The Ohinemuri Gazette. MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XX, Issue 2551, 27 September 1909, Page 2

The Ohinemuri Gazette. MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 1909. LOCAL AND GENERAL

A man to represent a; launch and yacht agency is advertised for.

• Attention is directed to a hew advei^ tisement on our fourth page referring to Miss McConnell's Hamilton novelty depot. A large shipment of new goods has recently been opened up, at the depot, and these are well sworth inspection. ... ■" ■'.-": . ■'•'.■/■. :. "■:'. •■

Now that the hot 1 weather is coming on, a notification in this .issue by Mr E. C. Morgan will. be of more than passing, interest:' Mr Morgan has been appointed sole agent for Paeroa and Karangahake for Innes' famous hop beer, ana besides selling the beverage in his shop in Normanby Road he is delivering it to all parts of the district. The hop beer may be obtained from Mr Morgan *in kegs and and bottles, and orders for the favourite summer drink will receive , prompt attention. Mr Morgan had a large number of customers at his shop on Saturday night, and the quality of the hop beer was pronounced, first-class. ■■•■■• ,

P. Keller begs to advise the public of Paeroa and surrounding districts that v he has just opened up his first shipment of spring and summer goods. These goods are very choice, and customers will find all they desire at lowest cash 1 prices. The shipment comprises the latest in striped cotten goods, voiles and cambrics, and choice floral designs in de-> lames and French muslins. , Grand value in lembroidered blouse lengths and box dresses. Latest novelties in Peter Pan collars, lace ties arid jabots, and. fancy , silk ties. A choice assortment of English models, straw and crenoline shapes, children's millinery, and flowers. Latest designs in allover laces, tucked nets, insertions, and em broideries. Inspected invited. —■ Advt.

Opium in machinery was] recently shipped from Hongkojg to Manila (says a report from Povt D. rvvin).- It arrived secreted in nine pieces of machinery. An examination revealed that the .drug was secreted in machinery expressly made for the purpose of smuggling, and not for the ordinary purposes to which machinery is put. Nine pieces consisted of four steel shafts, four cast-iron columns, and one band winch. The shafts were 14ft long, and provided at each end with steel., The hollows inside the shafts measured 4101 in diameter, and were the exact size of,opiu»athis. Collars screwed on at tiie end effectively concealed anything' that might be placed ■ inside the hollow tube, and owing to the great weight of the shafts themselves the presence of anything 'concealedinside would not be suspected. Opium to the value of many thousand dollars, and also a great quantity. of cocaine, was discovered inside these speciallyconstructed pieces of machinery. The investigation now proceeding, into the matter will, it is reported, implicate, several well-known Eastern business men in a gigantic smuggling scheme.

A serious position has arisen as the result of the rapidly-growing competition which the dairy farmers,; are encountering from the manufacturers of margarine in Sydney. It was authoritatively asserted (says the Telegraph) that the previously big output of this article had increased tenfold during the past year, and that, despite the complacent official assurances as 1, to the protection afforded the public by the Pure Foods Act, the majority of those who' consumed these substitutes did so under the impression that they were eating butter. How closely margarine resembles the genuine article may be gathered from the fact 1 ,?t samples of this substitute and butter were submitted side by side to the delegates at the Co-operative Dairy Conference—all practical dairymen and butter experts— and the great majority failed to distinguish one from the -other. The members of Parliament were also put through the same test, and they were all "plucked."

Staff-Captain Orarnes, referring to the good work being done by the Girls' Rescue Homes, mentioned a pitiable case which had come under the army's notice in a town in Australia, .A little girl of less than seven years was found in some scrub in the filthiest condition, with just rags on her back, She had an unsightly wound on the right wrist. It happened the little mite was boarded out to some " kind" person, and the said kind person, upon the child being disobedient, would hold her hand over a candle flame. For over twelve months it was' though^ the girl's haridi would, have to be amputated in ordei* to save her life. Eventually, with medical skill and the care of the army, the girl recovered and grew to be a strong healthy person, and was now one of the smartest in the home in Melbourne.