THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4826, 23 March 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The contractors for the new post ofiiec in,Normanby Road, Paeroa, have made a start, in so far as the timber required for the concrete work is now being stacked in readiness’on the site.

Two new businesses will probably’ be opened .in Ngatea in the near future —a big motor garage ’near the salcy.ards and a fish and greengrocer's shop.

A further case of infantile paralysis from Kopuaralii was admitted to the Th-imes Hospital on.. Thursday laist, and also two cases- in one family from Hopai were admitted earlier in the week.

The year-old son of Mr J. Baggs, Kerepeehi, who was admitted to the Thames Hospital early last week suffering with cerebo-spinai meningitis, died in that institution on Saturday evening,

Five new residences will probably be erected in Kerepeehi in the near future. Building sections are selling freely, and in most cases vendors, with an eye to the future of the township, are requiring the erection of a building.

Shareholders in the N.Z. Meat Packing and Bacon Co. are reminded that they are required to attend to give evidence before the Registrar of the Supreme Court at the Ngatea Public Hall on Tuseday, March 24, or at the Courthouse, Paeroa, on Wednesday, March 25, at 10 a.m.

“1 suppose you get very fatigued with all this travelling about,” remarked a sympathetic friend to the Hon. A. D. McLeod during his King Country tour (says the Bay of Plenty Times). "These long journeys and long speeches must be very tiring.” "Yes replied the Minister quickly. "It’s like a great cartwheel—the longer the “spoke” the bigger the “tire.”

Footballers in many parts of the Plains are eagerly looking forward to the opening of the season. .The Plains Rugby Union will meet, as soon as the Turua and West clubs have held their annual meetings and appointed delegates. So far there has been no move in either district, and players in other areas are complaining that a late start will mean a late finish for the season.

Captain N. Grice, who has been in charge of the local Salvation Army corps, has been transferred to Terrace End. Palmerston North. Captain H. Humphreys, of Otahtihu, has been transferred to Paeroa.

A general meeting of the Hauruki Plains A. and P. Association will oe held tliis evening to discuss the advisability of abandoning the annual show and the annual Kerepeehi sperts on account of the prolongation of the restrictions caused by the infantile paralysis epidemic.

The headmaster (Mr G. H. Taylor) of the Paeroa District High School has received intimation that the classes for physical training of teachers which were to l have been held at Paeroa this week have been cancelled owing to the instructors being called to. Wellington.

The second round of the Hauraki Plains Tennis Association's handicap tournament, is proceeding steadily. All matches are to be played by Wednesday next and the results forwarded to the secretary as early as possible, to enable the next round to be drawn.

In connection with the recent two days’ meeting of the Ohineinuri Jockey Club, held at Piieroa, the following are the amounts payable to the Government. Totalisator duty, £lB7l 12s 9d; dividend duty. £3302 9s 6d : stakes duty, £lB3 .15s ; total, £5357 17s 3d. In addition to the above amount amusement tax has to be paid on all gate admission money.

I'he question of the fencing of drains is one that has been exercising the drainage board's on the Hauraki Plains. The boards have power under the Act to compel landowners to erect ,a fence, but provided a fence sufficient; to keep stock from damaging the drain is erecteff this power will not be exercised. The Horahia Board at every meeting notifies some of its defaulters.

The Waikino School tragedy was recal'ed at Wednesday’s meeting of the Auckland Education Board by the receipt of advice from the Education Department a« to the recognition by the Government of the devotion to duty displayed by Mr R. T. Reid, then headmaster, in defending the scholars. The letter stated that Cabinet had approved the payment to Mr Reid of a special grant of £2OO. The board resolved to express its appreciation of the action of the Government.

. There is apparently no deinand for biulding sections in Hamilton at present (states the "Times”). At a couple of land sales held on Thursday evening in no ease did a bid reach tne -reserve figure. Messrs J. R. Fow and Co. put up for auction the Oakfield Estate on the Cambridge Road, Whim at Frankton the Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Auctioneering Co., in. conjunction with E. C. Day, Ltd., endeavoured to .dispose of 99 sections. Although at both sales keen interest was displayed. and there were good attendances, they appeared to be chiefly residents living in the vicinity of the respective blocks and anxious to obtain some idea of their own land values.

For the second time laist week a scrub fire was the cause, of the firebell being rung Jn Paeroa. Just after two o’clock on Saturday afternoon the fire brigade, under Captain W. Moore, was summoned to extinguish a scrub fire which was burning fiercely on one of the Government reserves between Wood and Willoughby streets. It appears that Mr A. Davies, who occupies Mr Slader’s house- in Wood Street, was burning some rubbish in his garden when the wind carried the flames into the hedge, and from there into the tall fern and rushes on the, vacant section. In a few minutes the whole area was a sea of flame, and, fanned by a stiff breeze, the fire assumed alarming proportions. A tucket brigade was quickly formed by nearby residents and the flames surounding Mr Slader’s house were subdued. A change in the wind turned ..the flames in the, direction of Mr W. Clarke’s, residence, in Willoughby Street, and but for the timely arrival of the brigade the house would have been razed. As it was the paint wajs badly scorched, and the. occupants made ready for a hasty exit. Although the flames near both houses were extinguished fairly quickly the brigade had about half an hour’s strenuous fighting before the outbreak was completely quelled. -

A. prophet, they say, has no honour in his own country, and it, has been too much tiie policy of New Zealanders in the past to pass over the product of their country in favour of the imported goods, which in many cases are actually inferior to the New Zealand article. Take tobacco, for example. Most American tobaccos are objectionable on the score of excess nicotine, and defective combustibility, leading to the clogging of the pipe, with unpleasant, and. indeed injurious, consequences to the smoker. Try Riverhead Gold, mild and aromatic, or Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength, and if you prefer a full body, try Cut Plug No. .10, the Bullhead label. Their purity, flavour, aroma, and all-round excellence will surprise you. Unlike most brands from overseas this particular type of tobacco does not foul .the pipe and leaves the mouth sweet and clean. Experts maintain that of all varieties known N.Z. leal is the le.ast injurious on account of its small percentage of nicotine, and that it may be smoked continuously without the, slightest aftre effects*