THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4733, 4 August 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

-——» A meeting of subscribers to'the Paeroa Benevolent Fund is to be held i;n the Borough Council Chambers tomorrow night at eight o’clock. The latest football conundrum: Why should the AH Blacks have stayed al home ? Because they had no Wright going away. The Paeroa District High School Committee has received advice from the Auckland Education Board that that body has been instructed by the department to prepare plans and specifications of a building for woodwork and ct okery classes at Paeroa. There would appear to be some people in the Oamaru district looking .for work, and hoping that they will not find it (remarks the North Otaog “Times”). One of these was offered a job in the countyr at 14s a day, I ut he refused to go to it unless he was paid 15s. He is still idle. On Saturday last the school basket, ball competition was .advanced a further stage, the Waihi High School sending two teams to Paeroa to l play against the local high school. Paeroa’s A team was again successful, and defeated Waihi A by 13 points to 5. The local B team was defeated by Waihi B by the narrow margin of one point after an exciting struggle, the scores being Waihi 3, Paeroa 2. A further remand was granted by Mr F. E. Flatt, J.P., at tile Paeroa Police Court on Saturday morning in Hie case of the ex-employee of the local >.asl office who has been charged with the. theft of a cheque. Mr R. S. Carden appeared for the accused, and asked that the case be expedited on account of the anxiety thrown on the mother of the lad by the numerous remands. The Bench concurred, and expressed the opinion that it was time the police were ready to go on with the case. Constable McClinchy explained that owing to some of the evidence for the prosecution having to be taken in Invercargill, it Was not possible to have it brought on any earlier. A rerirand was accordingly grained to Friday, August 8, bail being allowed as before. F.-.r Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,

The tenth anniversary of the commencement of the Great European War is to day. The first quota of men from the district left Paeroa for the concentration camp at Auckland seven days afterwards. “Some people went to China co make money, and during the past ten years there has grown a strong antiforeign feeling in consequnce of this," stated Mr A. E. Dome, manager of the Chinese Soccer team recently when speaking at Palmerston North (states the local “Times"). While there were some, excellent missionaries in China, there were ttlso some bad ones, and it was imposition of this kind that caused a feeling of resentment in the hearts of the Chinese. A hoax which has led to the discomforture of quite a large number of pedestrians in Whangarei during the last few days (says the “Northern Advocate”) consisted in the nailing down to a footpath of pennies and halfpence, with the upper side silvered over, thus presenting the appearance of stray half-crowns and shillings. The unavailing efforts of the finders to remove the coins with their fingers or by means of kicking, and the looks of disgust upon the faces of the deluded ones when realising the deception, are said to have been most diverting to those in the know. A rather forgetful passenger travel*’ ling on the Main Trunk express the other night, inspired by a feeling of friendliness towards a couple of young ladies seated opposite him in the carriage, proffered them his rug, having no necessity to use it himself at the time. The members of the fair sex accepted the rug in the spirit in which it was offered (relates the Wanganui “Chronicle"), but imagine their surprise and embarrassment when they unfolded it and discovered a bundle of dirty linen. The owner, realising what he had done, in an instant gathered up his much worn wearing apparel and blushingly stowed it away in a bulging handbag. An idea of what can be done on a small farm under intelligent management and with good stock may be gathered from the returns received by Mr G. Seivere, of Fairfield, whose three cows have this year produced (factory returns) over 14001 b of but-ter-fat (says the “Levin Chronicle”). These cows, together with a horse, are pastured on an area of five acres, the whole of their feeding .being produced from this area. One acre is kept in constant cultivation, oats for spring feed, maize, etc., for the autumn, and mangolds for winter being grown, besides hay being saved from surplus pasture in the summertime. Such illustrations of what can be produced from small areas by intense cultivation are illuminating as indicating a remedy for the excess prices at which much of the local land was purchased. Smoker’s heart is a distressing malady caused chiefly through the effects of an alkaloid called nicotine which is exeremely poisonous. Strong tobacco with a high percentage of nicotine should therefore be avoided. When selecting a brand, this smoker should not be guided by the appearance alone, because even an apparently mild cigarette tobacco of a bright lemon colour may contain—and often does contain—an excess of nicotine. It is a peculiar fact that c.ertain N.Z. soils produce a leaf with a very small percentage of nicotine, compared with the foreign type. Take, for instance, our local brands, Riverhead Gold Cut Plug No. 10 and Toasted Navy Cut. There you have an absolutely pure article, .which can be smoked continuously without the slightest after effects. . It burns to the last shred, leaving the mouth sweet and clean. So highly is New Zealand tobacco commented upon by doctors and experts that smokers should acquaint themselves with the merits of our own product by giving the above brands a fair trial.*