THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4856, 22 July 1925, Page 2

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE. Motto: Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, & FRIDAY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1925. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Piako County Council has voted the sum of £5O towards the cost ot the Auckland provincial court at the South Sea\s Exhibition. "A stump orator is the man who stands behind the wickets at cricket and tells the umpire what to do,” was the surprising reply given by a Te Kuiti school pupil, to his teacher’s question the other day. “Received” and “put it in the waste paper basket” were the reinarks that greeted a proposal made at the last meeting of the Wanganui Education Board by a. Wellington firm to supply free exercise books to schools. In June there were approximately 65 bankruptcies registered in the Dominion, and this was the highest total for about seven months. The total for the six months was 323, or twelve less than in the corresponding six months of last year.. At the committee meeting of the Paeroa Rugby Union on Monday evening it was decided to forward a letter of condolence to Mr George Gillett Hamilton, on the death of his wife. Mr Vuglar mentioned that Mr Gillett lived for many years at Karangahake, and was a Goldfields representative footballer, in addition to being a member of the 1905 All Blacks. A series of accidents, fortunately net of a serious nature, occurred during the progress of the East v. West football match at Paeroa on Saturday. Towards the end of the game H. Thorp, captain of the East team, received a severe bump an the head, which rendered him partially unconscious for a time, but after treatment lie was able to proceed to his home. D. Smith, another member of the East team, received an accidental kick in the ribs which necessitated his leaving the field. An examination disclosed that no. bones were broken. Shortly before half-time, E. Neil, a West player, sustained a severe bump, but after having a spell he was able to resume playing. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. Foi Influenza Colas taxe

The lecturer who was to have delivered an address, accompanied oy lantern slides, at the Gaiety Theatre, Paeroa, yeysterday afternooo, failed, to put in an appearance at the appointed hour.

It was reported this morning that a rich reef of gold has been discovered at Karangahake, and samples have been forwarded to the Thames School of Mines for an analysis and a report.

Disappointment was felt locally yesterday morning when, owing to the mist and rain, the eclipse of the sun was not visible in Paeroa. The morning was very dark, however, and it was necessary to use artificial lighting in the houses until after 8 o’clock.

During the year 1924 New Zealand exports to Germany amounted to £l,166,302, while imports of German origin reached £291,764, and imports from Germany £106,737. The exports comprised over one million for wool and the balance for primary products. Although restrictions on German goods have been removed, regulations provide for special assessments on German goods likely to injuriously affect the industries of New Zealand ®r tiie Britisil Dominions.

It was mentioned at the Horahia Drainage Board meeting on Friday that there was a possibility of the Public Works Department having a small canal constructed almost across the Huirau Road point, roughly from near the Wharepoa ferry to the Thames Valley outlet. It was not to relieve the river but to do away with the floodgates on the river bank by providing one set of flcodgates on *Jw canal mouth near the existing Thames Valley outlet.

The Lands Drainage Department is at present seeking particulars regarding the depth of the piles of the Ngatea bridge to indicate how deep the channel can be dredged without interfering with .the istability of the structure. ’ It may be possible to ■widen and deepen the channel without di|sturbing the iples. The work will be put in hand as soon as possible. It is the intention of the department to carry the stop-banks of the Piako River down round the bend to below the Horahia wharf.

Details of the autumn cleaning of the drains in its area were given by the clerk of the Horahia Drainage Board at Friday’s meeting. The total length was 4479 chains or 56 miles, and the total 'cost was £lO6l 18s lid, including inspection charges, bringing the cost per chain to approximately 4s 9d. Dual controlled drains totalling 487 chains cost £B4 17s 3d, the average cost per chain to the Horahia Board being 3s 6.8 d. The sum spent by the board for cleaning was £1146 16s 2d.

The Waitoma Power Bp-ard’s consulting engineers, Messi's Vickerman and Lancaster, have recommended the 'board to use concrete poles, Whicn would be designed to allow for an increase hi weight as settlement and the consumption of current increased. The Taranaki Power Board has maiiu-' factored 2742 concrete poles at an average cost, including plant, of-£3 12s. Owing to a special method used by the board’s engineer the poles have been an absolute success. The Waitoma board decided to use concrete poles, and is holding a special meeting to discuss details of' their manufacture. .

“It is most undesirable that children of school age should be sent into camp with men,” observed Mr W. Aitken at a meeting of the Wanganui Education Board, when the question of the attendance of district high school pupils at military camps was under discussion. The secretary said that boys over the age of 14 years were required to attend the camps last year, aud when the board objected the department pointed out that the circumstances were exceptional and in future they would try and arrange camps during the holidays. The board decided to enter a protest against schoolboys having to attend camps.

It is a deplorable fact that the practice of wearing white gloves by the gentlemen at dances is- nowadays the exception rather than the rule. Most ybung men would appear to cherish the delusion that gloves are only worn for “swank,” and that it is only making oneself conspicuous to wear them. On the contrary, however, not only does etiquette demand that white gloves should be worn at these functions, but they are absolutely'as necessary a part of . the dancer’s dress, as his shoes or hits tie. In fact, no dancer of any discrimination would be guilty of dancing without them, if he realised the havoc wrought upon the ladies’ dresses through the neglect of this simple precaution. There is much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth over this subject, and many a lady’s evening has been spoiled by the knowledge that a cherished dress has been ruined in this manner.

Why should a man who its careful to wear and use only Empire products continually cram his pipe full of American tobacco ? Keep the money in the country by smoking our very own tobacco, grown in New Zealand. Try It, and you will be delighted with its unequalled mildness and smooth and mellow smoking properties, due to the small percentage of nicotine and to the toasting process to which the tobacco has been subjected. This makes for health, since excess in nicotine has a very bad influence on the heart and nerves. Once the smoker gets accustomed to the puie tobacco, flavour of the local product he will reject all foreign brands with their adulterations and will awaken to the fact , that he can get a better article, grown and manufactured in his own country, for less money. Those who like a full body should try Cut Plug No. 10, the Bullhead label, or the somewhat milder Toasted Navy Cut (Bulldog), vastly different from the nomtoasted imported brands, while Riverhead Gold excels all others in mildness and aroma.*

It may not be known that portions of the ill-fated Wiltshire are in use on the Hauraki Plains. When tho wreck was broken up the propellore were sold to a shipping company, but portions were purchased by Judd’s Foundry, Thames-, and cut into fittings for the Lands Department s flood-gates. Phosphor-bronze is _ the best metal for the purpose, and is very difficult and costly to obtain.

A prominent prohibition official who called at an office in a public building in no-license Masterton last week to gather up some papers was rather surprised (states an exchange) to find several well-known citizensenjoying a, convivial glajss. Although invited to “have a spot,” the prohibitionist said he preferred coffee.

A conference of county councils, held at Hamilton on Thursday last, passed the following resolution, though some speakers strongly favoured a tyre tax : “That this cqnfercncc of representatives of the South Auckland counties, heartily endorses the principle of the petrol tax as a means of obtaining additional revenue from motor vehicles for the purpose of affording relief to the ratepayer in town and country, and that any revenue so collected be apportioned to local bodies on a mileage basis.”

The N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Company’s week-end London cable states that Anchor butter price isi 1945, unsalted 198 s. The London office is keeping New Zealand firm, notwithstanding the weakness of Danish, which touched 1775, f.0.b., and is now 1955, strong. Our market its active, with an upward tendency. The dry weather continues. The retail price is unchanged. White and coloured cheese ,is 110 s, probably going- higher. Canadian 110 s, c.i.f. Home make is short, and tnere is a big consumption on account of the weather. The retail price is Is Id.