THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY MONDAY, JULY 4, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5147, 4 July 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY MONDAY, JULY 4, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A particularly stormy afternoon was experienced locally on Saturday, and heavy rain fell almost continuously. Yesterday, however, was fl ne and sunshiny, and a westerly wind helped materially in improving the wet and sloppy conditions underfoot.

While returning from the railway station along Puke Road on Thursday morning a two-ton motor lorry, owned and driven by Mr J. H. Evans, sawmiller, Paeroa, dived the deep drain near, the Grand View boardinghouse. The accident was caused by a knuckle-joint on the steering-rod breaking, and control of the machine was lost. A load of 800 super, feet of timber was being carried at the time, and much of this slipped forward as the lorry settled into the drain. Mr Evans escaped with nothing worse than a shaking, and it is not thought that the., lorry is seriously damaged.

A New Brighton (Christchurch) boy, 10 years of fige, who was arrested on Thursday, has confessed to a series of 22 .burglaries in the seaside suburb. After making his confession at the police station the lad was 'returned to his home at 4 a.m. He has now disappeared again after robbing his mother’s gas meter of four shillings.

Whether it was feminine curiosity or merely a desire to see how cowhide looked when made up into boots is not known, but some excitement and not a little consternation, was caused in Normanby Road, Paeroa, on Friday afternooon, when a cow walked into Messrs Masters and Son’s shoe store. The beast, which had to be treated with respect in so small a space, was promptly “shooed” out without any damage being done. Madame Cow then turned her attention to a nearby sweets shop, but the owner unceremoniously slammed the door in her face. Continuing her peregrinations, the cow walked along the street until she came to Mr G. P. de Castro’s pharmacy, and in she went. Whether she required a manicure set or medicine is not known, because again she was promptly “scent” out. It appears that the animal had deserted the drover temporarily, and went on an expedition on her own account, only to be recovered later before. any damage was done.

For some time past a well-known man in Cljristchurch has employed a gardener, who was quite contented with his jolS and the pay he received, 12s 6d a day (says the Sun). The gardener kept to his work well and gave no until just rece’ntly. A day arrived when the gardener failed to put in an appearance, and so the householder sought him out and inquired the reason for his non-appear-ance. “Oh I” replied the man ; “why should I work for you for 12s 6d a day when T. can get 15s 4kl by joining up with the unemployed.”

“New Zealand people are the greatest readers in the world,” stated Mr A. Hobson, president of the Napier Chamber of Commerce, when speaking at a meeting at Napier.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Influenza Colds.

Some amusement was caused during the progress of the Paeroa versus Hauraki Plains football match at the local domain on Saturday afternoouii. A place-kick at goal was about to be taken by one of the visiting forwards, C. Blackla.ws, ahd, having placed the ball in position, Ire looked for something with which to wipe the mud from ills boot before kicking. Seeing nothing handy, he walked up to his mate who was holding the. ball and calmly wiped his boot on his jersey, The kick was unsuccessful.

“Believe me,” said Mr Isitt during a lecture at Nelson recently, “when I say that no man can study conditions to-day wihout realising that we are passing through a great moral and spiritual slump. People -have gone mad in pursuit of pleasure. A great wave of materialism is sweeping over the earth.”

Mr G. Perotti, Italian Consul, has received advice from the Minister of War in Italy that Italians born in 1907 and residing in Greymouth and adjoining districts (having reached military age) must report themselves to the Royal Consular Office Greymouth, in order that they may not be declared deserters from the army.

In the Taranaki Herald on June 25, 1877. it is recorded that 26 years previously the farm of Mr P. Elliot, Okoari (owned at the earlier date by Mr Stephenson Smith), -had been fenced with puriri posts which cost 4d each delivered on the ground and kohekohe rails which cost Id each. In 1877 puriri posts cost Is 2d each. Labour in 1851 cost 3s 6d a day, and flour was 30s to 40s the 100 pounds.

J ‘The Americans have a lengthy slang vocabulary,” said Mr L. J. Wild, headmaster of the Feilding Agricultural High School, when telling*the Palmerston Rotarians of his recent trip. “On one occasion 1 was looking at a crop of maize, or corn, as they call it, and I remarked to the farmer that it was a good crop.” “Yes,” was the reply, “may be so, but we’d call it a ‘flapper’ crop.” Mr Wild inquired what a “flapper crop” was, and the reply came : “It looks good, but there is not much on it.”

Neither fines nor imprisonment can check the livelier motorists of California. who take life as readily with a car as with a gun. Accidents multiply as fast as sentences grow more severe. The sage magistrates of Berkeley therefore came to the conclusion that they must be misdirecting their energies. The responsibility was clearly not with the driver, but with the car. Now the motorist who kills a man is allowed to go free, but the peccant vehicle is locked up in the town gaol for a. few months, its owner having to dispense with its services and travel by Shank’s mare meanwhile-. This is said to he the most effective deterrent yet discovered for reckless motor-cars.

At one o’clock in the morning the first seekers after reserved seats for the musical comedy “No ! No ! Nanette I” rolled up at Hastings one day last week to wait through the long, dark, cold hours on the comfortless pavement until the booking office opened at eight o’clock. At nine o’clock the house was “booked out.”

. Eleven naturalisation certificates were granted in New Zealand during May. Three persons affected are Germans, two are Dalmatians, two are Russians, with one Swede, one Pole, one Italian, and one Austrian.

In an endeavour to have the interests of the children of ba.ck-block settlers further safeguarded Mr H. M; Campbell (Hawke’s Bay) has asked the" Minister of Health whether he will make a reasonable effort to provide dental clinics for these children.

It is understood that at last the Bank of New Zealand ha.s taken heed of the representations of its Ngatea clients, and in the near future the agency will be opened on two days a week —possibly Tuesdays and Fridays. At present the branch is opened on Wednesdays, except in. certain weeks when it is opened on a Monday, Tlßs change has been a source of annoyance, and the, adoption of two regular days will be much appreciated.

At a recent Christchurch suburban clearing sale, the auctioneer, in tin impassioned manner, was endeavouring to obtain an advance upon- an offer of ten pounds for a choice mahogany card table (states the Press). Apparently his eagerness overcame his discretion, for he exclaimed : “If anyone will give me ten guineas for tile table, I will give him eleven pbiunds for it.” A nimble-witted member of the public promptly bid the amount mentioned, whereupon the article was knocked down to him, “Will you have the table or ten bob?” inquired the auctioneer. “The ten bob,” was the response. Amid laughter the auctioneer paid out. Then the sale proceeded.

A story told of a remarkable journey by a plucky little boy, and vouched for by a Te Arolia lady, goes to show that the spirit of the old pioneers lives in the generation of to-day (states the “News”). The boy is only eight years of age, ajnd was sent by his father; who lives the other side of Katikati, to Te Arohsfi. Mounted on a diminutive Shetland pony, the boy started from his hAMiie along roads he had never previously travelled. His father ga.ve him careful directions, particularly with regard to the turning at the' Paeroa bridge. The boy was intelligent and. had no fear, and the journey of over 40 miles was completed without mis.take or any sign of fatigue. At Wailii he stopped and purchased three buns, one of which he gave to the irony. The two buns reserved for -himself were his only refreshment on the journey. .On reaching Paeroa darkness came on, but the boy pursued his way quite unconcerned, and on .arrival at the home of a friend at Tie Arolia was. in a cheerful mood. Asked if he had not been afraid that he would lose- his way when night came on he replied that he was not. and 'he did not appear to be.conscious of having done anything which could not be placed in the category of every-day occurrences.

Woods’ Great Pemnermint Cure. For Children’s Hacking C<ugh.