THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4692, 30 April 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mcsm-s G. W. Buckle and H. McChesney, Education Board inspectors, are at present in Paeroa on an official visit to the Paeroa District Hign School A serious mishap befel an 8-year-old half-caste boy whose parents reside near the Turua-Orongo road on Saturday. Accounts of the accident by liis mates differ, but apparentlj he was kicked on the head by a horse, and also received a broken leg. He was taken to the Thames Hospital, but became unconscious the following day. The United Kingdom Alliance reports that Britain’s people spent £307, 500.000 in intoxicants durjng 1923, compared with £330,000,000 in 1922. The consumption of beer increased by 3 per cent., and wine by per cent., while spirits decreased per cent. Tiie consumption of beer in 1923 totalled 930,000,000 gallons, at a cost of £193,000,000. A ladies’ hockey club was formed in Ngatea on Monday evening at a meeting held for the purpose of discussing the proposal. Mr J. Costello presided, and was elected president bf the club. Sufficient players to form two teams were named, but as the majority lack experience it is not tiie intention of; the club at present to play against other clubs. The matter of grounds was left to the committee for a report. The membership fee was fixed at ss. and it was decided to hold a leap-year ball at the next full moon to raise funds with which to purchase hockey sticks. The following committee was elected : Mesdames Coctello (president), Johnson, Bertelson. Misses O’Donnell, Bratlie, Henderson, and McKay (secretary). For Influenza, take [Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

The shooting season, which opens to-morrow, holds piomisc of excellent sport. The duck in the Awaiti district and on the Pinko River this year ai’,' reported to be fairly plentiful, and in the district generally pheasants and quail have been seen in fair'.? large .numbers. The £1 license permits the shooting of duck, quail, pheasants, and godw'ts. For duck the season is from May 1 to June 30, while for pheasants and quail it extend from May I to July 3.

The official opening of the Te Aroha Golf Club is to be held on Saturday ne?t, nr.d a cordial invitation has been extended to members of the local club to be present.

For the period ending April 12 the Waihi Goldmining Co. crushed and treated 1-184 tons of ore for the return of 5721 fine ounces of gold and 28.725 (inc ounces of silver. The lower tonnage crushed was due to Um recent floods.

The Ngaruawahia Borough Council has accepted the tender of Mr E. Willoughby for the erection of a ne,v town nail, the price being .18760. Tin hall, which will accommodate over 800 people, will be built of concrete and brick.

The metalling of. the road across the Kerepeehi block by the Lands Department is now practically completed. A commencement with the metalling of Ngarua Road will be made any day now, as the tramline has been laid and the landing stage completed. After dumping about a hundred yards more metal for the Kerepeehi block roads the plant will be shifted over the river and the other job started.

The Wanganui Chronicle states th ;, t a writ has been issued against Anthony Moghan’s estate by Mrs Gemmell, claiming alleged damages tlvough the loss of her husband. The case will be heard at the sitting of the Supreme Court at Wanganui next mnoth.

While in Auckland recently a Ngatea lady mentioned to the Rev. Jasper Calder that the Ngatea Church of England desired to purchase an organ. He offered to lend a harmonium to the church and the offer was accepted. The instrument is now in the public hall, where it may be used by all the churches.

“] have seen two beautifying societies that have died in Masterton,” said Mr W. Kemp at a meeting the other evening (reports the Ago), “simply because they wanted to save money instead of spending it. Ton have te show the public that you are doing something.”

The Bucyrus dredge that has been laid up for about a month with a broken shaft recommenced work on the Puhanga canal bank road ydster day, and one of the Priestman machines, having completed the widening of the Piako River to the mouth of this canal has commenced th? same work between the canal an-1 Ngatea,

A notification appears in our- advertising columns to the effect that Mrs W. Campbell, late of Waihi and now of Paeroa, commences a series of her popular weekly dances at the Returned Soldiers’ Club on Thursday, May 8. Mrs Campbell, we learn, has had considerable experience in the organising of socials, balls, and dances, and has been prominently associated with the many public efforts made in Waihi on behalf of th? hospital, and in cases of private distress, etc.

The next meeting of the Hauraki Plains Rugby Union promises to be as interesting as the previous two meetings were this season. The application for territory from Waitakaruru, Ngatea, and Turua clubs to permit of the United Coast club being formed will come before the meeting, and if grunted an application will be made on behalf of the Waitakaruru club for a portion of the West club’s territory. .The trouble between the Piptrou players and the Waitakaruru club now affects every club in the union except Kerepeehi.

An unusual industry carried on locally (reports the Levin Chronicle) is that of rearing pheasants, this being carried on by Mr W. Hughes, of Weraroa, who has at the present tint-’ 16 birds, splendid specimens of this unrivalled game bird, at his farm tn the settlement. Mr Hughes finds a ready sale for the birds with the various acclimatisation societies, and also with private individuals who wish to increase the game supply in their districts, and h;is no difficulty in disposing of all he can rear.

The second American steam dipper dredge, now being assembled at Kerepeehi, is assuming shipshape. The first steam dipped dredge is doing good work in the Awaiti Stream canal, making a cut about 30ft by 9ft near the llaxmill. The Wilson-Walker is working nearby, making a drain that will be inside the stop-bank to .be formed by the floating dredge. In the Maukpro-Waitakaruru canal the priestman dredge is now about 30 chains north of Orchard West Road. One of the Bucyrus machines has almost completed a circuit of th? Kerepeehi block, and when it reaches the mouth of the Awaiti Stream canal it will be shifted across and will commence working up on the eastern side widening the cut and forming a road. Jt is easy to make a slip of the pea, but one drunk, at least, has cause to bo thankful that a slip concerning him was noticed in time before the ,T.P. loft the station, as he had entered on the charge sheet: “Convicted and fined £2, in default 48 years’ imprisonment.”—Oamaru Mail. Ey advertisement in this issue it will be seen that Mr G. W. Buckle, visiting inspector of schools, will deliver an address to teachers on Saturday next in Paeroa, I wonder If Love Is A Dream, When I dream I’m beloved by you. T wonder are dreams what they seem, And I wonder do dreams come true. My mind is distracted by doubt, And nothing seems certain and sure, But the fact that bad colds fade out Where there’s Woods’ Peppermint Care.