THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4701, 21 May 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1924 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Ciiffe, of Hamilton, will deliver a lecture on Rugby rules and the game this evening. Football followers and the public arc invited to be present. An advertisement appears in this issue. The Postal authorities have intimated that the petition asking for a drainage district to be created of the area between the Piakp River and the a'Huraki Drainage District has been duly received at the office bf the Minister of Internal Affairs. As an instance of how the visit ci the Fleet beneficially affected Auckland business a gentleman, who was in a ,veil-known butchery establishment one day, saw an order for 18CwL of pork chops for use on one ship only. This, he was told, meant the cutting up of 120 Pigs at least. It would be interesting to know what the aggregate has been for pork chops for the whole squadron. A friind of Mr G. H. Vowles in Paeroa ba received post-cards from Mi Vowles posted from Panama. Mr Vowles states that he snd Mrs Vowles jire well, and are thoroughly enjoying the trip, and the weather had been good. The only unpleasant part of the trip to Great Britain so far covered was the journey by train from Paeroa t<> Wellington to join the Remucra tor London. Mr Vowles has as a fellow passenger Dr. Short, who was al Waihi for some years. The Borough Council workmen have been engaged since Monday clearing the water-tables and streets of the debris which collected during the gale on Saturday last. The bridge over the drain in Rye Lane which was dislodged by the storm water has been temporarily replaced, and is available for light traffic only. A decided improvement is being effected in various parts of the borough by the cleaning up of tlie grass and noxious weeds from footpaths. The long, dry summer, followed by the exceptionally mild autumn, has been very favourable for growth, causing many streets to assume a neglected and uncaredfor appearance. The borough workmen are finding that the work can be carried, out more satisfactorily ami expeditiously since the council purchased its own horse, dray, and other necessary equipment. Woods’ Great Peppermint Core. For Coughs and Colds, never falls.

Lord Leverhulme has returned to London much impressed with New Zealand. This is how he publicly states his opinion in the Weekly Dispute li ; "When I see what has been done in New Zealand since my first visit 1 am amazed at .the wonderful development which has taken place. The people who have performed this feat were under the dire necessity of carnii.g their own living by the power of their right arms anil the exercise of the principles of self-help. Hu.v well they have succeeded in the 60 years of serious settlement of New Zealand is truly remarkable.”

The large plate-glass window was replaced in the hairdressing establishment occupied by Mr B. RaffiH on Wednesday last. This is the second time the window has had to be replaced owing to mysterious breaking, the last time being on November 18 last. On that occasion the miscreant waited until the signwriting on' the window had been completed before perpetrating the act. Although there was a hue and cry raised on the last occasion, and a substantial reward for information leading to a conviction was offered, the wrong-doer was not brought to book.

'Che death of Marie Corelli recalls to a I’ahnerston North resident an incident of the early days of. the novelist's fame. In the Empire Hotel, Wellington a bet of ten pounds was made between a Hansard reporter and ’ newspaper proprietor. The former undertook to write a paragraph which was quite untrue, and which half th-j papers in New Zealand would copy without questioning its authenticity. The Palmerston North man held the stakes, and agreed that the news item complied with the conditions. It was actually found in 70 per cent, of our papers, and read thus: “Marie Corelli, the famous young novelist, is now cn route to New Zealand to marry a well-known Canterbury squatter.”