THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5024, 8 September 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Some weeks ago it was reported in these columns that arrangements were being made for the inauguration of a train service from Frankton to Thames after the arrival of the first Main Trunk train from Auckland in the evening. Advice has been received tha,t the service, consisting of a steam rail-car, will possibly commence next Monday.

A poll of ratepayers held at Cambridge on Monday on proposals to raise loans of £2500 for a new flr e station and equipment and £5OO for a bandroom resulted in both proposals being lost.

According to the decision of Mr Justice Adams, even the. wife of the lecensee of an hotel is not entitled to give liquor to her, own guests after hours. “An eye-opener to all licensees,” was the term applied to the decision by counsel. The point arose as the result of the. dismissal by a magistrate of the charge of supplying liquor after hours laid against Eva Lily Low, wife of the licensee of the Wellington Hotel, Christchurch.

The Bishop of London is expected to reach Wellington bn the last day of next February during the course of his world tour to assist in establishing a scheme of Imperial migratioil. He will remain in Wellington for two days only, and then leaves for Auckland and Rotorua. During his stay in New Zealand, which will last for not more than two weeks, he will deliver addresses on British immigration, and will avail himself of the. opportunity of visiting several of the Dominion's chief scenic attractions.

The strange way in which a power line at Matangi was broken was reported at the meeting of the Waikato branch of the Farmers’ Union. A flying fox had come in contact with the wire, snapping it in two. This is the first case of its kind known. The flying fox was discovered dead underneath the wire, and hits since been stuffed.

A pohutukawa tree in front of Parliament Buildings in Wellington is now in blossom. Not only has it anticipated the almanac by about four months., but it is blooming for an unusually long period. Flowers were first observed upon it fully a month ago, and it still bears quite a liberal display of blossoms, while therq are buds still to burst that will probably keep it in its gala dress for another month.

The gate takings at Saturday’s Thames Valley-Waikato maitch at Morriiisville amounted to over £4o'.

Some enlightening figures in respect to the revenue derived by the Main Highways Board were read at the meeting of the Wanganui Automobile Association by Dr. E. E. Porritt. The Main Highways. Boa ; rd had an income of £715,000 per annum, made up of £275,000' Government subsidy, £220,000 tyre tax, and £266,000 license fees. The figures showed that the motorists were contributing an amount which seemed out of proportion, and the introduction of a octroi tax without exemption would pifove more equitable. The introduction of this form of taxation was advocated by the association.

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