THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5045, 29 October 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Sunday next will be “All Hallow’s E’en,” the Eve of All Saintfs. Day, one of the greater Festivals of the Christian year. There will be special services at St. Paul’s Church a ; t .11 a.m., when the Rev. R. Connolly, vicar of Te Aroha, will be celebrant and preacher, at a sung celebration of the Holy Eucharist. There will also be Festal Evensong .at 7 p.m.

At the special meeting of the Paeroa Borough Counchil last night there was only one application for the position of poundkeeper and ranger, and Mr Joseph Pennell was appointed.

The Ngatea Tennis Club will olpen its courts for the .season on Saturday, November 6, the Hopai Club on November 13, and the Waitakarjuru Club on November 29. The Ttrrua Club’s courts were officially opened for the season on Monday last (Labour Day) in the presence of a large number of tenniU enthusiasts, most of the clubs on the Plains being represented.

A good many columns of the provincial newspapers, continue to be occupied by warnings, to would-be migrants to New Zealand (states the Evening Post’s London correspondent). So far as one can gather the articles written in New Zealand criticising the migration policy are inspired to help in a grant Imperial scheme. In Great Britain th© subject of overseas settlement is raised far above the region of party politics, so that whqn these damaging articles are reproduced in this country they are taken far more seriously than they would be by people iin the Dominion. The demand for passages, to New Zealand is always, a long way in excess of the number of nominations permitted, so that probably the only effect the complaints .and adverse criticisms have is to weed out those who are feeble in their resolution to seek a new home in the Dominiop.

Essex folk will be interested to learn of the opening of the new building ulf the Westcliff-on-Sea High School for Boys. This event took place on. Monday, July 19, and a programme of the proceedings has just come to hand. A distinctly religious service preceded the declaration of opening by the Mayor of Southend-on-Sea (Aiderman H. A. Dowsett, J.P.)» The illustrations show an exceptionally well arranged building, capable of accommodating over 600 scholars. The staff, numbering fourteen, in addition to the headmaster, is exceptionally ,strong in. degree men, and contains nd less than five masters with degrees in science. The present headmaster is Mr H. G. Williams, M.A., London, F.R.Hist.S. One of the assistant: masters, Mr S. M. Ros.borough, 8.A., is n cousin to Mr E. V. Slyfield, Paeroa. . i

The Thames Jockey Club’s annual race meeting will be held on the

Parawai course, Thames, to-morrow and Monday next, the first race each day being ti med to start at 11.50 a.ni. Special trains will be run to suit Paeroa and Ohinemuri goldfields sporting enthusiasts who propose attending the gathering.

Unseasonable weather has been experienced locally during the last couple of days. A strong westerly wind has prevailed during the past 36 hours, and torrential rain has fallen at intervals. Early this morning the temperature dropped, and the weather since has been we>t and cold.

A large amount of timber is .at present being stacked on the stop-bank near the proposed site of the new Criterion traffic bridge. It is understood that the. timber is to be used tor the construction of a worldshop and depot in connection with the building of the bridge.

John William Pattinson, who has been at Thames a fortnight, pleaded guilty at Thames yesterday to, the theft o'f a great number of articles in money, dress, and jewellery, the property of girls employed in two hotels at Thames. The police found the goodis at his room in a boardinghouse, but most of the money had been spent. He was sentenced to foui months’ imprisonment, the magistrate remarking that drink had been his downfall.

The effect of .the bus service as between Tiniaru and Temuka, and the. general use o’f the motor-car, is seen at the railway station dn the arrival or departure of the Temuka train (says the “Herald”). When the mid: day train left Timaru for Temuka on Monday it did not carry one passenger.

A prominent. Wanganui business man had an unenviable, experience while travelling on thft Limited last week, says the “Chronicle.” A suitcase full of valuable personal property was removed during the trip between Hamilton a.nd Marton. As thejle was no bag of similar design on the rack of the carriage in which the gentleman was • travelling there was little possibility of it having been removed by mistake. Similar complaints have also been heard of lately, pointing to systematic thieving.

The new penny stamp, it is announced by the Postmaster-General (the Hon. W- Nosworbhy), will be placed on sale on November 15 simultaneously at all the post offices throughout the Dominion. This stamp, which will be of the same colour as the present penny stamp, has a portrait of His Majesty King Georjgej V. in ,a field marshal’s uniform. It will naturally take time to dispose of the old stocks of the present penny stamp, but the new one will be supplied when preference for it is' expressed.

Mr J. G. Rickerby, district traffic manager, Auckland, ami Mr W. T. Langbein, assistant engineer, N.Z. Railways, Auckland, were at Paeroa on departmnet.al business yesterday.

Mr F. R. Howard, sight-testing specialist asociated with Messrs Barry and Beale., Ltd., may be consulted at the Methodist Sunday School on Wednesday, November 3.*

Eighteen months ago the New Zealand Farmers’ Union was 7000 strong ; to-day the membership is 30',000. The Dominion organiser, Mr L. H. McAlpine, who is in the Wanganui district, ha's as his. objective a strength of >50,000. In Hawke’s Bay recently 400 new members joined up.

Some interesing figures on milk production of Hauraki Plains cows are contained in the September report of the N.Z. Herd Testing Association, published in the last issue of the “Dairyfarmer.” Of the 3182 Hauiraki Plains cows, tested the befet producer is in the; Wa.itakai'luru group with 84.131 b of butter-fat to) her crqdit, and the best herd is one in thq Ngatea group, .and consists of 35 cows averaging 50.821 b for .the 30 days. The lowest herd is one of 20 Patetonga cows with an average production of 17.911 b, and the lowest cow is one at Turua with 5.581 b. The lowest herd in the Shelly J3each group (Kopua.rahi) averaged 30.351 b for 34 cows, while the highest herds in two groups in other parts off the association’s district were less than 21b higher.

If a motorist gives a person a ride in hfs car he is liable for claims on account df injuries: by that) person should the car and its occupants: be involved in an accident. At the meeting of the Wanganui Automobile Association Dr. E. E. PoiTitti sajd that the existing law was a dampener to the Good Samaritan .spirit; it encouraged m'otprists to adopt an un-Chris-tianlike attitude to wayfarers: along the road. Another member said that it did not seem possible that ,a person would turn round and sue a man who had done him a good turn by giving him a lift.

Robert Louis Stevenson once declared, according to one of his biographers : “No woman should marry a man who doesn’t smoke,” and Stevenson. it must be admitted, knew human nature. Another famous man of letters, Bulwer-Lytton, wrote (see hijs novel. “What will he do with it ?”) : “He who doth not smoke hath either known no greater grief, or refuseth himself the softest consolation next to that which comes from heaven.” As f o the harmfulness of the habit, much ■ —very much —depends upon the tobacco. Brands heavily charged with nicotine are best avoided. In that respect and in other our own New Zealand grown tobaccos hold pride of place, because they contain comparatively little nicotine and may therefore be indulged in ad. lib. without affecting nerves or heart. Doubtless that is why they are finding favour with so many smokers. They are on sale everywhere, and are adapted to all tastes. Riverhead Gold is mild aroamtic • Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), a delightful medium ; and Cut Plug No. 10' (Bull’s Head label), a fine full-flavoured tobacco.*

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