LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 645, 28 June 1921, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A correspondent writes: —“Will you please give an idea of the best time to sow lucerne/' The answer, according to the experts of the Agricultural Department, is from the first to the middle of November. %

A report of the Buckland Returned Soldiers’ plain and fancy dress ball will appear in our next issue, also particulars of yesterday’s sitting of the Papakura Court, held over owing to pressure on our space,

During a round the table discussion at the meeting of the Papakura Town Board, concerning the roads, a member asked that a load of metal be taken to Wairoa Road. He pointed out that the metal did not require to be spread and the inference was that the hole was large enough to consume the quantity of metal.

The Lion Brewery, Khyber Pass, Auckland, has an announcement on our front page to-day referring to the famous ale brewed by the. company. This ale, by the way, can be obtained in prime condition at the Pukekohe Hotel, It’s popular because it’s good—a pure, tonic beer, stimulating and refreshing. There is no better beer brewed in New Zealand.

Readers will note a letter on the beautifying of Pukekohe in our issue to day from far-away Dunedin. This proves two things: (1) That the proposed Beautifying and Expansion League is causing interest outside our town; and (2) that the Times reaches across big distances in its circulation. It is a good idea for readers to post their copy of the Times, after reading it, to friends in other parts of the Dominion. Tt all he J ps to advertise the Franklin district and htat is what is awnted. PILES FOR FIVE YEARS. I sufFered from internal Piles for five years. The pain was intence. .T tried many so-called cures, but at last p got your Zann Double Absop tion Treatment. The result was wonderful. I shall laways be grateful to you ”,—Mrs W. A., Helensville. ' The Zann Pile Cure is guaranteed, or your money refunded. Write for booklet, “ Piles—Their Cause and Cure’” Englise two penny stamps. Address, the Zann Proprietary, Box pr,e Wellington,

“There is nothing- in this world can progress unless something about it appears in the press, remarked Dr. Thacker at a meeting of the Christchurch Boy Scouts’ Association. “Whether it is having mud slung at it or whether it is being praised, the public can’t know anything about it until it appears in the papers. Publicity is the greatest help to any organisation and the newspapers are an absolute necessity in ?. community."

Lovers of a go>>i “Scotch” will be interested in the announcement on page 6 of to-day’s issue by the wellknown Auckland wine and spirit firm of J, Go Rutherford and Co., King’s Chambers (junction of Fort and Commerce Streets). The quality of the liquor referred to in the advertisement is Al., and the firm guarantees it to have been bottled in Scotland. The price is very reasonable as whisky prices go, and it’s “good stuff”—our word for it.

The famous New Zealand Diggers, who have just concluded a tour of New Zealand, which lasted nearly ten months and extended over a hundred towns, deny that they have amalgamated with any other theatrical organisation. This popular coiupanj* will play a return season in the Dominion starting about next October. WJiile absent from New Zealand their producer intends to secure some novelties for their new programme which will be on a more elaborate scale t hat hitherto and altogether an additional thousand pounds will be spent on the show.

At an early date the memorial plaques will arrive in New anc! as each one weighs approximately Bozs, it will be a serious matter if persons ,entitled to receive them do not ensure their present address being on record. Until the next-of-kin arc in possession of memorial plaques and scrolls, and soldiers have received the whole of the medals to which they are entitled, together with illuminated certificates of service, etc., they should . not fail to keep the Officer-in-Charge War Account? and Records aware of any change" in their place of abode.

An amusing story concerning a new fledged motorist is told by the Thames Star. The motorist had taken the precaution of having a garage with doors at either end. Untit! he had acquired some skill as a driver both doors were left open so that when he entered the garage, if he did .not stop at the right, spot no damage was done. Having become more confident the driver on Friday attempted to enter the garage with the doors at the far end closed, but, misjudging something, the car carried away the doors and a portion of the building. Those riding in the car at the time fortunately escaped injury.

The suggestion made to the Minister for Education by various school committees in Auckland and Otago tha* members of Boards of Education, school committees and other educational bodies should be required to take the oath of allegians is an excellent one, but we cannot understand why teachers were not included in the list. It must surely htvc- been merely an oversight. However the Minister seems to be prepared to remedy the omission on his own volition, for he is reported as saying that no teacher should be allowed to draw his country’s pay unless he was prepared to declare himself a loya! subject.

Those who contemplate furnishing cannot fail to be interested in the announcement by the Warm an Proprietary, whiph appears on our leader page to-day. This enterprising firm runs its own factory, and produces all the furniture it sells, and the middleman’s profits are cut out, and the buyer gets the goods at as near cost as it is possible ofr him to do so. Warm an’*: furnish right throughout, including carpets, IfnoSy curtains, cutlery, and kitchen requisites. And though the prices are low, the quality of f'f v article is excellent Any reader requiring furniture should write to Warman’s, who supplies estimates nee on application. The firm has a flourishing trench establishment at Hamilton.

The work of finally “cleaning up” matters relative to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force is considerably hampered by the fact that -returned soldiers, and the next-of-kin of deceased soldiers fail to notify any change in their address to the Offi-cer-in Charge War Accounts and Records. At pi'esent illuminated certificates recording service with the Forces are being posted to returned so’diers, and the percentage of those returned through the Dead Letter Office necessitates much increased work and correspondence. The same experience follows the issue of memorial scrolls, which are being sent to the next-of-kin of deceased soldiers. Large numbers of these memorials are beinej returned through the Dead Letter Office.

The etiquette of the Supreme Court so far as it applies to the members of the Bar is fairly strictly defined, and the matter of dress is not -• the least important of its requirements. In Invercargill recently, when a solicitor appeared before Mr Justice Sim (Acting Chief Justice) in a light grey suit and tan boots, he was informed, that his garb was not suited for the occasion His Honor pointed out that a dark suit should be worn before the Court