THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4870, 26 August 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As not one of the delegates attended, there was no meeting of the Hauraki Plains Rugby Union on Monday evening, as intended.

In our last issue was stated that the third shop was being erected in Kerepeehi. This should have read the , third butcher’s shop.

During the year ended May 31 last 95 new members joined the N.Z, Friesian Cattle Association, and' 80 members resigned. The total number of members- now stands at 710.

. By proclamation in the latest issue of the N.Z, Gazette an area of 2 acres 39 perches, being part of section 11, block XIV., Ohinemtiri Survey District, has been taken by the Government for reading purposes.

It lias now been definitely decided that the Rev. W. W. Averill, son of tlie Archbishop and Primate of New Zealand, will be appointed vicar of the parish of Hauraki Plains in January iiext. He is a married man. It is hoped that a vicarage will be built before he arrives.

Tlie public of Paeroa will be afforded an opportunity of seeing the newlyformed Boy Scout troop, comprising over fifty members, on Friday evening. The troop, in full uniform, will fall in at the railway station and march through the streets headed by the Scouts band.

The search-light display by the American warships on the Waitemata Harbour was quite plainly seen by several residents in Paeroa on Wednesday and Thursday evenings last week. Settlers at Netherton port having seen the hills and adjacent country brilliantly illuminated by the searchlights.

During the discussion on the Education Estimates in Parliament on Friday night, in answer to a question Sir C. J. Parr said he agreed that the chairmen of education boards should receive remuneration. He had drafted a scale of and proposed to submit it to Cabinet. The scale was on a sliding basis.

The destruction caused by the native white ant was shown in some rafters in a house in New Plymouth which has been erected for about 25 years. The timber was rimu, and when taken out of the building and split open it was found to be almost hollow through the ravages of these little creatures.

Mr Howell, assistant District Engineer for Railways, is in Paeroa today making final arrangements for changing over to the new railway station on Sunday. The 6.40 a.m. train on Monday will be the first to leave the new station. Owing to the fact that the new road has not yet been completed the traffic will be via Puke Road and Hill Street. During the busy shunting hours a man will be stationed at the Hill Street crossing, as this is regarded as a dangerous spot. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

From New Zealand 52 pedigree Friesian cattle were exported during the year ended May 31. Ten head were sent to Victoria, 4 to New South Wales, 29 to Argentine, 7 to Fiji, and 2 to the Friendly Islands.

The erection of the Church of England building at Kerepeehi is proceeding slowly, but steadily, and the lining and flooring is now completed. The church will be dedicated by tne Arch-bishop early in October,

A large number of people from Paeroa visited Auckland during the paist fortnight for the purpose of seeing the American Fleet and other attractions in that city. The s.s. Taniwha carried a large number of passengers, and in addition over two hundred people, availed themselves of the excursion fares on the railway.

The Hon. J. G. Coates fully intends to, push on with the construction of the East Coast railway to Opotiki as early as possible, according to Mr G. S. Moody, Mayor of Opotiki, who was a member of the Bay of Plenty Development League’s deputation that waited on the Minister recently (says the East Coast Guardian). Mr Moody states that the Minister lias made a definite promise to that effect.

For some time a small farmer on the Hauraki Plains has been grazing his cows on the road, a small boy being in charge so that they would not be impounded. One of two blind roads was usually frequented, so that watching was reduced to a minimum. County and Crown rangers.waited an opportunity, and at last it came. The boy went .away to play with some others, and the whole herd was driven, to the pound.

The N.Z, Co-operative Dairy Company’s London manager cables that Anchor butter is 200 s, unsalted 2025, Danish 206 ts. The market is quite firm and activity is.not expected to be renewed until the end of August. A duty of Ils per cwt from October 1 is, expected in Germany. The detail prices are, Danish 2s Id, New Zealand 2s. White and coloured cheese is 106 s, Canadian 104 s e.i.f. The market is very quiet, with a weakening tendency. Retail is unchanged.

A notice in the Gazette Axes tlie closing hours for clothiers and drapers, in the Borough of Morrinsville on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, And Fridays at 5.30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 8.30 p.m., with exceptions applying to Anniversary Day, Anzac Day, and tlie Sovereign’s Birthday. If any occupier of a shop desires to observe the half-holiday, on Saturday instead of Wednesday he may open his premises on Wednesday and keep the late night (8.30) on Friday.

Dairy cows should be started with 201 b of feed a day, and this may be increased to 501 b or 601 b. Any quantities over tliis are more or less wasted. A cow will eat up to 1001 b or more, but she cannot digest so large a quantity or extract the food value from it, and in the attempt to do so all sorts of troubles are set up. Hay (should always be fed before roots of any sort, but espeically before mangolds. Care should be taken to feed the roots on a clean pasture, as the consumption of a large quantity of earth is very bad for animals.

“The commercial men nave their rings and combines, the labourers and others their unions, and they are loyal to them,” said Mr W. Ford at Waimatuku the other night (says the Southland Times). “But not so the farmers. They do not pull together, and that is one of the main reasons why the farmers only receive about a third of the wealth they produce. We only get from 40 to 60 per cent, of the wealth we produce, the rest going to middlemen. In Holland the farmer, by cutting out the middleman, gets 83 per cent, of his products.-, and there is no reason why w r e should not get somewhere near that figure.”

A novelty has appeared on the niaret in the shape of a toasted tobacco which has caused quite a sensation in smokers’ circles. The process of toasting seemts to. have a more beneficial effect upon tobacco, similar to what cooking, broiling, and roasting has on food. It develops the flavour aud makes generally more savoury and appetising, and last, but not least, also more digestible. Small wonder that the local product has greatly gained in popularity through this latest improvement, and smokers are advised to give it a trial. They are in for quite a new flavour. There are three grades obtainable now—Riverhead Gold, a very mild and aromatic smoke ; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength f and if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label. All made of a new type of leaf famous for its small percentage of nicotine. Doctors and experts proclaim them to be healthier than most of the foreign tobaccos ; and another consideration is their lower cost. They will reduce your tobacco bilFby 30 per cent*