THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4853, 15 July 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tiie following is the draw in the local basketball competition to be played at the High School on Saturday : Rangi v. Arolia, 3 p.m.; Areta v. Tui, 3.15 p.m. ; Moana v Kiwi, 3.30 p.m.

The value of flax-growing is now being recognised by investons, and advertisements for swamp land suitable for the planting and cultivation of flax are noticed in Southern newspapers. The Hauraki Plains has much to offer in this respect.

Tiie matter of arranging details cf the suggested alteration of hospital districts .on the lines submitted at the conference of the Waihi and Thames hospital boards at Paeroa on Wednesday last wiis further discussed at a meeting of the Thames board on Monday, and a .sub-committee, comprising the chairman (Mr W. E. Hale), Messrs Danby, Rowe, and Lange, was uet up to bring down a report for submission to the Health Department:

The week-end cable from London received by the N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co. quotes Anchor butter at 190 s, unsalted 194', Danish 180 s f.o.b. New Zealand butter is selling down to 184 s, owing to continued weakness. Danish is expected to* make an early recovery. The retail price for New Zealand is Is lOd, Danish Is lid. White cheese Is quoted at 107 s and coloured 106. The market is hesitating but the position is sound. Retail price Is Id.

Speaking of the value of side lines to tiie Danish dariy farmer, Mr R. Crowe, Australian Superintendent of Exports, said that, taking everything into consideration, he believed that if the Danish dairy farmer had to rely on his milk products alone tie would be worse off than the dairy farmer of Australia. But every dairyman there went in for the raising of pigs and poultry and the roaring of calves as vealers. Each year bacon to the value of £12,000.(100, eggs to tiie value of £6,000,000, and veal, to the value of £3,000',000 Were exported, so that the returns from the by-pro-ducts of the dairy industry were as great as from the actual milk products, which totalled £21,000,000.

First aid Tor coughs, colds, Influenza Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

Accompanied by the member for the Waihi riding (Mr P. Corbett) and the county engineer (Mr E. Shaw), Mr W. F. Johnstone, chairman of the Ohinemuri County Council, paid a visit of inspection to. various parts of the county about Waihi on Monday, the object being to familiarise himself with the conditions of the roads and the requirements of the riding. The party travelled by motor-car and, although the weather was anything but favourable, covered quite a lot ot ground.

A. representative gathering of about 50 Hauraki Plains cricketers assembled at a smoke concert in the old 'school building at. Kopuarahi on Thursday evening last, the occasion being the presentation of the cup donated by Mr J. W. Arbury, of Thames, to the Hauraki Plains. Cricket Association for competition among its affiliated clubs. The Kopuarahi Club won the competition last season. Mr J. G. Miller presided, and a pleasant evening was spent with song and toast. During the evening Mr Arbury handed the cup to Mr H. L. Berney on behalf of the association, and he in turn presented it- to Mr Russell Green, captain of the Kopuarahi Club. To become the possession of any club the cup has to be won three times in succession or five times at intervals.

Members of the Ngatea Football Club and their friends had a very pleasant, picnic trip to New Brighton on Saturday last. The party, numbering 36, made the jouiney by launch, and had lunch under the trees. In the afternoon a football match was played against the local team, ten juniors and two seniors comprising the Ngatea team. After scoring 29 points to 0 the Plains team eased up. The New Brighton team contains several promising playeis, and it is a pity that they could not get into regular matches. After the game the visitors were entertained to tea, and then to a dance. Those who made the trip speak very highly of the hospitality of the New Brighton people, and of the future of the place as a seaside resort when tha road to Waitakaruru is metalled throughout. Its value is already recognised by Aucklanders, and several well-known business men were at New Brighton on Saturday.

What is the lesat injurious form of smoking ? The dotcors favour the pipe. . So does Mr Stanley Baldwin, the British Premier (an inveterate smoker). By the way, Mr Baldwin differentiates between smokers. He says, judging by his experience, pipe smokers take a wider and saner view of things than either _ cigarette or eigar smokers. Be that as it may, the pipe has much to recommend it liygienically. And what of the tobacco ? That is an all-important question. Tobaccos heavily charged with nicotine (like most of the imported brands) cannot be smoked habitually without causing trouble sooner or later. The heart, the nerves, or the general health W bound to suffer. In marked contrast are our New Zealand-grown tobaccos, which, as ii resu-t of the toasting* process to which they arc now subjected, are so pure and so comparatively free from nicotine that they may be indulged in freely with absolute safety. That’s why doctors recoinmehd them. Obtainable in three grades: Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy 'Cut (Bulldog), medium or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), full strength*.