THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4823, 20 April 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tne official opening of the Ngatea Post Office is to’ take place on Monday next.

Word has been received that ; the mdiecal officer will be in attendance at the Paeroa District High School probably some time this week.

A reminder is given, that the annual meeting of the parishioners of St Paul’s Church, Paeroa, will he held in the Parish Hall to-morrow evening.

Mr E. Edwards has been returned unopposed ais the Paeroa Borough Council’s representative on the Thames Harbour Board. This is the first occasion that the local borough has had a representative on the harbour noard.

At Wednesday’s Thames Hospital Bc-lrd meeting it . was stated that a record number of patients had been admitted. During the year ended March 31 a total of 1068 patients admitted to the institution; The num - ber of out-patients treated totalled 2371. Forty-two maternity causes were' admitted since the annexe was opened on June 1 last.

After a silence of nearly four months the bell at the Paeroa District High Sciiool boomed out this morning, signifying that school had reopened after having been closed for the Christmas holidays, followed by the infantile paralysis epidemic. Oil Friday afternoon the local school committee 1 . received instructions from the Education Board to reopen the secondly department immediately, and on Saturday morning a telegram tb open the primary department was received.

Since November 1 the Thames Hospital Board has. been charging outpatients 2s a visit for treatment, and it was stated at Wednesday’s meeting of the board that, its finances had benefited to the extent of £5O 7s to March 31 as a result of the charge. Prior to the fixed charge being levied out-patients were expected to recognise the treatment and attention received by making a donation towards the hospital funds. The largest nmnuni collected by this means wan only £l2 for twelve months.

Quite a round-of applause greeted the announcement that schools would open on Monday (to-day) when screened at the pictures at Kerepeehi on Saturday evening.

Smokers who are niggardly of their 'baccy are rare. As a rule their pouch is at the service of almost anybody. Of course there are exceptions. Do you remember the story of the smoker who kept two pouches ? One he called “the world,” . the other “providence.” The first was always empty ; the second always well filled., If asked for a fill he would regret that he “hadn’t a bit in the world.” If questioned as to what he was going to do for himself he would say, “oh, I must trust in Providence,” Well, there are all kinds of smokers, just as there are all kinds of tobacco. By the way, have you tried our own N.Z. grown tobaccos ? In some respects they are unique. For one thing they are all toasted, hence their peculiarly delightful flavour; secondly they contain so little nicotine that they mav be .rmoked “till the cows come home” proving injurious, Thats why the doctors approve of them. Try Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head), full *

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