THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4999, 12 July 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JULY 12, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Waihi motor-bus, with eight passengers, was unable to get beyond Russell Street intersection, with Nbrmanby Road this jriorning on Account, of the storm-wa'ter. The passengers had no option but to get- out of the bus and finish the journey'to Paeroa oh fdot, via the hospital site and Fraser Street-. The service was l maim tained at 10 o'clock, a, high powered service car - getting through stfely.

In reply to ah urgent question asked in the House by Mr A, M. Samuel, member for Ohinemuri, the Minister of Lands has piomised to amend existing legislation so -as to bring ajl 'education reserve leases into line in order to make them eligible for leans from the State Advances Department.

The steam hammer and pile-driving machinery for the' Hauraki Bridge has reached Kopu, arid will be. used on the completion of a pontoon now in course of constructioh. It is stated that the steam hammer is capable of driving the piles at the rate of 140 blows a minute. , < »

According to a well-known resident Of that portion of Morrinsville" im

eluded in the Ohinemttri electoral « district, there is unlikely to be any

sterious opposition there to the granting of an hotel license, for which application will be made by Mrs Mary B. Montgomery at the'adjouTned-sit-ting of the Licensing oh August 9. The area referred to is outside the township.

The organiser for the forthcoming Ra,erca stock sale, Mr N. Beattie, advises that already there is a; keen desire to' hold the sale, and approximately 200 head, of cattle have been entered to date. Farmers desirous of -taking • advantage of, this, sale are asked to forward their entries to Mr Bea.ttie so that the lines m'a,y be advertised. . . '

Of course you know her! She’s- “ Reta,” the Blue Queen, and her Euchre . and Dance in the Soldiers’ Club to-morrow night will be bigger, brighter, and better .than ever, Best, euchre prizes yet offered. Popular prices—gentlemen 2s 6d, Is and plate. Don’t forget those gold' watches.* , / ■

That- old prejudices • die hard was demonstrated at* the Farmers’ Union meeting at Ngatea last week. A motion was moved conveying the thanks and appreciation of settlers to the Lands Drainage Department for, the attention given the drains In the district during the past season. While those present grudgingly admitted that .there' was nothing to find fault with in the state of the drains this year a seconder for the motion was not available and it lapsed. A member spoke at length on the desirability of having a drainage boa.rd formed to take ovei 1 the area from the Lands Department as a means of reducing the amount of drainage rates-This-’prompted an explanation by Mr Clearer of the negotiations-that had taken place with that object until it had been found that the department was ..doing the work for practically cost price. Negotiations in the matter of securing a, Government grant of some thousands of pounds for new work as a proviso to the formation of a drainage district were still in hand.

Separators of all ma.kes can be fitted with a Pye Patent Pulley. Saves trouble, eliminates jar or.sbock.*. v

A man na,med Michael John. McMahon, .alias John Jones, appeared before Messrs G. P. Lamb and P, E, Brenan, J’s.P., at the local ■ Police Court this morning charged with drunkenness and begging in the main street on Saturday. On the. charge of drunkenness accused was convicted and discharged, a,nd on- the charge of begging was sentenced to seven days’ imprisonment in the Thames gaol.

Included in the latest appointments ctf of the Peace appears the name of Mr J. H. Johnston, Turua, Hauarki Plains.

At Thursday's meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council Mr W. E. G. Willy, of Horahia, was. appointed to act as assessor under the “Valuations of Land Act, 1925,” at the Assessment Court to be held at the Courthouse, Thames, on July 29 to hear objections to valuations of properties in the county.

In: the case in the Appeal Court in which James Beattie Whisker appealed agaiiist the New Zealand Co-opera-tive Dairy Co., Ltd., in regard, to a dispute oyer the company’s articles bit association and the 'resumption of certain shares, the Court', dismissed the appeal without calling oh respondent. Costs were allowed respondent.

