THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5299, 13 July 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY. & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A. shop site in Pitt Street, ip the heart of Sydney, changed hands at £4OOO par foot, wliliclr is easily a record in City values; The same site ten years ago was worth about £lOOO per foot.

On the recommendation of“ the building committee the Paejroa Borough Council at last night’s meeting granted, under the uistial conditions, s'x building permits to the total value of £l7BB.

Mr Francis Alexander, Sh'aw Car- , lisle, farmer, of Wharepoa, has announced his intention, of contesting the Thames seat as an Independent candidate.

The F'n,ance Committee reported to last night’s nneetijig of the Paeroa Borough Council that the reyenue received during June amounted 1 to £959 13s, 6'd and the expenditure totalled £BO3 8s Oct After payment of accounts, the credit balances in the various loan accounts were as follows : Swimming baths, £B5 12s 10(1 ; Council Chambers. £39 10. s 9d' ; £4500 improvements to main streets, £l4 11s 7d ; 1930 street improvements, £ll9 18« 6d ; Criterion bridge, £B2 4s Id. The house sewerage connections account and the sewerage loan account, showed debit balances of £617 l’ss 10d and £l3 2s Id 1 respectively.

For, some years John Janies Meiklc, of Auckland, has been petitioning, Parliament for relief, and he has received favourable irecomniendations from the Public PetitioiijS Committee on five occasions--1921. 1924, 1926.. 'and 1927. In 1921 and 1922 it was recommended that the petitioner should receive a pension "of £4 a week for the I'est of his life. .Meikle, who is now 85 years of age, is petitioning Parliament again, this year with the request that the previous recommendations of the committee; should be given effect to, The case originated with a claim against the; Government for £10.009 for, alleged wrongful imprisonment. and it occupied the attention of the Courts foie some time;.

Mr F. N. Jacomb, Eyesight Specialist., ,20 years’ experience, will visit Paeroa at Brocket and Shand’s rooms on Monday. July 16. Satisfaction guaranteed.''''

A .return tabled at yesterday’s meeting of the Ohinemur.i County Council showed that 52 cows., 18 heifers, 139 cheep, 9 lambs. 3 calves, and 10 pigs were slaughtered at the local abettors during June. Fees for the month totalled £47 Ils sd.

The cigar is returning to favour a 8 a popular evening smoke, according to one Napier tobacconist, whoso point of view is to a certain, extent borne! out by tlie latest statistical report of imports, ami exports into New Zealand (says the “Telegraph”). This reveals that in 1925 £20,6!j0 worth of cigars came into New Zealand, but the. importation in 1926 dropped to £14.523 vor.th. Last year, however, the figures showed a tendency to increase again. the importation of cigars in 1927 aggregating in value £15,729. The United Kingdom supplied 1 the largest share of the cigars, but Cuba and the Netherlands, follow closely.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For’ Influenza Colds.