THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5494, 30 October 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bishop Cherrington will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Paul’s Church to-night.

The Paeroa Presbyterian Church is holding a sale of work and cooking competitions at the Centenary Hall tomorrow. Cooking entries should be at the hall by 10.30 a.m.

A link with the past in the shape of two copper tokens came to light when Mr S. L. Simons wa s removing some spoil from the new Regent Theatre site at Tauranga on Friday last, says the Bay of Plenty Times. The coins were in earth taken from six feet below the footpath level, and as this portion of the town was filled in many years ago, the coins must have been buried about half a century. On the face of one coin is the picture of the head of Queen Victoria and the date 1874, and on the reverse side “United Service Hotel,” Auckland. The other coin, which is dated 1872, has the picture of a Maori paddling a war canoe. On the reverse side of this token is the trade sign of “Thames Hotel, Auckland : A. Gratten.” The property formerly belong? ed to the late Mi’ J. Fenton, who carried on an extensive coaching and carrying business between Tauranga and the Hot Lakes district. The coins are in a good state of preservation.

“There seems no doubt that thousands of tons of heavy materials are carried upon roads, with some element of convenience, it is true, that should be carried on rails, at much greater gross cost to the community than if sent by rail,” stated Professor A. C. Lea at the British Association meeting recently. “The calorific value of the fuel consumed per ton mile and consumption of other materials is greater for road than for rail transport, and the actual damage done to road surfaces and vehicles is much greater for the heavy-loaded vehicle than for rail vehicles. True it is that flexibility, direct delivery, and many other advantages are claimed for road traffic which may far out-weigh the disadvantages just referred to, but a failure to visualise the problem of internal transport as a whole may lay unnecessary burdens upon the community.”

A notable addition to the fleet of commercial vehicles operating on the Hauraki Plains has been made by Mr H. B. Sparrow, of Ngatea, who has acquired a new Willys-Knight truck. Mr Sparrow wishes it to be known that now that the “bobby calf” business is drawing to a close for the season he is available for all kinds of carrying jobs.*

As the season for honey is fast approaching, special attention is called to the advertisement of Mr W. H. Bond, of Auckland, on our front page. At Mr Bond’s factory every description of tin honey containers and canisters for any use are turned out expeditiously and in an expert manner. Containers of any measurement can be supplied.

On Monday the position of the Turua Plunket Society’s baby king and queen carnival flags indicated that the Southern district candidates were leading, having passed the Turua pahlast week-end. A bon-fire and moonlight dance on the evening of November 5 will probably put the Turua candidate in the lead again.