THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5355, 23 November 1928, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The certified net daily sale of the London Daily Mail in September was 1,962,335, which is the highest figure ever Attained by any daily newspaper i.n the world.

At the Thames Pol.ce Court on Tuesday J. G. Miller, of Kopuarahi, was fined £5 for driving stock at Kopuarahi. at nig,ht. The police; explained that he had beep driving stock from the Hikutaia sale and had been delayed on the road by a. sick cow. In the dark a car ran into the c.attle and was damaged. Counsel for Millef suggested that the case should be dismissed as but the Bench did not feel justified in creating a precedent and inflictejd the minimuto penalty of £5.

Organised sports to take plac ( e on the Hauraki Plains to-morrow a r e as follows : — Tennis : A grade, Ngatea at Kerepeehi, Honai at Turua, Kopuarahi at Waitakaruru ; B grade, Kaihere at Patetonga, Turua at Ngatea. Cricket; Orongp at Ngatea, Pipiroa at Waitakaruru, Kaihere at Kopuarahi. The Ngatea Swimmiqg Club will open its season during the afternoon.

The funeral of the late Miss Gertrude Phillips took place at the Pukerimu Cemetery yesterday afternoon, the Rev. W. G. H. Weapon reciting the last sad rites at the graveside. As a tribute to the deceased young, lady, who. had lived her life, almost wholly in Paeroa, there was a large cortege ami a particularly large number of beautiful wreaths.

The Morrinsville Chamber of Commerce had several faults to find wita the train from Hamiltem that reaches Morrinsville at 11.30 p.m. At last Thursday’s meeting, it was decided to write to the general Mr Sterling, asking whether the train could not be speeded up. It was pointed out that thej train took 55 minutes tq tra,ve;l 20 miles. At present it only loitered along, and could easily be made to reach Morrinsville at 11 p.m. It was also resolve;d to remind the general manager that a light had been promised for the c;utside of the train for the c.onvenie|nce of those alighting at unlighted stations on dark nights, but this had not yet materialised;

Tests made recently proved thfeit a pair of horses, each weighing 1600'lbs, could haul a load of 5501bs gr.ejater than themselves. On a metal track one of these animals, it 'has been shown, can draw one and two-third, times as muclr on a good asphalt surface, five times as much As on cobblestone paving, and 20 tiniep the load it can pull on an ordinary mud roid. For the usual tvpe of farm horse a c.art carrying a weight of 1500Ibs is considered to be a fair task. While pulling light vehicles and under-saddle records indicate that horsejs, are equal to great feats of strength and endurance. A 20-year-old beast hitched to a light cart is known to have travelled 100 miles in less than 13'% hours, and was In excellent condition at the end of the journey.

“I think we are a very icjng way ahead of England i.n not encouraging greyhound rating here,” remarked Mr G. D. Greenwood, of Christchurch, who has just returned from a trip to the Old Country. He stated that ne had attended one or two meetings in London, not for liis own pleasure, but to find out actually how it was carried on, ami to see whether it was a good thing for New Zealand to introduce. “1 think >t is absolutely the worst form of sport that has ever been practised in the (Old Country, and I sure that sooner 'or later it will be prohibited,” added' Mr Greenwood. “It is nothing bu.t a means to gamble, and it is most degrading for. the country.”