THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5440, 26 June 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

At a sitting of the Police Court yesterday, before Messrs W. Marshall and P. Williams, J’s.P., two Maoris who had been arrested the night before were tried. One, known as William Joseph, charged with drunkenness and obscene language, was convicted and discharged on the first count and convicted and fined £1 on the second. The other Native, Rawai Cameron, admitted his offence of drunkenness and was convicted and fined 10s.

It is not generally known that when a motorist loses his license he should immediately notify the Traffic Department. If at the end of a fortnight the license is still missing the motorist must take out another one. During the fortnight, however, if he should be stopped and asked to produce his license all he has to say is that he has notified the Traffic Office it is missing. This will save expense, as it is stated that no prosecution will follow for failing to produce the license on being requested to do so.

At the Magistrate’s Court at Te Aroha last week Gordon Albert Manning was charged with negligently driving an unlighted motorcar on the night of October 4th, 1928, and also with failing to render assistance when his car struck a motorcyclist. A fine of £3 was imposed, and a penalty of £5O which is to be paid over’ ~t° the injured person. Defendant’s driving license was also cancelled for 12 months.

An area of 3 acres 3 roods in the Wharepoa-Omahu block has been gazetted as land taken by the Government for the purposes of the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Scheme.

Mr A. G. Shirley, the postmaster at Patetonga, has been appointed to take and receive statutory declarations.

Harry Lauder, the famous comedian, is a great smoker. His pipe is his constant companion in all his travels. A right good companion, too I It heightens enjoyment when things are going well, cheers and solaces when the clouds gather. The man who doesn’t smoke doesn’t know what he is missing. He will tell you that tobacco is injurious—so it is—sometimes. The imported tobaccos (many of them full of nicotine) cannot be smoked habitually with safety. But the National Tobacco Company’s brands—grown and manufactured in New Zealand—with hardly any nicotine in them—are not only safe smoking, no matter how freely you indulge, but are the most fragrant and delicious on the market. They owe their fine quality and freedom from nicotine to the toasting of the leaf, in which respect they differ from all other tobaccos. The National Tobacco Company arc the pioneers of the N.Z. Tobacco industry in New Zealand. Popular brands : “Riverhead Gold,” a mild aromatic ; “Cavendish,” a delightful medium ; “Navy Cut,” a choice blend ; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullshead), rich dark, and full-flav-oured.*