THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4620, 2 November 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At yesterday’s meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council it was de-» cided that the next ordinary meeting of the council should be held on Thursday, November 29, instead of on December 6'. The following rainfall figures for Paeroa for the month pf October have been supplied by the local office of the Public Works Department: The total rainfall for the month was> 3.63 inches. Rain fell on 19 days, the heaviest being on October 5, when .60in fell. The paeroa Cricket Club will open its season to-morrow afternoon, when a match against Karangahake has been -arranged to be -played at Karangahake. The team will be selected from the following: H. M. Shand. C. Halliday, C. Rolton, ». Haskell, W. Townshend, Neild, E. Edwards, W. Douglas, Sanderson, S Hamilton, W. H. Taylor, G. Jenkinson, j, Verran. The, leave from Brocket and Shaßjd’s' a't'l.SG p.m. The registrar (Mr J. G. McDougall) supplies the following vital statistics fo- Paeroa for last month ; Births, 9 ; deaths, 1; marriages, 1.

[ A meeting of the local branch of the N.Z, Farmers’ Union is to be held in the County Chambers to-night, when Mr Harding, of Dargaville, will address the meeting. Mr H. Poland, M.P., has received advice that the Hou. C. J. ister of Education, has been obliged to make an urgent trip to Australia, anl as a consequence he will be unable to visit Paeroa until December. It i S reported that a dwellinghouse and two sections in Belmont Road near the railway station, Paeroa, have changed hands. The price is believed to be £l9OO. The sale was effected through an Auckland firm. At a special meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council held yesterday it was decided by special order that the following were noxious weeds in the County of Ohinemuri: Fennel, gorse, oxe-eye daisy, and ragwort. Mr H J. Hayward, who met with £Vn accident whilst working on the erection of the new fire station last month, necessitating his undergoing an operation in the Waihi Hospital, has returned again to Paeroa, and is at present convalescing at his home. The interest that farmers take in matters concerning their own welfare was demonstrated at Turua on Thursday evening, when only one settler attended to hear addresses by Captain Colbeck and Mr McAlpine, of the executive .of the N.Z. Farmers’ Union, on such matters, as agricultural banking, marketing, taxation, farmers and politics, immigration, and land settlement. By the last European mail we received a German printers’ trade catalogue which had been posted in Breslau on August 31, 1923. This catalogue is issued by “Deutscher Buch-und Steindrucker of*Breslau-, ' Prussia, and shows that the Germans - are once again anxious to do business ■with other countries. The address rather tickles one : “Hauraki Plains Gazette, Paeroa, . Queensland, Nen Iceland.” It cost 48,000 marks for postage. This amount in normal ■ times would be £2400, as the value of the mark was before the war worth nearly one shilling. This gives a very fair illustration of the collopse of Germany’s money market. Speaking at the monthly meeting of the Auckland Automobile AssociaJ tion held on October 10 Mr Wynyard is reported in the N.Z. Motor Journal as having-said: “A poll for the Netherton riding of £45,000 had been carried which would involve the tarsealing of about 50 miles of roads.” As the poll mentioned will not be hel i until November 7 Mr Wynyard has rather anticipated events, and possiDly built up false impressions of the progress of the Hauraki Plains County Council, so far as the Netherton i riding is concerned. The public of Paeroa are cordially ' invited to be present on the Rifle i Range to-morrow afternoon, when an opportunity is to be afforded pf see- , ing a Lewis gun in action. This will : be the first occasion of the use of such a machine in Paeroa, and the members of the Paeroa section of the Hauraki Regiment will be instructed in a target practice with ball ammunition. An interesting group rifle meeting is also to be held, when cash prizes will be competed, ofr. The rainfall on the Plains during the past month has, like most pf the preceding months this year., exceeded the average for the past twelve years. During October a total of 5 inches was recorded at the Lands Department gauge at Kerepeehi. Rain fell on 17 days, the heaviest fall being bn the 6th, .when 1.24 inches were recorded. The total rainfall for the past ten months is nearly five and a half inches over the average .yearly fall for the past ten years. We have to hand the November issue of “The Ladies’ Mirror.” This attractive number reflects a wider range of special and general interest then ever before. In addition to artistic illustrations and cartoons, which represent a high standard, several new writers discuss subjects of • first importance to’women. Altogether “ The Ladies’ Mirror ” for this month is a particularly bright and interest- , ing number.

During the month of October 27 steers and helfefs; 70 cows, .138 sheep, 2 calves, and 7 pigs were slaughtered at the local abattoirs. The fees collected amounted to £57 2s 7d.

A herd of about 70 cowls arrived In Morrinsville on Thursday, after a two week’s journey from Taranaki, all animals arriving in good condition. The drover who brought them through has this year brought 600 head of cattle from Taranaki to Morrinsville with the loss of only one animal.—Star.

The Waikino School is tp be opened in the Miners’ Union Hall, Waikino, on Monday next, in lieu of the school building, which was burned down after the recent tragedy. In view of. the limited playing area at the hall and the danger by passing metor traffic Cr. Morgan moved at yesterday’s meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council that notices be posted on the, roadside warning motorists of the proximity of the school. The matter was referred to the engineer for immediate action.