LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 624, 15 April 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Auckland Education Board has decided that all schools be closed on Anzac Day, April 25.

A Maori social and dance will be held in the Puni Hall to-night,. See advt.

Manures can be had from Messrs. F. Perkins and Co. at greatly reduced pi ices during April. ,

St. James’ Presbyterian Church choir will lead the Service of Praise at Ballard’s barn on Sunday afternoon.

Nominations in connection with the oorough elections close on Monday, April 18, before noon. The election will be held on Wednesday, April 27.

The annual general meeting of the franklin Rugby Union will be held in the A. and P. Society’s offices on xr.ursaay next, April 21, at 8 p.m.

’ The Papakura Tennis Club will hold its annual ball in the Picture Theatre, Papakura, on Wednesday, 20th April. Particulars are advertised.

me first of a series of socials under the auspices of the Pukekohe nocxey Ulufi will commence in the Oddfelows’ Hall to-morrow night at 8 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. j

The Buckland Methodist Sunday School anniversary services will be conducted by Mr F. Crespin, of Auckland. The children, assisted by the church choir, under the leadership of Mr J. Danes, will sing anthems.

The annual ball, under the auspices of the Papakura Tennis Club will be held in the Picture Hall, Papakura, on Wednesday, April 20. A good evening’s entertainment is assured intending patrons.

Now that the building restrictions are lifted, everyone wants timber for houses, shops and factories. In today’s issue appears an advertisement from the Waikato River Sawmills, Mercer, giving particulars of all clashes of timber required. All interested should communicate with this district firm at cnce. $ In an advertisement in this issue, Mesrs E. Crum and Son, Hall Street, Pukekohe, announce that they have in stock concrete drinking and pig troughs, posts and house blocks, for sale at reasonable prices. The firm is prepared to execute orders for anything in the concrete line. Farmers in need of anything in concrete should look up this firm before going elsewhere.

Mr W. F. McClintock, furniture manufacturer, Pukekohe, intimates that he is prepared to undertake the making of all classes of furniture at his premises in King Street. There is no need to go to Auckland when a qualified and efficient tradesman is to be had in Pukekohe. By purchasing locally the article is cheaper —no freight to pay and no risk of the furniture being damaged.

A reminder is given of the concert and picture entertainment to be held in the Premier Hall to-night, in aid of the funds of the Franklin Plunket society. An excellent programme of vocal items has been arranged. The Pukekohe Brass Band will also lender items outside the theatre prior to the commencement of the entertainment. Tickets are selling rapidly and present indications point to the society’s funds being largely augmented.

A decree nisi was granted by Mr Justice Adams in the Auckland Supreme Court on Monday on the undefended petition of Martha Moore (Mr Dickson, for divorce from Richard James Moore, on the ground of desertion, Petitioner stated that she was married in July, 1910, and there were no children. She had not seen him since April, 1914, when he left her in Auckland to go to Pukekohe telling her at the railway station that she could go her own way, and he would go his. She had been earning her own livelihood since then. Her husband was always drinking.

A most successful social and dunce under the auspices of the Pukekohe Football Club was herd in the Premier Hall on Wednesday last, there being

a large attendance. Dance music was supplied by Mr and Mrs Harrnnan (violin ana Jane), while extras were contribute ? by Misses Zinzan and Duncan iMs T. McDonald. The ,Mi tics J.’sC. were carried out by Moss- Short, S. Marshall and 9. Clews. upper was partaken of and duly appreciated. Opportunity was taken during the evening, on behalf of the footballers of the district, to present M>- E. Pollock, an old and rsteomo-’i footballer, who recently •Wi the ranks of benedicts, with a a smalt token of the esteem hi he was held.