THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4843, 19 June 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Three building permits, to the value of £lO7 10s, were approved at the meeting of the local Borough Council on Wednesday night.

The two meetings of .the local Borough Council this week were exceptionally lengthy, and it was suggested by one councillor that, perhaps the council should meet oftener than once a month. On Cr. Flatt’s recommendation it was agreed that no new business would be taken in future at the ordinary meetings after 10.30 p.m.

Mr B. A. Franklin, district inspector of health, notified his impending transfer to Auckland as senior inspector at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council. He thanked the council for the consideration shown him during his 17 years’ service in tlie district, and requested a continuance of that consideration to his successor, Mr H. H. Martindale. On Cr. Brenan’s motion the council congratulated Mr Franklin on his promotion and recorded its regret at Ins departure after so many years of loyal and faithful! service in tlie interests of public health.

Before proceeding with the ordinary business at the Paeroa Borough Council meeting on Wednesday night the Mayor referred feelingly to the death of the late Mr F. A. BalcKte. The Mayor said that he had regarded the late ex-councillor as an esteemed friend, and he looked back with pleasure on the time when deceased had occupied a scat on the council for three terms. Tlie late Mr Balekc had always conscientiously tried to do his best for the welfare of the public, imd undoubtedly the world would be tlie poorer by his untimely demise. The Mayor moved that a resolution of sincere sympathy with the widow and family be recorded. : Cr. Brenan seconded, and endorsed the remarks, of the Mayor, the resolution being carried, the members standing in silence.

The variety of illustrations in this week’s issue of the“N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” should make an appeal to all classes of patrons. Special photographs of unique interest have been secured of the Prince Ot Wales’ visit to West Africa, while other overseas events to be exclusively picturised are the thrilling Soccer Cup Final at Wembley, unveiling of Zeebruggc memorial, and views of the International Decorative Arts Exhibition to be held in Paris. The centre pages are devoted to racing at Ellerslie, while the Franklin Racing Club’s meeting at Avondale is also covered. Football, boxing, basketball, and boating arc represented. A portrait of Galli Cure! adorns the front page, and stage and motion picture section will make their usual strong appeal. For Coughs and Colds never fails. Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure,

All the electric power poles have been recovered from the bottom of the Piako River at the Ngatea bridge, where .they were sunk last week by the capsizing of a pontoon.

The Post and Telegraph Department’s cable-laying gang is due at Ngatea to-day. to lay telephone cables from the new office to the eastern side of the river. From Ngatea the gang will proceed to Turua and lay telephone cables along the Piako and Hauraki roads. Following the cable gang will be the installation gang, which will be finished in Waitakaruru in a few days, The new Auckland telephone line will probably be completed by another gang. At least 16 telephones are to be installed in Ngatea and two or three in Turua.

Why is smoking so often attended with results that cause medical men to order their patients to cither discontinue the habit or greatly reduce it ? It is simply because the percentage of nicotine in most imported tobaccos is so high, and it is the nicotine in excess that renders smoking injurious. Now, our New Zealandgrown tobaccos contain so small a percentage of nicotine that it is practically a negligible quality, and, besides, they are subjected to a new toasting process. Toasting develops the flavour, removes all deleterious properties, and makes the tobacco climate proof. Toasted tobacco is recommended to those who study their health and appreciate a pure tobacco. If you like a full body, try Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label ; or the somewhat milder Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog). There is another brand, Riverhead Gold, which excels all others in mildness and aroma. They may be smoked with impunity, and cost 25 per cent, less than the foreign lines.*