THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5011, 9 August 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to the illness of the Stipendiary Magsitrate, Mr J. H. Salmon, there was no sitting of the Magistrate’s or Warden’s Courts at Paeroa this morning. A]l the cases set down fdr hearing were adjourned for a week.

A meeting of these interested .in the formation of a branch of the New Zealand Political Reform League will be held in the Centenary Hall, Paeroa, to-morrow evening, at 7.30 o’clock. The business will be to form a branch oft he league, elect delegates, and any other business that may be brought forward. A member of the Auckland League executive will be in attendance.

The annual report on the New Zealand Naval Forces presented to Parliament states that the expenditure for the year was £441,203. The vote for 1926-27 was £85,000 in excess of the amount voted last year (£4'49,082), the increase being principally due to the arrival of H.M.S. Diomede on the station.

At times during the West v. Netherton senior match at the domain on Saturday feeling ran high among some of the sporting (?) fraternity oh the side-line. On two occasions at least the referee (Mr D. G. McMillan) held up the game while he cautioned barrackers, to modify their remarks. A sti'dng supporter of the Netherton team whs severely cautioned by the referee for s calling to his comrades to ‘‘stick in the boot, blues.” The referee’s castigation met with 'the hearty approval of the bystanders in the vicinity.

A striking instance of the influence the old Te Whiti 'faith exercises over its few remaining adherents among the Maori race> was revealed at Te Kuiti a few days, ago (says the Chronicle), when it transpired, on the death df an old Manila, potO chief, that he was in the habit of carrying about £2OO in notes in .a belt ardund his waist. The money was the proceeds of the sale of land through the Maori Land Board, and during the last 18 months payments ha,d been made to the aid man amounting to between £3OO and £4OO. He clung firmly to the Te Whiti-ite objection to banks ahd hoarded the whole amount in his belt, to the knowledge—perhaps fortunately—of only 14 his immediate friends and relatives.

An advertisement of. special interest to farmers appears in these columns. The well-known firm Of Messrs, D. McL. Wallace, Ltd.., Te Aroha, is offering special reductions on all well-known vehicles. Owing to the expansion of this firm’s: motor business all vehicles are being cleared at reduced prices, with small deposits and easy terms.

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Frederick Dempsey, on a charge of lighting a small bonfire beneath a horse in an endeavour to persuade it to extricate a cart from a culvert, was fined £2 at Christchurch. The Magistrate, Mr H. P. LaWry, said that only the man’s family beipg dependent on him saved him from going to gaol.

Dealing with new works, in the annua,l Railways Statement it is pointed o'ut that the reconstruction of the Paeroa.. station yard is practically completed, and the installation of the power-locking system will be commenced at an early date.

A small bone stud, picked up by the child when playing, caused the death at Gisborne of Audrey Josiephine Hiller, aged 3%, the stud having been found in her larynx after death. The coroner returned a verdict accordingly.

The total number of persons declared to be habitual criminals in New Zealand since the Act was. passed is 371, and 313 have been released. Some 158 have been recommitted after again dffending. In a report ofn the subject it is stated that the figures seem to show that the large majority of habitual criminals are unfit to be at liberty.

More people were received into gaols and Borstal institutions in New Zealand 'during last ye.ar than in the previous, year, and the annual report eV the Prisons Department attributes the increase to the imprisonment of seamen during the maritime, strike.

Bobbed or shingled hair is ah advantage to those who work in factories. The annual report of the Labour Department now before Parliament states- that during the year no accidents occurred: through tire workers,' hair coming into contact with machinery. The immunity was attributed to the mSw prevailing fashion df short hair among women.

In the annual Railways Statement, under the head of rail motors), the follotwing paragraph appears: “The Stentine steam-car has been tried during the year on the WellingtoinMelldng line. Its construction doesnot admit ot a speed in keeping with the requirements of suburban traffic, apd its. usefulness is in consequence limited. Arrangements are being ■made to place the car on the Frank-ton-Thames section at an early date.”

A numb sensation bin the side of his face, following a severe knock sustained in a match, led a Wanganui, footballer to ha,ve the injury examined, It was found that the cneekbone had been pushed in, and the face perceptibly flattened as a result, while a nerve had 1-cfe.t its action in the process. Pressure from the inside’ restored the youth’s* features to their norm®,! stability.

Is Parliam'ejit justified in granting a divorce to a woman who, having married a man whom she later dis,covers to be a notorious criminal, is debarred from relief through the divorce laws Of the land ? This was the question which faced members of the Legislative Council on Wednesday, when the Mildred Elaine Smyth Divorce Bill was read a second time. Several members expressed the' view that the Bill, if passed, would establish >a dangerous precedent, and that they were opening the, door to a greSt deal of trouble, but the second reading was agreed to.

The meeting of Hauraki Plains school committee chairman to discuss matters in connection with the school dental service will be held on August 14.

“The shopkeepers of Hastings, do not realise the importance of the fruit industry to Hastings,” said Mr C. H. Slater before the Hastings Rotary Club. “From the local packing sheds, cool sfefres, etc., about £lO,OOO is circulated in wages and Salaries for a single year. Tn addition there are several small sawmills cutting cases -which account for a further £5OO in wages. Then, within ,a radiusi Of about' I's miles there are some 200 acres in orchards-, which are supporting over 200 families, all workers, who spend their mbjney in Hastings. There are instances where orchards are producing 100 bushels of first-class apples to the acre. Probably no other place in Australasia can do the s,ame. I do not think that anywhere else the same amount, in monetary value, could be produced. Even with comparatively low prices some orchards in this district can show a net return of £lOO per acre.”

“I have’ a. good deal of sympathy for a young man who hasl yet to make his way in the world and is saddled with the responsibilities, of a previous generation.” This, remark was made by Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., at the Wanga,nui Magistrate’s Court, when a man aged 28 appeared to show cause, why he was in arrears in hisi payments’ in respect to- thesupport of his. sister, who/ is in a. State institution. It was proved by the defendant that he had made a genuine effort tel fulfil his obligations, but that misfortune was dogging his footsteps and hisi employment was anything but regular. The Magistrate agreed that the hurdle was a big one, and decided to remit the; arrears., and vary the order from 15s 6'd to 7s 6d a week.

A' start will be made with the erection of the Waitakaruru wharfshed about the middle bf this week.

Good progress is being made with the erection of the Turua, Hall Company’s building. Practically all the framework is completed and a start has been made with the corrugated iron walls.

Banish Despair ! life’s besit is for the. brave. He who accepts defeat is but a slave. Fear not the future ! sodn the light we’H. see ; Urge boldly on, “The Be.st Is Yet To Be.” .Banish despair when cough or cold assajl, Fear not infection when such ills, prevail, Provide in time and prompt relief

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