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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4895, 26 October 1925, Page 2

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

Nominations of candidates for political honours close with tlie registrar at noon to-morrow.

It is interesting to note that a concrete bridge is cheaper to build than a wooden one (says the “Wairarapa Age). Alternate tenders by the same contractor for a bridge were received by the Masterton County Council, the price for the timber bridge being £728 10s, and for the concrete one £705 15s.

To-day, Labour Day, is being observed as a close holiday in Paeroa. A number of residents left by car for tlie various pleasure resorts, and the excursion trains this mOrning were well patronised, a large number of people leaving to attend the Waikato Hunt Club’s races, at Te Rapa. The special train ,to Thames also carried a fair complement of excursionists.

At the present time the main Pae-roa-Te Aroha road is in a very bad condition. Near Waitoki for about 300 yards the Ohinemuri County Council has been raising the level of the road nearly two feet. The filling used is clay, and with, the recent rain, combined with the heavy drays doing the carting, the road has become a veritable quagmire. During Friday several cars became bogged in the sticky substance and had to be towed out by. the horse team.

Mr A. M. Samuel, Reform candidate for the Ohinemuri electorate, addressed a large and representative meeting at Waitoa on Thursday evening, Mr F. C. Hansen presiding. At the conclusion of the address there were no questions, and a motion thanking the candidate and expressing confidence in* the Reform Government! under the leadership of Mr Coates was carried by acclamation.

Tlie Anglican Church is contemplating another important advance in the interests of tlie Maori race, since Archbishop. Averill stated in his charge to Synod that it seemed probable that before the end of the year a separate native diocese would be created. The chief difficulty in connection with the proposed scheme was the constitutional one, and on this point His Grace had asked the Archbishop of Canterbury if he'would submit the matter to the consultative body of tlie Lambeth Conference. His Grace had every hope of a favourable reply from that body of experts.

Following on the wet day experienced on Friday, heavy showers of rain fell locally on Saturday morning. Soon after midday the sky cleared anti a fine afternoon followed. On Saturday night heavy rain fell again. Yesterday was fine., and ideal spring weather prevailed, tempting many people out of doors. Those possessing motorcars made the most of tlie fine weather, although, generally, motorists keep to the main highways. There was a decided drop in tlie temperature last night. This morning dawned with an overcast sky, and the morning lieing cold and grey.

Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure. For Coughs and colds never falls.

A reminder is given of the antiprohibition address which is to be delivered by Mr Fred Burke at the Gaiety Theatre, Paeroa, to-morrow evening. Mr Burke is a brilliant and earnest orator, and handles his subject .in a fearless manner. The chair will be taken by His Worship the Mayor (Mr W. Marshall) at 8 p.m.

Mo.torists travelling between Paeroa and Te Aroha are having an unenviable experience near Waitoki, where the road is- being raised about two feet. Seven or eight cars that essayed the trip on Saturday became firmly bogged, and the services of a couple of horses had to be requisitioned. The owner of the team is making a harvest at present, his charges for towing cars over the two hundred yards of bog being 5s for light cars and 10s for heavy vehicles.

Evidently this district is not the only one suffering from bad roads. Thus the Rotorua Chronicle: ‘‘The notices for, the payment of the rate struck by the county council are now posted to the .victims. It may be some salve to them .to know that if paid wiithin thirty days they will receive a five per cent, rebate. An additional incentive may be given by the knowledge that by prompt payment benefit thereby, for without money the county council is powerless to effect the canalised areas known, facetiously, as rqads within the county will even repairs.”

Of incomparable merit and distinction is this week’s issue of the N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review,” containing a wide range of illustrations from .topical sources. A particularly interesting series of snapshots is devoted to the Auckland Trotting Club’s spring meeting, while the- Whangarei Racing Club’s final day is covered in an excellent set. A (special feature is the full page photograph of individual patrons at the popular North Auckland meeting. The Australian Jockey Club’s carnival at Randwick is also represented. The centre pages show the launching of the. new British battle ship, the Prince at Monte Video, and outdoor sport hi England. Special space is given the Shenandoah disaster, some remarkably graphic views being obtained. The miscellaneous and stage and motion . pictures sections are well up to their usual standard.

An anomaly appears to exist in connection with the 1924 amendment to tlie Legislature Act. The Act provides that any registered elector who retains his qualification for registration as an elector of the district for which he is registered' shall be entitled to vote .as an absent yoten at any polling place outiside that district On applying to vote as an absentee, the elector must make a declaration that he is not qualified to be enrolled as an elector of any electoral district other than ,the one on the roll of which his name appears. This would mean that a person enrolled in another district and who had not completed the necessary three months’ residence in this district when the roll closed; but whb has since the closing of the roll and before election day completed that term, would be disfranchised. He would neither be able to vote as. an elector of this district nor as an absent voter for the district in which lie is registered, althoiugh he has fully complied with the requirements of the law as to registering.

Anti-tobaccoites are wont to say hard things about smoking, but quite often they are untrue. Tobacco may have its faults, but its virtues should not. be overlooked. Smoking assists digestion : it is also a great preservative of the teeth and a destroyer of the harmful germs which infect oil peoplef-s niouths, while its soothing and tranquilising effects ,ih times of mental stress, worry, or exertions are well known to all smokers. But th*, quality should be good. Brands full of nicotinq (like many of tlie imporfed varieties) are best avoided, our own New Zealand-grown tobaccos contain comparatively little nicotine, an i may consequently bq smoked freelv without injurious results, while owing to the leaf being toasted in the process of manufacture (quite a novel idea) they are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. The popular brands are Riverhead Gold, aromatic ; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; and Cut I-lug No. 10 (Bullshead), full strength. The demand for these goods is growing so rapidly that me New Zealand tobacco industry is assuredly destined to become of the first importance.*