LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4769, 29 October 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Parliament is expected to end the present session next week.

Dming the year ending March, 1924, no fewer than 11,000 new subscribers were added to the Dominion’s telephone exchanges.

The Public Works Statement reports that it will be possible to complete the railway connection between Auckland and Whangarei before Christmas.

In a few weeks’ time the Northern Steam Ship Company expects to use the Government wharf for the steamer Taniwha instead of the present (structure.

The Bible Classes connected with the Paeroa Methodist Church held an enjoyable picnic at Karangahake on Monday, when a number of young people spent a pleasant' day.

Considerable building activity Is now evident in both Nga'tea aud Kerepeehi townships. In each place tw r o shops are being erected, and in Ngatea a church is rapidly approaching completion.

The Education Board, Auckland, has accepted the tender of Messrs Speight, Pearce, Nicoll, and Davys, Ltd., Cambridge, for the erection of the manual training school building at Paeroa.

- The Put.aruru Press states that it is expected that by the end of November 200 workmen will be engaged on the electrical worfe, and before the end of next year about 600 will be employed on the various undertakings in that district.

Shortly after the disastrous flood that affected several, partis of the Plains in June last Cabinet made available the sum of £25,000' to be loaned to farmers who had suffered. Several of those who made application have just received their loans.

The latest issue of the N.Z. Gazette tcknowledges receipt from persons unknown of conscience money as follows : £1 15s, £l, and 6s, forwarded to the Railway Department, Wellington, -15 s forwarded to the Mental Hospital, Christchurch, and 2® to the Railway Department, Dunedin.

The Commissioner of Taxes draws the attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day’s issue that the due date o£ payment of landtax for the current year is on Friday, November 7, 1924, and that the demands will be posted on or about October 31.

The No. 2 (Western) Soldiers’ Revaluation Committee has been busy in the Te Kui.ti district for some time, but according to the King Country “Chronicle” it was expected to go to the Hauraki Plains this week. It is anticipated that it wil.l r>e another seven or eight weeks before the committee completes its rounds.

A bargeload of cheese from Te Aroha was taken by the Taniwha on Monday to Auckland. About 30 tons ofi butter a week are at present being shipped from Paeroa by this steame>. The Tatua Co-operative Dairy Company has arranged to have its output, carted to Te Aroha and sent to Auckland by boat instead of by rail.

/It the Paeroa Methodist Churcn last. Sunday evening a memorial service to the late Mr George Edward Wilson was conducted by the Rev. A. E. Jefferson. There was a large congregation. Special hymns were sung, and at the close the Dead March in Saul was played by Mr Rickard.

At the Te Aroha Magistrate’? Court last week Mellina Cecilia King was granted a separation order from her husband, James Graham King. An order was made for maintenance of £1 a week for complainant and 10s each in respect of three children. The parties were married 10. years ago, and for a short time lived at Paeroa and Morrinsville.

A number of the visiting bowle/s who took part in the Clothier Shield tournament held on the Paeroa bowling gieen during the week-end were generous in their remarks on the splendid playing facilities that existed, and many complimentary references were made about the beauty and well-kept appearance of the green and environs.

Recently a commission from the Hamilton Presbytery visited the Paeroa Presbyterian Church and made inquiries as to. the progress of the church. Last Sunday the Rev, Morgan Richards occupied the pulpit and read the report of tide committee, which congratulated the minister and office-bearers on the good work done since Mr Morgan’s arrival abdut two years ago.

A proposal to form a latepayers association in Horahia. was disc.ussed at a meeting of ratepayer on Saturday evening. The fact that such an organisation would do undoubted good was acknowledged, but the opinion was expressed that more good could be done by calling the settlers together as on that occasion. Experience in other places had proved that members would not attend meatings and all. the business fell on a few. There was not sufficient business to warrant the formation of an association in the riding.

The necessity of only appointing capable men as trustees on the Horahia Drainage Board" was stressed by several speakers at a meeting of about thirty ratepayers of the Horahia riding on Saturday evening. It was suggested that if it was known what were the rpobabl.e boundaries of the wards into which the area was to be divided settlers would be better able to elect a representative board. Mr W. E. G. Willy said the committee could not have done this. It was a matter for the board itself, when elected. During the discussion that followed it was pointed out that the division should be strictly according to the community of drainage interests. The board should get expert advice.

There is an additional attraction in the window of the men’s department at Mr J. P. Gamble’s premises, Belmont Road, Paeroa, at present. Reference is made to a handsome silver cup, mounted on an oak pedestal, which has been donated by Mr Gamble to the Hauraki A. and P. Association for the best junior group of pedigree Jersey cattle, the group to consist of two heifers and one bull under two years of age. The cup is valued at £lO 10s, and is to be competed for annually. Through the generosity of Mr Gamble the entries for this class should number many.

In returning thanks at the conclusion of the Clothier Shield Tournament at the Paeroa bowling green on Monday afternoon the skip of the runners-up said that in his opinio-i the tournament was one □£ the best conducted that he had played in, and he congratulated the local bowling club on the thorough and complete arrangements that had been made for the comfort and enjoyment of the visiting teams.

At the Thames Valley A„ P., and H. Show a class has been added for home separated cream. This is something new, and it. is expected that farmers will respond to the efforts of the committee of the association t<, make the show as educational as possible. The conditions of the competition are advertised in this issue. All bona fide dairy farmers milking more than 20 cows are eligible, and the cream must not be treated by any sterilising process, nor is any preservative or colouring matter allowed. Entries close next week, and there is a special entry fee.

It is pleasing to note that three u£ the cheese factory managers from this district chose to enter the competition held in connection with the Auckland A. and P. Association’s Spring Show for export cheese. Special show cheese is not made for this competition, as the rules provide that the show officials shall take, on a date unknown, any crate from the shipments arriving at the cool stores. Unless a factory was turning out a uniform high grade product an entry would not be made. The three entries from this district, with the grading points, are ’. N.Z. Co-op. Matatoki, 92% (flavour 44, body and texture 28%. colour and finish 20), third place; N.Z. Co-op. Wharepoa, 90 (42%, 28%, and 20), tenth place ; and N.Z. Co-op. Huirau Road, 91 (43, 28, and 20), fifteenth place.

You have tried toasted bread, toasted bacon, toasted cheese, and possibly toasted ki&neye, and know how good they all are. But have you ever smoked toasted tobacco? The toasting process, as you know, develops flavour in the case of all the abovementioned edibles —and it has precisely the same effect in the case of tobacco. Yow can easily satisfy yourself as to the truth of this assertion, because our New Zealand grower tobaccos are all toasted. That is one reason why they appeal so strongly to smokers. Another reason is that they contain (comparatively) but little nicotine, and may consequently be smoked all day long without producing those unpleasant effects that frequently follow the prolonged smoking of imported tobaccos, all of them more or less loaded with nicotine. For a cool, sweet, and fragrant smoke try Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog label), medium; or .Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head), full strength. There is no mischief in any of these brhnds. and the rapidly increasing demand for them is the most convincing proof of their popularity*