The Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5315, 20 August 1928, Page 2

The Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The population qf New Zealand, ’ncluuiug Maoris, a? at June: 30. was I.4s4,oBo—there being 742,514 males and' 711,566 females —while tlie population of the Dominion, its dependencies, and- the mandated, teairitory' was, 1.512.376. The total Maori population i.s estimated at 65,004. There are 931,636 people res'dent in the North Island and 522.444 in the. SLuth Island', these figures being inclusive of Maoris. Shortly before 3 o’clock 0,11 Saturday afternoon there wa/i a heavy d iwnpour .of rain which, lasted for about ha.if a.n hour. There were light showers during the' -night, but yesterday was line. This morning, there was an. exceptionally ‘heavy fog, but it cleared shortly after, nine o’clock a,nd a line day followed. The repatriation qf suldic’ls by the Commonwealth Government has to date cost over £182,000.00()?' of .which war pensions amounted to over £73',090.000, land settlement to over £35.000.000. and was gratuities to aver £27,500.000.

Public school s'ati'stics for the quarter ended June 30 show that there were 765 schools in the Auckland educational district-.- There was a total of 67.293 schqlai's on, the roll, 35.358 boys and 3.1,935 girls, this being an. increase of 504 over the June quarter of 1927. The average attendance was 59,727, an increase of 1033.

Judging by. the figures available from the .New Zealand Fruitgrowers’ Federation, and allowing for ouantitics purchased through other channels it is believed that' the total orders for imported fruit cases for the 1929 season will reach fully a million, so that the growers are expecting to handle a fairly heavy crop. The federation. has orders for 800,000, of which 600,000 . are be'ng taken by Nelspn, this district beinlg handicapped in getting local cases’. ,

According to the annual report of the Department qf Public Health for the year ended March 31, 1928, the b’l'ths of 27,881 living children were registered during 1927, as against 28,473 iq 1926. The birth-rate for 1927 was 20.29 per 1000 of mean' population, which, is the lowest ever recorded in Hie Domini.au.

The great increase J.n the number of smokers in London—particularly amongst wome.l1 —according to a recent cable has "led Hie managers of tlie underground railways to transpose their smoking carriage rules. There are now no smoking carriages on these lines, but 30 per cent, of the cars are labelled “Non-Smokers.” It will come to that in New Zealand bye and bye. Anti-tobaccoites may rail against the huge increase in the consumption of t.lie weed. But smoking does more good than harm, provided the tobacco is of first-rate quality and a«' free from nicotine as possible. That’s wherq our New Zealand tobaccos come in. The leaf is toasted —quite a novel idea—and this develops flavour and fragrance astonishingly. And as they contain only a negligible amount of nicotine chey may be smoked for hours on end without causing unpleasant or injurious consequences. That’s, why medical men approve them. You can get them of any strength. “Riverhead Gold” is a delightful aromatic, “Navy Cut” (Bulldog) a delicious medium, and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead) a fine full-flavoured variety.*

Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For Children’s Hacking C< igh.