THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4831, 18 May 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, MAY 18, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'Die first ballot for Hauraki Plains land was held fifteen years ago lalst Fralay.

The recent warm rains have had a very beneficial effect on the pastures of the Hauraki Plains, and a splendid growth of grass is repented.

The first meeting of the newlyelected local Borough Council is to be held ‘ this evening. „The swearing-in ceremony will take place prior to the transacting of ordinary business.

A number of local people interested in the light harness sport attended the annual .meeting of the Te Aroha Trotting Club at Tc Aroha on Saturday. -

The Ohinemuri Acclimatisation Society notiiicts a number of properties in Paeroa and Nctherton the owners of which have consented to their being declared game sanctuaries. ’■

As the current school year has been shortened on account of the infantile paralysis epidemic the Auckland Education Board has resolved that no school holidays will' be observed during this month, One week’;: holiday will i?e granted from August 15 to August 22, inclusive.

A start has been made on the construction of the Paeroa-Pokeno railway across the Hauraki Plains. The Lands Drainage Department's dredge operating in the Waitakaruru-Mau-koro canal, having reached the point .where the canal will be crossed by the railway, has turned eastward and is nov proceeding towards Ngatea, digging a canal to obtain spoil for the line.

The weather locally during the week-end was rather unpropitiouß. Satyrday morning dawned fine, but before midday rain-laden clouds appeared, and during the afternoon several heavy showers of rain fell. Yesterday the wind changed tp a northwesteily direction, and the temperature dropped considerably. During the late afternoon drizzling rain fell, and continued into the evening. This morning there appeared to, be little prospect of the weather remaining fine for any length of time.

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

Notice of intention to apply to the Licensing Committee at Ils next meeting for a permit to sell New Zealand wines in premises situated at Ngatea has been given by a local' resident.

Some idea of the magnitude of the grip of sport .on the people of the Hauraki Plains can be gleaned from the fact that on Saturday afternoon Waitakaruru sent seventy players to take part in matches elsewhere on the Plains. The problem of arranging transportation for that number, and 30 or 40 supporters, was a difficult one. .

strong committee has been set up to carry out the arrangements for s grand social and euchre tournament which is to be held in the Gaiety Theatre, Paeroa, on Thursday, May 28. under the auspices of St. Paul’s Ladies’ Guild. Handsome prizes are to be awarded to the winners of the euchre tournament, and dance patrons car. rely on a good floor and special music. The supper arrangements should leave nothing to be desired.

The committee appointed recently to go into the question of forming a drainage district on the western Side of the Piako River lias made an inspection of the whole area proposed to be included, and a list has been drawn up of the improvements required to make the drainage scheme efficient. Messrs A. H. McClean. C. W. Parfitt, and J. Motion have been appointed to confer with the Chief Drainage Engineer. Mr O. N. Campbell. in Auckland, on the matter. The conference will take place near the end of the month.

New Zealand, long famous for its dairy produce, meat, hides, footwear, tweeds, blankets and rugs, bids fair to become no less celebrated for .its' tobacco. After m.any years of experimenting experts have at length succeeded in producing tobaccos (grown and cured within the Dominion) which in certain respects are actually superior to the best imported. Tne latter frequently contains an excess of nicotine, while the former contains tomparatively little, with the result that you can smoke these pure tobaccos with impunity, and their cultivation is likely to prove of, inestimable value to men on the land because the average yield of a tobacco ciop is worth £5O per acre nett. Strange to say. the barren gum country in the North, while quite unsuitable for Ordinary crojxs, grows splendid tobacco, and ultimately the industry must prove of national importance. N.Z. tobnedo is already on .the market, and •selling well, so smokers can “try it out" for themselves. Ask for Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (bulldog), medium; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullhead), full strength.**

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