The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 615, 11 March 1921, Page 4

The Times. Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons.

FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Bing Boys Orchestra will give a monster concert, supported by a number of talented artists, in the Drury Hall on Saturday, March 19.

“We nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice.”

A big advertisement giving details of the classes for technical education at the local Technical High School appears on our front page.

We have been asked to state that Messrs Hyland and Johnson were awarded the reserve championship in the dairy class at the recent Franklin Show, and not Mr W. Louden, as mentioned in our report.

In an advertisement in this issue, the Franklin Racing Club invites all members willing to assist the executive in preparing the grounds for the forthcoming race meeting to assemble on the course at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday next.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the Manukau County Council, the engineer (Mr W- J. Lopdell) reported that building permits, amounting to ££>247, had been issued by the Council during February.

Record of rainfall as registered at Victoria Avenue, Waiuku, during February, 1921, is as follows :—Rain fell on ten days, the fall varying from .01 to 2.85 inches,, and totalling 4.43 inches. For the corresponding month in 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920 the- fall was 1.83, 1.53, 3.17 2.09 and 3.67 inches respectively.

Members of the Pukekhe Harriers’ Club had their first run on Wednesday last, to Paerata and back, a distance of about six miles, which was accomplished in 35 minutes, a rather creditable performance for a commencement!. Unfortunately only six —W. Patterson, J. Clarke, W. Jeffares, G. Grant, H. Middlemiss and G. Fitness— participated in the event but it is expected a large muster will Lake on the next outing.

Mr. J. Heyworth,. local agent for the Essex car, participated in the race for taxi drivers at the Muriwai motor sports on Saturday last, finishing third in the race in question. The race was run over a five mile course, and with the Essex, a machine of 18.9 horse power, Mr. Hey worth •'veraged a speed of 63 miles per hour. Had the car been equipped with a pressure feed, it was quite on the cards Mr. Heyworth woujd have won, as at a critical moment, when he was about to pass the leading machine, the supply of petrol was inadequate to maintain the speed of the car. Those who saw the race are of the opinion that with the pressure feed Mr. Heyv/orth would have won the race.