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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4832, 20 May 1925, Page 2

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

A reminder is given that a lecture on the rules and tactics of Rugby will be held in Bain’s Rooms to-night. Footballers and referees are specially invited to attend.

A public presentation of the Royal Humane Society’s Certificate awarded to Mr E. M. McLeod, Karangahake, wiil be made by Mr H. M. P„ in the Public Hall, Karangahake, tomorrow qvening. Following the presentation a dance and euchre tournament is to be held.

The notice of intention to stride and levy general and special rates totalling 7%d in the £ on the unimproved rateable value of property a the borough of Paeroa for the year April 1, 1925, to March 3.1, 1926, was confirmed at Monday night’s meeting of the council,

The Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) received the following telegram from the widow of the late Rt, Hon. W. F. Massey this morning : “Please accep: and convey to members of your council and your citizens the very sincere thanks of myself and members of n.y family for your kind expressions of sympathy in our sorrow. Your condolence lias deeply touched us, ami has been greatly appreciated by US all ”

The youngest passenger to pay a fare and travel alone on the PaeroaHauraki Plains service cars was the 20-months-old daughter of Mr J. W. Harris, of Omahu, who was the only passenger from Paeroa to Ngatea yesterday. Tlie wee mite wins entrusted to the tender care of the driver, “Dick"’ Spinks, and his fair passenger took an intelligent interest in the proceedings on route and entertained him throughout the journey, with her baby patter. First aid for coughs, colds, Influenza, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. i

A complimentary dinner was tendered to the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) and the members of the Paeroa Borough Council by Mr H. C. Bowden, proprietor of the Criterion HoteJ, on Monday evening. A seven-course meal was served, together w.th fruit, and coffee was served in the spacious lounge, where a concert party rendered several selected itqms. On oehalf of the council the Mayor .thanked Mr Bowden for his generous hospitality, and congratulated him on toe excellence and variety of the bill-of-farc. Mr Marshall said that the dinner at the Criterion Hotel, and the completeness of the service generally, had convinced the guests that too statement that it was not possible -<> obtain comfortable accommodation, good meals, and efficient service in Paeroa was not true of the present, and he wished Mr Bowden all possible success and prosperity in the future. Mr Bowden thanked His Worship for the kind remarks, and said that ne was out to serve the public and would do his best to improve the standard of accommodation in the town.

Nature generally makes compensations.' Here's a case in point. The gum country in the North of Auckland is so poor in quality that the soil refuses to lend itself to agricultural operations. Yet this land so unsuitable for the growing of ordinary crops, is splendidly adapted for tobacco culture, in proof of which you have only to sample the really fine tobaccos now being manufactured from North Auckland grown leaf. These include Riverhead Gold, a mild aromatic witli a distinctive flavour. Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium strength, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), full flavour; All these tobaccos are toasted, a process that has a. good deal to do with their excellence, by the way. Another of their good points is that they may be. smoked with impunity. That is because they contain but comparatively little nicotine. The success attending the culture of these tobaccos in wha,t was formerly regarded as barren country is convincing growers that “there’s money in it.” The yieid of leaf per acre represents £so', and often more.*

For Children’s Hacking Cough. Wocds’ Great Peppermint Cure.