THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5172, 31 August 1927, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Extended range Inter-Island telephone service between 10 p.m. and 7 p.m. on week days and all day on Sunday between Paeroa and the following offices is now available : Akaroa, Ashburton, Blenheim, Cheviot, Christchurch, D.arfield, Dunedin, Fairlie, Geraldine, Hawarden , Kaiapoi, Kaikoura, Leeston, Mayfield, Methven, Motueka, Nelson, O,amaru, Palmerston, Picton, Pleasant Point, Rakaia, Raiigiora Richmond, Seddon, Takaka, Terauka, and Timaru.

At. the annual meeting of the Hauraki A. and P. Association on Friday evening the president (Mr H. J. Hare) referred feelingly to the long illness of Mr E. W. Porritt, Paeroa, a former president. On the motion of the president a. vote of sympathy was accorded Mr Porritt, and good wishes) were expressed for his early recovery. Mr Buchanan said that it was the first annual meeting Mr Porritt had missed for many years. He had done a tremendous amount for the association, and as a mark of appreciation the speaker moved that Mr Porritt be made a life honorary member. The motion was carried with acclamation.

The inhabitants of a New Zealand city consume in a year, (according to the August issue of the New Zealand Smallholder) about, 7000 tons, of cabbages, 5000 tons of cauliflowers, and 10,000 tons' of potatoes, these being the main market garden articles cl' every-day consumption. In addition, large quantities of celery, cucumbers, tomatoes, and certain other crops annually pass through the vegetable markets, at prices which appear remunerative, the income of snne Christchurch tomato growers alone at times reaching £3OOO.

There is one unemployed man in Morrinsville of whom ft cannot b e said that he has failed to piake every endeavour to secure work. For seven months he has- been unemployed, and on Tuesday, not being able to afford the fare, walked to Waitoa and back. Several times he has walked considerable distances in seqrch of ,work, and one day last week he went 20 miles.

Claim is being made by a Christchurch man for a half-share of the estate, valued at £4,400,000, of the late Mr Andrew Crawford, an American millionaire. Stated bo be defendants of the dead man, the Christchurch resident “apd a sister living in Ireland are believed to be the only claimants upon the estate, and it is claimed that they have proof of their relationship to the late millionaire.

“Any money that my friends would otherwise have- expended on flowers for my grave shall be given by then; to the poor as an offering for the eternal repose of my soul.” That was a clause in the will of William Joseph Murells, leather manufacturer, of Richmond, Melbourne, who died in June. Deceased left £lOOO to charity and £7oo'o to his wife.

It was stated by the Auckland district officers at the Netherton Lodge la t evening that the Auckland District Manchester Unity Oddfellows created a world’s record in .the opening of now lodges. During the 1 period of tlie opening of six new lodges no other Manchester Unity Oddfellows Lodge was opened in the world. The Auckland district led the way in membership in New Zealand.

When loading heavy iron at the county yards at Ngatea yesterday Norman Kearsey, of Tuma, lost one finger through a piece of iron falling on it.

A case of scarlet fever is reported from Ngatea. The epidemics of mumps and measles are still raging in all parts of the Hauraki Plains, and there is a,. fair amount of influenza.

“The- world membership of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows through its 5500 lodges is over 1,500,000 members —the greatest friendly society in Britain and the world,” was a statement made at the Netherton- Lodge last evening.

Since the opening for service of the Paeroa District High School Dental Clinic on August 8, '52 children have been attended, involving 128 attendances and 283 operations. A total of 125 amalgam and cement fillings have been completed, and 10' permanent and 108 temporary teeth extracted under a local anaesthetic, and also 36 scaling operations. The clinip has been closed until September 8 on account of school holidays.

Serious crime in New Zealand increased by over two hundred cases during 1926. There were thirteen murders, reported, no arrests being made in four eases. Auckland, where 8281 offences were reported, headed the list. Then followed Wellington (5350), Christchurch (3650), and Hamilton (3017). Dunedin’s figure was 1486. Of the .total number of offences reported (31,615), arrests or summonses resulted in 29,199 cases.

