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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4867, 19 August 1925, Page 2

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

There was a heavy white frostlocally during last night, and the thermometer registered 29 degrees at 7 . o’clock this morning.

A suggestion was put forward at. the Paeroa Chamber of Commerce meeting last night that when the firebell is shifted it be erected on Primrose Hill.

Through attempting to start a motor-car without retarding the ignition, Mr T. Scott, butcher, Kerepeehi, had two bones of his right wrist broken on Saturday last when the engine back-fired.

In the new railway tariff the cost of conveyance of butter and cheese lias been fixed as follows: Hikutaia and Paeroa to Auckland and Southdown, 30s- a ton ; Waihi to Southdown, 3&s a ton.

Fire completely destroyed a cowshed no the farm of Mr J. J. Jenkins, Kerepeehi, .on the evening of Thursday last. Mr Jenkins was milking in’ the dark, and it is thought left a light burning in the shed when he finished.

The London .manager of the N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co. has cabled that the market price of Anchor butter is 198 s, unsalted 2025. Danish is 210 s, after being 2145. The market is firm, with a steafly trade. The retail is- unchanged. White and coloured cheese is very quite at 108 s,.Canadian 10'5s c.i.f. Retail is . unchanged.

While shunting operations were in progress at-the Paeroa railway yards about midday yesterday, a guardsvan attached to a second-class carriage jumped the rails near the Puke Road crossing, and was dragged a short distance, but fortunately retained its upright position, finally coming to rest near the north signal stand at the crossing. Other than a little scoring of the permanent way, no damage was done.

A slight outbreak of fire happened at the Paeroa Hotel early on Monday evening. One of the boarders had left a candle burning in his room while he went to tiie bathroom, a few stepS' distant. His window being open, tiie wind blew the curtains in the direction of the candle with the result that they caught fire and in a feW seconds were in a blaze. Were it not for .prompt action being at hand the building must have been destroyed. Fortunately, however, little damage was done beyond that to tiie room, which was considerably scorched, and the occupant losing some personal effects in the way of clothing and a few books. As a result of the occurrence Mrs Crosby sustained a slight loss of bedding and blankets through water and fire.

For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

A htird shop is, being built in Kerepcehi. Messrs. L. James and G. Courtenay arc having promises erected hear the top of the hill. ’

On Saturday last the local police raided a large two-up school at Hikutaia and a number of arrests were made. The offenders ai'c to appear before the local Magistrate's Court early next month.

The pay-out to be made by the N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., to-mor-row for first-grade butter-fat supplied to cheese and butter factories 'for the month ended July 20 will be at the rate of Is 7d.

The difficulty of getting aboard tiie boat at Ngatea was discussed at the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday evening and it was pointed out that the shipping company had promised that the. ship would in future carry and use a gangway, but so far this had not been done. The difficulty of getting aboard the boat at the Ngatea. wharf was increased by the fact that the ship berthed at the Dairy Company’s wharf, and the portion alongside the public wharf was very high, while an overhead tramway made it very awkward to get to the landingstage. The question of having this overhead tramway removed was. discussed, but no action was decided upon other than that the whole question be left to a committee with power to act.

In the days of Auld Lang Syne a N.Z. grown tobacco made its appearance on the market but failed to get a hold on the smoking public. The leaf was all right, but there was something deficient in the curing and the. industry languished and fizzled out. A much more recent attempt to solve the problem resulted in the production of the National Tobacco Co.’s brands, no-w firmly established in the favour of the smokers. The secret of this success is said to be due to the hew toasting process, which has resulted in a most' remarkable improvement in the smoking quality. The difference between the toasted and the non-toasted product is as wide as a cooked potato differs in taste from a raw potato. Any smoker can easily convince himself by trying just a few pipes of any of the following brands : Riverhead Gold, very mild ; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength; and Cut Plug No. 10 for those, who prefer a full body.®