THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4880, 21 September 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• — The Kerepeehi Church will be dedh rated on Sunday, October 9. Supporters of the Reform Party are reminded that a meeting will be held in the Centenary Paeroa, at 8 o’clock to-night. The Te Aroha Orphans’ Club is organising a series of musical evenings as a means of raising money to assist the Thames Valley A., P„ and H. Association’s funds. It was stated at Saturday nights meeting of the Hauraki A. and P. Association that the Paeroa Domain would be available for use by the association to hold its annual show in December next. Further construction work is to be undertaken at Hbrahora, together with a new Weir at the intake. Erection of transmission lines to Rotorua, Hangatiki, and from Waikino to Katik.ati is to be undertaken. The flag match played on the local golf links for a trophy presented by Mrs Lawrence was won by Miss Tierney. On Wednesday a medal round will be played, entrance fee 6d, players to select their own partners. Seeing a building about to be erected on a foundation of sand at Kawhia, a citizen remarked that he didn't like the idea as he had read something in Shakespeare or Longfellow about a house built on sand. A bystander saidit was’a Scriptural quotation. ‘‘l don’t know about that,’’ said the other, “I know I, read it somewhere.” Still people object to the Bible in schools. Construction work at Arapuni provides for the continuation of the contract work by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Ltd. It is anticipated that the river will be deviated from the base of the dam through the diversion tunnel towards, the end of the year, and the placing of the bulk concrete 'commenced. A start will be made with the erection of the main transmission line to Auckland, and with the extension to give supply to the Waitemata Power Board, and with sub-stations to supply that power board and the Franklin Power Board. For Children’s Hacking Cough, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cur#.

A report presented to a meeting of a local body in Canterbury last week was delightfully ironic (saye the “Press”). “Although it is only live weeks since the Main Highways Board had been written to with reference to obtaining a, stone crusher,” stated the report, "a reply was received from them asking tor what purpose the crusher is required. It was decided to take them into the council’s confidence and admit that a trial was to be made to see . if it would crush metal.”

A special meeting of the Hauraki Plain's County Council will be held on Thursday next. The principal business will be to consider the question of altering tho riding boundaries, to reconsider the general rates to be struck for the current year, and to consider the report of the committee set up to reply to the Minister for Lands-

An accident, resulting in a fractured leg, occurred to Mrs Marsden at Netherton on Friday afternoon. It appears .that Mrs Marsden was getting out of a gig near Mr G. Sarjant’s farm when the horse moved on, causing her to fall and sustain the injury mentioned. After receiving' firstaid treatment the victim was conveyed to the Thames Hospital.

Giving evidence in the Magistrates Court at Thames a police constable stated that .the wheel marks of a certain’ motor-car were quite distinct. “The marks of the front wheels were much deeper than those of the back wheels, showing that they had continued revolving after the car nad been stopped by the application bf the brake.” Evidently a new reason for front-wheel brakes.

The succulent young shoots of the early garden pea have a subtle attraction for the enterprising sparrow, who descends in hordes on the vegetable patch and exasperate the backyard gardener. Elaborate cotton entangleninets and paper “scarecrows’ are the usual methods of combatting the feathered vandals. An experienced local gardener, however, has found that a few handfuls of lime scattered over the pea beds is an effective antidote to the sparrow nuisance, the lime probably giving the young shbote a disagreeable flavour. It also serves the other purposes of settling the slugs and improving the ground.

Everybody has heard of the celerity with which all up-to-date newspapers gather news, and we have to.compliment our esteemed contemporary, the Auckland Star, upon an exhibition of something more than promptitude (states the Eden Gazette). On Saturday, August 22, it reported the opening of the new building of the Auckland Sunday School Union, giving the names of all the spee’chmakers and others who took part, and stated that the ceremony had taken place that afternoon. But as the opening did not actually take place till the following .Saturday, August 29, it is evident that the Star’s energy carries it a week ahead of events. Even Yankee hustle could not do better than that.

"Steps are being taken to lessen the straying dog nuisance in the main streets of Te Aroha” ’.says the News). Well might the local bodies look into this nuisance in Paeroa. It is, not much of an advertisement to the town to have the main thoroughfares infested with a number of nondescript cuis which, owing to their habit of running out and barking at passing vehicles, are not only a continual source of annoyance but are also a source of danger to the traffic. Lying round the main streets, while excellent for the purpose of enjoying canine sunbaths, is rather a dangerout pastime. Cannot something be done to deal with this plague of dogs, Which in the main are neither useful nor ornamental ?

You have tried toasted bread, toasted bacon, toasted cheese, 'and possibly toasted kidney, and know how good they all are. But have you ever smoked toasted tobacco ? The toasting, process, as you know, develops flavour in the case of all the above-mentioned edibles —and it has precisely the same effect in the case of tobacco. You can easily satisfy yourself as. to the truth of this assertion. because our New Zealand grown tobaccos are all toasted. That is one reason why they appeal so strongly to smokers. Another reason is that they contain (comparatively) but little nicotine,, and may consequently be smoked all day long without producing those unpleasant effects that frequently follow the prolonged smoking of imported tobaccos, all of .them more or less loaded with nicotine. For a cool, sweet, and fragrant smoke try Riverhead Gold, mild ; Navy Cut (bulldog label), medium; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bull’s Head), full strength. There is no mischief in any of these brands, and the rapidly increasing demand for- them is the most convincing proof of their popularity.*