The fact that the Manchester Unity Oddfellows increased their membership by 150'0 last year, in comparison with an increase of 1600 by the combined Friendly Societies (M.U.1.0.0.F. excepted), was an indication of the marvellous growth of the Order, was a statement made by Bro. McLeod at the Netherton Lodge last night. «

Quite a. regular business is done by the Christchurch City Council in the destruction of dogs and cats, at the request of owners. The average is about six a week (states the “Sun”). Some of the owners who bring pets for destruction do so with wet eyes, and there are quite emotional scenes at times. The drowning method is usually followed, the fee for that being Is. For 3s a. person may have an animal destroyed by prussic acid, that being the method favoured by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Most of the very tew people who have dogs or cats killfed by poison stand by while the operation is carried out. An animal poisoned succumbs within a few seconds,.

A working profit of only £12,549, as against £41,901 for the corresponding period of last year, is shown by the Railway Department’s accounts, for the four-weeks ended July 23. Four returns in the current financial year reveal a decline ifi working profits of £113,403. The gross earnings for the month were £521,750, and the expenses £509,201. The former shows a decline of £8228, and the latter an increase of £21,124. Revenue in the North Island, £284,206, is less by £8590, while expenses £267,652 has increased by £11,386. The excess of receipts of £16,554 is consequently lower by £19,976. '

A Wanganui resident walked homo from an auction sale the ot|her day with a painting by a. New Zealand artist tucked under her arm. It had cost her a few shillings. After it had been cleaned the picture was recognized as an original of extreme rareness. Subsequently the purchaser was offered the sum of £4OO for the: picture by a collector. The woman has decided to retain Ibe painting until its full value can be appraised. No doubt it would .command a larger figure in England.

Far from the maddening crowd, the members of a church sewing guild assembled in the parish room onei day recently to sew apd exchange items of local news (says the. Christchurch Press). One woman complained that the room was cold, and invited the members to go to her home; where they could be more comfortable. The invitation was accepted, and on arrival at her home the hostess turned on the wireless set and the member.': of the guild found themselves listening to a description of the Grand National Steeplechase. Stitches were dropped at every fence, and finally all pretence at sewing wqs abandoned, and the ladies spent the rest of rhe afternoon at the races. Certain carping husbands profess to consider the ladies’ action in abandoning their usual meeting place on this, particular afternoon as suspicious.

Some Parliamentarians take themselves seriously, but the following, extracted from a telegraph report of the stonewall debate on the Daylight Saving Bill in the House during Wednesday evening and. Thursday evening, should give electors an idea, of how the business of the country is conducted. We- quote : “Sir Maui Pomaro, who had been asleep since 10 o’clock, sat' upright at 3.20 a.m. and glared ferociously at the clock and went to sleep again, despite the fact tjiat Mr Glenn was vigorously thumping his desk and shouting at the top of ‘his voice. Mr Bitchciier disappeared under a travelling rug and slept soundly. Only ten members were obviously awake at 4.30 a.m., when Mr Glenn was quoting Webster’s dictionary on ‘time.’ Just before this Messrs Samuel and Kyle gave a fine imitation of a ventriloquist and a dummy. As Mi' Kyle was unable to go his full ten minutes Mr Samuel, sitting alongside, made up his speech for him in a stage whisper, Mr Kyle repeating it word by word.’’

When giving evidence at Sydney on Monday before a Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Amalgamated Freezing Company, a witness was asked to account foi the difference in price of Australian and New Zealand lambs. Ho replied that the best Australian lamb never sold as such, but sold as New Zealand, the wraps, and labels being changed so as to bring twopence more as Canterbury lamb.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. First aid for coughs, colds, influenza

Prior to the commencement of business at the annual meeting of the Hauraki A. and P. Association at Paeroa on Friday night a vote of condolence with the relatives of the late Messrs A. D. McGuire, E. Shaw, A. E. Say, and H. H. Hyde. (Waihou) was carried in silence, the members standing.

A further dressing of “fines” was applied to Normanby Road this morning, and the steam roller has been busily employed in rolling the material into consolidation. The spell of wet weather and heavy motor traffic has caused the metal to lift somewhat.

Unsettled weather continues to prevail locally. On Monday night a strong easterly wind, accompanied by heavy rain squalls, prevailed, and throughout yesterday heavy rain fell intermittently. The barometer F still low, and immediate prospects of line and settled weather are not too promising.

