THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4684, 7 April 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the Boundaries Commission not having completed its sitting in Paeroa the regular sitting of the Magistrate’s Court, which was to have been held to-day, has been postponed until Thursday, April 17. A combined parade of Territorials and Senior Cadets will be held in the drill shed, Paeroa, at 7.30 o’clock this evening, when the Defence Department’s medals will be presented tc> the winners of the rifle shooting competition which was held towards the end of last year. A cordial invitation j,s extended to the public to be pre--sent. In connection with the exaggerated headlines and the first ten inches of the story of the flood in Paeroiappearing in Friday’s issue cf the Auckland Star, which arrived here on Saturday morning, the Paeroa correspondent to the Star desires to make it known that, he had nothing to do with the account. The information was obtained by one of the Star .: permanent staff, who came througn from Hamilton. Owing to tiie bad weather the number of stock yarded al the Ngatea sale on Friday was lower than expected, being only about the average. Best cov. beef brought from £4 to £5 ss, medium quality up to £3l ,17s 6d, and rough and inferior up to £2 12s lid. Nc steer beef was yarded. Heifers in calf were dull of. sale, good quality only realising from £2 15s to £3 10s. F n w dairy cows were yarded. Good cows cose to profit brought from £5 to £7. <>n Saturday a lire at Wardville, near Te Aroha, destroyed a house owned by Mr Lands. The occupants were away at the milking shed at the time. By the time they noticed the place was iwi fire the blaze had a good ho’d, and they were powerless to do anything in the direction of saving their jipme. They could only stand idly by and see it go up in flames. For Children’s Hacking Cough, vVoods’ Great Peppermint Cure.