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

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5513, 13 December 1929, Page 2

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

At last night’s meeting of the Borough Council the Mayor said that the council’s inspectors had been trying for the past year to educate the public with reference to parking cars in the main street. By-law number 2 provided that no vehicle ' shall be allowed to stand on Belmont 'or Normanby Roads unless it was at least 20ft from any street corner or intersection, clear of and at least 3ft distant from any crossing over the footpath, and at least 6ft distant from any water-plug.

A complaint was before the Borough Council last night from the Railway Department with reference to buses parking in front of cars that had been licensed by the department to stand in front of the railway traffic gates, and it was decided to set up a committee to report to the next meeting of the council.

On the local rifle range to-morrow the members of the Paeroa Defence Rifle Club will conclude the first round of the club competitions with a handicap shoot from the 800yds and 900yds ranges, if the 900yds range is available ; if not, the second round will be continued with a match from 300yds and 600yds. The following building permits, to the value of £4BO, were granted by the Borough Council during the past month : E. Miller, to erect dwelling for J. H. Evans, Wood Street; Lee Bros., to make additions to building, Belmont Road, owned by Mr W. Cullen. During 1928 there were 18§7 post offices open in New Zealand. Letters and letter-cards posted and delivered totalled 298,548,364, and postcards 9,450,468. At the meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council yesterday the engineer reported that the Pipiroa ferry had been overhauled and was now ready to cope with the summer traffic. The matter of employing an extra man on the ferry during the holiday rush period was left to the engineer to arrange. The possibility of a leading British insurance company insuring the Hamilton Regatta on January 29 against the risk of a wet day was discussed at the annual meeting of the Regatta and Carnival Committee on Monday night. No action was taken, as it was understood that inquiries concerning the insurance were being made by the local agent of the British company. At the Borough Council meeting last night permission was granted Mr G. Buchanan to graze young calves in the domain instead of sheep. “Did you notice any peculiar actions on the part of the driver of the service car ?” asked counsel of a witness in a motor collision case .in the Napier Supreme Court. “No,” replied witness, “except that the driver showed a tendency to converse with the lady passengers.” “That is not peculiar—that is human nature,” remarked counsel.

A resolution was passed at last night’s council meeting prohibiting parking for 50ft either way from the entrance to the Aurora Theatre. “No parking” discs are to be placed in front of the theatre. This action of the council will be greatly appreciated by the public.

At the conclusion of the Borough Council meeting last night the deputyMayor, Cr. E. Edwards, extended to His Worship and his family the council’s best wishes for Christmas. The Mayor, he said, had had a very strenuous time, and he hoped that during the holidays he would be able to take a rest. In acknowledging the greetings Mr Marshall said that the past year had been a heavy one, but he believed he thrived on hard work. He reciprocated the good wishes extended to his family and himself.

A bridge evening is advertised to take place in the Parish Hall on Monday evening next, the proceeds to be devoted to help defray the cost of furniture. • Admission for ladies is Is and plate, and for men 2s.

At the Borough Council meeting last night a further term of the lease of the Ngahina wharf was agreed to, provided satisfactory arrangements can be made with the users of the wharf.

The Hauraki Plains school dental clinic at Ngatea was re-opened for the summer session on Tuesday last, when the dental nurse, Miss L. C. Ellis, arrived from Kerepeehi.

It is not generally known that the third party risk as it applies to motor owners does not cover pedestrians who are given a “lift.” This anomaly of the present motor law was commented upon at a meeting of Hamilton motorists this week. It was stated that a motorist was liable if the person given a “ lift ” was killed or injured as a result of the carelessness of the motorist. Even if there was no carelessness on the motorist’s part he was put to considerable trouble and expense to prove he was not careless.

In the last issue of the “N.Z. Worker” there is acknowledged the donations of £2 from the Kerepeehi branch of the Labour Party and £1 2s 6d from the Ngatea branch towards the Hutt by-election campaign.

Eagerly anticipated on account of the originality and charm of previous numbers, the Christmas double issue of the “N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review,” incorporated with the usual weekly issue, is a superb production. Exclusive features never before published in this country adorn the pages, forming a splendid souvenir to forward overseas in the New Year. The gay-coloured cover of a Jester in cap and bells prepares one for the artistic treat provided inside, and the coloured offset frontispiece of a bathing Venus is typical of the summer season. Pride of place is given in the double centre pages to snapshots taken during a deer-stalking expedition in the South Island. Many full pages have been reserved for scenic wonders and the Native race of the Dominion. The full-page study of “Te Tohunga Tapu” will immediately rivet the attention, and equally interesting are happy scenes at Rotorua, in the timber forests of Auckland province, and fairy-like scenes at Wairakei. In direct contrast are other pages of happy subjects, “Childhood,” “Shadows,” “Spirit of Modern Muses,” and funny animal studies. With Roy Reed up, Nightmarch, the winner of the Melbourne Cup, occupies the threecoloured supplement forming a prized souvenir for admirers of this beautiful horse. Reverting to the ordinary issue, one finds a generous budget of happenings from at home and abroad. Anita Page, the charming motion picture actress, smiles very sweetly from the coloured frontispiece, 'and fair bathers will revel in the page of ultra modern bathing suits. Readers are reminded that there is only one more issue before the closing date’ of the Free Skill Competition, with a prize of £250. .

Is smoking injurious ? Dr. Gibtti, the famous Italian nerve specialist, says it all depends on the tobacco. He condemns the constant use of the American brands as likely to cause heart or nerve trouble, but considers smoking, under proper conditions, may prove actually beneficial. His advice is : “Select a brand that, while satisfying your tobacco-hunger, is yet practically free from nicotine.” Unfortunately it’s not always easy tn find such tobacco. However, we certainly have it here in New Zealand. The brands exclusively manufactured by the National Tobacco Company, Ltd. (pioneers of the. N.Z. tobacco industry), are about the purest in the world. They are all toasted, and this process not only accounts for their unequalled flavour and fragrance, but renders them quite harmless. It absorbs the nicotine. These are the only toasted tobaccos. Ask any tobacconist for “Riverhead Gold,” a delicious aromatic; “Cavendish,” the sportsman’s smoke; “Navy Cut,” a blend of choice leaf ; or “Cut Plug No. 10,” a riefa, dark, full-flavoured sort. This latter is the veteran smoker’s favourite.*