THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5064, 13 December 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' Adverse comment,, and no little surprise, was expressed at Hikutaia yesterday, when the Hauraki Regimental Band, the, members of which were in mufti, calmly sat down with their hats on while they played the National Anthem on two occasions.

The engineer (Mr N. G. McLeod) reported at Thursday’s meeting of the Thames Valley Power Board that the Pipiroa high tension telephone line had been damaged by a scow, Waitakaruru telephono would be put of commission until a new length o 5 cable was received. It was resolved to claim damages against, the scow.

Twenty-five shillings, was all that was paid for a five-seater, motor-car sold at auction in New l Plymouth recently (states an exchange). The tyres, were quite good, .and the purchaser had no • difficulty in starting the engine. In’ fact,, he was afterwards offered £lO on his bargain. Three other five-setters were bid for by a large bunch of buyers, and the prices realised were £1 15s, £2, and £2 5s respectively. 1

It was resolved at the last meeting of the Thames, Valley Power Boar.d that where new -lines are erected arrangements be made for the fences to be earthed. It was also decided th'ht barbed .wire be placed on every pole on the several, lines in the board’s area, and that the board be absolved from any liability caused through the barbed wire being placed nr.ound the poles. The resolution was the outcome of the recent electrocution o’f 12 cows-at Tatuanui.

On Thursday last Mr Beadle, o’f Wardville, as a result of an accident while motoring, had both broken,. With his family, he was motoring to Te Aroha, there being four adults and three children in the car. While, travelling at a moderate speed, a car tooted behind, and before Mr Beadle had time to give place the hub of his 'front whqel w®|s struck by the wheel of the oncoming car. Mr Beadle’s, car was turned over into the drain, and the other car traversed about 100 yards before pulling up. When the occupants of the overturned car were extricated it was 'found that Mr Beadle wpis badly injured, and a later examination showed that the left ann had been broken just above the wrist and that the right arm had been broken below the. elbow.

“Does the fact that electric power line 4 s pass across a property have any effect on the value o'f the property ?” queried counsel of a witness at the Wanganui Courthouse in a compensation cajse, “Yes,” replied the witness. “No owner would care to have live wires crossing his 'farm, and I would consider the value of his property would depreciate, at £5 an acre.”

“Those of you who are old students will have found that you learn a tremendous ajmount after you leave, your school,” said the principal o'f the High Schoioj (Mr W. A. G Pedlington) at a school reunion recently. “School and education are two different things, though I hope none of you ever felt like the man who said his education had bQen interrupted by his schooling. Nobody’s education can be considered adequate unless it h?is been taught him to, thke a part in the life of the community. We have beqn given the right of selfgovernment, and now We have an Act of Parliament making it compulsory for us to exercise it. I suppose if we lost it we would want to fight for it again, and yet we have it now and do] hot va|lue it.” I

Evan Clarke, who was granted a | pardon after turning King’s evidence* in connection with the KOJgocrlie police murders, has lodged a petition claiming £lOOO reward offered by the Government for evidence leading td the conviction of the murderers..

The Thames Valley Electric Power Board has decided to take out a policy for. £lOOO, similar to one Operating in the Central Electric Powejr Board’s area, being against, risk of electrocution o’f human beings and tknimals.

Among the many people who t<ok part in the Hikutaia soldiers’ memorial unveiling ceremony ysterday afternoon was Mrs John Morrison, senr. Although approaching 84 years of age, this grand old pioneer took a keen interest in the proceedings, and later obtained considerable, pleasure in meeting many old friends.

A drink oT lemonade, was the probable cause of the death of a Maori boy named Anzhc Wilson while playing rounders at the Tehapara School at Gisborne on Thursday. Medical evidence at the inquest indicated that deceased’s stomach was greatly distended a;nd the heart abnormally large, death being due to the pressure of the stomach on a diseased heart.

A total of 492 men were employed on construction works, on the WaihiTauranga section o’f the itast Coast railway line, during Octobey. Of these 96 were artisans and 396 labourers.

