THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5023, 6 September 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Of the Paeroa-Poke.ho section of the main high way’the roughest stretch of road is undoubtedly that on the Paeno'a side of the Puke bridge. There, are. so many pot-holes that it is- impossible to dodge them.

The s-um of £2196 4s 8d in voluntary contributions was received- by tho Wangamui Board of Education' last year, compared with £425 17s 4kl in the previous 12 months.

An important sale is to take place at the Criterion Hotel on Saturday next, when a quantity of fuihiture, including beds, bedding, chairs, etc., will be offered for disposal. The sale commences- a,t 11 o’clock, and will be conducted by Mr N. Hill.

At J. P. Gamble’s "Home of Good Value’’ are to be seen s-otae special ladies’ sample English models, the very latest; also a fine range of ladies’ sil-k hose. A visit of inspection is welcomed.*

“It is surprising to learn that in 1924 every person in the United Kingdam on an average consumed 100 apples, 70 oranges-, and 30 bananas. Of the apples 38 were supplied by the United States, 25 were grown in the United Kingdom, 19 were imported from Canada, and '8 were obtained from Australia and New Zealand, ” says the Tinies- Trade and Engineering Supplement, commenting on the Imperial Economic Committee report.

The Mayor of Waihi (Mr W. M. Wallnutt) has given notice to move, at a special meeting of the Boitough Council to- be held on Tuesday next, that his-proposal to raise, under the Local Bodies Empowering Act, 1926, a special loan of £2OOO for the relief of unemployment in carrying out important public works- in the town, including the completion of the Waihi Beach road, be submitted to the ratepayers on September 24, simultaneously with the by-election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Cr. Philpot.

Coal dust is not injurious to the. lungs, breathed in in ordinary quantities, declared the Hon W. H. Mclntyre in the Legislative Council in urging tlie Government to require two centilating shafts to be installed in metal mines, as- well as in coal mines. In fact, he said, coal dust was a preventive of miners’ phthisis, but in 99 cases out of 100 in which it was breathed in in quantities fol’ a considerable time it lei to a lingering and horrible death. He s-a.id he had been breathing in coal dust for 34 years. It was highly' desirable that the Mining Act should be brought into line with the Coal Mines Act in respect to the use of fans. —Evening Post.

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