THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorpprated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4748, 8 September 1924, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorpprated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1924. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mission Services.—Mr W. J. Mains. Presbyterian Church, every evening, 7.45 p.m. Schools under the jurisdiction of the Auckland Education Board will reopen to-morrow morning, after having been closed for term holidays Since August 22. The Auckland Education Board has notified the local high school committee that a grant of £6 12s 6d has been approved of for the purchase of chairs for the science room. At Thursday’s meeting of the OhinCr muri County Council. Cr. C. B. Mace introduced the subject of utilising electric energy for driving the metal crushing plant. After a short discussion the matter was referred to the engineer and Cr. Mace for a report. The lessees of the Kopu-Orongo ferry are having a pontoon constructed with the idea of duplicating the present plant. The new barge will be nine feet longer than the present one, and. six inches deeper. Numerous lengths’of 12 by 4 heart of kauri 49ft long are on the ground. Good progress is being maintained on the work of levelling the site for the new Paeroa post office, and provided the fine weather holds out the contractor, Mr A. G. Curtis, expects to complete the work in about ten days’ time. The spoil is being moved from the site to the stop-bank in Cassrels Street by means of drays, each carrying an average of one and a half cubic yards. Each dray does on an average twenty trips to and fro a day. Jack Whiteman, the son of Mr A. Whiteman, a settler in Patetonga, broke his arm on Wednesday. The child, who is just three years old, was playing with hfe elder brother and jumping into his arms from the roof of a dog kennel. An unexpected jump found the elder boy unprepared, with the result that the little fellow fell to the ground. Nurse McNamara put the arm in splints and accompanied the patient to MorrinSville, where the bone ffas set.

On Saturday evening an enjoyable few hours were spent in Mr W. Bain’s social room by a number of the sporting fraternity of Paeroa. The occasion was arranged by members of the West Football Club to farewell a popular young man of the town and one of their number, Mr L. Shaw, who is leaving to follow his calling in Rotorua. During the evening Mr Shaw was presented with a travelling bag, and with a sufficient toast-list, song, and story the function went merrily on to its dose.

The public is reminded that Messrs E. C. Cutten, senior stipendiary magistrate, and H. Stebbing, organising secretary. of the Young Citizens’ League, will address a public meeting in the Soldiers’ Club this evening at 8 o’clock, at the conclusion of which an advisory council to control the newlyformed local branch will be elected. To-morrow a public initiation ceremony will be held in the Drill Hall at 2.30 p.m. at which about one hundred candidates from the local high school will be admitted to membership. The Mayor will preside at both meetings, and a cordial invitation is extended to the public tp be present and take Dart in the jyyoceedings. The euchre tournament and dance organised by the St. Paul’s Church Vestry was held in the Gaiety Theatre on Thursday evening, and was an unqualified success. The euchre tournament attracted a large number of. players, and competition was keen for the handsome prizes. At the conclusion of the games Mr E. Edwards presented the first prize to Miss Hart, while Mrs Staunton was second. Mr W. Robson carried off the men’s prize, while Mr C. T. Mettam was runner-up. The floor was in good order for dancing, and Messrs Farrar and Edwards capably carried out the duties of M’s.C. A dainty supper was served by members of the Ladies’ Guild.

The amount, of time spent by the Thames County Council at its monthly meetings in discussing matters in committee is assuming extensive proportions. Members assemble about 10.30 a.m., and as a rule are in committee on finance and works until lunch time. As many of the councillors desire tp catch the 4.30 train, the business in open meeting is usually hurried through while there is a quorum present. Frequently matters arising out of the correspondence that other local bodies would deal with in open meeting are referred to the next finance committee meeting. The September meeting on Thursday last was no exception. The inward correspondence was taken into the committee room during the morning, and the engineer was heard reading portion bf his monthly report. A ratepayer who desired to meet the council in regard to exchanging a road for a strip of his land was called into the committee meeting three times. Several deputations arrived during the day but could not wait to be heard. When the clerk, on being approached at 4 p.m., held out little hope of the open meeting being commenced for some time the Press reporters left.

The question as to the futurei trend of prices for the 1924-25 season for butter, cheese, wool, and mutton is a most interesting one. Experts say that we can hardly expect that the high prices of recent years will be permanently maintained. Let us hope that they are wrong. In this connection, the best advice is to produce more from our high priced land. New Zealand as a country may be said to be only just commencing tp touch upon the fringe of its carrying capacity—that is when compared with Denmark, Holland, and many other countries where they grow tremendous areas of mangolds, swedes, carrots, turnips, and other forage crops to carry them through their hard winters. We are reminded of these facts by Messrs Cooper, the well-known seed growers, of Wellington. Messrs Mitchell Bros., winners of the most points prize for the 50 guinea cup at Palmeiston North, recently staged some dozens of superb exhibits, all of which were grown from Cooper’s seeds with the exception of one exhibit, and this was grown from, seed supplied by a firm outside of New Zealand. Messrs Mitchell Bros’, crop of Cpopeqs’ prizewinnre mangolds, recently inspected while growing, proved to be over 134 tons per acre. These facts speak in eloquent proof of the superiority of the New Zealand firm’s seeds.

It is the roasting of coffee berries that results in the development of the' exquisite flavour so much appreciated by coffee-drinkers. That is well known. But it is not so well known that our New Zealand-grown tobaccos are now subjected to the same roasting or toasting process, and with the same result. The flavour is brought fully out, while at the same time the deleterious properties of the tobacco are. destroyed. All tobaccos, no matter where grown, have this in common —that they contain nicotine, some more, some less. And it is this poison that is chiefly responsible for the sufferings of those who indulge too freely in the use of the fragrant weed. Heart and nerves are generally affected, and often the eyesight. Scientists now tell us that toasting neutralises part of the nicotine, and that, toasted tobaccos may, therefore, be smoked with impunity. They recommend Riverhead Gold, mild and aromatic ; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium strength ; and the fullbodied Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead label). All are toasted*