THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5006, 28 July 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

*' It is anticipated that as the result of the queen carnival contest the Sjum of approximately £350 will be av.ai'l-able for the. local Boy Scouts and Girl Guides.

Application will be made at* the next sitting of the Warden’s Court at Paeroa for a license for a mining el.aim of 1(W acres, at Waitekauri, to be known a,nd worked as the St. Hippo Special Quartz Claim. The applicant is John W. McCoy, of Auckland, and the hearing has been fixed for August 9.

The total expenditure on education during the year ended December 31, including endowment revenue, was £3,895,034, as against £3,723,000 for the previous year, an increase of £172,034. This,increase is- largely attributed to the natural increase in the number of school children and the increased: cost oV school- buildings.

An unusual accident occurred to a. Gisborne resident, a young ma“ on Saturday. At the time he was yawning, but this operation caused a serious dislocation of the jaw. Ordinary treatment proved unavailing. The jaw s,wellled rapidly,.and even medical attention was insufficient to reset the dislocation. Finally the patient had to be conveyed to the hospital and an anaesthetic administered.

That even though a local authority might grant permission to break a by-law the person in question would still be liable to prosecution and.penalties, was the tenor of a legal opinion, read at the Morrinsville. Borough Council meeting on Thursday evening. This, was in connectiion with a request from a resident that the brick area by-laws be waived in connection with a residence proposed to be erected within the brick area. The request was refused.

Epidemics, with a,-total of fblrty millions, have claimed more lives throughout the world since 1914' than all the wars and civil strife in the same period, was what the second pan-American Red Cross Conference was told last month by Mr T. B. Kitterid'ge, assistant director-general of the league df- Red Cross societies. Of the sixty-two million lives lost in the world disasters since 1914 Mr Kitteridge sa,id nine millions were lost in w'ar and six millions in civil s,trife. The. sick and injured during the same period were 140,000,0'00. Epidemics caused one hundred million of these and war only twenty -million.

Consternation reigned in Turua; for a short time on Monday morning. A man was seen driving a big mob of cattle. Telephones sped the news ; crowds quickly gathered, members oif the Town Board being in the fore. There was much arguing, abuse, and haggling. Finally, as a last resort, Jimmy Green was_s,ent for, and he proved beyond a doubt that the mail was entitled to drive the cattle. He was the ranger.

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

It is now definitely understood that i steps will be taken to reinstate the I Sterling Hotel, destroyed spine years ago by fire, in upper Seddon Street, Waihi. The matter will be before the Ohinemuri Licensing Committee at its adjourned meeting on Monday, August 9.

A benefit football match, Ngatea v. Turua seniors* will be played a,t Ngatea on Saturday next. The Turua club offered to play at Ngatea as a. benefit to Leo Cotter, the Ngatea. player who broke his lleg in a match early in the season.

The secretary of the New Zealand Cricket Council has received information 'from London that the total estimated cost of the proposed tour of the New Zealand cricket team will be approximately £7lOO.

As the result of the visit of the Chief Telegraph Engineer to» Kerepeehi last week the office is now connected to a different circuit, and inter-communication with the rest df the Plains should now be much better and it will be possible to get in touch with the Turua doctor at night.

No fewer than two hundred ard seventeen applications have been received by the Wanganui Hospital Board for the position of engineer at the institution. A special meeting is to be held to peruse the big budget -a,nd make a final selection.

“I admired the young fellow for the manner in which he hit me back when I cracked him,” said,a witness in the Taihape Court. “He was at least game, and did not run away like the other ’fellow.” “Now that will do,” interjected the Magistrate (Mr R. M, Watson), “you keep your admiration to yours,elf. You’re in the box to give evidence, and not to express your admiration.”

•On Monday evening the vestry of the Paeroa Presbyterian Church was the scene of a farewell social. The. function, instituted by the members of the choir, Bible class, and Sunday school, marked the; departure ot Miss F. Leach, who is entering the nursing profession in .the Dunedin Hospital. The presentation of a. Schoefield Bible fdrmed a tangible token of the, esteem and appreciation of the services of Miss Leach in .the activities df the Church.

During the recent strike at Home a compliment was paid to New Zealanders in that when workers‘were called for to keep the essential .services going they were given preference. The reason given for this was that New Zealanders had more initiative and were better workers -than others who. offered their services.

The construction of the high level drain between Messrs Louch and McDuff’s properties for the Horahia Drainage, Board, and also the extension of the Willow drain known as the zig-zag, were- completed on Monday.

No matter what make of separator you use, the Pyes Patent Pulley will ma.ke it last longer and run better.*