THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which Is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5223, 6 January 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which Is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Among the visitors to Paeroa recently was Mrs H. Wing, of Te Awamutu. Mrs Wing- who was Miss F. Wick, a daughter of onei of Paeroa’s earliest settlers, referred enthusiastically to the progress the town had made during the last few years.

Passengers by the night express on the main trunk line on Wednesday morning had an unusual experience for this timei ofl the year, the cold snap being such that fires had to be lighted at Frankton Junction station. The passengers were also supplied with hot drinks..

Included in the many visitors to Paeroa during the holidays were the following ex-residents of the town : Messrs C. Clews (Mt. Albert), G. Dean (Ponsonby), R. D. Flatt (Auckland), V. Towers (Hamilton), C. Kenny (New Plymouth), D. McArthur (Te Awamutu), F. J. Wilson .(Auckland), S. JBishop (Whau Valley), and L. W. Smith (Auckland).

It is stated that a South Australian syndicate intends to start oil-boring operations in Ne% Zealand shortly, and should sufficient inducement offer they will operate in the DannevirkeEast Coast district. It is proposed to issue free to landholders on whose, property the company may operate a number , of' shares in the company, which ..has secured the services of an English geophysical survey party now finishing a six'months’ engagement with the Australian Government.

Tlie prolonged spell of fine wejather continues locally. There were a couple of light showers, ofl rain early on Tuesday morning, but not sufficient to lay the dust. Vegetation is in a parched condition, and the ground hard and dry, and a steady downpour would be particularly welcome. Dairy farmers have experienced exceptionally favourable weather for the harvesting of their hay ci ops, but they desire raip. to freshen up the pastures and stimulate, the milk yield.

The paragraph published in our Wednesday’s issue relative to the accident that 'happeneid to the Auck-land.-Waihi service car read as though tlie N.Z. Co-op. Dairy Company’s electric lorry had struck the service car, whereas the position was reversed. Tlie lorry had just turned from Hill Street into Puke Road, and was in the act pf straightening up, when the service car came suddenly on to the vehicle, and in endeavouring to pass-, the rear portion of the, service car struck the right-hand rear-side of th© lorry .

An exclusion train at cheap fares will be run flroni Frankton to Waihi and back next Sunday. Motors to the beach connect with the train. Particulars are advertised in this, issjiie by the Railway Department.

An advertiser, in sending along an advertisement for to-day’s issue, added the following postscript: “Send your orders early. The last time we advertised in this paper we could have sold three times the Quantity we had.’

A rather remarkable coincidence i s disclosed in the vital statistics for December last for Morrinsville. The figures were : Births, 13 ; deaths, 1; marriages, 2. Those figures were exactly the same in the corresponding month in 1926.

Important changes have been made in the Auckland and Hamilton police districts, with the result that Waihi, for many years past, a portion of the Hamilton district, has been transferred to the Auckland district. The whole of the goldfields district will now come under the.contrpl of Auckland. Hamilton was. prior to the changes, the largest police district in the Dominion.

About 9 o’clock on Thursday of last week a Waihi lady living not far from the business part ofl the town had occasion to go to the back door, and mi looking out was surprised to see; a kiwi walking about in the garden, evidently in search of food. The bird, which was about the size of a black orpington fowl, moved away when an electric torch was turned on to it,, but on crumbs being thrown out it returned and made a meal.

A Taranaki motorist who recently returned from a 1000 miles’ tour of the North Island reports meeting an ■unusual number of swaggers on the road.. Some, were of the “down and out” order, but a number were young, able-bodied men . who appeared to be genuine “triers.” Some ofl the lattei tay that there is not the harvesting work being done this summer as in previous years, and that farmers. are manag'ng with less labour in other directions.

Tragedy turned to comedy was the result of an accident in iDtorohanga last week. Mother had left the baby in the perambulator. On returning she found that a large safety pin was miss'ng, and thought that the baby must have swallowed it. Father waS called and in shirt sleeves he drove through to Hamilton, 40 miles away, whare three X-Ray examinations failed to show any trace of the missing pin. It was. not until the return that the pin was found hr the foot of the pram.

The, traffic on tlie railways has not improved, largely because the are too high (sitys tlie Wanganui Herald). Why not reduce the fares and carry full, loads, instead of running half-empty trains ? Rapid communication .and cheap rates of travel have brought trader to the motor services, but with the increase in the taxation, on .motqr owners, travellers may have to pay more. If the fourpence a gallon tax is made law motor vehicle owners will be. entitled to expect good progress, in providing better road surfaces but the Government is not noted for economical expenditure, and we, doubt if the results will be proportionate to the heavier burden, which the tax will place upon a large section of people.

In the course of an inspection of a mail liner in the Napier roadstead a newspaper man delving in the mysteries of the big ship’s up-to-date dairy learned one of the inner secrets —.how ship’s cream,is made. An obliging official of the boat explained the process, by which 51b of dried milk are added to three times that amount of butter and several gallons of .water. The whole is then heated to 140 degrees and thoroughly mixed in a rotating cylinder. It is then put through a separator, and lo and behold, cream,comes out of one spout and milk issues, from'the other. Two minutes later passengers in the commodious dining saloon of the-vessel are having cream on their sweets,, even though .the boat may be many weeks from tlie nearest land.

This week’s issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review has, a wonderful seection of illustrations from all sources. Racing enthusiasts arei well catered for in scenes fjrom tire Auckland Racing Club’s Summer Carnival at Ellerslie, the Taranaki Jockey Club’s Meeting at New Plymouth, and. the Manawatu Racing Club’s gathering at Awapuni. Trotting is represented in scene® of the Auckland Trotting Club’s Summer •Meeting. The opening of the Hunting season in England, and France is de-' picted in a graphic set pf photographs. Of keep interets will be the pages devoted to the Athletic Championship Meeting at Wellington, with a group of the New Zealand team; and a vivid snap ofl R. Rose winning the One Mile Championship. . The miscellaneous section covers interesting subjects from overseas, and the stage and motion picture section has its usual brilliant selection.

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