Smoking is not one of the habits Cif the Sikh members :of the Indian army hockey team, and, so fcar as New Zealand drinks are concerned, they,, a're teetotallers, They know, no-thing-of’the western form of; danqingBefore their arrival in New Zealand many of the Indians had not spoken to white women, of whom .they have a high opinion.

' The latest form ofc advertising has' been discovered in Hamilton. An enterprising agent for a .certain brand of benzine has compelled his dog to wear a cover on which .the name of his particular line of benzine is painted in bold letters. The domestic dog has many us'es, but should be a decided .'acquisition as an . advertising medium. ‘ •

Men to the liu'mber of 515 were employed oh the Waihi-Taurahga section of the East Coast main trunk railway line-during 'May. Of these 97 were ‘artisans <and 418 labourers... On the Ta.u'ranga-Taheatua section 361 were employed, of whom 85 were: artisans And 276 labourers. . .

z The ' a.djourned inquest touching/ the death of Edward Herbert Alfred Scholz,, ofc Waikino, whose body was found in the Waitekauri stream on June 29 last, was resumed'at the Waihi Courthouse on Friday afternoon before the coroner, Mr W. M, Wallnutt. In. summing up the coroner said there 1 was nothing in the eviidence to show that deceased intended to commit suicide, nor was there anything: to show how'he got into thfe water. - The ma,n was certainly l peculiar, but that did not indicate that he intended to take-his own life. The verdict would be “That deceased riiet his death at Waitekauri on or about M:ay 22, 1926, by drowning, there being no evidence to show how he , got , into the water.”

The Racing Conference has granted the guarantors of the Morrinsville Racing Club permission- to hold a benefit meeting. Application has to be made, to the' Minister of Internal Affairs for a. permit. It is stated that the Minister was prepared, to grant a permit if the Racing Conference approved of the proposal. The meeting will probably be held on 'dither th® Te Aroha or the Te i Rapa course.

Interviewed last week regarding the lack of support given, the free dental clinic at Ngatea which is available for Hauraki Plains children, under the age of eight years, Mr F. G. Stockwell, the dental officer, stated, that some few patients had been brought from Pipiroa, and Kopuarahi, but the number was Very' far short of that 'required to keep him fully occupied.- The inspector had- not yet visited 5 the district for the purpose of endeavouring to organise the service. .

Thebe are mope males than females, in New Zealand; That is hot a new fact disclosed by thisf year’s census, but the statistician gives, it added interest by his summary of .the sex distribution position according to provinces. Auckland, it is shojvn, has a male majority of 14,800, Hawke’s Bay 2000, Taranaki 3000, Wellington 7000, Marlborough 1000, Nelscjn .2400, Westland 800, and Southland 2800. Bi Otago there is the even balance of a well-arranged jazz party—nd ladies sitting out and no men forced to the shelter of the s'mobk-room ; but' Canterbury has 2200 • more females than males. >; , /

The retail, prices of the three principal foodstuffs—groceries, dairy produce, and meat—in Waihi during May stood at 56 per cent.. over pre-way prices (July, 1914).' Gisborne was the dearest town with 63-9 per cent., and Gore;'the cheapest with 40 per cent. The average fpr the 2’5 leading towns in the Dominion wag 50*.8 per cent, above, the 1914 prices.

At the Farmers’ Union meeting at Ngatea on Thursday evening last a letter was read from the Auckland University College anient a proposed visit to suitable centres by Professor Riddet for the purpose of delivering lectures on agricultural and dairying topics to farmers. A visit would be made to any centre where there would be a,n appreciable audience. The union decided to invite the lecturer to Ngatea and make every effort to secure a large attendance at the meeting.

“The secret of keeping a road in good order,” said Mr E. Bowmar, at a meeting of the Southland Motor Association lagt week, “is putting a small amount of small gravel on the road before the pot-holes become too deep. , There is almost a.s much harm in putting down too much as too little. Distribute with a grader,” he siaid, “and keep the level flush, and there will never be any trouble.”.

The para.de of the local platoon of the Hauraki Regiment which was to have been held tp-night- is cancelled.