THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume VL, Issue 3133, 12 February 1934, Page 4

THE Hauraki Plains Gazette. With which is incorporated THE OHINEMURI GAZETTE Motto : Public Service. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1934. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The rainfall at Paeroa for the 24 hours ended at 8.30 this morning was three and a third, inches. The Waihou and the Ohinemuri Rivers are rising, but owing to the dryness of the country there is little chance of a flood unless the storm continues for some time. About Paeroa the streams are but little above normal, but on the road to Auckland at Maramarua and Mangatawhiri the water was rising rapidly when the service car came through this morning. The rain is of great benefit to farmers and the growth of pasture since early last week has been astounding.

At a meeting of the Thames Cricket Association on Thursday evening the secretary was instructed to forward a letter congratulating the Paeroa Association on its success in retaining the Court Cup in the recent challenge match with Thames, and to invite Paeroa to send a team to Thames for a return match this season. Invitations for matches at Thames are also to be sent to the Hauraki Plains Association and the Waihi Association .

There was on view in the window of Danby’s shoe store, Pollen Street, Thames, last week a wonderful hybrid cactus “Satan” dahlia, grown by Mr S. Danby, who for some years has been very successful with dahlias, chrysanthemums and other beautiful blooms. The “Satan” dahlia measures 13 inches in diameter, is of a deep red colour, and is. the highest ■grade of its type in existence. A special feature of the exhibit is the long length and thickness of the stem.

The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has been advised by its London manager that the following represents a fair average of the prices quoted by the better class shops in London for the best quality of New Zealand lamb and mutton during January, 1934:—Lamb: Legs, 12d per lb.; shoulders, lOd; loins, lOd; necks, 6d; breasts, 3d; forequarters, 8d; hindquarters, lid. Mutton (wether): Legs, 91d; shoulders, 8d; loins, 8d; necks, 4d; breasts, 3d.

Judgment for plaintiff by default was entered by Mr F. W. Platts, S.M., in the following civil cases in the Thames. Magistrate’s Court on Thursday:—T. S. Stokes v. John L. Price, £lBO 16s, costs £3, solicitor’s fee £5 10s; Thames Fisheries, Ltd., v. E. J. Taylor, £B2 15s 2d, £2 2s, £3 Is; W. T. Cox v. Eric Smith, £3 4s 3d, Bs, 15s 6d; J. H. Battson v. E. Williams, £1 7s 6d, 8s; J. Russell v. F. Boakes, £25 13s 9d, £1 19s, £2 11s 6d; E. R. Lange v. Norman Burke, £lO 17s 6d, £1 11s, £1 Ils; L. S. James, trading as Central Butchery, v. Leonard Durman, £7 15s lOd, 17s, 15s 6d; same v. M. Olsen, £l4 9s lid, £1 ss, £1 Ils.

The world’s greatest archers are the Tarascans, a tribe of Mexican Indians. With their bows and arrows many of them, it is claimed, can split a grain of wheat at 30 feet.