THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4851, 10 July 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For the' 1 month ended June 30 the Thames Valley Power Board collected £6O 13s 6d by way of the non-con-sumers’ rate. Six building permits, totalling £1349 in value, were granted at last night’s meeting of tlie Paeroa Borough Council. The appointment, of Mr D. Molesworth as postmaster, with authority to take and receive statutory declarations, at Waitakaruru lias been gazetted. For the position of assistant engineer to the Thames Valley Electric Power Board 49 applications were received. Mr M. G.JAndsay, of the Dunedin City Council’s staff, was appointed. For the period between April 1, 1923, and March 31, 1925, the total number of treated at the Waihi Hospital totalled 8,12. Of those ,210 were from the Thames hospital district. At the Hikutaia sale on Wednesday a subscription list for the National Monument to the late Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, P.C., was exhibited, and in a very short time the sum of £5 12s : was subscribed by 45 donors who were in sympathy with tlie movement. Mr Chas. Holes, general hardware merchant, notifies that he is removing to larger and more up-to-date premises in Belmont Raod, Paeroa. On Monday he will re-open business in the shop recently vacated by Mr W. F. North, next to the Victoria Bakery.* The domain superintendent in his report to the Paeroa Borough Council meeting last night stated that during the year July 1, 1924' to June 30, 1925, he had put in 771% hours’ work on the bowling green, .247 hours on the croquet green, 26% hours on the tennis courts, and 1112 hours on general maintenance work. Fai Influenza Coins taae Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

While working at a small circular saw at Messra Le Manquais, Lamb and Cm’s joinery factory on Monday afternoon Mr C. Treanor met with a painful accident. It appears that Mr Treanor was in the act of running a piece of timber through the saw when his foot slipped and he fell forward, the finst finger of his left hand coming in contact with the saw and being cut. almost to the bone.

When the building committee’s report was being dealt with at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council Cr. H. J. Hare drew attention to the fact, that a number of small “shacks” were being erected on property along Thames Road. He thought that the - council should watch the position closely. As Thames Road was a main .highway, in his opinion it wais not desirable to grant permits for too many small cottages.

The Finance Committee reported at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council tht the revenue for the month of June amounted to £1445 2s, including a refund from the water improvement account. The expenditure amounted to £1645 6s lOd, which included an advance of £lOOO to the istreet improvements loan account. The credit balance in the district fund account after making provision for amounts advanced to various loan account’s totalled £lll9 Us 3d. Tne water improvements loan account and the domain improvements loan account showed credit balances of £1458 17s Id and £392 17s sd. respectively.

This week's issue of the "N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” abounds in topical illustrations of a very high standard. Special interest will be taken in the pages depicting the ravages of the. floods at. Mercer and Rangiriri.. A striking full-page photograph appears of the N.Z. League footballers in Australia, and the centre pages comprise world-famed athletes, incidents at Wembley, and other attractive overseas events. Basketball, hockey, and Rugby, football are well represented. There is a frontispiece of Marie Burke, snaps of Galli-Curci, and smart weddings for feminine interest, and. numerous miscellaneous pictures.

At the conclusion of the Waihi and Thames Hospital Boards’ conference at Paeroa on Wednesday last Dr. H. M. Watt, acting Director-General of Hospitals, and Mr J. von. Heisenberg, inspecting accountant of the Public Health Department, Wellington, and members of the Thames Hospital Board paid a visit of inspection to the site of-the proposed maternity and casualty hospital .at Paeroa. After walking over the site Dr. Watt expressed the opinion that it was an ideal site; high and dry, open to the sun on all sides, and with a pleasant outlook. He thought the board and the residents of Paeroa and district were to be congratulated on the acquisition of so desirable a position, and hoped that, in the near future an up-to-date institution would grace the area.

He forgot the tobacco I A backblocks settler in the Far North, where there are no trains or coaches, makes monthly trips by dray to the nearest township for stores. Last time he discovered on getting home that he had forgotten the month’s supply of tobacco. There was consternation in tnc camp I The men had rather he had forgotten anything than that! Nothing daunted the boss harnessed Up again next day and started for the distant township once more for the tobacco. The weed is almost as necessary as food to the men of the outback. So it. is to lots ,of other, men. The great thing is to pick a brand as free from nicotine as passible. Most of the imported brands are full of it. That’s where toey differ from our New Zealand-grown tobaccos, which contain so little nicotine that they may be smoked all day, even to excess, without the slightest after effects. They are toasted and do not affect t.he heart or throat. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” mild ; Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium ; or "Cut Plug No. 10” (Bu.lshead), full strength.*