THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4799, 16 January 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow the Waitakaruru Cricket Club will play, the Ngatea club at Ngatea, and the Kopuarahi club will play Kaihere at Kopuarahi.

Steady progress is being made by the builders with the erection of the new post office at Ngatea: At present most of the outer walls and the roof are in position.

Included in those who qualified at. the Junior National Scholarship ex T amination in November last were NoeHne A. J. Blyth and George B. Bramley, of the Paeroa District High School

The tennis matches on the Plains arranged for to-morrow are as follows : Kaihere v. Kopuarahi, at Kaihere ; Hopai v. Mangawhero, at Hopai; Waitakaruru v. Turua, at Turua. In the “B” grade matches Ngatea will play Waitakaruru at Ngatea, Turua and Kerepeehi will play at Turua, and Kopuarahi and Kaihere will play at oKpuarahi,

The practice of touring companies of charging a small sum for the programmes at the entertainment is usually accepted as a matter of course these days, but it is rather “over the odds” being expected to buy a fourpage programme (two containing only advertisements), only to find that a number of the items submitted by the company are not shown on the programme purchased.

As far as is known at present the Hon. A. D. McLeod, Minister for Landsfi will visit the Hauraki Plains at the end of next week. He will proceed tlirough from Pokeno to Thames via Waitakaruru, Ngatea, and Turua on Saturday, January 24, and on the following Monday will visit Orongo, Tuura, Kerepeehi, and Patetonga, in recent correspondence the Minister has stated that it was his intention to thoroughly investigate matters affecting the district and his department upon his visit. In addition to the County Council, at whose invitation the visit is being made, there will be numerous deputations from groups of .settlers. The Awaiti Ratepayers’ Association is particularly anxious to meet the Minister, and an endeavour is being made to arrage for him to visit either Awaiti or Paeroa to hear a deputation.

The Paeroa Bowling Club is sending six rinks to Te Aroha to play an inter-club match with the Hot Springs Club to-morrow afternoon.

Several cars bearing the new registration number plates have been seen in Paeroa during the last few days. It is understood that up to yesterday the Thames County office has registered 462 motor vehicles.

An amusing sight was to be seen in Belmont Road, Paerpa, yesterday morning reminiscent of the early days in New Zealand. Two Maori women with picaninnies on their backs strolled along the street each leading a young pig, the rope being attached to the front feel. After talking the length of the street the wahines sat down on the edge of. the pavement while the “captain Cookers’’ refreshed themselves in the gutter.

A wealth of illustrations is contained in thsi week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review. The Auckland Racing Club’s carnival at Ellerslie is pictorially reviewed in a notable series of snapshots of wellknown patrons on the lawn, while space is also given to racing eventp on the concluding day. Incidents of the Auckland Trotting Club’s fixture are also included, and the Whangiarei Regatta nda the Dominion Bowling Tournament at Wellington will make a strong appeal. The All Blacks are depicted in their contest at Twickenham, and the overseas miscellany are full of interest.

Speaking at the Harbour Board function at Thames on Tuesday the Hon. G. J. Anderson said that in his opinion Wellington possessed one of. the finest natural deep-water harbours in New Zealand. Later on in the proceedings Sir C. J. Parr challenged the taatement and championed the Waitemata. “Why, he said, “1 know of an occasion when the Hon. Mr Anderson, who lives across the Wellington Harbour at Fastbourne, had such a rough crossing in the ferryboat that he suffered from mal-de-tner for the rest of the day.’’ “In Auckland I live across the harbour, and if I missed the last fferry steamer T could row across in an open boat.’

Total disregard for the feelings ol the audience as well as the performers at the Gaiety Theatre, Paeroa, has been commented on previously. On Wednesday night, during the programme of the Jubilee Singers, a small section of the audience at the back of the theatre showed theirj evident disapproval of the programme submitted by talking audibly, : and giggling. Also, one of the ushers felt it necessary to walk up and down the passageway in heavy boots, the sound of his footfalls at times rivalling the voices of the singers. It is timej this sort of thing abated and patrons- who wished to hear the items were sjiown more consideration. ;

The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board is endeavouring to remove the embargo at present existing in respect to the entry of boneleiss beef into Belgium. The board’s London manager recently discussed the matter with commercial representatives in Belgium, and later took the-sub-ject up with the High Commissioner for New Zealand, who will in turn take it up officially with the Belgian Government, with a view to seeing whether a commercial treaty with Belgium might be entered into on the same lines as one recently completed between Canada and Belgium. There should be a demand in Belgium for this class of ntoat, as the Belgians prefer lean meat.

Anti-tobacconists are wont to . say hard things about smoking, but quite often they are untrue. Tobacco may have its faults, but its virtues should not be overlooked. Smoking assists digestion; it is also a great preservative of the teeth and a destroyer of the harmful germs which infest hll people’s mouths, while its soothing and tranquilising effects in times of mental stress, worry, or exertion are well known to all smoker*. But the quality ishould be good. Brands full of nicotine (like many of the imported varieties) are best avoided. Our own New Zealand-grown tobaccos contain comparatively little nicotine and may consequently be smoked freely without injurious results, while owing to the leaf being toasted in the process of manufacture (quite a novel idea) they are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. The popular brands are Riverhead Gold, aromatic ; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head), full strength. The demand for these goods is growing so rapidly that the New Zealand tobacco industry is assuredly destined to become of the first importance.*