LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5193, 19 October 1927, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Owing to Monday being Labour Day and a public holiday, will advertisers please note that there, will be no publication of the “Gazette” on that day.

The New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company Ltd. will pay out tomorrow to its suppliers £418,000. This exceeds by 21 per cent, the company’s payment for the corresponding month of the previous year. The total output of butter for tlhe period June and September inclusive was 4803 tons, compared with 3815 tons for the same period the previous year.

The latest issue of the N.Z. Gazette notifies that Mr Ronald G. Mclntosh, farmer, of Kerepeehi, was adjudged a bankiupt on October 7. A meeting of creditors is to be held at Thames on Friday next.

The young man Hui Bennett, of Paeroa, who was involved in a motorcycle collision, on Thames Road on September 9, last, and was seriously injured, is reported to be making fair progress at the, Thames Hospital. Although the leg that was fractured is mending, it is considered likely that, he will be a cripple durng the next couple of years- It is understood that the condition of his right arm is causing grave concern at the P re " sent time, and doubts are expressed if amputation can be avoided.

The Mayor stated at the Paeroa Borough Council meeting on Thursday night that Mr W. J. Towers had painted the interior of the library and had very generously not charged for the work. With the grant of an additional £2 10s from the- Ohinemuri County Council and the money saved by Mr Towers’ generosity the library committee had been enabled to purchase some new floor covering for the librarian’s room. It was decided to write to Mr Towers, and express the council’s thanks and appreciation oft his generous assistance.

Reserved judgment in the case brought by the Waipa County Council against Eric Innes Jones, service-car driver, for travelling at a speed of over 25 miles an hour on county roads, wasi given at Hamilton last Week by Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M. The validity of the by-law was attacked by Jones. In dismissing the charge the magistrate said he was, of the opinion that the council was exceeding its express powers in endeavouring to impose throughout its district similar restrictions on light as on heavy vehicles. The limit of speed imposed on light cars was, in his opinion, unreasonably, having regard to the small amount of damage they did to the roads.

Our readers are reminded to. investigate Presswood’s Great Selling-off Sale. He Ist giving up shopkeeping altogether, owing to health reasons. Mr Presswood is sacrificing the entire stock of jewellery, clocks, silverware, etc. He is closing down as soon as the stock is sold, within the next twenty days. This should offer an opportunity for getting your Christmas presents cheap.*

Wrigley’s chewing gum advertising runs into £3500 a day. Wrigley has said that he is afraid to stop advertising, because people' might choose other chews (states Tihe Craftsman),

The United States Public Health Service has been at work during the past summer drowning season in that country in an endeavour to explode the old theory that drowning persons always rise three times before sinking. Attention has often enough been directed to the fallacy of this belief, but it is still, widely held. The fact is that the victim may come to the surface three or more times or may go down once and drown without rising again. Much depends on the amount of air in the lungs and the clothing worn.

The annual meeting of the, Paeroa Athletic Club is to be held at Mr Bain’s rooms to-night. The question of the, date- for the holding of the annual sports meeting is to be considered.

This month pensions will be paid on October 25, the reason being that the usual day of the month for payment falls on a. Sunday, and Labour Day, a departmental holiday, follows

The first shipment of boneless veal from the Waikato is dues to arrive in England by the Matatua this week. About 32,000 calves Ihavei been killed at the Horotiu works during the past throe months by the Waikato and Thames Valley Calf By-Products Company, and it is estimated that £20,000 was, circulated as a result of its activities in preparing and shipping the veal.

An area of Crown land comprising 975 acres, of a capital value of £730, situated 10 miles, from the Hikutaia post office, being section 4, Block 11., Ohinemuri Survey District, is to. be thrown open for disposal on a renewable lease in November next.

Dairy farmers are given a reminder of the pedigree bull sale Which is to be held at the Paeroa saleyardsj tomorrow. A good yarding of typey, highly bred animals, with butter-fat production, is assured, and an unique opportunity will be afforded farmers to secure a. real good Jersey, Friesian, Ayrshire, or Shorthorn herd stire at a reasonalbe figure.

Good progress is being made with the bitumen-sealing of Normanby Road. Spraying of the first coat of bitumen, together with tlhe spreading of one coat of chips, was completed as far as Arney Street intersection last night. This was rolled this morning, and the final spraying and dressing of metal chips will complete the section this, afternoon. Suitable weaker has prevailed since the w’ork was commenced, and it is bejing carried out expeditiously and with a. minimum of inconvenience to traffic. The completed portion has greatly improved the appearance of the street, and motor-drivers are not slow to avail themselves of the good road surface.