THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 26, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4703, 26 May 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 26, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the gale causing a dislocation of the electric power lines this morning the services of a gas engine had to be requisitioned, causing a delay, in no way the fault of this office, and- thus the issue of to-day’s “Gazette” was unavoidably delayed.

On Friday last a Maori woman named Mrs Tftnklwhai Te Kiri, aged between 80 and 90 years, was found dead at the residence of l.er grandson, Ko.tara, at Tirohia. The deceased. who was a familiar figure in Pacrott. has been ailing for some time, and was almost blind. An inquest will not be necessary.

Late last evening an easterly gale sprang up, accompanied by heavy rain, and continued intermittently throughout the night. Shortly after da-lignt this morning the force of the gale increased, and up to the time of going to press conditions were distinctlj- unpleasant. The Ohinemuri River rose rapidly during the morning and has already oveiflowed its banks near Pereniki’s Bend.

“I wish those people who have bad colds would take them away out of court. It is not a fit place for them to be in. It is not right for them or anybody else,” declared Mr Justice Chapman in the Supreme Court in Wellington, after he had been interrupted in the course of summing up by many coughs, and not infrequent sneezes from tlie back of the court. Captain Colbeck informed a Wanganui Herald representative that for the next election the farmers in the Auckland district would bring out their own candidates. They were not going to trust to promises any longer. If Mr Massey liked to bring in preferential voting so as not to split his votes, well and good, but if he didn’t it would be his look put*

A builder in Waipukuran required one small special piece of Queensland timber for finishing off a particular work (relates an exchange). This being unobtainable in Waipukurau, It was necessary to gt it railed from Wellington. The railage charged from Wellington to Waipukurau exceeded the price of the invoice value of the timber itself.

At the Police Court, Paeroa, on Frida) kut a man named Arthur Rountree, alias Alexander, a tailor, pf Te Aroha, was brought before Mr W> Marshall, J.P., on a charge of drunkenness. Constable McClinchy stated that lie had found Rountree in a hopelessly drunken condition in WiUougaby Street, Paeroa, on Thuisday last, and took him along to the police station, where it was found that he was on the verge of delirium tremens, stating that he had committed a murder and was being chased by the police. The Bench remanded Rountree to Thames for medical observation until May 30.

‘’Dimming headlights is one of the worst things a motorist can dp,” said a member of the Wanganui Automobile Association. In a general discussion on this matter it was pointed out that although glaring headlights were undoubtedly troublesome, it was saler to continue with them full on than to run the risk of obliterating a clear vision of the road ahead oy dimming. It was also mentioned that a great many cars were fitted with lights that were far. too powerful for the purpose for which they were required.

There is as a rule nothing to excite special attention in the “slogans” that, appear in the defacing machine through which letters are put by post offices (observes the Christchurch “Press”); usually they are merely terse commands to visit the exhibition or the carnival or something of the kind. Amongst pur mail, however, .was a letter from Washington, issued by the “Women’s International League tor Peace and Freedom," which had its title and address printed on the envelope, together with the dates of its congress and International School, and, in large type, “Stop the Next War." The slogan in the defacing machine in the Washington Post Office that day happened to be, and was printed very clearly, “Let’s go! Citizens’ Military Training Camp."

The attraction of New Zealand as a land for young settlers has received wide publicity in recent years, but one would not have expected residents of Morocco to be looking on Taranaki as a place to make their homes. However, a New Plymouth resident has received the following letter from a young Frenchman, dated Casablanca, Morocco, March 2: “What employment can find young Frenchmen who are willing to leave Morocco for another country. My colleague, 24 years old, is a mecanician (mechanician), is employed at the moment as conductor of tractors on a farm. He knows Arabian a?id Spanish, but not the English language. Personally, I am 23 years old, and am inspector on a farm. I know perfectly German and English, and speak fluently Arabian. I am very well acquainted with bookkeeping.”

At a* recent meeting of Nelson chrysanthemum growers a plant was shown which was carrying flowers ot different colours, light pink and pure white. This variation is known as “sporting," and many new varieties arc secured in this way. The other day (i eports a correspondent of the “Christchurch Press”) was exhibited a portion of a plant grown by Mr Shand, of the Mental Hospital Staff.which had also “sported” a bloom, yellow predominating, on a variety which is npripally of a dark red colour. A “sport” generally keeps to thti type of the parent, the variation being in colour ofnly, but in Mr Shand’s plant there is a marked difference both in type and colour. The “sport,” from its size and .colour, seems well worth "fixing” end giving a trial.

The Bishop of Auckland will be visiting this part of his Diocese on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, and will administer the Sacramental Rite of Confirmation in St. Paul’s Church on Wednesday evening, the Eve of .the Feast of the Ascension, at 7‘o'clock. After the. service members of the congregation, and any other citizens who desire to do so, are invited to meet His Lordship in the Parish Hall, where light refreshments will be served by the Ladies’ Guild and members of the church. The Bishop will also celebrate the Blessed Sacrament in St. Paul’s Church at half past seven on Thursday morning, Ascension Day. The vicar wishes it to be understood that attendance at either of the services in the church is not necessarily to be confined to Anglicans, but that all Christians are cordially invited to be present and assist in worship and the prayers.

Interesting views yii the comparative abilities of men and women are held by Mrs Barbara Wootton, who has qust been appointed a member of the committee which is to inquire into the National Debt and the effect of taxation on industry. “It is impossible to tell in the present rough and tumble conditions of life how far women arc as able as men,” she said to a “Daily Mail” representative. “Women are entering into certain occupations and arc showing that they are able to do work which man has done hitnerlo. They may perhaps show themselves to be qualified for other works still. My experience is that there is no difference between men and women in their ability to deal with figures. I have lectured to both working men and women on economics and I have found no difference at all betwen them. I think the ability to deal with financial matters is largely a matter of training.” Mrs Wootton is the daughter of the late Dr. Janies Adam, the senior tutor at En manuel College, Cambridge. Both her father and mother were classical tutors, and for three years Mrs Wootton studied classics at Girton, Cambridge. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Eor Coughs Mid Colds, never