THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5022, 3 September 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On inquiries being made this morning it was learned that Mr W. H. Taylor, who met with an accident at the Paeroa Racecourse on Tuesday morning, is progressing* as well as can be expected. It is- understood that a later examination has disclosed a fractured skull in addition to severe fa.cial injuries. Despite the fact that Mr Taylor is remarkably bright and cheerful, his- condition is causing his relatives considerable anxiety.

The committee appointed by the Minister of Lands to investigate and report on certain matters in the Patetonga riding, and also in Block 11., Waihou Survey District, will sit at the Patetonga Halj on Tuesday, September 14, at noon, and at the, County Office, Ngatea, on Friday, September 17, at 10 a.m.

The Nobels Explosives Company’s schooner Miro reached the Puke wharf early yesterday morning with 1600' cases of gelignite for Paeroa and Waihi. This is the largest single shipment of explosives, to be received at the Puke for many years.

A return tabled at yesterday’s meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council showed that 48 cows, 29 steers, and heifers, and 170 sheep were slauhgtercd at the local abattoirs during l u ast month. The fees collected totalled £46 8s 6d.

At the annual meeting of the Hauraki A. and P. Association last night it was resolved to issue a distress warrant against Mbs K. Jonas, Te Arolia, in an endeavour to collect a sum of £2O which has been owing-for booth rights since 1923.

The revenue received by the Ohinemuri County Council during August was £695 9s Id. Accounts totalling £767 Is 6d were passed for payment a,t yesterday’s meeting.

There should be a brisk demand for the "N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” this week. In the beautiful centre, pages are reproduced scenes of Californian bathing beauties, outdoor sports in Berlin, and notable English social events. The Pakuranga Hunt’s annual meeting is dealt with, and the improvements to the Takapuna Jockey Club’s track are shown. A full-page photograph of the Gilbert and Sullivan Compa.ny is ah outstanding feature,, while the life-like portrait of the late Rudolph Valentino ■makes a souvenir which should be highly prized. Footbajl is well represented, while, the sta*ge, motion picture. and society sections have their usual repiesentation. The miscellaneous- pictures are particularly interesting, and cover an exceptionally wide range.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Coughs a,nd Colds never Tails.

Although still an inmate of the Wa.nganui Hospital, Mr J. W. S'ilcock, of Paeroa, is making good progress, towards recovery from his serious illness following an attack of influenza.

Sympathy with the clerk (Mr R. W. Evans) in his illness and good wishes for his speedy recovery were expressed at yesterday’s meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council.

A return presented to the Auckland Education Board showed the number of teachers employed at l June 30 as ■2563. Of these there were 899 adult males, 1450 adult females, 70 maje probationers, and 144 'female probationers.

The following vital statistics for Paeroa for the month of August have be.en supplied by the local, registrar (Mr W. E. Ward), the figures in parenthesis being for the corresponding month in 1925 : Births, 7 (10); deaths, 2, (0) ; marriages, 1 (1).

The Director-General of Health, Dr. T. H. Valintine, has notified the Mayor (Mr W. M. Walnutt) that he hopes to visit Waihi shortly in connection with the proposal of affording relief to the Waihi Borough Council in the matter of hospital levies by means of the amalgamatino of the Wajhi and Thames hospital districts. The Waihi Borough Council as sole contributing local authority under the. Act has been required to pay in the vicinity of £2500' per annum in> levies.

The Education Department h,as- advised the Auckland Education Bo'a.rd that lodging allowance will not be paid to probationers and training college students unless the department’s approval is- given, and unless probationers elected to contribute to superannuation they would lose service -for three, four, or more years when whey well© subsequently permanently appointd.

A resolution and appreciation of the services rendered by the assistant clerk (Mr A. A. Jenkinson) was recorded at the meeting of the Ohine■muri Council yesterday. In moving the. resolution the chairman (Mr H. M. Corbett) said that the month had been an exceptionally busy one, and Mr Jenkinson had, worked long hours and performed very creditable, service during the absence of Mr Evans.

With the inclusion o,f the returns from stamp sales the funds of the Sydney University’s appeal for £lOO,000 for cancer research and treatment have passed the half-way mark. The total last week was £50,679.

Recently two petitions, from Auckland and Christchurch respectively, were presented to Parliament asking that ih the interests of small shopkeepers the closing hours of shops be fixed by Parliament instead of by the Arbitration Court. The Labour Bills Committee of the. House recommended on Wednesday that the petition be referred to the Government for con-eidera-tion. The petitions, bore altogether 455 signatures. . '

Attached to the. balance-sheet which was presented at last night’s annual meeting of the Hauraki A. and P. Association was the following comment by the auditor (Mr G. EL Allen) : “It is regrettable that outstanding subscriptions- as a.t June; 30 last total £l7B, an increase of £6l on las ; t year's figures. In my report of last year attention was drawn to the state of affairs, and I urged that an effort should be made to collect arrears. Apparently members have not taken the ma.tte.r seriously, a large number hot having responded to the appeals made. The association is nonv faced with an increased overdraft and a small profit on paper, and the. latter may easily be turned into a loss if some o'f the subscriptions should turn out to be bad debts.”

When the last mail left Sydjiey the ■live-rage I’Otail prices for the following commodities were : Butter, 2s per lb ; ■eggs, new-laid, Is lOd a doz.; cheese, Is 4d a lb ; potatoes, 5s 6d a quarter ; onions, 3d a lb ; French beans, 7d a lb ; peas, 5d a. lb ; cabbages, 4d to- 8d each ; tomatoes, Is a lb ; carrots, 4cl a bunch; beetroot, 5d a bunch; parsnips, 4d a bunch ; celery, 8d a ; bunch ; rhubarb, 4d to 6d a bunch ; turnips, 4'd a bunch ; cauliflowers, 6d to Is 3d each ; lettuces, 3d to 4d each.

“It is a good thing 'for a directorate to have criticism, provided it is holiest criticism,” said Mr J. G. Brechin at the annual meeting of shareholders to the TaraFua Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd. (Ballance). “If you get all, you 'can out of you supply,” said Mr W. J. Foster, “and don’t think you have been robbed, it’s all right But no man will ever admit he has got enough. No matter how much he gets out of it he always wants more.”

“New Zealand has come into possession of something more valuable than the biggest Gold Mine,” remarked the captain of an American liner the other day when sampling some of our local tobacco. “And I predict,” he went on, “that in years to come to-bacco-growing here will be just as flourishing as in Virginia, my native country.” It is gratifying to see that some enterprising people in this Dominion are realising the huge possibilities of the tobacco industry, but even the most sanguine were surprised when the local article made its first appearance. Such was the success that the manufacturers could hardly cope with' the demand. And no wonder, because this tobacco represents quite a new type with a distinctive flavour of its own, due, it is said, to the toasting process which has been adopted in its manufacture. But its greatest virtue is its smallest per centage of nicotine, and this is why it does not affect the heart and nerves or the eyesight. Smokers should not fail to give it a trial. Obtainable in three strengths—Riverhead Gold, mild ; Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; and Cut Plug Nix 10 (Bullread), full body.*

“ I Heard You Singing,” glad and gay, And paused to listen on my way ; Your voice rose clear and told to me That you of cough and cold were free. I heard you singing but last night, Bowed down by influenza’s blight— The aid you sought to' eas.e assure I brought in Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure.