THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5433, 10 June 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Several casualties occurred among local football players on Saturday. G. Neil sustained a badly sprained ankle, C. Meredith a broken shoulder cartilage, H. A, Moore severe contusion to right eye, Neild a strained knee cartilage, H. Mitchell slight concussion, and D. Frost a broken elbow. The latter was removed to the Thames Hospital, where he will have for company T. C. J. Vangoine, who has been admitted there suffering from old football wounds.

, The East Football Club is holding a monster dance and euchre tournament at the Gaiety Theatre to-morrow night, commencing at 8 p.m. The Dixie Boys’ Band will be in attendance, and a most excellent evening’s entertainment is promised.

A further illustration of the service the Auckland Automobile Association is to members will be shown on Wednesday evening next, when Mr N. E. MsAdam, patrol officer, will pay a visit to Paeroa for the purpose of adjusting headlights to the requirements ctf the motoi* regulations. This service is free to members.

The Paeroa rainfall for May amounted to 5.85 inches. There were 15 wet days, the maximum fall, 2.23 inches, being on the 13th. Last year for the same month the figures were 7.47 inches, 22 days wet, 1.7 highest fall on the 27th.

Mr W. F. North, of Paeroa, has been appointed returning officer and person to prepare the roll of electors in connection with the first election of the board of the Tirohia-Rotokohu Drainage District.

There are still a number of people in Te Aroha who remember the old

coaching days of 30 years ago (states a writer to the Te Aroha News), when a five-horse coach left Te Aroha for Thames three days a week, tooled by one of the well-known whips who were famous in their day—Will and Langley Bradley, Glen Lewis, and Ern. Smardon. What jolly trips these were ! Leaving Te Aroha in the morning, going past W. Hetherington’s Tui Pa farm, Mrs Dearl’s at Mangaiti, round Snakey Bend, often axle-deep in mud, through the Rotokohu Gorge with its 15 bridges, which were often-time swashed away, necessitating fording the streams, reaching Host Crosby’s at Paeroa for a change of horses and a morning pick-me-up. From thence on to Hikutaia for another change of horses, then away for Thames, arriving in time for lunch.

The Ohinemuri County abattoir, etc., report for May shows that 73 cattle (58 cows and 15 heifers), 133 sheep, 22 lambs, 2 calves, and 19 pigs were slaughtered during the month. Fees received amounted to £47 14s 9d, with total fees collected during the month amounting to £49 9s. There were issued from the magazine 61 cases of explosives, but none was received. Storage fees amounted to £3 18s 3d, the total amount collected during the month being £5 0s Id. There were two interments at the cemetery, the fees received being £2. The importance of newspaper advertising, and the part it played in reaching the farmers, was stressed at the meeting of the National Dairy Association Boneless Veal Committee held a,t Palmerston North. It was stated that excellent results had been obtained by newspaper advertising in getting in touch with suppliers, and that more attention should be given to this matter. “Motorists, Beware of-School Children,” is a Petone sign that has caused a good deal of amusement in motoring circles (reports the Dominion). What particular form of devilry the school children are hatching against Motorists has yet to be determined. ' '