LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 662, 26 August 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pukekohe Chamber of Commerce will meet next Monday evening. Attention is drawn to the advertisement announcing the Franklin Schools’ Sports’ Association gala day en Septemb 4or'.2re JiR teFt rnv/ww. on September 24. A very fine programme is announced. Local business men and farmers are notified that little wanted known and for sale advts. bring business. Invest five shillings cash for six insertions 16 words and note the effect. These advts. are business boosters and pay well.

There was only a fair attendance at the usual fortnightly social and dance, held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Tuesday night. The floor was in, excellent condition. Dance music supplied by Mr and Mrs HarrlsSfU The duties of M.C. were efficiency discharged by Mr A White. .Supper was handed round and duly appreciated. The next series will take place on -Tuesday, August 30.

We would draw our readers attention to the fact ' that the great natural pig and calf food, called “Faterine,” is now to be had from, the sole Pukekohe agent, Mr H. H. Pattle, who is acting on behalf of the Auckland distributors, Messrs Robertson Bros., Ltd, * This food, ‘

which is advertised elsewhere, aims at replacing the fat on the skimmed milk, and the .fact that local sales have increased by over 300 per cent, during the last month speaks for itself.-

The Waikato Independent, published at Cambridge, recently printed the letter of Mr H. G. R. Mason which appeared in these columns on treeplanting. The Independent further devoted a leader to beautifying and pointed out the activities of the Franklin Beautifying Society as an example. Cambridge is already a most beauiful town and owes a great deal to the beautifying- activities of its old settlers. At Te Aroha a beautitfying society has been formed and SO settlers have guaranteed £2 a year each for five year’s., making a total of £BOO available for that period. Generally, when a horse is impounded, it is an old, good-for-noth-ing thing, turned out to die or to wander on to someone’s property, but recently a really tip-top animal, wandering around Pukekohe, found its way to the pound, and was recently submitted at auction. Bidding was rather brisk, and it was finally knocked down for £l6 10s. This is indeed an exceptionally 7 good price for an animal impounded. Usually the authorities lose money on jmpounded stock, but the case notice reaped a nice little profit. Many a pound could be made if aU the wandering stock was impounded.