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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4912, 7 December 1925, Page 2

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

Good work was done by .the members of the Hauraki A. and P. elation at the Paeroa Domain on Saturday. Owing .to the alterations made to the playing fields during the winter a considerable amount, of work was necessary to. put the grounds in order for the forthcoming show, but by evening much had been done, and little remains to complete .the. arrangements. A word of praise is due to the local Boy Scout troop, which worked . enthusiastically throughout the day and rendered valuable assistance to-the show'

Druids’ Hall, Wednesday, December 9. Last night of tournament, when points, decision will be reached. Valuable night Mr. G. Fallon’s window.. Gentlemen 3s 6tl, ladies Is 6d. Slipper and dance to follow. Be there.*

The road from Turua to Oronga was not correctly described in the advertisement that has appeared in this paper recently concerning the classification under the heavy .traffic clauses of the Main Highways Acts. The load was described as the TuruaOronga road from the Turua Post Office “southward” to the junction of the main highway No. 16, instead of “northward.”

A most interesti’jig freak, in the shape of a four-leg’ged chicken, was shown to' a “Southland News” reporter the other morning by Mr 3V. Paterson, of North The egg .from which the chicken was extracted wais’ not double yolked, and was quite ordinary. This unusual specimen had in addition to the legs three separate sets of wimgs. -Unfortunately the chicken did not live, and it was necessary to draw it from the egg.

Particulars of special excursion tickets, issuable to Paeroa £n connection with the 'Hauraki A', and P. Show, to lie held on. December 10 and .11, are advertised ini this* issue.

It has cost the Wanganui City Conn-1 cil £lB5O and its owta legal; expenses, to settle the claim/made on account of the death of one of its employees, Mr Devery, who met with an accident while at work at the gasworks some little time ago (states the Chronicle).

France has abandoned the idea of sending a Rugby football team to Australia and New Zealand in 1926, Owing to the cost, also to the difficulty of securing players who could be absent for six months. She will possibly send a team in 1927.

Mr F. R. Howard, sight-testing specialist, representing Messrs Barry and Beale, Ltd., 322 Queen Street, Auckland, may be consulted at Mils Crosby's Hotel, Belmont Road, Paeroa, on Tuesday, December B.* Ngatea had the appearance of a port on Friday last. There were two metal scows at Johnstone’s wharl, a scow' anchored in the stream, and a steamer berthed at the factory wharf.

The manufacture of cider is steadily extending, especially in the Nelson district, where a large quantity of low-grade apples is utilised. The quantity of cider made'"’during last year (states an exchange) is estimated at 45,000' gallons, valued at £11,250.

The November Abstract of Statistics shows that the foil->wing numbers of persons, etc., were adjudged bankrupt during the year from October. 1924, to .the end of October, 1925 : Auckland, 322 ; Wellington, 175; Christchurch, 107 ; Dunedin, 58. T-’aL 662.

Quite a chapter of accidents has been experienced about Ngatea during the past week or so, .and the Thames Hospital now contains several Ngatea.children. On Friday morning a twelve-year-old schoolgirl named Isabel Sparrow accepted a ride on a horse behind another girl; and when near the bridge was thrown off and severely injured. She was taken to the Thames Hospital, where it was found .that her scull, had been cracked at the base. On Saturday the infant daughter of Mr Edwards was taken to the hospital to have a prairie grass seed removed from where it had lodged in the child’s throat. The seed had penetrated the membrane, but was easily removed, and it was possible to bring the child home.

The dust nuisance in the main streets of Paeroa on Friday was very bad, and the services of a street water-cart would have saved the shopkeepers considerable inconvenience and discomfort. A strong nor-easiterly wind prevailed all the morning, sweeping clouds of duist and debris along the streets,. Shortly after 2 p.m. it seemed as if a tornado had struck the town. The wind blew with terrific force, bringing with it a cloud of dust such as has seldom been experienced before. • Fortunately the storm was of brief duration, and when the atmosphere’cleared torrential rain fell and continued at intervals during the afternoon.

During last week workmen were busily engaged releasing the railway engine-shed aA the site of the . old Paeroa station and jacking it up on to blocks preparatory to removal. At an early hour yesterday morning the whole was lifted bodily on to trucks, which were drawn by a locomotive down to the permanent Bite in \tlie new station yard. Owing .to there being no floor in the building the removal presented many difficulties, but careful bracing of the structure enabled it to. be moved with a minimum of damage. The locomotives had to remain in the open on Saturday night, and consequent on the slight disorganisation which resulted the first train from Paeroa .this morning was. a few minutes behind schedule time of departure.

Owing to the erection of a stopbank on the left bank of the Ohinemuri River at Netherton the question ofijthe fate of he Netherton Hall has been exercising the minds .of the trustees for some time. It is understood that a suitable site adjoining the .tennis courts has been purchased from Mr J. Mbrrison, and that<tendes have been accepted for the removal of the hall to ibs new site. The work of removing the hall is to be undertaken immediately after the holidays.

An action of an interesting and somewhat unusual nature has been set down for hearing in the Magistrate’s Court on December 11, the casje being one which the police are proceeding against the “Poverty Bay Herald” Company for alleged breach of the Gaming Act, prising out of an advertisement appearing on October 17, on behalf of several, local firms,, containing a cross-word puzzle competition. The case (states the “Herald”) was originally set down for hearing last week, but owing to the closing of the Court during the morning, and another engagement of the 'Magistrate’s during the afternoon, an adjournment for a fortnight was made by the Court.

Through the simple process of toasting his tobacco the modern manufacturer has been able to effect an enormous improvement in the smoking quality. It is a well-known fact that cooked food is wholesomer and more digestible than raw food, and the same principle appliep to to- ' bacco. We do not eat raw meat or fish or drjnk raw coffee, why should we smoke raw tobacco. It is wonderful how the flavour of tobacco can be developed by toasting. Try any of the brands and you will notice a marked improvement, and what is also important as a result of the toasting process, the tobacco loses all deleterious properties. Smokers who study theli 1 health should therefore give this matter their attention, and avoid strong fbreign tobaccos heavily charged with nicotine—they are pure to undermine even the most robust constitution. Not only is the local article purer and more wholesome than most of the imported brands, but it is cheaper, too. Riverhead Gold is mild and aromatic; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), of medium strength; but if you prefer a full body try Cut Plug No. 10*