THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4698, 14 May 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is understood that Kerepeehi will shorll; have a hairdressing and billiard saloon. A contract for the erection of the building has been let, and work chould commence in a fprtnight. By advertisement in this issue the Paeroa Referees’ Association advises that a lecture on the rules of Rugby will be given on Friday evening next, and it is particularly requested that players and supporters will attend in full force. “The people in New Zealand are the most English 1 have seen outside of the Homeland,” remarked one of the visiting naval officers. He also expressed his amazement at the wonderful growth of settlement in so young a country. "There will be a great deal mole pork taised in New Zealand this coming year than has been the ease for Mjme time past.” remarked Mr W. J. Polson at the meeting of the executive of the ’ New Zealand Farmers Union at Wellington. Potatoes arc not too plentiful in Dunedin (stales .the “Star”). Good sorts command £8 per ton wholesale. The usual price at this time of the year is about £6. Stirling and the Taieri are supplying most of the demand at present, and some parcels have come from Canterbury. A ladies’ hockey club has been formed in Turua. So far fourteen plovers have been enrolled, and Miss K. • Milb r has been appointed secretar.’ ■ Players xx ill provide their own sticks, and will play on the recreation reserve. Navy blue and white are the colours adopted by the club. During the discussion at the Hauraki Plains Comity Council meeting yesterday a councillor remarked that the meeting was a singular one. For one thing the council had been accused of proceeding with work too rapidly, and llic second incident was that it was desirous of selling road metal. Another incident was not noticed. For the first time for at least eighteen months a ratepayer was present to listen to the discussion. It does not appear to be generally known that a ratepayer can attend local body meetings. Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. For Influenza, take

A letter-card sent from Palmerston North bore an unusual address. The alert postal official, however, duly delivered it to the person for whom it was intended, Mr A. E. Carter, Maugahao, Pahiatua. The letter-caid bore the inscription: “Householder at finger post, Pahiatua-B:ilance-Pal-mer.siun North, first post over biidgt, from Pahiatua.” The suggestion has been made that a band should be formed on the Hauraki Plains. A man capable and willing to train members is available at Kerepeehi. where there arc also nine men who, at .some time, or other, have been bandsmen. Doubtless there are (fillers mi the Plains who are sufficiently keen to become membcs. The two propellers salvaged from the wrecked steamer Port Elliot, which ran ashore on the East Cape at midnight on January 12, arc being brought to Auckland by the Richaidson steamer Mako (states the “Star’), The propellers, measuring 16ft across, are of solid phosphor bronze, and each weighs five and a half tons. They are valued at about £BOO each. “It nas given us a shock to see the way in which the roads have been cut about by excessive motor traffic during the strike. The latter gave a great impetus to motor traffic which is not likely to be recaptured by the railways, so that we will oe involved in still further expenditure on roads,” said Sir James Wilson at Palmerston North. —Manawatu Daily Times. Mr Wallnutt, Mayor of Waihi, believes there is a great future before WMtekauri district if money can be found to develop the mining resources. He maintains that there is a very large lode running through Waitekavri which has yet to be discovered.. This is judged from surface indications, for large boulders of payable quartz have been found, and when the' lode is discovered it will mean the opening up of an important mining centre. Oats are in the peculiar position of not being wanted, and yet being firm (stales the Christchurch Press). This paradoxical position is due to sellers having tp find the oats and name ths port of delivery, whilst the buyer does not know where he is going to place them. The actual position is that business is of a paper character. Later information confirms the earlier reports that Southland areas are about the smallest since the oats were an important part of the farming system. The yields are exceptionally good, but they fall far short of compensating for the reduced area. Tiie Ngatea Football Club has lost a staunch supporter and advocate in the person of Mr D. A. Vincent, who is about to leave the district. Eulogistic remarks were made at a meeting of the club on Thursday evening when it was announced that there would be a farewell smoke concert tendered Mr Vincent on Monday •veiling. Mr J. Banks was appointed delegate to the Hauraki Plains Rugby Union, Mr C. Bertelsen senior .selector, and Mr C. Molloy committeeman in his stead. Mr G. Courtenay was also appointed to the committee vice Mr T. Smith.

At a general meeting of the United Coast Football Club at Pipiroa on May 6 the following officers were elected : Patron, Mr D. J. O’Carroll ; president, Mr F. Wallis.; lion, secretary and treasurer, Mr P. Clark ; delegates io rugby union, Messrs H. Green and F. Wallis ; club captain, Mr G. B. Wallis; management committee. Messrs H. Green, T. Ryan, C. Lawrence, IL Green, E. Keane, with the president and secretary ex-officio; executive, Messrs C. Lawrence, H. Green, F. Wallis; senior selectors, Messrs L. James, B. Wallis, T. Ryan • junior selectors, Messrs C. Lawrence and E. Keane.

A tall man walking along Queen Street the other day became the centre of interest near Fort Street (says the Auckland “Star”). He was carrying two fairly large handbags, when one of them was knocked open. The wind immediately stirred ap the contents, and what appeared to be handbills began to flutter to the ground. A short distance behind a visitor from the country saw the papers, and, glancing at them, she was amazed to see that they were IDs notes. Greatly excited, she grabbed as many as she could, and shouted : ■ “Hi 1 You are losing all your money I” The man with the bags stopped, and the lady, who, had collected seventeen notes, shoved them into the open icceptacle, which, to her amazement, was apparently lull of paper money. “Here is another," said a passer-by, who had also got hold of one of the notes. “Oh, thank you,” acknowledged the owner, in a matter-of-fact voice, “they are onlv 10s notes.” And he turned on his heel and walked on. “Well,” remarked a bystander, “he might have given the lady ten bob for luck !”

An interesting discovery, or rediscovery, has been made during the trenching operations on the main-road al Karori, the turning up at a point about a hundred yards on the citv side of Church Hill of a deposit of blue clay, gritless, and when worked up of putty-like consistency, a clay which is considered admirably suitable for modelling (says the Post). The nature of the clay was remarked upon to Mr J. H. Howell, director of the Wellington Technical College, by Mr 11. Hamilton, a member of the Dominion Museum staff, aud a sample was submitted to Mr J. Ellis, art instructor, who pronounced it a firstrate modelling clay, quite as good as that which had in the past to be imported from Australia. It is proposed that the Wellington Technical College .should now “stock up” with Karori clay, and it is also considered probable that many inquiries from other schools, both in and cut of Wellington, will be received as to supplies of clay. The assistant city engineer, Mr J. Brigham, for many years borough engineer at Karori, states tliat he has been axvare of the blue clay deposits for a long time, and that be had suggested some years ago that it would be excellent clay for the manufacture of china. There is. said Mr Brigham, any amount of the clay in various parts of Karori.