The Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5314, 17 August 1928, Page 2

The Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Secondary ami primary schools will close for tiie August vacation .to-day, the latter resuming on Tuesday. September -1. and secondary .schools a week later. The gate takings at the representative football match.between Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay at New Plymouth on Saturday amounted to a. little over £3OO.

“Whalcvci- Anglo-Cathol’cs may say to the contrary, the Chur,eh c ,f England is still a Protesttint Church,” declared the Rev. A. Macdonald Aspland. in an -address, “Romanism Protestantism,” at Parnell..

The cost of manufacture of, cheese in the .Hauraki Plains Co-o|iei',a.tive Dairy Company’s factory at Turua for the past season was 3.56<1 per pound of butterfat.' In calculating this every conceivable- item from the time the milk- arrived at. the factory until the cheese was placed e-ii the ocean liner, even including; bank interest, was taken into- consideration.

Five tenders for the painting and renovating of tiie Thames Public Hosptial were received a.t Monday’s meeting of the board. The lowest tender, that of Messrs Bii’ch and Dii’ch. Auckla.n.d, £4BO. was-accepted. Other tenderers were : C. Purnell. Thames, £564 ; AV. J. Towers. Paeroa. £698 ; J. 11. Miligiiis. Epsom, £736 ; C. AV. Pottert<H). Thames, £BB9.

In referring to staff matters in the annual i;.epc;rt issued by the Department of Health the Director-General of Health records with deep regret the death of Miss J. M. Jarrett, “a line type of district nu.r.se to Maoris at Pne'rua.”

Commenting on the muddled state of the affairs of a bankrupt contractor at Hamilton, the -Official Assignee, •Mr J. H. Robertson, remarked : “Probably he is one of these unfortunate optimists who go around the country an.d are a danger not only to themselves but to anyone with whom they have dealings.”

At yesterday’s meeting of the Thames Valley Jersey Breeders’ Club at Paeroa Mr C. Townshend was, appointed secretary and treasurer, vice Mr W- L. Lawrence, who is leaving the district.

Melbourne is t'o be the most brilliantly illuminated' city in; the southern hemisphere when plans apprqve.d by the Metropolitan . Council have been carried out. Itha* been decided to spend; .130.000 in improved' Ughting, ..with ornamental standards a. n .d Limps.

At a meeting of directors of the Haura'ki Plains- Co-operative: Dairy Company. Ltd,, subsequent to the annual meeting of shareholders at Tu rua on Wednesday. M.r. A. H. Rogers was re-appointed clrairman, for tlie ninth year.

Football this week lias pride of pla.ee in the illustrations of the “N.Z. Sporting ami Dramatic Review.” Footballers .will be keenly interested in the numei'.ous pages depicting the League matches at. Carlaw Park, and the coloured supplement which portrays a thrilling incident in. the first T'st England v. New Zealand. The North v. South Auckland Maoris match at Eden Park and the PTc.-ent v. Old Buys match at Sacred Heart College’s Jubilee Retin.i'on should prove attractive to Rugby Uniqn supporters. Th? oi nlre pages are tilled with, a 'o I of bright illustrations. Full pagc,s include dainty s]Ting bri les. fi>"hions on. the lawn at Ascot. Auckland Training College athletic teams., and Royal Air Force display. There is an artistic showing of stage ami film stars and a miscellaneous display of special interest.

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For coughs and colds, never fails.

At the annual meeting of the Paeroa Bowling Club last night reference, was made to the fact that Mn W. Forrest, a foundation, member of the club, was at present an inmate of the Thames Hospital. A resolution of sympathy and best wishes fojt' his speedy recovery was recorded.

Mr, Arthur W. Hall, chairman of the Papatoetoe Town Board, was chosen by ballot from four aspirants for n.om ina,tio.n at a meeting of delegates at Mercer on Wednesday afternoon. Tiie other, three candidates were Mr E. L. Walto,n, of Ngatea,; Mr Harold Bull, of Mangere; and Mr S. W. House, of Mangere.

The Rev. J. Lowden, Presbyterian minister at. Paeboa, who met with a motor-car accident bn the PaeroflWaihi road a mon,th ago, has so far recovered as to be able to leave' his home, and took a short walk this morning fo,r the first time since his accident.

