THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4869, 24 August 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr J. T. Wright, footwear importer, Belmont. Road, Paeroa, draws attention by advertisement to. -some astounding bargains to be had during the currency of his sale.®

In order to consolidate tlie ground in the playing area in the local domain the Domain ' Board has- about a hundred head of stock grazing bn the new pasture, The grass lias taken very satisfactorily, and as soon as the oats are eaten out by the stock a good permanent sole of grass should be established.

"The first time a businessman is in trouble he runs to the chamber of commerce,” said a speaker at the annuaP meeting. of the Daiinevirke chamber, when referring to the; lack of interest shown in it by the average business man. "And that is the only time we see him,” added the president. Almost the same sentiments were expressed’at Tusday’s meeting of the Te Awamutu Chamber of Commerce.

The philosophic acceptance of .the all-pervading presence of noxious weeds in certain parts.of Taranaki is clearly exemplified by the adopted names of the two rival football teams in one country town, where country to the east and the West respectively may be easily identified by the name of its representative team. The rival players are "The Ragworts” and the “Blackberries.”

The bloom o.n the gorpe bushes drew considerable admiration from the American Fleet visitors on a run to Waitomo Caves. They were surprised to know that the shrub was. such a source of trouble in New Zealand, as it is considered to be something of a rarity in America. A lady in the party stated that she had a gorse bush growing in her garden in Oakland. San Francisco, and paid 6s for the plant.

Paeroa, in the vicinity of the post office, presented quite a busy appearance this morning, the occasion being the payment of old-age, miners’, and war pensions. A large number of aged Maoris draw pensions from the local office, and pension- day is always a red-letter day for the natives. Very often whole families come into town in all kinds of conveyances and readily assist in spending tlie money paid to their elder relations. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

An offer has been made by the representatives of a London firm to buy all the eggs Auckland can produce for export at Is. Bd. per dozen, free on boaid New Zealand ports, cash to be paid in full as soon as the ships papers are cleared. The offer is the outcome of negotiations by Mr Masefield, who addressed a meeting of poultry farmers in Auckland the other day.

The weather locally over the weekend was not of the best. Early on Friday afternoon heavy rain fell, and continued intermittently into the night. Saturday was fine, though the sky was overcast and a cold wind prevailed. Yesterday morning dawned fine and sunny, but before mid-day heavy clouds had banked up, and with a strong northerly wind prevailing a couple of heavy showers of rain fell. This morning the sky was again overdast, and prospects for more settled weather appear rather remote.

Raffles are a subject dealt with in the annual report of the Department of Internal Affairs, which says that the conditions under which licenses to raffle are granted provide that only the articles specified are to be raffled, and that there must be no substitution of other prizes or payment in cash, Certain cases, however, come under notice in which advertisements have been placed on the tickets in which private firms offer to give the winner a motor-car, a suite of furniture, etc., for tire prizes indicated on the tickets. To prevent any evasion of the Act, a condition is now inserted in the license that no advertisements will be permitted on any pait (back or front) of the tickets, or any .part of, the book of tickets.

Through the simple process of toasting his tobacco the modern manufacturer has been able to effect an enormous improvement in the smoking quality. It is a well-known fact that cooked food is wholesomer and more digestible than raw food, and the same principle applies to tobacco, We do not eat raw meat or fish or drink raw coffee, why should we smoke raw tobacco. It is wonderful how the flavour of tobacco can be developed by toasting. Try any of the brands and you will notice a marked improvement, and what is ’ also important as a result of the toasting process, the tobacco loses all deleterious properties. Smokers who study their health should therefore give this matter their attention, and avoid strong foreign tobaccos; heavily charged with nicotine—they are (sure to undermine even the most robust constitution. Not only is the local article purer and more wholesome than most of the imported brands, but it is cheaper, too. Riverhead Gold is mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of . medium strength ; but if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 10 *