THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4739, 18 August 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wm. J. Mains. Paeroa, Sept. 7-21. A special sitting of the Magistrate's Court is being held in Paeroa before Mr J. H. Salmon, S.M., to-day. A. lengthy share-milking dispute is being heard. - A special general meeting o£ subscribers to the Ohinemuri Library is called for to-morrow evening, when a proposal to municipalise the library will be considered. A full attendance of subscribers is desired. Late on Saturday night Constable McCliuchy received, word that a Maori woman named Tangai Waiwaiti, aged 38 years, had died at Tirohia. An niquest was held yesterday, before Mr F. E. Flatt, district coroner, when evidence was given by Dr. Little and the husband of deceased. The coroner returned a verdict in accordance witli the medical testimony, that deceased died from tuberculosis. The weather on the Plains has so far this month been very wet. Up to 8 a.m. on Saturday last 3.10 inches of ram was recorded at Kerepeehi, and of this 1% inches was recorded during flic latter part of the week. Spring tides- are making, and the river on Saturday was almost as high as during the flood period. Drains were running bank high and the paddocks were as wet as during the flood of May last. Celestials are entering into many .walks of life in New Zealand, and are now penetrating into the building trade (says the Dunedin “Star”). A few days ago a Chinese applied for entrance to the Carpenters' Union in Dunedin, but he has not yet been officially received. The applicant hails from Burma, and has references of which any New Zealander might be proud.

For a long time the idea of a reunion of returned soldiers has been mooted in Turua. This took definite shape recently, and at a meeting on Thursday evening it was decided to liold a smoke concert early next month

Councillor D. McGregor, describing a motorist who is in the habit of travelling on a certain' Wanganui county road, stated (relates the “Herald”) rhat the trouble with this driver was that if he had a couple of shandies he could not keep away from people lie was mooting' on the road. The councillor went on to state that the other day he was riding a restless horse, and lie saw the said motorist coming along, so he (Cr. McGregor) got behind a telegraph pole, and sure enough the driver of the motor came straight towards him and collided with the pole. Fortunately he did not have much way on.

Toasted tobacco is the last word in the manufacture of the fragrant weed. Its precess is based upon science, and just exactly as people- prefer their food cooked, they will now prefer their tobacco toasted. Toast is certainly wholesomer than soggy bread, and the same principle applies to tobacco. Take, for instance, the locally manufactured brands. They are all toasted, and consequently, more pleasing to the palate. Besides, there is less nicotine in them, and that is a matter of importance inasmuch as any excess of nicotine absorbed by the system may seriously affect the nerves or cause smoker’s heart and weakening sight. Smokers should therefore not fail to give this new tobacco a trial; there is a vast difference between toasted and nontoasted tobacco, and they will find it is all in favour of the toasted. Obtainable in three strengths, Riverhead Gold, very mild and aromatic ; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 is recommended to those who prefer a full body *