THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4852, 13 July 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 13, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Paeroa-Pokcno railway survey party shifted camp to-day from Mangatarata to Maramarua.

The erection of a Church of England building in Kerepeehi will commence by voluntary labour on Wednesday.

A start was made this morning removing the willow trees from the riverbank below the N'gatea bridge in readiness for the dredge 40 commence work.

A meeting of the Kerepeehi Ratepayers’ Association will be held tomorrow evening, when members of the County Council will be present to discuss matters in connection with the reading of the riding.

In future the Plunket Society's nurse will viisit the Hauraki Plains branches on Wednesdays instead of Mondays. The idea of forming a third branch of the society on the Plains has been mooted at Turua. Good work has been done by the Kerepeehi and Ngatea brandies since their formation. Last month 25 adults and 17 babies visited the nurse at Ngatea, and 29 adults and 28 babies at Kcrepee.hi.

On Wednesday morning an employee of the Ohinemuri County Council was unloading sand from a Ford motor lorry on Te Arolia Road near Waitoki when a large lorry, piled high with furniture, attempted to pass the stationary Ford. Although there was ample room on the road for both vehicles the driver of the lorry pulled on to the crown of the road too soon after passing, with the result that a rope that was tied round the furniture at the rear of the lorry caught in the roof of the driver’s seat on the Ford. Before the lorry could be stopped it had torn the roof and wind-screen from the body and damaged the radiator of the Ford.

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

A return tabled at Thursday’s meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council showed that from January 1 to July 1 of this year licenses had been issued by the town clerk to 32 taxicars, 9 motor buses, 6 motor lorries, 5 carts and waggons, 5 motor heavy traffic licenses, and 2 waggons and 1 dray. The 'total fees paid amounted to £135 4& It is considered that there are still 10 carts and Waggons and 3 motor lorries for which no licenses have been applied for.

Towards the clos,eing stages of the Paeroa-Waihi junior match in the Sharebrokers' Cup competition at Paeroa on Saturday afternoon M. Poland, Paeroa, had the misfortune to fracture his left collarbone. It appears that in tight play Poland accidentally received a bump in tackling an opponent ’nd sustained the injui y mentioned. After first-aid treatment had been rendered on the ground by Messrs W. T.- Power and W. Smitn the injured man was conveyed to his home.

“He’s a good ’usband, Sir. mostly, but ’e’s like a bear with a s'ore ’cd when ’e don’t get ’is pipe, and it doji’ 1 - always run to it,” a poorly-dressed woman told the magistrate at an East End of London Police Court when giving evidence against her husband for assault. The magistrate smiled sympathetically. He evidently knew from personal experience the soothing and 'tranquilising effects Of the weed. But there are tobaccos and tobaccos. Sonie brands rae just, rank with nicotine and cannot be indulged in constantly with impunity. About the safest tobaccos on the market are those grown and manufactured in New Zealand. They arc all toasted, and contain so little nicotine that there is no fear ot developing “Smoker’s Heart,” a distressing malady, or nerve trouble. These tobacccs appeal to all smokers, and the more oyu smoke them the better you like them. That’s why they are meeting with such a large sale. Ask any tobacconist for Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; br Cut Plug No. 10 (Bulls-, head), full strength.*