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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4860, 5 August 1925, Page 2

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

The monthly meeting of the Ohinemurf County Council will be held tomorrow. It was eleven years -yesterday since Great Britain declared war on the German Empire. A total of 49 p-laintis were issued from the Paeroa Courthouse during the quarter ended on June 30 last. The amount sued for was £843 19s 9d, of which sum £319 5s was- recovered. At the pedigree Jersey sale of Mr C. A. Care, Cambridge, which was held last week, Mr M. Daley, Paeroa, ; purchased two well-bred ’cows for 13 guineas and 29 guineas respectively. It would be many gallons, one would imagine! Mr Poland (Ohinemuri) has, called for a return from the Government showing the quantity and kind of liquor sent into no-license districts for the years 1921 to 1924. The Post and Telegraph Department’s gang has now completed the laying of underground telephone cables along Hauraki and Piako Roads, Turua. The cutover has not yet been made. t Owing to the'unpropltious weather on Saturday the local basketball fixtures .were abandoned. Following is the draw for Saturday next: Tui v. Moana, 3 p.m. ; Aroha v. Rangi, 3.15 p.m.; Areta v. Kiwi. 3.30 p.m. Advice has been received by the Ngatea School Committee from the Education Board that the Dental Department has approved of the building erected at Ngatea as a, school dental clinic. Despairing of ever getting the Government to fulfil the promises alleged to have been made to metal the rest of the roads on the Plains-, several groups of settlers concerned are seriously discussing the question of asking the County Council to raise special loans and do. the work. A £2 for £1 subsidy is expected in contain case»s.

Dr. Lange, of Thames, will take over Dr. J. J. Valintine’s practise on the Hauraki Plains when he leaves on Tuesday next for Papatoetoe.

During the quarter ended June 30, 12 judgment summonses, were issued by the local Courthouse and, 11 criminal charges were heard. The amount collected in fees was £67 7s

The local Registrar of Pensions (Mr P. H. Wylde) has been kept busy during the quarter ended June 30. For that period 19 old-age and widow’s pensions were granted, 83 renewed, and 22 applications are pending.

At the last meeting of the Waini Borough Council- .a motion was carried fixing the rates for the current year at 3s 6d in the £, made up as follows : General rate, Is 6d; hospital rate, Is; water rate, Is. ..

Residents at and near the Waihi Beach have decided to hold a series of euchre tournaments and other functions as a means of raising funds to provide suitable appliances for accident cases that may occur at the seaside resort;,

The Thames Valley Power Board’s line-erection gang shifted camp from Waitakaruru to Ngatea bn Tuesday. Power lines are to be erected down River Road and along Canal Road towards Kaihere.

The Post and Telegrph Department’s cable-laying gang shifted. camp to Ngatea on Saturday-last and commenced laying a cable from the river to the Post (Office on Monday. A cable will also be laid alongside the road to the saleyards. ' ‘

By proclamation in the latest issue of the N.Z. Gazette an area of 8.14 perches, being portion .of lot 25a, Raratu, Karangahake township, block XIII., Ohinemuri Survey District, has been taken as, additional land for the Paeroa-Waihi railway.

During the course of one of his meetings recently Mr F. Lye, M.P., mentioned that a Taranaki company (Mangatoki) manufactured cheese all last season, and the pay-out of that company. was a shade over Is 8d per lb butter-fat. . ..

The dairying season for 1924-25 in North Taranaki is now over, and it must- be regarded as successful from all points of view. ’ From the aspect of output it has been particularly good; there being an increase of over 10 per cent.

One aspect of dairying is, brought prominently under notice in the Waikato at the present time, and that is the large number of culled dairy cows that .are being sent to the freezing works to be killed for 1 the export trade. The number of culls this season has been exceptoinally heavy.

Subscribers are earnestly requested at all times to report unsatisfactory delivery of their paper from this office. If papers are missed or delivered late' and no complaint lodged the paper runners are encouraged to continue it. We wish to follow up all complaints, and secure for subscribers the best delivery possible.

On Thursday night, in the Centenary Hall, at 8 o’clock, there will be an evening’s entertainment of Manx song and story. The Rev. Castain will be the principal singer, and he will be assisted by others from the IsJie of Man. It is sure to be a delightful evening, and the charge for admission will be the small sum bf Is.*'

The London manager, for the N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co., has cabled that Anchor butter market price is 1965, unsalted 200 s, with the market quietly firm. Danish is bringing 199 s to 200 s. The weather has broken, but it is not expected to materially affect the future. More activity is expected after Bank- holiday. Retail) price is unaltered. The cheese market is firm, white and coloured being 109 b, with Canadian 108 s, c.i.f.

