THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5070, 31 December 1926, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1926. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Attention is drawn to the fact that there will be no issue of the “Gazette” on Monday next. January 3. To our townspeople, friends, and readers we extend hearty good wishes for 365 bright, happy, and prosperous days in 1927. “The Newspaper” was the subject of a composition set in one of the City of Christchurch primary schools recently. One essayist wrote: “The reporter goes out and gathers news and hands it to the editor, who refines.” Fresh regulations will be gazetted shortly, relating to the; proper packing of fruit and vegetables and to the control of two grape vine diseases, a fungus known as downy mildew and an insect bearing the title of phylloxera vastairix. Despite the large crowds of people, ip holiday mood that thronged the streets at Paeroa on Christmas Eve there were no signs of untoward behaviour of aiiy kind. Constable. McClinehy states that the crowd was particularly orderly. We have .to acknowledge receipt from the Census and Statistics Office, Wellington, of a copy of the New Zea’and Official Year Book 'for 1927. As is usual, this volume contains much useful information and valuable statistics.

• Although hundreds of touring cars have passed through Paeroa since the commencement o'f the holidays it is considered' that the number is below that o'f last year. The decrease can no doubt be. accounted for through the wet weather which prevailed during Christmas. , .

On Wednesday afternoon last the committee of the Paejoa Bowling Club formed a working bee and, under the able guidance of Mr F. W. Hayward, the overhead electric lights, used for night bowling, were raised an additional six 'feet. By the raising of the lights it is hoped to eliminate the shadows which were thrown on the green, v

Motor cycles sold very cheaply at a clearance sale held in Wanganui recently (states the Chronicle). Anything 'from l'ss to £l9 bought machines df various ages and makes. One client bid up to 50s for an old model single cylinder machine, and the motor was knocked down to him. The purchaser immediately kicked off the machine, but could get no re,pcnse. “This is no good to me,” he called to the auctioneer. “Do you want a Rolls Royce, for that price ?” queried the man with the hammer. “Give me back the machine and I will sell it again.” The. second purchaser then .filled the taifik with petrol, and amidst many bangs chugged his way home on the machine, which he had secured for 40s. The original purchaser looked disgusted. He had not thought of the petrol "to make the works go.”

Up Christmas Ev® passenger traffic, both inward and outward, at the Paeroa railway station showed, an. increase' oil last year’s 'returns. Since that day, however, traffic has been quiet, and the number o’f passengers travelling is below the average for this season Of the year. Doubtlessly the unseasonable weather lately experienced was a contributing factor towards the decrease.

More than £4,000,000 w'as banked by the school children of the United States in the l a st school year, a sum representing the deposits of more than 4,000,000 boys and girls, 80 per cent. Of the total enrolment in the 11 371 schools where savings systems have been instituted. Net savings, for the year amounted to almost £1,800’,000 1 and balances totalled £6,400,000, according to official reports.

Housewives in Britain are now able to buy Danish butter stamped with the date of its manufacture as the result o’f a suggestion which has been adopted by the majority of Danish butter manufacturers. It came into 'force on November 15. About 2000 tons of butter is imported by Britain weekly from Denmark, and buyers will be able to tell whether ,the butter is fresh or has been in cold storage 'for a time. On a recent evening a smartlydressed young man, escorting two smartly-dressed ladies,, dropped .a coin, in the collection plate at the gate at Cook Gardens, Wangajnui. A silver coin dropped immediately on top of it disclosed a silver-papered halfpenny (remarks the Chronicle). The youth was called back, but he apparently did hot hear, and later he was seen comfortably seated listening to the concert, enjoying his ha’penny worth®

The people.of Dunedin still retain their reputation Tor demanding full value for their money. A lady entered . a shop (says the Otago Daily Times) and asked for "a penny .comic,” and when .this was being produced she asked for a calendar — which, by the way, cost the vendor Is Jd. When informed that the supply of calendars was exhausted and .that the request could not be complied with, the would-be purchaser declined to take the “comic.”

Most people have, heard the phrase “Once, in a blue moon.” It is hot, however often vouchsafed to mortals in their sober senses to see a blue moon. That phenomenon' was visible in Blenheim on a recent night about 7.30, during a gorgeous sunset. Deejj pink clouds covered the north-western sky, being separated 'from the purple hills by a band of bright green sky. In the West, peeping out from behind a film of greyish cloud, was a thin crescent of delicate pale blue moon.

The action of the. management o'f the Gaiety Theatre, Paeroa, was to be heartily commented on Monday night when a couple of hoodlums were ejected. The practice of passing audible, remarks, often not complimentary, and whistling and othei; unseemly poises is. not to be tolerated. Not infrequently complaints have been made of the conduct of a section of the audience who apparently take a delight in such bheaviour under cover of darkness during the screening of a picture programme. It is safe to say that 99 per cent, of local audiences will heartily support any attempt to put down such behaviour.

A four-ton Leyland motor lorry car-, rying bulk petrol came to grief ity lower Hill Street, Paeroa; yesterday morning. When passing another vehicle travelling towards the railway line, the lorry, in leaving the. crown of the road, got into the soft new formation on the side of the road and became bogged. With the aid of , jacks the lorry was finally extricated from the deep rut into which it had sunk. In addi.tion to the people who were sisting the unfortunate driver was the driver o'f a rival bulk petrol suppliy lorry.

Somehow smoking seemst to fit in with all moods. If a fellow is, feeling hipped as the result of “backing .the wrong ’un,” or having a difference pf opinion with his boss or anything like that, he flies for consolation to tobacco. If, on the other hand, he had had a bit of luck—been remembered in somebody’is' will, or had a “rise,” for. and he pulls, it out and lights up. instaiice —his first thought is his pipe, The great thing is to see your baccy is good and does not reek with nicotine like so many of those imported brands. Lt’s the nicotine that causes all ’ the trouble. About the purest tobaccos' are those grown in New Zealand. They contain only a little nicotine —that’s why they may be s.moked all the time without doing any damage to your constitution. And they are famous for flavour and fragrance. Ask your tobacconist for Riverhead Gold, mild; Navy Cut (Bulldog), medium ; or Cut Plug No. 10 ((Bullshead), full; You can’t go wrong with these brands. They are all toasted.*