A writer in a Sydney paper says : ‘The New Zeatafhd Co-operative Dairy Company produced 22,266 tons of butter last year. It, is the biggest dairy company in the world. But there’ is a small error in its name. It should be the “N.Z. Cow-Operdtive Company.”

“For the first time in my long experience I am disheartened,” said the ’Rev. Jasper Calder, Auckland City Missioner, when discussing the Christmas prospects Of tne many pour families ’for whom he is trying to provide. “This has been the hardest year I’ve ever known,” continued Mr Calder. “The present unfortunate position is largely due to unemployment, and, unless at miracle happens, many families are going to have an exceedingly dull time this Christmas. I have over. 300 families to cater for, and I honestly do not know how I am going to do it.”

Sixty-two t°ns Of steel have arrived at Te Aroha for the new traffic bridge (says, the “News”).' Owing to rough handling, probably at the wharf, Auckiaind, practically every bar of sjthel is ' badly bent, and several men are engaged straightening them. It will probably take some weeks t,o complete the job, which could not be'foreseen or. provided against by the contractor. Pile making is now proceeding .with ail! possible speed, and to make g°'od the lost timie ferro-concrete is being used. With this material, which is more costly than cement, tfie piles set h®ird enough to be, driven after seven days, against two or three months with ordinary concrete.

The valuable collection of insects resulting from the. lifetime hobby O'f the, late Mr C. C. Fenwick, of Anderson’s Bay, is to be presented to hh6 Dominion Museum, in Wellington, where it can be suitably housed. The, collection, which is estimated to contain quite 4000 separate specimens, possesses a peculiar scientific value from the fact that; it has been gathered, for the most part, in Qtago-and Southland, and represents phases of insect life, characteristic o'f those parts.

-The total! number of consumers connected to the Thames Valley Electric Power Board’s mains on November 30 was 6216, which includes, the boroughs o'f Te Aroha .and Thames. During last month 39 lighting and heating consumers, 29 water-heaters, 5 ejectric ranges, together with 19 motors on farms, of which 12 are 2 h.p. milking motors, were 'also connected There are now connected and operating 944 wa.ter-heat,ers, 127 electric ranges, and 1816 motors, o'f which 1578 are. 2 h.p. milking motors.

The visit to Rotorua on S’ebruary 26 of the Duke and Duchess of York has aroused much enthusiasm among the Maoris. It is. expected that about 2000 natives will assemble at Rot,orua, and arrangements have been to house them in the various meeting houses, at Ohinemutu, Tarawera, and Whakarewarewa. The Ara|wa tribe, under the direction' of Mr Tai Mitchell, is making every ndeavour towards the success of the Royal visit.

The hospitality of the Hikutaia people, is legend in this district. Yesterday afternoon, after t,he unveiling of the Alley Memorial Park Gates, the hundreds of visitors were served with a delicious afternoon tea in the bowling pavilion. Despite the large crowd, there appeared t.o be plenty of food for. everybody, and many were thq eulogistic remarks accorded the ladies for their unbounded hospitality.

Fashions in tobacco-pipes change as well as fashions in o.tlfer things. The Meerschaum formerly held pride of place with smokers, but has practically disappeared, at any rate in New Zealand, since the War. Clays have gone out, too, to a large extent, and calabashes' are seldom seen now. The briar is still with us, but genuine French briar is scarce and rather expensive. There are plenty of cheap substitutes, though. But the pipe is comparatively unimportant—the baccy’s the thing! Apropos of that, have you sampled our N.Z.-grown tobaccos ? They have their points. Unlike most of the imported brands, they are comparatively free of nicotine, and may be smoked with impunity. Also, they are all toasted. Hen'ce their fine flavour and aroma. The most popular are Riverhead Gold, mild ; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), full. The N.Z. tobacco industry already

finds employment for many, is proving

of great importance to agriculturists (the average yield of a tobacco crop

worth £5O, or more), and richly 1 merits the encouragement it rdI ceives.*