THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4822, 15 April 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

— The Ngatea post office was handed over by the builders, Messrs Street and Street, of Hamilton, to the department on Monday last. A large number of local and district turf patrons, several of whom travelled by motor-car via the Hauraki Plains, attended: the Easter race meeting at Ellerslie. Reports state that, generally speaking, the roads to Auckland are in fair condition for travelling. Tne settlers on Pukahu'Road are at present rejoicing in the fact that that road has now been reformed, graded, and sanded for for a distance of 104 chains. A new drain hais also been provided for a similar distance on the south side of the road, wild the existing drain on the opposite side has been deepened and cleaned. The Ng.irahi stop-bank road is at present being regraded for a distance of 110 chain's. Both these works are being done from a grant made by the Government to the settlers, who will now have reasonable access to their sections during the coming winter months.

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

The Ngatea post office was opened for business for the first time this morning.

Mrs Carmont notifies that she has opened a private boardinghouse in Pulse Road next to the Gasworks.

Mr Norman Boyne, of Waikanae, has been appointed postmaster at Ngatea.

A reminder is given that the municipal ratepayers' roll closes at 5 o'clock this evening at the Borough Council Office, Wharf Street. Paeroa,

Plains County employees are again grading up the Waitakaruru end of tile Pokeno Road. The portion in the Plains County is undoubtedly the roughest of the clay roads.

Owing to the nearness of the holidays the monthly meeting of the Ilauraki Plains County Council was not held yesterday, but will, be held tomorrow.

Although the approaches to the bridge recently erected over the Waitakaruru Stream on the Pokeno road by the' Public Works Department are not yet completed, the bridge has been opened for traffic.

A serious accident is reported from Turua. a boy about 14 years old, named K. Fitzpatrick,'on Saturday receiving a broken rib, broken collarbone, concussion, and internal injuries through a mishap while riding. The finst inter-club football match-

es on the Plains for the present, season will be played on Saturday, when Waitakaruru will meet Ngatea at Ngatea, United Coast will travel to Kerepeehi, and Turua will play Hauraki Plains West.

Affairs generally have 'been very quiet in Paeroa during Easter, and nothing untoward has occurred. Good weather prevailed during the holidays, and those in possession of seaside cottages availed themselves of the opportunity to spend a few days on the beaeh before the advent of winter. Other than a bowling tournament on the local green there were no fixtures of any kind.

At the Warden’s Court, Paeroa, on Monday of last week, before Mr J. H, Salmon, Warden, the Imperial Gold Mining Co., Ltd., made application for a special quartz claim over an area of 35 acres at Karangahakc. The application was recommended to the Minister for Mines, subject to a declaration being filed. A reduction to two men for six months 'was granted to G. A. Shaw on the Hauraki dredging claim, and also a similar reduction on the Desert Gold special river claim, to the jsame applicant was graned.

Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective of fiction, smoked strong black shag tobacco and derived inspiration from it when puzzling over some problem of more than ordinary complexity. Shag is . too full-flavoured for many smokers. It contains a lot of nicotine, and excess of nicotine is a bad thing. The’ habitual use af such tobacco is bound sooner or later to affect the consumer injuriously. Unfortunately practically all imported tobaccos are heavily charged with nicotine. And in that rhspec-t they differ essentially from our New Zealand grown tobaccos, the comparatively small amount of nicotine which constitutes one of their chief recommendations. Also—and this is important—they are all toasted, and toasting brings out the flavour of the leaf in a most remarkable way. There are several brands of this popular tobacco. Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog label), medium ; ar,.! Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Hetda). full strength. Each of them -has its merit.'. That seasoned smoker, Sherlock Holmes, would doubtlessly prefer the last named*

Wood’s Great. Peppermint Cure, For Coughs and Colds never tails.