THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated, THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5487, 14 October 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated, THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY. WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Municipal Swimming Bath was opened on Saturday for the season. Many took immediate advantage of the fact, and all afternoon there were demands for season tickets. The water looked particularly inviting. The coat of lime on the bottom and sides is an excellent idea, and if applied fairly frequently through the season would make a greatly appreciated difference. Paeroa is fortunate in possessing such a magnificent public swimming bath, and it may safely be said that there are not many places in New Zealand where people can swim in drinking water as they do here.

The Secretary to the Treasury on October 8 acknowledged receipt of the following amounts forwarded by persons unknown as conscience money to the New Zealand Government: 5s and £1 ss, forwarded to the Customs Department, and £4 and 9s, forwarded to the Railway Department.

The East Football Club will hold its annual dance and euchre tournament in the Gaiety Theatre this evening.

During thirteen weeks sixty-six tons weight of Erich Maria Remarque’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” were despatched from Putnam’s office in London. A great worker for peace made the comment, “And each ton is worth its weight in gold.”

A possible solution to the problem of tall fescue grass on the Hauraki Plains was mentioned by the newly appointed Government instructor in agriculture last week, when he suggested that perhaps the use of some fertiliser - would make it fit for stock. Experiments on these lines would be tried. The idea seems a good one, for in other districts fescue is sown for pasture, but on the Plains it is injurious even in the very young stage. Paspalum grass does not flourish on Plains farms, for cattle keep it eaten so short that the plants are sometimes difficult to find, and it is not able to seed so does not spread. If fescue were made as acceptable to stock as paspalum its spread would not be viewed with concern.

The report of the closing of the Paeroa Golf Club on Saturday has been unavoidably held over until Wednesday.

“No woman should marry a man who doesn’t smoke,” declared Robert Louis Stevenson, on one occasion, and "R.L.S.” it must be admitted knew human nature. Another famous author, Bulwer Lytton, once wrote : “He who doth not smoke hath either known no great grief or refuseth himself the softest consolation next to that which comes from Heaven.” As to the harmfulness of the habit, it chiefly depends on the tobacco. Brands loaded with nicotine should be shunned. In that, and all other respects, our genuine New Zealand-grown tobaccos hold pride of place, since they contain very little nicotine and may be freely indulged in without affecting nerves or heart. The secret of their freedom from nicotine is that they are toasted —as no other tobaccos are. Hence, also, their wonderful flavour and fragrance. They are exclusively manufactured by the National Tobacep Co., Ltd. (pioneers of the N.Z. Tobacco industry). Favourite brands : “Riverhead Gold” (a mild aromatic) ; “Navy Cut” (a choice blehd) ; “Cavendish” (the sportsman’s smoke) ; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (rich, dark, and full-flavoured).*