THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4906, 23 November 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

, The magisterial, recount of votes on the | Ohinemuri licensing iissue will take place before Mr J. H, Salmon, S.M., at the Courthouse, Paeroa, orf Friday, December 4.

Word hap been received by the postmaster, Mr W. E. Ward, that hits department has agreed to the Chamber of Commerce request for the removal of the box in Quarry Road to the junction of Station Road and Thames Road. It has also been decided to remove the box at present in lower Hill Street to a site at the junction, of Hill Street and Moore Street.

Ratepayers of Kopuarahi are desir-ous-of forming a special rating area to have Ngataipua Road metalled throughout. The road is a shorti cut to Turua. A petition will probably come before the County Council at its r next meeting.

The balance-sheet of the Wanganui Woollen Mills, Ltd., for the year ended June 30 disclpses a loss of £14,021, after providing £B4' for depreciation. As £ll6 was brought forward from the previous year the net loss was £13,905.

Special Notice.—Druids’ Euchre Tournament, Wednesday, November 25. Night prizes: Ladies, Ist, 50 flour; 2nd, aluminium teapot. Gentlemen, Ist, shaving stand and outfit; 2nd, box handkerchiefs and wallet. Gentlemen 2s 6d, ladies Is 6d. Supper and dance included.*

In conversation with a prominent business man in Auckland on. Friday it was learned that the retail trade in that city is exceptionally quiet at the present time. The furnishing trade, especially, it was learned, was very slack, and only a ismall volume of business was being handled. 'Asked as to the probable cause, the reply received was that it was possible that the Dunedin Exhibition was affecting business in Auckland. ‘‘lt is really surprising the large number of people who are availing themselves of the excursion fares and easy facilities offered to the people of this part of the Dominion to visit the Exhibition,” he concluded.

The receipts at the Waika.to Summer Show this year totalled £433, compared with £264 last year and £522 in 1923.

By issue of a N.Z. Gazette extraordinary the .Governor-General has. further prorogued the calling together of the General Assembly until Thursday, February 18, 1926.

Both wholesale and retail housesj in Auckland complain of the quietness of business there at present, but the majority of shopkeepers are optimistic, and expect matters will, brighten considerably as .the festive season approaches.

There is a movement afoot at Orongo to secure a public hall, and steps are being taken tq rais'e funds. A garden fete and s.ale of work will be held next week.

Following on a stiff nor-westerly wind yesterday, rain commenced to fall, locally towards late afternoon. During the night heavy rain was recorded, and continued until early this morning. The change in the weather conditions is very welcome, especially to farmers.

In connection with our report of the St. Paul's Bazaar on Friday the authorities in handing the names to our reporter omitted the following helpers: Fancy stall, Mrs Byrne ; tearooms Metsdames Chamberlain, Campbell, Emmott, Gwilliam, Hayward, Tressider, and Miss.es Hayward and Piercy.

A conference, comprising representatives of the brewers’ interests, in Auckland, licensees of premises, and present owners of hotel premises, was held at Paeroa. on Friday. It is understood that the 'purpose of the conference was to consider ways a.nd means, and suggested reforms for -the handling of the liquor traffic in the Ohinemuri electorate when the licensed. houses are reopened. The exact nature of the proceedings and the decisions arrived at have not yet been made available for publication.

Adverse comment has been ma.de of the fact that a flag was not (town at half-mast at the local Defence Department buildings as a mark of respect to the Royal Family on the death of Queen Alexandra. It has been suggested, and. nightly, too, that the local Defence officials, should be among the first in the town to give a lead in matters of such National and Imperial concern. Even though it is possible, that the sad newts did not reach the ears of the Defence officials in time to hoist a flag on Saturday afternoon, the omission could have been rectified yesterday.

How simple Injury can be. attended by fatal consequences was well illustrated in the death of a five-year-old boy in Hamilton on Thursday. The child, a son of Mr and Mrs F. J. Ellis, of Collingwood Street, sustained a bruised heel a short time ago,' evidently from striking a stone. Little was thought of the matter at the time, especially as ,the injury apparently healed completely. The heel, however, began to fester, tetanus set in, and, as stated, the child, passed away.

Interviewed by a representative of this paper on Thursday an official of the Auckland Agricultural and Pa?r toral Association stated that splendid entries have been received for the forthcoming show. In the cattle sections the Jerseys exceeded last year’s figures. Although each year marks a falling-off in the heavier horse classes, the entries in the light honse classes this year exceed last year’s numbers, and the various jumping events have received liberal, support. The home industry and produce sections also r -promise to reach a high standard this year.

’The Kofeuarahi Tennis Club’s courts were opened for the season on Saturday last. Ideal weather prevailed, and there was a very large attendance of visiting tennis, enthusiasts.

An amusing incident of life in a ■West Coast mining township in the ’eighties is given by Mr/W. Rogens, the veteran manager of the Anchor Company, in the course of some reminiscences published in the ‘‘Nelson Mail.’’ While travelling for the company Mr Rogers) spent some days at Lyell. He says: “On the Saturday evening a dance was held in a hall adjoining the hotel. I went to look bJi. The miners danced, in heavy boots, and, the building being on high piles, the consequent, noise almost drowned the strains of the violin. 'At about 11 p.m. all the ladies put on their wraps and left the hall, and the fiddler struck up a tune to which the men dnaced for about ten minutes. It was explained to me that this plan had been adopted on accbu’nt of their having previously been arguments and fights a.«; to which swain should escort the damsel home, and given ten mniutes’ start the ladies who wished could get home’ without argument.”'

What is the least injurious form of smoking ? The dotcors favour the pipe. So does My Stanley Baldwin, the British Premier (an inveterate smoker). By the way, Mr Baldwin differentiates between smokers. He says, judging by his experience, pipe smokers take a wider and saner view of things thaw either cigarette or cigar smokers. - Be that as it may, the pipe has much to recommend it hygienically. And what of the tobacco ? That is ,an all-important question. Tobaccos heavily charged with nicotine (like most of the imported brands) cannot be smoked habitually without causing trouble sooner or later. The heart, the nerves, or the general health id bound to suffer. In. marked contrast are our New Zealand-grown tobaccos, which, as a resu.t of the toasting process to which they are now subjected, are so pure and so comparatively free from nicotine that they may be indulged in freely with absolute safety. That’s why doctors recommend them. Obtainable in three .grades : Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium; or Cut Plug No. .10 (Bullshe.ad), full strength.*