THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4826, 25 March 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is probable that a social club will be formed in Kerepeehi in the near futuic. Many of the Lands Department employees at Kerepeehi were inoculated against typhoid fever on Monday last.

: The erection of a building 18ft by* lift to accommodate the school dental clinic at Ngatea was commenced on Monday.

The verandah covering the Paeroa railway station platform was completely demolished- yesterday afternoon and removed to the new station site in Moore Street. ,

About 80 barrels of bitumen for the WUurepoa-Kerepeelii road have been landed at the Wharepoa ferry landing and a certain amount of the tramline has been laid.

Evidence of shareholders in the N.Z. Meat Packing and Bacon Co., Ltd., in liquidation, is being taken before a registrar of the Supreme Court at the local Magistrate’s Court to-day.

A ease of infantile paralysis was reported from Thames Road yesterday morning. The patient was sent to the Thames Hospital. This is .the first case to be reported in the borougn during the present epidemic.

A Coroner’s inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Mr J. S. Patty, who was killed on the railway line near Wharepoa on tiie 17th instant, is to be held before Mr F. E. Flatt, district coroner, at the Courthouse, Paeroa, to-morrow morning.

The erection of the manual school hi Miller Avenue, Paeroa, was completed last week. It is a substantial building with two main rooms, one for woodwork and the other for'cooking classes. There is also a pantry, a teachers' room, and a store room for the woodwork department. A hot water service and electric light have been installed.

The weather locally has been exceptionally fine for this time of the year. No rain has fallen since the evening of the 14th instant, and as a 'consequence the ground has become very dry and hard. A good downpour of rain would be particularly welcome at present, as farm areas and are becoming very dry and growth is retarded.

During the hearing of a. case at the Hamilton Court on Monday in which a Chinese gave evidence, .the customary form of Chinese oath was administered in which the Celestial blow out a lighted match, after declaring “As I blow out this match, so do 1 exnect my soul will be blown out if 1 do not speak the whole truth.”

A Wellington message states that Dr. Vaiintine is to go at the invitation of the League of Nations with medical men from other countries on a tour of Europe to examine medical and hospital matters, Dr. Watt, Deputy-Director-Gcneral, is to visit Japan similarly in November. The League will bear all expenses.

Telegraph Department workmen are at present installing the telephone switchboard at the new Ngatea post office. The switchboard is of an up-to-date type, and has space for 100 numbers. Considering that the present switchboards have space for only--30 linep, there should be ample room for extension in the near future.

The system adopted in publishing s'chool work in each issue of the "Gazette” for the pupils of the Paeroa District High School, is meeting with a. satisfactory response, and it. is to be hoped that parents will keep their children up to the mark and insist on the lessons as set out being done and returned to the teachers for correction.

"What at one time, were considered blessings are now problems,” said the Rev. W. M. Holland, addressing the Congregational Union at Timaru (states an exchange). "In past times the^.young were an asset; now they are looked upon as a liability. Hence some people are seeking to solve the problem by a process of elimination. In many Christian homes there are few or no children; This is also one of the reasons for the empty pew.”

Evidence for the pending Supreme Court action, Shareholders v. the N.Z. Meat Packing and Bacon Co. (in liquidation), was taken from a large number of Plains settlers by Mr Miller, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Hamilton, at the County Chambers, Ngatea, yesterday. Mr Simith, of Wellington, represented the defendant company and Mr. Vealoiix the plaintiff shareholders. The press was not admitted. The hearing commenced at 10 a.m. and continued until evening, but a number of witnesses were not called.

■ in reply to tiie representations of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce in regard to railway parcels rates the member for the district, Mr F. Lye, has received notification from the Minister that, -notwithstanding the deviations of the line from Auckland to Cambridge during recent years, the distance to Cambridge is still just over 100 miles, actually 100 ; miles, .19 chains, 81 links. As the department’s regulations .provide that five chains or over count, as a mile, the rail charges are correctly based on 101 miles. The department, therefore, regretted that tiie chamber's request that Cambridge should be brought within the 100-mile radius could not be acceded to.

in a Rangitikei village there arrived recently a litter of kittens, proudly presented by one of the household pets. They were 1 promptly given the order of the bath. A little later there arrived a litter of pups of the useful (!) Pomeranian breed. The glad tidings were duly heralded. But one of the pups disappeared. The prompt drowning of a whole litter of kittens was a huge joke—the loss of a Pomeranian pup a tragedy. The household was grief-stricken (and neighbours supposed .to be). Grief gave way to great rejoicings when a fortnight after the tragedy the pup was discovered hidden away fostered by the bereaved cat and doing iVell.

Conversing with a doctor who passed through Wanganui a “Herald” re presentative asked if he could suggest a reason for the long time the epidemic of infantile paralysis was taking to pass away. The doctor said he thought that probably the great majority of children had been attacked by the disease in a mild form during the last few weeks. Many of them would be but slightly indisposed, and parents did not think it necessary to seek medical advice. 'The result was that there were probably a very large number of carriers, making it difficult for the medical profession to stop the spread of .the epidemic. However, he thought that the trouble would work itself out before many more weeks had passed, and there should not be a return of it for some years to come, as those who had had the disease ought to be immune from contracting it a second time.

A novelty has appeared on the market. in the shape of a toasted tobacco which has caused quite a sensation in smokers’ circles. The process of toasting seems to have a most beneficial effect upon tobacco, similar to what cooking, broiling, and roasting has on food. It develops tiie flavour and makes generally more savoury and appetising, and last, but not least, also more digestible. Small wonder that the local product has greatly gained in popularity through this latest improvement, and smokers are advised to give it a trial. They are in for quite a new flavour. There are three grades obtainable now—Riverhead Gold, a very mild and aromatic smoke; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength ; and if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 16>, the Bullhead label. All made of a new type of leaf famous for its small percentage of nicotine. Doctors ami experts proclaim them to be healthier than most of the foreign tobaccos; and another consideration is their lower cast. They will reduce you: tobacco bill by 30 per cent.*