The Parish Paper 6f the Hauraki Plains Parochial District states that though nothing definite has yet been decided, there is a big possibility of the son of Dr. Averill, Archbishpp and Primate of New Zealand succeeding the .Rev. J. M. Beaufort as Vicar of Hauraki Plains.

Mr J. Waterhouse, foreman of works, N.Z. Railway Department. Auckland, was in Paeroa yesterday and inspected the work being carried out in the erection of the new railway bridge over the Ohinemuri River. It is interesting to state that the piles have, now all been driven and the pile-driving plant. is being dismantled. The next move will ba the Placing of the- steel: girdersi on the framework and the construction of the approaches. A gang is at present engaged in hardwood planning . the sets of piles forming the two centre spans.

At a meeting of the Waihi district dairy farmers held in the Miners’ Union Hall on Monday afternoon Mr C. M. Hume, general manager of the N.Z. Herd' Testing Association, gave an address on the value and importance of the testing of herds, after, which those present decided to join in a group being formed between Paeroa and Waihi. A' start was made in the room by guaranteeing between 600 and 700 cows, and Mr Hume intimated that it could be taken for granted that the association would commence testing the herds about the district not later than the first week in September.—Waihi Telegraph.

An exceptionally clear view of a total elipse of the moon was seen Hocally last night. The moon, which iw.as- full, rose shortly after 5 o’clock, Jand the evening was marked by jbright moonlight up to about 9.15, jwhen the first stage of the eclipse commenced. About an hour later the :fa,ce of the moon was three-quarters shadowed’ and by midnight a total •eclipse was visible. From that time .‘onwards - the shadow of the earth, passed off the moon and again the heavens became flooded with moonlight. It is considered by those who observed the phenomenon locally that it is one of the clearest a,nd most interesting yet seen.

The number of mining applications dealt with at the Paeroa Warden's Court for the quarter ended June 30 shows a steady decrease. Only 11 miscellaneous applications were disposed of, and 6 miner’s Rights were issued. The small sum of £1 18s was all that was paid in Warden’s Court stamp fees.

The roadway is narrow enough at Ngatea at any time, and vehicles have to proceed cautiously when passing one another, as should a wheel go off the metal it .will probably . stink in the mud to the axle. While the Post and Telegraph. Department’s cable gang had an open trench and a line of spoil, along the edge of tire metal, the road was suitable for one-way traffic only, and many vehicles became' stuck through attempting to pass, while others had to back out some distance to a. suitable passing place.

Keen interest lis being manifested to-day in the poll of ratepayers to authorise the expenditure of £2OOO for the purpose of erecting municipal offices. Up to noon nearly 100 ratepayers had recorded their votes. It is expected that a heavy poll will result. These in favour of "the proposal as well as those opposed to it are taking a lively interest in the poll, and motor-cars are being freely used by both parties to bring the voters to the booth. The poll closes at 7 p.m., and the results should be available shortly afterwards.

The rainfall., for the month ofi July as recorded at the Lands Office at Kerepeehi totalled 5.15 in, a figure which has not been equalled during the month of July since 1915. Rain fell on .17 days, the heaviest fall being for the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. on the 23rd, when the amount recorded was 1.20 in. On five other days over half an inch fell. The. total for the year to date is 23.02 in, compared with 37.49 in for the corresponding period of last year and 26.8 in, which is the average for the first seven months for the last ten years. Tne average rainfall for the month of July during the last 13 years is 3.94 in.

' The work of pushing on the railhead to the Taneatua district is, says the “Bay of Plenty Times,” being actively prosecuted by the Public Works Department, and it is anticipated that during the montju of August trains will be running to a point within a mile of Taneatua township, where cars will connect for Opotiki and Gisborne. This will: give an excellent service by steamer, train, and car between Auckland and Gisborne. The co-ordination of these three services has already given eminent satisfaction to travellers, and the fact that Taneatua is to be made the train-car junctipn for seme time will cc-nfcr still greater benefits on the travelling public.

He forgot the tobacco! A backblocks settler in the Far North, wheie 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 tne camp! 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 possible. Most of the imported brands are full of it. That’s where I ney 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 the heart or throat. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” mild ; Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; or “Cut Plug No. 10” x (Bu-lshead), full strength.*