THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4744, 29 August 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wm. J. Mains. Paeroa. Sept. 7-21. The railhead of the Waihi-Athenree section of the East Coast railway line is rapidly approaching Athenree. The line is now put eight miles from the Waihi end and over the first of the two bridges adjacent to the Maori camp. A few weeks’ work will carry it to the Athenree station yard. A little excitement was caused in Paeroa shortly after one o’clock yesterday afternoon, when nine circus waggons drove along the main streets. As is usual with touring outfits of this description, the poor condition and dead-beat appearance of the harness horses occasioned a good deal of adverse comment. “If cooking by electricity is taken up in New Zealand as it has been in Canada it would require three-quar-ters of a million horse-power to supply the cooking load alone,” said a speaker at a Chamber of Commerce Luncheon in Palmerston North last week. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

The sky has been overcast in Paeroa the last couple of days, and after no less than seventeen days of fine weather this month rain commenced to fall just before noon to-day. The wenti.er this month so far has been exceptionally dry, a total of only 1.57 inches having been recorded in Paeroa to date. Rain is badly wanted at present to assist the spring growth. The last rainfall was registered on August 9.

Steady progress is being maintained on the work of erecting the cottages on the new railway settlement off Thames Road, Paeroa. Five cottages are now nearing completion, the finishing-off work inside being left for wet weather jobs, while the exterior work is pushed on while the flue weather lasts. The condition of Aorargi Road is now in fair order, and much heavy carting has passed over it during the last three weeks.

During the course of an address at Dunedin on “How to Conserve Our Health,” Dr. Marion Whyte stated that it was not everyone who knew that oranges, if eaten in sufficient quantity, would cure boils in childrenThe end of the winter was the time when children contracted tliijß complaint, and if they were given oranges the blood would be kept j ure. The speaker further stated that the banana was a fruit which was not conducive to the better health of children, and she would advise that it be eliminated as much as possible from their diet.

There were at least two very surprised men in Greymouth recently (says the “Star”). One was a local butchtr and the other a native of Blackberryville, Back of Beyond. The man from the back-blocks came to town to complete a deal with the butcher, and registered extreme (surprise when handed merely a piece of paper instead of a roll of notes, or a bag ol gold. The butcher nearly fainted when he realised that his visitoi did not know what a cheque was ! After receiving some hints on modern financial methods the innocent abroad headed for a bank.

The local High School Committee has received advice that Messrs E. C. Cutten, senior Stipendiary Magistrate, and H. Stebbing, of Auckland, president and organising secretary respectively of the Young Citizens’ League, will visit Paeroa on Monday, September 8, .when they hope to address a gathering of citizens on the aims and objects of the League in the evening. At that meeting a local advisory council will be formed, and on the following day an initiation ceremony of members will be held in the afternoon at the Paeroa District High School which the public are earnestly invited to attend.

This week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” abounds in illustrations of varied interest. The centre pages have their usual charm. A striking page is devoted to individual portraits of officials of the Auckland Rugby Union, while snapshots of the second Test Match between New Zealand and China, in Wellington, are reproduced in attractive style, as also is the Grammar v. King’s Rugby match at Eden Park. The miscellaneous secion is well up to standard, and includes the 1924 Olympic Games at Paris, disastrous fire at Christchurch, British Logion in Paris, French elections scenes, lawn tennis championships, and innumerable others.

“I say that the Englishman, as such, is the fairest man on God’s earth. He is fairer than we Scots. The Scots want to win, right or wrong, but the Englishman does not want to do that.” This striking testimony to the fair dealing of the Englishman as a class was made by Professor John Adams, the distinguished educationist, in the course of his reply at the civic reception tendered to him at Christchurch. He added that a fellow Scotsman had said to him on one occasion: "It has taken me forty years to know these Englishmen,” and though it might be a long process learning the characteristics of the Englishman, it was worth while, even if it took forty years. Did you ever smoke Toastetl Tobacco ? If so, you will know how the toasting process improves the flavour. It is delicious. Coffee berries and tea leaves are roasted, otherwise no one wtuld care to drink tea or coffee. Well, the same treatment is found to antswer equally as well with tobacco. Test this for yourself. The locally manufactured tobacco is now prepared in that way. The result is astonishing. Select a brand to suit your palate in regard to strength : either Riverhead Gold, the mildest of all; or Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength ; or, if you prefer a fuller body, take Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label. The very first whiff will tell you that you are in for a supci lor article, quite out of the common. You never get that same pleasant aroma with any of the ordinary tobaccos. And so smooth and mellow. With their small percentage of nicotine these brands may be smoked with perfect immunity, find are recommended by experts and medical authorities* For Influenza, tate Woods’ Great Peppermint Cnre.