THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4838, 5 June 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

From to-day until Monday next His Grace the Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand (Dr. Averill) will be on the Plains.

During the month of May the estate of John Connolly, late of Turua, was accepted by tiie Public Trustee for administration.

- The regular meeting of the Turua Town Board was postponed from Wednesday last until Monday next oil account of the King’s birthday.

The latest issue of the N.Z. Gazette states that at March 31 last the estimated population of the North Island, including Maori)?, was 447,078 males and 419,552 females, a total of 866,630. The number in the South Island is given as 512,857—258,083 males and 251,771 females. The total population for New Zealand, including Maoris, is given as 1,379,487. ■

Three of the delegates, appointed to investigate the advisability of forming a drainage board to take over control of certain lands west of the Piako River, Messrs A. H. McClean, C. Parfitt, and A. H. Cleaver, left early this week to confer with the Chief Drainage Engineer, Mr O. N. Campbell, in Auckland, bn the matter.

Figures contained in the annual report of the engineers to the Thames Valley Electric Power Board show that the revenue per k.w,. of maximum demand for the year was £20'.70. The revenue per head of the population amounted to £1.94. The revenue per flat rate consumer was £18.55, while the revenue per meter rate consumer worked out at £16.16.

Two functions were held in Turua last week to bid farewell to that good sport, Mr G. Portcous. On Friday evening members of the Hauraki Piaui's Athletic and Sports Club entertained him at ii. smoke concert in the Turua Building’s and made him a presentation of a box of cutlery, and on Wednesday evening, at a similar function, the Turua Football Club presented him with a gold-mounted fountain pen.

Foi Influenza Colds take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

A motor-car -containing- two elderly ladies and two elderly men was stuck all Tuesday night on the Wai-takariiru-Pokeno road.

Owing to insufficient entries, together with the unsettled state of the weather, the East Auckland golf tournament, which was to have been held on the Paeroa links on Wednesday, was abandoned.

An extraordinary range in the price tendered to the Thames Count) Council for a small contract' was disclosed on Wednesday. The prices 'submitted were £2O, £36, £4O, £54, £75, and £l2O. The £2O tender was accepted.

Discussing county administration in general at the meeting of ratepayers at Kerepeehi on Wednesday evening a much mud-bespattered Pekapeka .Road settler observed that he could put up with the overhead (cxpemses of the county), but what was objected to was the (state of the) underfoot.

The Thames . County Council discussed finance in committee from 10.30 a.m .until 3 p.m. at its regular meeting yesterday. 'A. member commented to our reporter that while the council had started off with a clean slate at the time of.the anti-cedent liaiblily loan, it now had debts “as long as your arm and half, your leg,” and and was hopelessly bankrupt.

The trustees of the Gigantic Cricket and Tennis Art Union announce that the sale of tickets will close on June 6, in order to allow plenty of time for each ticket to be represented in the draw for £4OOO in alluvial gold, now held by the Bank of New Zealand. The b,allot will be held on its original dale, June 22, and resuts will be announced in our advertising columns.

In .the championship of New Zealand butter-grading competition, open to all bona fide, butter and cheese managers, at the Waikato Winter Show, Hamilton, Mr L. V. Mbrris, Paeroa, secured fourth place with 97 points. There were 42 entries. Ini a similar competition for cheese-grad-ing Mr A. McDonald, Turua, secured first honours, with 98 points. There were 29 entries.

Wednesday (King’s Birthday) passed off quietly in Paeroa. The weather in the morning was cold and showery, but conditions improved during the afternoon. The day generally r-as observed as a close holiday, but there were no sports fixtures oi) any kind. A fair 'number of local football-enthusiasts journeyed tp Te Aroha' to see the Piako v. Thames matches, while a number of persons from the town and district paid a visit to the Waikato Winter Show at Hamilton.

His Grace the Primate and Archbishop of New Zealand (Dr, A. V. Averill) is at present visiting this parf. of the diocese, and will arrive in Paeroa on Monday evening. His Grace will administer .the Rite of Confirmation at 7.30 p.m; on Monday, after which he will informally meet the parishioners in the Parish Hall. Oil Tuesday Karangahake will be visited and the parishioners, met in the Parish Hall, and in the evening a men's at-home in the. Paeroa Parish Hall will be attended at 8 o’clock.

When the alleged disorderly conduct case at Hikutaia was called for hearing at Monday's sitting of the local Police Court it was found that a witness who had been subpoenaed for the defence’was missing. The Magistrate caused a warrant to be issued for his arrest’and a car was despatched to Hikutaia for the missing witness. On arrival at the Courthouse the delinquent explained that he had only received his summons at 9 o’clock that morning, and it had not been possible for him to reach the Court at the appointed hour. The Magistrate accepted the explanation and the witness was excused.

Illustrations of commendable merit and variety distinguish this week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review.” The centre pages portray an attractive selection dealing with leadiiig overseas’ events. In view of the Great Northern meeting snapshots depicting training work at Ellerslie will be of interest, while the Wanganui Jockey Club’s meeting is the subject of an interesting scrieiS. Other illustrations are the Spanish Navy in action, quaint Cornish race meeting, train smash in France, Rugby at Eden Park, capping day in Wellington, the recent floods in the King Country, etc. Individual portraits of notable people are generously interspersed, and a specially attractive showing is made of the stage and motion picture sections.

In days gone by it seemed more than doubtful whether New Zealand would ever produce tobacco really worth smoking. But now, owing to improved methods of culture and manufacture the Dominion is growing tobacco of really fine quality, and farmers in districts where it flourishes are finding it more and more worth their while to cultivate it as a sideline. That there is money in it. for the grower.its demonstrated by the fact that the average yield of tobacco crop per acre is worth £5O, sometimes more. As for the manufacturers, .they are to be heartily congratulated on successfully establishing an industry which not only already finds employment for many workers but promises to become of immense assistance to agriculturists and a source of our national wealth. The leading brands of these tobaccos are: Riverhead Gold, a pure aromatic of very agreeable flavour ; Navy Cut (Bulldog), a medium-flavoured tobacco very popular with smokers; and Cut Plug No. 16 (Bullshead),’ a fine,. full-flavoured variety thht has innumerable friends,*