THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1929 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5500, 13 November 1929, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1929 LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Paeroa Amateur Swimming Club will open its season at the baths on Friday evening at 7.30 o’clock. An open night has been decided upon, and the public are invited to be present. A programme of races for members has been arranged.

At the Paeroa Police Court on Monday, before Mr F. W. Platts, S.M., John Quinlivan, who did not appear, was charged with being on licensed premises after hours. Constable Dawson gave evidence to the effect that he had followed .Quinlivan into a local hotel. Accused was seated inside having a drink. Questioned, he said he was a guest. Further interrogated, he said he had not a room at the time, but was booking one later. He then walked out. * He had had a drink or two, but was fairly sober at the time. Sergeant Calwell, for the police, further stated that accused had been before the court several times for drunkenness. Accused was fined 30s and 10s costs.

At the Paeroa Magistrate’s Court on Monday judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following cases : Official Assignee v - W. Payne, junr., SlOXlls 6d, and £2 14s costs ; Official Assignee (estate of R. L. McClinchy) v. N. Mudgway, £2 15s 4d, and £1 7s 6d costs. The following judgment summons was dealt with : E. Powell v. J; Williams, £3 14s 8d ; warrant to. be suspended for one month, in default four days’ imprisonment. In this case evidence was given that. defendant had been in constant employment for some, months and could afford to run a motor-cycle.

No applications were received by the Land Board for the seven sections at Orongo which were offered last month at the original valuation of from £32 to £5B per acre. In conversation with Mr W. G. Hayward, of the Land Board, it was learned that the Act prescribed that abandoned sections must be offered at the original valuation before the valuation can be reduced.

On Sunday evening next, at St. Paul’s Church, "Captain Watson will deliver an address dealing chiefly with the Duplex Envelope System, of which he is the inventor. Captain Watson, a retired officer of the British Army, is a man who has travelled extensively in many parts of the world, a fluent and most interesting speaker, and the work he has undertaken is a work of love for the Church, as he receives no pay whatever for his services. He holds the special .license of the Bishop to preach in consecrated buildings in this diocese.*

Painful injuries were received by Mr H. Kirkman, an employee of Mr C. McTaggart, blacksmith, of Ngatea, on Monday morning. While engaged in shoeing a horse the animal kicked Mr Kirkman on the left hand. It is feared that several bones are broken.

In a few weeks’ time there should be no excuse for any unemployed person to be idle on the Hauraki Plains, for good money can be made by harvesting the seed of the grasses which are growing so well along all roadsides. Prairie grass and cocksfoot seed will be plentiful this year, and later on there will be paspalum, which always commands a ready local sale.

At the Waikato Show to-day and tomorrow the International Harvester Co. is showing several types of the company’s world-famous farming implements. Two kinds of presses are on view, including the power hay press, which can be used either with a tractor or, as in the case of the one on show, with a 6 h.p. engine mounted on its own frame. The horse press can be worked with the labour generally found on the ordinary farm. Farmers will be given an opportunity of seeing the McCormick-Deering ensilage and hay loader, already popular throughout the Auckland province. Tractor mowers with a 7ft cut will appeal to the farmer with a large area to handle, as 45 acres a day are well within the scope of this machine.