THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4667, 27 February 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The hearing of the petition in con-nection-with the proposed alteration of the boundaries of the Borough of Paeroa has been fixed for Thursday, March 6, at 11 a.m. at the Courthouse, Paeroa.

Ten thousand carcases of meat were loaded at Whakatane tbi.s Week, the whole loading being done in thirty-six hours.

A girl came up for sentence in thj Supreme Court at Hamilton yesteiday. Having pleaded guilty in the lower Court to the theft of £l3O, the property of the Farmers’ Auctioneering Company at Matamata, between June, 1921, and June, 1923. His Honour said he had read the probation officer's report, which appeared to be quite satisfactory. There appeared to have been a good deal of neglect in the supervision of this business, and as he understood that the relatives of the gnl had restored the money taken, he thought the case a' proper one for twelve months’ probation. On the application of the parents’ counsel Mis Honour made an order for the suppression of the girl’s name.

At the Masterton Show on Wednesday Messrs Slack Bros., of Manawatu, offered at. auction imported stud Southdown rams, bred by His Majesty the King, the Earl of Derby, the Duke of Richmond, Sir W. Bird, the Rev. Brocklebank, and Messrs J. and W. Langmead, noted English breeders. The stock met with ready demand and 2t lots were disposed of at an average of 86 guineas. The top price wa« paid by Mr AV. Howard Booth, of Carterton, whose bid of £l5O secured a ram bred by the King. Six of the 11 lots passed in were subsequently sold privately.

The Tainui, which arrived at Auck land yesterday morning from London and Southampton, brought out 305 immigrants —123 men. 102 women, and 80 children. Of this number 115 arc for Auckland.

4 March Sales Campaign is being held by flic Farmers' Union Trading Co., and a 10.000.0'00 mark note will be. given to every purchaser of goods to the value of £2 or more. Ten million marks before the war were worth £500,000 in our money.

A meeting will be held in Ngatea on Thursday afternoon to consider the proposal to form a branch of the Blanket Society and the advisability of having the Plunket nurse visit the Plains weekly. Members of the Thames branch of the society will oe present.

Stanley McKay’s Aladdin Pantomime Do. played to a well-filled house in the Central Theatre, Paeroa, last evening. The part of principal boy was well sustained by Miss Laurie McLeod, and Miss Violet Elliott, the fat girl “slavey,” created roars af merriment, as also did Fred Klimo. the comedy acrobat and jazz band expert. Mr J. Dwyer, who played the part of the Dame, was well received, anid kept the audience amused with his droll patter. Individually, the ballet was up to the usual standard of such companies, and the Eastern dance executed by Miss Lorraine McLeod was deservedly applauded.

The number of pupils on the rol's of the State schools in the Auckland Education district on December 31 was 64,472, of whom 33,624 were boys and 30,848 girls. The average daily attendance during the quarter was 59,222.

So far there has beeju no sign of a recommencement of work pn the Kopuarahi school building, although the Hon. Minister for. Education, when in the district, a fortnight ago, stated that be would have the contract cancelled and the work carried on by day labour ft the carpenters did not resume within a day or two.

The Elstow Drainage Board has received information as to the gazetting of the Awaiti loan of £30',000. A resolution has been carried making and levying a special rate for the repayment thereof. The chairman, Mr AV. J. Andrews, was instructed to sign the application for the first £5OOO. The Public Works Department has reported that it intends to commence dredg - ing at Tirohia with a suction dredge in a few days’ time, aiid would continue up to Mangaiti, filling in the gaps on route. Temporary flood-gates would also be placed in position.

AVall street experts predict that the income of Mr Henry Ford, the motorcar manufacturer, will •be £200,000 daily in 1934 at the present rate of increase. Now his income is £BO,OOO, a day, and his total wealth is estimated at approximately £170,000',000. Mr Ford, who is 60, was stated in 1922 to make a profit of nearly 25 per cent, on every car his firm makes. He derives much of his income from the sale of myriads of spare parts.

Warding off colds is a matter to which the Japanese pay considerable attention. The commpnest practice is to nail a flat wooden spoon on the door, this being supposed to scare away .such fiends as Sneeze and Sniff, but when influenza is about the additional precaution is taken of writing above the spoon, “Hisamatsu is out,” or “Hisamatsu does not live here.’’ Hisamatsu, according to- the legend, is being sought by his lover, O Some, and her spirit; wandering in .search of him, loaves a cold in every house she enters. What other people on earth would have thought of making poetry out of such material ?

Building permits issued tor the four chief centures of New Zealand during the. past year are as follows: Auckland, 1,403,198 ; Wellington, 1,188,465 ; Christchurch, 794,711 ; Dunedin, 374,H 29. Total, 3,760.803. The figures indicate that apparently Auckland, and Wellington are progressing at a much more rapid rate than the southern centres. Wellington, on a population basis, has erected more buildings during the period under review than Auckland.

The work of scarifying AVaihou Street Tur.ua, was attempted on Wed-

nesday, but the tractor used was ..not

powerful enough to do the work effectively with the county scarifier. The Town Board therefore decided to wait until the county tractor becomes available.

An old and respected lesident of Waihi in the person of Mr Robert Trembath died on Saturday last at his residence, Waihi, at the age of 72 years. Deceased, who had been confined to his bed for some time past, and whose end was not unexpected, lived at Thames prior to making hi.s home at Waihi, and was a brother of Mr Frank Trembath, now of Auckland, and at one time Mayor of Thames. In his younger days the late Mr Trembath was a miner, and afterwards worked for the mining companies as a surface hand until a few years ago, when his failing health compelled him to resign.

A number of Wairarapa apiarists were fined £2 and 7s costs for keeping bees iu other than proper hives, and for not complying with the notice to transfer the bees they were fined £1 and costs. The bee inspector's return fare to AVanganui was apportioned among the various defendants.

In a recent issue of the Wanganui ' Herald ” mention was made of a potato gathering deal between a local Celestial and .some Maoris. It now transpires that the Chinaman had a contract with a Wanganui firm to supply several tons, atnd the Maoris when they heard of this held out for higher rates, with the result that tlmy now receive Is 6d per bag for gathering "big tubers and Is for seed potatoes. They are still negotiating with Johni with a view to getting a furthci increase on the sacks of seed. Before the contract is finished a very high standard of gathering rates will probably have been set to the conster - nation of other potato growers in the district As an offset, however, potatoes are now commanding very substantial prices locally.