Assisted immigrants last year, owing to a restr'etion poilicj’ which will be followed until conditions improve, were fewer, than, in any year since 1920. They numbered' 3822, but, the total of immigrants last year was

6197, including; 651 domestics, 218

farmers. 102 miners, SI public school boys, 521 wives, 138 Salva.tion Army boys, 33 Flock House Girls, 94 Flock Ho,use boys, and 97 boysi brought o ( ut by tiie Church of England l .

At the annual meeting of the P,aero.a, Bowl'ng Club last evening a resolution. moved by Mr G. H. Taylor, recording the club’s approval and appreciation of the Daylight Saving scheme and empowering the committee to, express the club’s, support when the' matter was brought before the Pagroja Borough Council, was carried unanimously.

Dealing with vital statistics'll? the annual report of the Department of Health, the Director-General (Dr-. T. H. A. Valintine) stated 1 ; “The crude, (actual) death-rate of the Dominion for the past year was 8.45 per 1000 of the mean population, in 1926 that death-rate was 8.74. The 'infantile mortality rate was' 38.74 per 1000 births, as aga'ast 39.76 for 1926. The birth-rate of 20.29 oev 1000] however, is not satisfactory, being the lowest birth-rate yet recorded in this country. This is a matter for grave concern. I have no sympathy with advocates of birth-control, who appear to be overjoyed by the fact that relatively fewer, children are being bc-rn in a country so favoured .as Ne,w Zealand, for, as stated in a previous report, “'here is no doubt that our oopulation is best replenished and our empty space's best filled by fever, own natural increase. The new-born infan’:, in other words, is our best, immigrant.”

The balance-sheet, presented at last night’s annual meeting uf the Paeroa Bowling Club showed a credit balance at the bank of 7s 4d, and assets totalling £29 2s 4d. Included in the receipts was tiie sum of £ll2 Bs, being members’ subscriptions. The heaviest item on the expenditure side was the rent to tiie Domain Board, £Bl 10s>. ■Outstanding subscriptions amounted to, £7 Is.

The friends of Mr J. Cl.arkin, owner of Clark'n’s quarry at AVaiqrongqmai, will be sorry to hear that he has suffered a further stroke of bad fortune. Last week a slip on the hopper sent him crashing down from a. considerable height. He was fortunate- i-n

cojniiig through his e'xperien.ce with n 0 less injuries than very extensive' bruises and sprains to his legs, and at present is ma.king ,the best, of the position on crutches.

Included in the activities carried on by Miss M. Sha.w while she was infant mistress at the Paeroa District High School was the local secretaryship of the Women’s Nattenal Reserve, which has its general headquarters at Wellington. It has been the custom fo.r some years pa,st to hold a Violet Day at Wellington, an,d the proceeds from the sale of flowers aHe need - i (1 furthering the work of the Reserve. The local secretaryship is now held by Mi's E. H. Andrews, and this year the infant'-diildren at the Paeroa school, led by their teacher, Miss K. O’Grady, brought a quantity of flowers for disposal. These were carefully packed by Mrs Andrews and forwarded to Wellington. This week Mrs Andrews received a letter from the residential president; Mrs, F. Porter. thanking the Paeroa children for the flowers, which, the letter stated, reached Wellington in excellent couditio.n, and were deeply appreciated.

At the annual meeting of the Paeroa Bawling Club las.t .night several members referred in eulogistic terms to the .'yeo|maii service rendered to the Mr W. Purdie, who has relinquished t|he secretaryship on account of his transfer to Auckland. A resolution recording, the club’s grateful thanks and deep appreciation, of his services, and wishing him good, health, happiness, and prosperity, was carried by acclamation.

P. T. Barnum, the famous American Showman, was once asked what invention or discovery had, in his opinion, and doubles our joys. But it must be contributed most to the source of human happiness and enjoyment. Without, hesitation he replied: “The discovery of smoking.” He wasn’t far wrong. Tobacco is like a good wife—it halves our sorrows the right kind of tobacco. If full of nicotine, as so many of the imported brands are, habitual indulgence in it must be attended sooner or later, with evil, consequences. Heart or nerves may become affected. By the way, our New' Zealond-grown. tobaccos are so pure and contain relatively sb little nicotine that they may be freely in- ( dulged in with impunity. They don’t bite the tongue. The toasting of the leaf (quite a new idea) develops the flavour, which is peculiarly pleasant, and ..they possess a delightful fragrance of their own. No wonder they are capturing the market. Ask for (Bulldog), medium; or “Cut Plug No. “Riverhead Gold," mild; “Navy Cut” 10” (Bullshead), full strength*

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, For children’s Hacking Cough.