Inspectors visiting the homes of recipients of poor law relief in Jarrow, Landon, found 300 people contentedly resting when they should have been out seeking work. Some were in bed reading sporting newspapers.

“He is not a British subject,. He is a Bolshevik and I object to having him on the place I” exclaimed a King Country timber milleir under crossexamination at the Supreme Court at Wanganui. “ I am afraid there are some Briitsh subjects who are Bolsheviks, too,” remarked counsel.

Gold is reported to have been found behind Mokai, at the other side of Taupo, and a rush, on a small scale, has, according to reports, set in. Several parties of prospectors are out amongst the hills and, according to reports coming in, one party at any ratb has,secured a good haul of nuggets about the size of one’s fingernails.

Last year the postal service of the Dominion delivered to their intended destinations no fewer than 244,361,865 postal packets, made up of 149,881,324 letters, 4,557,568 postcards, 3,698,40'0 parcels, and 86,224,573 other articles. Of the number of postal packages passing through its hands, the Post Office lost only 0.0009 per cent., or less than one in a thousand. During the postal year there were 6002 inquiries made for missing postal packages, and of them 3790 ultimately were found not to have gone astray. No trace at all was found of 2212 packages. If posted at all, they seemed to have vanished intoi thin air.

An outstanding feature of the Marlborough hydro-electric installation is the fact that there is not a- wooden pole to be found in any part of the 135 miles of transmission and reticulation lines so far erected. The main transmission line from the headworks,- lit Benopai to Blenheim —a distance of some 23 miles—is erected on steel towers, and the whole of the reticulated lines, at present about 112 miles in length, are strung on concrete poles specially designed for the purpose.

“Now, I want justice done, and I hope I won’t die before I geit it,” says John Elder, a farmer, of Waipapa, in a petition which was presented to Parliament last .week. Elder alleges that he and his son were maliciously charged with sheep stealing through their action in carrying out instructions which were allegedly given them by their accusers. He asks that his name “ be removed from the criminal list, as it was put there, under false conditions, and my wife and family emphatically protest that they should have to bury their father as a criminal.”

From present indications there seems a bright future for the local tobacco-growers (remarks ,the Nelson Mail). Many in the Riwaka. district have done exceptionally .well this year. A cheque for £65 for a small parcel of three bale?: was one, grower’s first return, and he has a further quantity still to dispose of. Reports indicate thflt all growers havl done remarkably well, and instances are known where some have already scrapped their hop gardensi to make way for this profitable crop.

“There are people who come to church and insult God' by throwing a coin into the plates which they would never dare to offer as the price of a programme in the theatre or give as a tip to a cabman. I am filled with indignation sometimes when people give me cheques for a guinea, and say it is their ‘mite,’ when they could easily give £lOO or £lOOO. I would be ashamed,” said Canon Sinker, vicar of Blackburn, preaching at St. Nicholas’s, Liverpool, “to leave £190,000, as somebody did recently. After providing for his family,, a man should giv' e himself the Joy of' helping worthy causes in his lifetime, and churchpeople should give according to their means —not their meanness. If the clergy are ‘always begging,’ it is the fault of the laity. Some men give in the collection an amount that does not pay for their, share of the electric light used when they are worshipping in church. Nobody has a religion worth anything unless it touches his pocket.”'

i Pipe—cigar—cigarette. Which is the least injurious form of smoking ? Doctors mostly recommend the pipe. Fact is, it all depends on the tobacco. The imported brands are generally so loaded with -nicotine that their habitual use. is sure to cause, trouble, sooner or. later. The sight may suffer, you may get heart palpitation, or you may become “a bundle of nerves.” If you have any (or all) of these symptoms, change your ’baccy. Try our New Zealand brands. They are delightful smoking; pure, sweet fragrant, and cool. Also, they contain so little nicotine that they can’t hurt you, even if you over-indulge. Their excellence is partly attributable to the fact that the leaf is toasted. Quite a modern notion. Toasting develops the flavour, just as toasting (or roasting) develops the flavour and aroma of coffee or cocoa beans. rhe constantly increasing demand for these brands (which command an enormous sale) is their best advertisement. Try r Riverhead Gold mild aromatic ; Toasted Navy’ Cut (Bulldog), medium ; or Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), full flavoured*