THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5108, 30 March 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Ven. Archdeacon Cowie wilt deliver to-night in St. Paul’s Church at 'half-past seven, the last of the series <jf addresses on the Eight Beatitudes, wihch he lias been giving en the Wednesday evenings throughcut Lent. To-morrow morning at 7 o’clock lie will celebrate the Blessed Sacrament. It is hoped that the parishioners will show their appi'eciation. of the sacrifice which the Archdeacon hills made in coming here week by week by their attendance at both services.

A Government survey party is at present engaged in laying out a new road route from the port of Whangamata to connect with the main Hikutaia road . The route will enable vehicular traffic to cross the tidal estuary at any time. In the meantime traffic is open only at low tide.

In re-electing Mr R. W. Evans patron of the West Football Club for a further term at last night’s meeting, it was stated by Mr J. H. Walmsley that Mr Evans had been patron for a long number of years, and had always been a loyal and ardent supporter of the club since its inception; He had helped the club in many practical ways, and had never failed to donate at least one handsome medal for competition each season. The president (Mr E. Edwards) also added his appreciation of the services rendered by Mr Evans'to the club, and on the speaker’s suggestion it was unanimously resolved to make their patron a life honorary member. It was also decided to obtain a club badge or some other suitable memento F-r presentation to M'r Evans as a slight token of appreciation of his services and generosity to the club.

Are sausages meat in the ordinary sense of the term ? A magistrate in Stratford has decided in the negative (reports a correspondent). Recently the Stratford Borough Council pix> ceeded against John Butler, butcher, e.f Tariki, for vending meat in the borough without a proper license and with vending meat from a travelling vehicle. The question revived itself into the issue whether sausages could be called meat. The magistrate reserved his decision, but judgment has now been given dismissing both charges. The magistrate held that while the sausages delivered by the defendant might be colloquially termed “meat,” by-law 131 defined the word as being the flesh of any slaughtered stock whether intended for local consumption or export, and he pointed out that special terms relating to the definition did not include cooked meats. Therefore the sausages made by the defendant did not come within the legal definition, and the \ase would be dismissed. Owing to this finding there was no ease to answer in respect of. other charges of vending meat without a license. An application for costs against the inspector was refused.

Miss H. B. Shand has been appointed relieving assistant at the Paeroa. District High School, vice Miss J. McCaskill, who is, on sick leave.

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church vestry was the scene of a bright social evening on Monday last, the occasion being a farewell to Miss L. Buchanan, who is leaving Paeroa ho enter the Youth Work of the Presbyterian Church. A round of games and competitions, followed by a dainty supper, made the evening enjoyable to everyone. During the evening Miss BuA chanan was the recipient of a fine satchel manicure set as a mark of the esteem of her fellow-workers, her devotion to duty in the organisations of file church, and as a reminder of the best wishes of her large band of ii lends in the church. Mr G. Buchanan, on behalf of his daughter, thanked tire gathering for its kind sentiments and tor the enjoyable social evening spent.

In conversation a local farmer this morning expressed the opinion that the season should be a record one f ;) r dairy production. Quoting his own experience, he said that he had an unusual amount of feed on his property for this time of the year,, and the pastures were still growing freely. “ There has never been such a year fi-ir growth,” he concluded.

A gang of youthful railway workers who arc engaged on the line a few miles north of Wanganui have entered into a ; novel pact (remarks the Herald). The agreement is that no dance tunes shall be whistled or sung for a week, and that if members of the gang feel disposed to burst into song they shall sing hymns. The most popular pf these so far has. been “Onward Christian Soldiers.” Those who violate the rule are made to perform some menial duty which is not altogether pleasant. If passers-by think they have stumbled into a revival meeting or an open air mission they will know that the railway gangsters are merely giving expression to their contentment in a different form. After all, "The Prisoner’s Song”, and "That Certain Party” do pall at times.

"In addition to cyclists training behind buses we have now a new peril.” said the secretary of the Wellington Automobile Association cn Monday night. "They have started roller-skat-ing on the bitumen on the Hutt What hope has the motorist of knowing which way he will turn, or where he is going to pull up ?” A Member : "He might skate under ybu.’’ It was decided to protest against such a use of the bitumen.

A charge of conducting a game chance was laid against Percy Everett, Joseph. Shaw, and Robert Strong in the Magistrate’s Cour.t at Wellington last week. Ofiief-Detective Ward stated that accused had each been running a game of "Help Your Neighbour” at the Artillery Queen Carnival. The ganie was played with darts, and six players took part, putting in Is each. If No. 1 thrower put his dart in his own number he was paid 2s, jf he threw it on the number of another player that player received Is, and if he threw it on a blank the proprietor, of the stall was the lucky person. Thus it was possible for the sixth thrower to win 5s before he .took any part in the game. The game was played in the open-air and wind, and all the circumstances made the element <f chance predominate. All thr.ee accused had emphasised that they were doing it “in the cause of charity.” The magistrate (Mr E. Page) fined each of them £lO.

“In one way it is easy to prophesy the world of 2026. We are sure that there will be unimaginable scientific advance. We look back with Snowden in his book, “Is the World Growing Better.?” and see that: 20 years ago there was no airship ; 30 years ago, no wireless telegraphy ; 40 years ago, no automobile; 50 years, ago, no telephone or. electric light; 60 years ago, no phonograph ; 75 years ago, no telegraph ; 100 years ago, no railway or steamship ; 125 years ago, no steam engine ; 200 years ago, no post office; 300 years ago, no newspaper; 500 years ago, no printing press.; 1000 years ago, no compass, and shiPs could not go out of sight of land ; 2000 years ago, no writing paper except parchment skin and tablets of clay or wax. Basing our, figures on this history we have good reason to suppose that by 2026 the antiquity still represented in backward methods in many places in the world will be radically changed ; there will be no such thing as an incurable disease; illiteracy will be practically abolished ; wireless photography and individual radio sets will enable us to see and hear our friends 4000 miles away, abolishing all loneliness ; every man will have specialised training to fit him for a highly technical civilisation ; .there will be incredible speed in world travel, and perhaps a universal language as a result of the obliteration of boundary lines and the lifting of restrictions against migration.”—Rev. Carl Knudsen in "Zion’s Herald.” Thousands upon thousands of tons of tobacco are needed every year to keep the world’s pipe alight. America is a large producer, but other countries contribute—including New Zealand, where the tobacco industry promises to become of national importance. Already it finds employment for a rapidly increasing body Of workers, while it is of material assistance to men on the land who have discovered that tobacco culture is well worth while. The New Zealand grown tobacco now on the market is uf splendid quality—sweet, pure, and flagrant. When smoking proves injurious this is due to .the presence in the leaf pf an excess of nicotine. The imported brands are fifl! of this poison. The New Zealand brands are comparatively free from it, so that they can be smoked wih perfect impunity. That’s why the doctors approve of them. Once you acquire a taste for these tobaccos no others will satisfy you. They are of various strengths, Riverhead Gold, mild ; Navy Cut, (Bulldog), medium : and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bultshead) is flavoured. An}’ tobacconist will supply ypu.*