THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5349, 9 November 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Building permits to the value of £BO were granted, by the Borough Council at its meeting last night.

An old resident of Kara.ngahake-, on seejng the photographs of the new President of the United States of America, is convinced that Mr and Mrs Hoover were residents of Kar.angahakc some thirty years "go, when Mr Hoover represented the firm of Bewick, Moering and Co., the largest linn ol miqing, engineers .then operating in Anstial'a and New Zealand.

At last night’s meeting; of the; Borough Counc.il it was decided to issue monthly tickets for the swimming baths, the prices being 4s for men and 2s 6d for ladies, the tickets to date frcpi thq first of each month.

Permission was gran.te'l by the Borough Council last night to Mr R. McClinchy to ere;ct two benzine; pumps in -front of his garage. Provision for the tanks is being made in. the section and nob under the footpath.

Particulars >f train arrangements and issue of special excursiop tickets in connection with the Waikato Agricultural Show at Claudelands on November 16 and 17, are advertised in this issue.

An application by the custodian of the baths to have, the right to se.H soft drinks and confectionery at the baths was granted at the meeting ol the Paeroa Borough Council last evening.

“ I think we shall all be happier if we smoke.” Thus Mr Jusitce Frazer when presiding at a prolonged sitting of the Transport Appeal Board at Auckland recently. His Honour then lit up and his. example was speedily followe-j by counsel, clerks, reporters and onlookers. The, judge evidently believes in the power of tobacco to make people happy, go jt does. But it must be the right sort of tobacco. Most of the imported brands reek with nicotine. Such tobacco never made; anyone happy—for long. The purest brands of all are those produced here in New Zealand. They possess not only an epequisite flavour but a peculiarly delightful fragrance, and owing to their containing only a compart ively small amount of nicotine you can smoke them all day long if you want to without suffering any unpleasant or injurious after-effects. Any tobacconist will supply you. Ask for “ Riverhead Gold ” if you are accustomed to a mild aromatic “ Navy Cut” (Bulldog) if you prefer something stronger : but if you like a full flavoured sort try “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshcad).* I