THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4874, 7 September 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ngatea District High School Committee has been advised that the Health Department will pay twothirds of the cost of the dental clinic building. . Jersey breeders and others inteiv ested are reminded that the date for receiving entries for the Thames Valley Jersey Breeders’ Club’s third annual sale, to be. held at 'Hikutaia, is drawing near, and-entries should be forwarded to the secretary, P.O. Box 30, Paeroa, as early as possible for inclusion in the catalogue. “This Act continues to prove' useful,” says the Police Commissioner in his annual report when dealing with the Arms Act. “A considerable number of revolvers have been sureudered during the year by persons who realise that they are of no practical utility, and do not care to take the trouble to hotify their change of address. In course ofi time i.t is that this dangerous weapon will be practically eliminated, as very few of them are now'imported.”

Light has been thrown on the ingenuity of certain dairy farmers in expediting the weekly wash (states the “Taranaki News”). At tne annual meeting of the Kaponga Dairy Company a supplier speaking to a complaint that' there was- seldom any hot water available when he got to the factory, mentioned that on washing days early comers to the factor; wfere in the habit of filling up their cans with boiling water, to be used in the cleansing of garments.

Speaking at the meeting of shareholders of the Tauranga Co-operative Dairy Association, Ltd., the other day Mr C. F, Macmillan, M.P., intimated that he had made represetnations some time ago to the late Him. W. F. Massey (Minister for Finance) urging that dairy comapnies; should be exempted from the payment of in-come-tax on all profits' except dividends. He was now able, to state that the present Minister for Finance would submit a Bill to the Mouse of Representatives this session to give the exemption indicated. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.

-A short but very effective appeal to support the scheme to provide a new lihll for Turua was made at the Children’s Ball on Friday evening. The building was packed, -so that dancing was almost an impossibility, and the .announcement of the meeting on Wednesday evening to explain the proposed scheme was no doubt noted with significance.

The annual Sale of Work promoted by the Methodist Ladies’ Guild will take place in the Centenary Hall on Thursday next, and will be opened by His Worship the Mayor at 2.30 p.m. Plain .and fancy sewing, cakes, flowers. lollies, etc., will be on sale, while in connection with the cake stall the usual cookery competitions will be held, prizes being offered as per advertisement. Good prizes are also offered for nail-driving, hat trimming, and various other mirth-provoking competitions, which will be run off during the evening session. Admission free.

On learning that the Cheltenham Co-operative Dairy Company had recently purchased two new American cream collecting trucks a shareholder moved a resolution at the annual meeting to the effect that the directors give preference to British goods when buying machinery and plant tor the company. The company’s- produce was sold to England, and the popular cry wins to purchase English products. A Voice: “Well, why did you,.buy an American car?” This (relates an exchange) was too much tor the meeting, which roared with laughter.

Tickets tor a benefit football match on September 26 which has been arranged by the Loyal Karangahake and Loyal Jubilee (Paeroa) Lodges are on issue in the town. The object is to raise funds to enable Bro. Jack Fitzgerald, an inmate of Waihi Hospital tor over four yean,, to obtain specialist advice, and is worthy of the best assistance, The Waihi people have also- taken the project up enthusiastically, and a sum approaching £3O has, it is understood, been raised. A good afternoon’s sport, including schoolboy football, ladies’ 'hockey, and a big Rugby fixture, is assured.

In referring to the advantages of testing churnings of butter to ascertain the water content, Mr Fulton stated at the Wanganui Rotary Club luncheon (reports the “Chronicle”) that prior to the legal limit of 16 per cent, being allowed, butter went Home deficient in moisture. A« a consequence tlie country lost money, as foreign salesmen were given to reconditioning the butter and putting more moisture into it. He quoted a specific instance, of this fact, and said that at the Palmerston North Exhibition in 1908 the average water content in 97 samples of butter was 12,38 per cent. Nowadays the average was 15.03 per cent.

It is the roasting of coffee-berries that results in the development of the exquisite flavour so much appreciated by coffee-drinkers. That is wellknown. But it is not so well known that our New Zealand-grown tobaccos are now subjected to the same roasting or toasting process, and with the same result. The flavour is brought fully out, .while at the same time the deleterious properties of the tobaccos are destroyed. All tobaccos, no matter where grown, have this in common —they contain nicotine, some more, some less. And it is this poison that is chiefly responsible for the sufferings of those who indulge too. freely in the use of the fragrant weed. Heart and nerves are generally affected, and often the eyesight. Scientists now tell us that toasting neutralises part of the nicotine, and that toasted tobaccos may, therefore, be smoked with impunity. They recommend RiverHead Gold, mild and aromatic ; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium strength; and the full bodied Cut Plug No. lO' (Bullhead label). All are toasted.®