THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMIRI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4800, 21 January 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMIRI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The first ordinary meeting o£ the Paeroa Borough Council this year will be held to-morrow night.

A reminder is given that the Paeroa Borough Council will levy an additional charge of ten per cent, on all rates unpaid after Friday, January 23.

A petition requesting the Borough Council to retain Saturday as the statutory half-holiday in Paeroa is being taken round to-day. A counterpetition asking for the half-holiday to be changed to Wednesday is also in circulation. Both petitions have been freely signed by employees and employees. The matter will be decided by the council at its meeting to-mor-row night.

During the course of tlie street improvement work in the Willoughby and Russell streets area, the opportunity has been taken to open up Russeh Street between Willoughby and Wood streets, thus giving a roadway for traffic into Wood Street other than by way of Waihi Read. The value of having the through road will be appreciated by the residents and tradesmen.

The latest issue of the N Z. Gazette contains an amended regulation under the Mining Act, 1908. It reads: “A license to bore for petroleum or other mineral oils or natural gas shall ne issued in the case of Crown lands, only to the holder or holders of a mineral prospecting warrant or a mineral lease granted under the Mining Act, 1908, or, in the case of any lands other than Crown lands, to the owners to which the license shall relate (the word ‘owner’ includes any person or body corporate to whom such owner shall have granted a lease or license to prospect or bore for petroleum or other mineral oils or natural gas).”

The Hauraki A. and P. Association should take heart. A recent carnival for the purpose of raising funds to improve the Wanganui Agricultural Association’s new grounds netted £5OOO The carnival consisted of a stock drive, bazaars, and various entertainments.

It is the intention of the Borougn Council a little later on -o open up the track at the Domain gate entrance from King Street. When this is done a passable thoroughfare will be available from King Street through to Corbett Street.

Speaking in Paeroa yesterday, Mr A. W. Simth, assistant district engineer. N.Z. Railway Department, said that the department was in immediate need of labourers for the station construction works. Preference would be given to local men, as the housing problem for married men from other districts was rather a serious consideration at the present time. He said that there was no need for ablebodied men to look for work at present.

Some smokers once tney sample .a brand that pleases .them never change it. Seem to think it can’t < e bettered. There are others who recognise that the world is continually advancing, and that new brands of tobacco are introduced from time to time which are a distinct improvement on tne old ones. Take our New Zealandgrown tobacco, for example. Theise brands, now attracting the attention of smokers everywhere, possess some characteristics which distinguish them from the imported goods in a very marked degree. Firstly, the leaf is- toasted, and this brings out the flavom and fragrance very perceptibly—just as the flavour and aroma of coffee is improved by roasting the berries. Secondly, unlike the imported brands, they contain so little nicotine that they do not injuriously affect. the heart, nerves, or eyesight. They give a sweet, cool, and satisfying smoke, too. Popular brands are • Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), full. Already the growing and manufacture of these tobaccos constitutes a flourishing industry, and one destined to prove of national importance.*