THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto ; Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4740, 20 August 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto ; Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20. 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wm. J. Mains. Paeroa, Sept. 7-21. By advertisement in this issue the Paeroa Presbyterian Busy Bees notify a missionary entertainment. A persistent rumour was currnet in Paeroa yesterday morning to the effect that a pupil of the local school had been knocked down by a motorcar near the Courthouse and injured. On inquiries being made of the headmaster (Mr G. H, Taylor) and the police, happily the rumour appeared to be groundless. As evidence of the support that has been given Rugby football this season, .there is at present on view in Mr Hale’s shop window in Belmont Road no less than seven medals, as well, as a shield'and two cups, that have been donated, and to that number has to be added a medal donated by Mr C. O’Lough lan, of Hikutaia, to the Suburbs club for competition. The Kerepeehi School Committee has been advised that Mrs Loving will remain in charge of the school unMl the end of the year. The position would have to be advertised, so it would be at least October before a permanent teacher could be appointed. In view of the rise in grade of the school if the present average is maintained and the setback caused by a change in the staff during the latter part of a year, this course was thougnt preferable. The Mayor of Waihi (Mr W. M. Wallnutt) and the town clerk (Mr J. J. Ritchie) were in Paeroa yesterday, when they interviewed the chairman of the Ohinemuri County Council (Mr A. R. Robinson) and the engineer (Mr E. Shaw) in connection with the county council handing over its portion of the Waihi Beach Reserve to the Waihi Borough Council. It is understood that the county is prepared to hand over the reserve on certain condiiimis which will be further discusseci by the respective councils at their next meetings.

Owing to the small attendance there was no meeting of the Kerepeehi Ratepayers’ Association on Monday evening.

“We know that in Australia and New Zealand a majority of industrial workens are now on the 44-hour week, and cases arc to be found where the hours have been reduced co 40. One emplojer, not 100 miles from this Court, whose men are on a 40-hour week, declared to me that lie would not revere back to Saturday morning work even if the men wanted to.” —Mr Bromley, during the hearing of the engineers’ case at the Arbitration Court.

Six months ago lust Thursday the then chairman of the Kerepeehi School Committee, when advocating the enlargement of the school, made a wager with the Minister for Education that in <six months the roll number would have increased fifty per cent. So far the increase has only been 18.75 per cent., but even with this the clsas-roomis are overcrowded and but for the erratic attendance of native children the difficulty of finding seating accommodation would be acute.

In a recent cable from London Mr J. B. Wright, the New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company’s London manager, states that wholesale houses are now supplying Anchor buttei for use in His Majesty’s household at Buckingham Palace. Needless to say the dairy compamy is exceedingly pleased to receive this information, ■and to know that Anchor butter is now being supplied to His Majesty’s household at Buckingham Palace, and has established an excellent reputation in the United Kingdom.

On Saturday evening a gathering of members of the Paeroa Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the Fire Station, Hall Street, the function being arranger 1 to celebrate the presentation of. honours won by local firemen. Captain W. Moore presided, and during the evening made the following presentations : Five-years’ service medal, Fireman H. Pennell ; two years' service oars, Fireman W. Pennell and ex-Fiieman D. McWatters ; three years’ service certificates, Firemen H. Wilton, J. Hubbard, and A. Scott. A lengthy toast list was honoured, interspersed with musical items and songs. In the days of Auld Lang Syne a New Zealand grown tobacco made its appearance on the market but failed to ge ta hold on the smoking public. The leaf was all right, but there was something deficient in the curing and the industry languished and fizzled out. A much more recent attempt to solve the problem resulted in the production of the National Tobacco Co.’s brands, now firmly established in the favour of the smokers. The secret of this success is said to be due to the new toasting process which the manufacturers are now applying to their tobacco, and which has resulted in a most remarkable improvement in the smoking quality. The difference between the toasted and the nontoasted product is as wide as a cooked potato differs in taste from a raw potato. Any smoker can easily convince himself by trying just a few pipes of any of the following brands : Riverhead Gold, very mild Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength ; and Cut Plug No. 10, for those who prefer a full body.*