THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4624, 12 November 1923, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Armistice Day was quietly observed in Paeroa yesterday, and special reference was made in the various churches. At 11 a.m., and again at 11.2 am, the Quarry Company fired an explosion, which, despite t)he heavy rain, was heard throughout the borough. The firing of the charge was arranged so as -to remind residents of the two minutes’ silence which they were asked to observe on Armistice Day as a token of respect to the fallen in the World War. On Saturday last one of the worst dust storms yet experienced in Paeroa was recorded, during the late forenoon especially. Blinding clouds of dust drifted along the streets, making vision both difficult and decidedly unpleasant. The wind continued in a north-easterly direction during the day, easing off a little at sunset. Ou Sunday morning the wind freshened up again, coming from the same direction as on the previous day. Just after 10 a.m. a couple of heavy thunderclaps were heard, followed by heavy rain, which lasted until about mid-day. In all .35in was recorded. The rain was particularly welcome, and will have very beneficial effects. Up to yesterday no rain had fallen for eleven days, and pastures and gardens were becoming very dry. Mr H. G. Somervell, of Paeroa, district. inspector for the A.Mi.P. Society, has an interesting advertisement ill this issue. The Paeroa Cricket Club commenced its season with a match against the Karangahake club at Karangahake on November 3. Owing to it being the first match brilliant cricket could hardly be expected. After an enjoyable afternoon’s play the Karangahake team secured a win by 28 runs. The top scores for Karangahake were made by W. J. Rackham (19)> Mead (16), J. Rackham (13), and Dare (10), while for the Paeroa team Rollon (12) and Ptirdie (11) were the only players to reach double figures. The history of Japan is a history of earthquake disasters. Those living remember some of them. In* 1891 10.000 were killed. In 1896 a tidal wave caused by an earthquake drowned 29,000.

A start was made on Thursday last j to paint and renovate the building of ( the Paeroa branch of the Bank of New Zealand. If is now some ten years since the building received a coat of paint, and the present attention that it is receiving will add materially to the brightening up of that end of the town. In connection with the Education Board’s teachers’ examinations held in August last the following teachers at the Paeroa District High School obtained passes as under : —Class B Miss W. E. Sutton, B.A. Class C, group 3—Miss E. G. B. Whitten. Class D (partial)—Miss F. Halligan and Mr C. W. Malcolm; group 2 (partial), Miss J. Mclntyre snd Mr S. D. Kerr ; group 1 (partial), Mr H. S. Budd. The public ofl Paeroa have been, pested rather much lately with agents, canvassers, and more especially persons making grouse to house calls with such goods as writing pads and pen-nibs, drapery, patent medicines, etc. These people ar,e very persistent callers, and will not readily take “no” for an answer. A?art from the fact that it is distinctly disconcerting to have these pedlary calling at homes while the head of the house is away, it is unfair that they should be allowed to come into the town and hawk their goods round and effect sales to the detriment of the local shopkeepers, who do their best to cope with the requirements of a discerning public. Hawkers and such classes of dopr-tq-door pedlars should not be tolerated. It is hoped that the Borough Council will fully exercise its powers under the by-laws dealing with hawkers’ licenses and see that the payment of the £1 fee for such rights is rigidly enforced. The public can with confidence rely on the assistance of the police in minimising the number of unwelcome callers, but it is only right that the full support of the local body should be given the public. Householders could safeguard themselves against these callers by asking .them t,o produce their licenses showing that they are entitled to trade.