THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5417, 29 April 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

At a special meeting of the Paeroa Rugby Union held on Friday evening Mr E. Smith was elected selector for the senior grade and Mr C. Vincent selector for the juniors. The third grade appointment was held over until the next meeting. A vote of thanks was passed to last season’s selectors. It pays to advertise. The general manager of Anthony Horden and Sons, Ltd., recently wrote to a Sydney paper: “So satisfactory have been the results of our half-page daily contract that we are asking you to continue it for another year.” When the contract was made nearly a year ago it represented the biggest individual demand for fixed advertising space in the history not only of Australia, but of the British Empire. It amounted to 32,208 inches. After the service in the Gaiety Theatre on Anzac Day the band of the Hauraki Regiment, in an attempt to fulfil the original programme, played for some time in the domain a very fine selection of music, but the weather becoming too bad, the band had to discontinue. In an address on mining at Thames Mr H. Crawford, director of the Thames School of Mines, mentioned that it was costing somewhere in the region of £4O to produce £1 worth of bullion at the present time, and this could not continue indefinitely. According to Mr S. Ensor, a member of the Thames Borough Council and a candidate for the mayoralty, the indebtedness of that borough has increased from £14,000 in 1916 to £317,270 at the present time. In 1924 the public debt of the borough was £93,800 ; in 1925 it had increased to £177,000, and by 1928 it had reached £251,000, with the additional burden of £66,000 for the harbour. Owing to the rates, property in Thames was not an asset, but a liability, as anyone would find who tried to raise money on it. In 1928 the rates struck amounted to £19,082, of which £14,510, or more than sufficient to pay off the whole of the debt in 1920, was collected. This year £21,579 was levied, but only £15,696 was collected, though £14,000 had to be paid out in interest. An actual loss of 12s a day is incurred in the case of every patient treated at the Auckland Hospital, according to figures supplied at a special meeting of the board last week. At a committee meeting of the Pirates Football Club on Wednesday it was decided to make a donation to the funds of the Paeroa Rugby Union. Woods’ Great peppermint Cure For Coughs and Cold's, neveir fail?