THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY,, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4941, 19 February 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY,, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

. Indications, point to upwards of -20 names of' residents in various parts of the electorate having, beeiv mentioned as likely candidates for seats on the .Ohinemuri Licensing Commit-, tee the election of "which is to'be' held on Tuesday. 9.-,

The construction of the subway in William Street . hag: been completed, and the carpenters are at present busy removing the timbering from the concrete, buttresses. The next move will.be' the laying of the .Steel girders on the 1 structure.. . The gir-i ders will span the 23ft of subway. and will carry a double tra.ck Nine.;.

• ‘ A relay gang of 12 men arrived at Paeroa -yetserday morning, together ■with huts, and equipment. LThese men will, be engaged on. laying the permanent. rails along the new embankment commencing at .the Puke Roa,d crossing.. ■

The committee of the Ohinemuri Jockey. Club, has kindly. granted permission to the, local high school committee io hold the* annual school, picnic 'on the racecourse on Thursday next. ’’ 1 ' ’

A conference, of clubs under/ the Goldfields Sub-Association. is to be held in Mr Bain’s Rooms, . Belmont Road, to-morrow afternoon- As an interested ‘body in;athletic sport an ln.vitation- for representation- has, been; received by the local Pa ; eroa Athletic Club.

• Very welcome summer weather has been enjoyed locally during, the past few days. Each morning this week ■the town has, been enveloped in a heavy pall of smoke for some hours, clearly indicating.that large fires are prevalent in the district. ' ' The team to represent the: local, fire brigade at the United Fii'e Brigades’' demonstration, to be held, at Dunedin early in March, has made good progress in its training, which has been carried on assiduously for some months past. .The finaj practice is to be held in Willoughby Street/near the domain, commencing at ' 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. The public is cordially invited to attend, and see- for themselves what the local brigadesmen can do under competition conditions,. ; 1 '

The Turua Brass Band intends to give an open-air concert at Kopuarahi on Sunday afternoon.

Striking photographs of the Muriwai motor races a.re featured in this week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review.” The unveiling of the Palmerston North War Memorial by the Prime Minister and the opening of the St. John ’Ambulance Station at Onetangi are interesting subjects. Very attractive are the centre pages with their artistic selection of photographs, depicting winter sports in New York, Christmas in the Nogth' Sea. athletic stars., etc., 'An individual display of winning horses at recent race meetings in the Dominion makes an excellent gallerv of equine stars. Modish hats and frocks from American sources, will make a strong feminine appeal, and stage, motion pictures; and society have strong representation. The miscellaneous section covers, a wide range, and includes many local subjects.

It is understood that the proposal, put forward by the brewery interests of Auckland for the. formation of \ a company to erect and control the hotels in the Ohinemuri electorate, the surplus after providing dividends for shareholders, to be h.anded over to local bodies for public purposes, has been'definitely abandoned. ; .

A further conference of, delegates from the Ohinemuri County Council and the Paeroa Borough Council, is to be'held at Paeroa to-morrow morning to consider the allocation of the cost of the erection of the Criterion bridge over -the Ohinemuri River, at Paeroa.

At the conclusion of the s.peciaj meeting of the Paeroa Borough Council, last night, at which a number of comprehensive' reports were dealt with/on the motion of Cr. E. Edwards it Was, decided to recoßd the hearty appreciation and thanks of the council ,to His, Worship the Mayor (Mr W.Marshall), and to congratulate him on the jsplendid work-ha has carried out in the compilation of valuable records for the municipal files. The, resolu u tion was seconded by Cr. P. E. Brenan a,nd carried unanimously. In return,ing thanks the Mayor intimated that the work entailed in compiling the records, after having obtained the data, had occupied his’close attention for over a fortnight.

During the past year there were 25 petitions hi bankruptcy filed in .the Hamilton bankruptcy district. Nine of the adjudications were by farmers, while the remaining ...bankrupts consisted of three fruiterers, two storekeepers; two coal dealers, - and a plumber, miner, produce merchant, s.awmiller, sharemilker, motor engineer, traveller, builder, and drainlayer. Nineteen were in business on their own* account, and six wiere working for wagesi.

The'People’s Auction and Furnishing Co., of Thames, hac- decided to extend its operations to Paeroa. premises have been secured' adjoining the Farmers’ Trading Company, .and a start is to be made right away, • The auctioneer,; Mr V. &.Roberts, intends, for .the present, to conduct fortnightly auction sales .at: the mart, and outside sales when and where required.*

. What is considered to be . the top price for fat lambs in the P.ahiatua district this season has been obtained by Mr W. H. Morrison, of. Tane. A. line of 340 lambs,, taken on schedule, rates, netted the excellent price of 29s l-3d.

At the November meeting of the Horahia. Drainage Board the board, in committee; carried several recom-? mendations by narrow majorities. The section which. had secured the passing of-the motions then, went home leaving a quorum to adopt the recommendations, in-.open meeting. 'As the members present were those who had opposed the recommendation they voted against the motion to adopt it on the score that the decision would then be available for publication in the Press, , and this 'might have affected the carrying of the loan poll. At the ’ Februray meeting of .the board the question of a nreviousi decision came up, and it was explained that the recommendation had never been .adopted. A motion adopting the re--commendation was then'carried. The curious habit so common in America of an unlighted cigar in the mouth land chewing an inch or two of it to pulp is, not| (ptapur I’ar with us; although: the chewing of. black'p z lug tobacco is common enough' amongst sailors everywhere. How-, ever, with the rank and file of. Englishmen “the 'pipe’s. the thing/’ and a. source of enjoyment) daily, to millions. But discrimination should be exercised in the choice-of tobacco. Brands full of nicotine (asi the American tobaccos usually are) ought ,to be cut out, because nicotine is; ;the source of all the mischief when tobacco proves' injurious. Our New Zealand-grown tobaccos a,re about the purest going, and contain only a trifling percentage of nicotine—a negligible quantity. That is why. you can go on smoking them all the time with, the utmost safety. They won’t do you. any harm. And they are delightfully fragrant. You can get them of any strength. .Ask for Riverhead Gold, mild ; Navy, Cut (Bullidog), medium; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead),>full strength*