ai staff of seven is engaged on the work. The survey is being commenced at Wilson’s Road, near the Puke. There was a delay in the delivery of the Auckland “Star” in Paeroa this morning due to the car being unable to get through, from Frankton last night. The papers were brought on to Paeroa by the 8. o’clock train from Te Aroha. What is probably a record for calving in New Zealand has just been established by a 5-year-old grade Shor,thorn cow owned by Mr M. A. Devcich, of Hikutala. Last year this cow gave birth tp three calves, all of them dying soon after birth. At the end of last week this cow gave birth to no less than two bull and three heifer calves within a few hours. Unfortunately four of the calves were very small when born, and have subsequently died, but one bull calf was of normal size and 's very much alive at the present time. The cow, it is stated, is milking well, and is in a normal state of heaJlitih. The height of luxury in locomotion was observed in the Avenue, Wanganui, a few days ago, when a young man, free-wheeling on a bike and drawn by a smart pony, was seen making progress against the wind (relates the “Chronicle”);. The pony, guided by a pair of rope rein,s, trotted along smartly, cut in and out of the traffic, and led his driver along in very comfortable fashion. Mr W. McCuillay, from Scotland, who hals taken over the jewellery business of Mr Harris in Normanby Road, has an interesting advertisement in this issue. Mr McOullay is a thorouhgly practical watchmaker and jeweller, and is prepared to guarantee all his repair work. The shop has been renovated, and the window altered so as to display the . new stocks of jewellery to the best possible advantage. Mr McCullay realises the scope for good workmanship anid high-class jewellery, and he is sparing no pains to cater efficiently for the needs of the town and district.*

A debate is to be held in the Cen-1 teiiary Hall on Wednesday evening next, October 31, at 7.30 o’clock, between two teams of Paeroa High School children. The subject will be: “That the pupils of secondary schools are adversely affected in every way, owiijg to the importance attached to examinations such as Matriculation and Public Service Entrance.” The leader of the affirmative will be Ivan Hall, while Allan North will lead the negative. His Worship the Mayor, Mr W. Marhsall, will preside, and a general invitation is extended to the public. Further vandalism was perpetrated in Paeroa during the week-end. On Friday evening the shop windows of Mrs Pascoe’s confectionery shop and Gamble’s drapery store in Normanby Road were plastered with mud and dirty water, almost obscuring the view of the goods displayed inside the windows. Also, on Sunday evening the bubble fountain for drinking purposes near the Methodist Church was wilfully" damaged. The top of the fountain, including the bubble, was deliverately unscrewed, leaving the water to pour oUt unchecked. The top portion of the fountain is missing, and unless it is found it will mean that a complete bubbler will have to be installed, tjhe cost of which will be about £5. On Saturday afternoon a little excitement was caused in Normanby Road by a horse drawing a sulky •bolting madly down the street. In ■the sulky were Mrs Larsen and Mrs H. B. Woods and her two children. It appears that the horse tcok fright, at a car just before coming to the bridge on the Te Aroha road and started off at a great pace. The reins unfortunately broke, and the occupants were left to the mercy of the beast, which, after crossing the bridge, turned into Normanby Road and then to the left into Arney Street, narrowly missing t;he electric power pole on the corner. The vehicle went for a few yards on one wheel and then overturned, throwing the occupants tp the ground with considerable force. Dr. Little and Nurse Bayley were fortunately in the vicinity, but luckily their services were not required further than for dressing seme bruises and chafed skin sustained by one of the children. All the occupants received a pretty severe shaking,, and are indeed fortunate that no great injury was done. Last year it is estimated that nearly 40,000 calves were inoculated in the Taranaki district, of which less than 100 were steer calves. The obvious result has been a shortage of steer cattle, a shortage which will become mere acute as time goes on. The dairy farmer finds Jit more profitable to produce pork in the vicinity of 6%d per lb than to give his milk to steer calves. That a man can be “on the rocks ’ and yet be strictly honest was illustrated in Morrinsville a few days ago.. A man, a returned soldier, looking for work, arrived in’that town the other, afternoon without sufficient money to pay for the night’s lodging and meals. This expense was borne by a friend. Next morning the man in question found a lady’s purse containing £l6 10s in notes and silver. The purse and the whole of the contents were taken immediately to the police station, where they were claimed by a Te Aroha lady who had just arrived that morning on a brief visit to Morrir.sville, and who rewarded the finder with £l.—-News.