THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5004, 23 July 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Seventy-eight cas.es of pneumonic influenza have been reported to the Auckland District Health Office for the month of July up to noon yesterday. The deaths total 16.

At the inquest on the infant twins, Doris and Fay Hollows, found dead in bed at Mosgiel, a verdict was returned that death resulted from asphyxia, owing to mucous accumulation in the air passages.

At present an inmate of Grey Hospital, having undergone a second operation for internal stomach trouble, a, nurse named Mary Doyle is petitioning Parliament for compensation for injuries received during the course. o.f her service in the Hokitika Mental Hospital. Petitioner states that in November, 1925, while restraining a violent’ woman patient she received injuries to a foot and to the stomach, in connection with both ol" which operations were subsequently performed. She is now in ■a.ctual poverty (having spent her savings on treatment, etc.), and her claim to the Government is for £2OO compensation, representing the logs she has, sustained, and for wages, ■medical and contingent expenses, which total £B9.

With the end of the season for winter sports in sight the thoughts of many Plains people are turning to the opening of the season for summer games. In several parts of the district the tennis courts, have been occupied during the fine h’lfternoons of this week, while executives of clubs have commenced discussing the programmes of improvements to be> carried clut before the opening day. Cricketers of Ngatea and Turua. are discussing the formation ot clubs in their centres.

On Monday night neixt the Blue Queen is having a double event A euchre tournament is to be hefld in the Druids? Hall, and there will be a dance in th© Parish Hal], Some handsome prizes, are. in store for the winners at the euchre tournament. AU the euchre players will! be conveyed by cars free of charge to the Parish Hall for supper—.'so come along.*

The Public Works Department’s log-hauling machine* continues to. do good work on the banks of the Ohinemuri River. This machine, which is now situated on the left bank of the river opposite the butter factory, has progressed up the river from the Puke. Fitted with a 30ft derrick, the machine is removing all willows and debris from both banks between the stop-banks and the river. From the derrick a 4%in steel wire rope is manipulated on a system df pulleys. This rope, which can be operated from either bank, is hooked on to willows, which are dragged out by the roots and stacked in heaps by means of the boom provided. By the removal of such obstructions the river, especially when in flood, is given a clear run, and there is little or nothing for the floating logs and debris to lodge in and cause siltation on the batiks. The work is a pant of the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers impreivement scheme and is to be carried on to a point near the abattoirs.

Pye’s Patent Pulley. The most popular separator clutch on the market. Why ? Ask any user.*

First aid for coughs, coldp, and influenza. Wood's Great Peppermint Cure.

. The New. Zealand liquor bill for 1925 was £8,789,019 ; for 1924, £8.494,459 ; and for 1923, £8,093, 089, making a total of £25,376,567 tor the three years.

A. motion to send delegates to the Legislative Council to oppose the Daylight Saving Bill was moved at the conference of the New Zealand C unties’ Association on Tuesday, and was carried on the voices, which appeared to be about three to one.

At Auckland on Wednesday a meeting of sympathisers with Mr Hall Skelton in connection with the recent lible action carried resolutions pledging itself to defray from a national fund all'his costs in connection wtih the case. It was further resolved that Parliament be approached to pas’s legislation to prevent a judge granting a. special jury in any libel action, as being contrary to the spirit and principles of the law. A sum of £5O was subscribed in a few minutes, and it was stated that one sympathiser had forwarded 25 guineas direct to Mr Hall Skelton.

A dance will be tendered to the children of supporters of Reta McCullay, the popular Queen, at the Soldiers’ Club on Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Orchestra will be in attendance. Afternoon tea and novelties. Parents are invited to participate iii the 'fun of the afternoon. Children’s admission 6d.*

“See New Zealand First” is the heading of a very fine map of New Zealand issued by the White Star Tourist Services, Ltd. On this map are shown in the White Star services,, which completely cover the Dominion. The local member is Mr Evan Thomas, who is running .the PaeroaAuckland service.

Large areas in the South of Russia are being devastated by a plague of Locusts. One swarm of the insects, which is 25 kilometres in width, is sweeping up the Volga Valley and i s consuming everything in its; path. The Soviet authorities have, dispatched aeroplanes to combat the pests. The machines will scatter gases and other poisons among the insects.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, at 67, is* still an enthusiastic lover of cricket. To this fondness is attributable a part of the name of the; most famous character he invented. It is known that when he began his detective stories he decided to break away friom the Dickens idea of giving sleuths such names as Sharp and Tracker, and so chose the simple name of Holmes. Then, one day in the dim long ago, he scored 30 off the bowling of a cricketer named Sherlock. 'Hence the word-renowned com-, bination of Sherlock Holmes.

To the layman the erection of the filamework of a building appears to be the most definite and therefore the most rapid step in its construction, and it is when this stage has been reached that he. can more readily realise than from the builder’s and sketches the size, shape, and something of the appearance of the completed structure. The erection of the building in, Turua for the Turua Public Hall. Co. reached this stage on We'dnsday, when thei frame of the four walls were lifted into position, and it appeared to* be with a new sense of pride and a great deal ■of enthusiasm that this fact was pointed out to visitors by numerous, residents.

There appears to be a likelihood df a revival of interest in mining about the Te Aroha district, and it is reported that a eti-bng syndicate has taken up a fairly large qrea back in the ranges where a certain amount of exploratory work was carried out some time ago in a claim known as “The Pick and Dish.” A large or© body is> said to have been located, and seme of the assay values are understood to have gone as high as £lO a.nd £l2 a ton, with several other samples ranging from £1 to £4.

When business firms find it necessary to enlarge their premises it may be said that trade is fldurisjiiing, and that the progress of their town is on sound lines. Such is the position of Ngatea. Although only established a short time ago, the business of Hauraki Motors, Ltd-, Ngatea, has increased sufficiently to warrant a. hundred pr cent, increasei in the size of the garage. Space has been provided for an additional branch —that of the painting of cars—and a kerbside petrol pump is being installed. Messrs H. and A. D&nt have increaseid their shop to three times, its former size to accommodate the drapery department, and they intend to instal a kerp’side petrol pump as soon as possible. Not so long ago Mr E. Walton, barrister and solicitor, moved into a nqw office he had erected to accommodate* himself and visiting professional men.

Long stretches of Ha,uraki Plains, county roads are now approaching that state which earned for the district its fine reputation for smooth roads. Scowloads of red metal from the Gulf are coming to* hand regularly, and six motor dump trucks are employed carting the metal to the roads, where it is spread and rolled. So far the metal has been landed ar Ngatea, and the roads in that locality have been treated. , Supplies have ben dumped at other landings, and will be carted on to the’ roads as soon as possible. The roadsi north of Ngatea will be the next to receive attention.

All the news of the week from local and overseas sources, is comprised in this week's issue of the “N.Z. Sporting ai,nd Dramatic Review.” The centre pages are occupied with snapshots, taken at the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting at Trentham. The hockey test, N.Z. v, Indian Army, is depicted in exciting episodes, and the Maori v. Auckland Rugby contest at Eden Park forms* an interesting series,. Australians in cricket, matches in England are also featured. Stage, motion pictures, the cc&icert world, and society are represented in outstanding pictures, and there is a host of miscellaneous subjects.

For Influenza Colds take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,