LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 679, 1 November 1921, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Pukekohe Business Science class meets next Thursday at 8 p,m.» In the Carnival Tea Rooms. Mr Jas. Wylie, of the Sheldon staff, will give the ledture. See advertising columns for further particulars.

•Mr J. McCullam,-of Pukekohe East, who 'is holding a clearing sale this week, and 1 is leaving the district, will be greatly missed by his numerous friends, who wish him every success in his new sphere of activity.

. Commencing to-morrow and continuing till Friday evening Miss Hawley and Mr Stevens, the New Zealand representatives of the famous American firm of Heintz food , products, will give a demonstration of' cooking at the local branch of the T.U-T.C,. All interested in the world-famous 57 varieties will be welcomed during the representatives’ stay in Pukekohe.

Mrs Nellie Ferner, a well-known Auckland artist arid authority on town planning, While in Pukekohe recently., inspected .the new War Memorial, which Ss to be opened next Sunday, and gave it as her opinion that the design is an unusually attractive and l handsome one, and a big improvement on the majority .'of memorials erected aboujt the province. This, matter was mentioned at. the War. Memorial Committee meeting! last evening, and members felt gratified that they had worked on ,the right lines.

A former resident of the Pahiatua district, living in the neighbouring county, whose services his employers reluctantly had tb dispense with in consequence of the slump, lately found himself the possessor of a very gratifying and unique unsolicited testimonial in the shape of the following authentic advertisement inserted by his employer, which speaks for itself : “A farmer wishes to place a particularly good married man, capable of ■managing any sized dairy or agricultural farm. Strictly honest, sober, conscientious, courteous and gentlemanly. He is a hard, capable and consistent worker, and always cheerful, whether days are or weather or other conditions bad. Fine fellow to deal with, and can do anything ; will take shares, management, or wages. Would like school handy.”

A Sydney paper states that Lithgow’s famous police dog, Monty, belonging to Sergeant T„ J. Madden, is dead, after doing yeoman service for over 12 years. He was a great persuader, when persuasion was required, and participated in many a successful skirmish on the side of the police. He was greatly attached to his master, but would goto the assistance of any man in blue. A few years ago a young policeman was having trouble with a burly individual, who was literally fighting drunk. The officer got within a couple of hundred yards of the police station when the man put forth a final effort and attracted the attention of Monty, who was sunning himself on the station steps. He immediately raced to the rescue, and in less than a minute the prisoner was heard to gasp : “All right, boss, I’ll fight any half-dozen Johns, but I’lli bar their dog.”

Ajt the conclusion of the choir practice at St. James’ Presbyterian Church on Thursday last, members of the Whiteford family, who, during their short residence in Pukekohe, proved themselves zealous church workers, were assembled and presented with small tokens as a mark of the esteem in which /they were held, and in recognition of services rendered, Mr At. Whiteford, sen., and Mr J. Whiteford, were each presented with a tobacco pouch and pipe, Mrs Whiteford with a pair of vases, and Miss Whiteford with a music case. Mr Whiteford, sen., suitably responded on behalf of the recipients. The family left on Sunday night by the Main Trunk express for Wellington, en route to the United States of America. A large number of friends assembled bn the station platform to say “Au re voir,” and ‘ .to wish the family “bon voyage!” ...

The Taranaki Herald is fortunate in possessing the services of a humourist in its Mokau correspondent. The following gen* adorns his latest contribution: “A new pastime has bees inaugurated . at . Mangatoki shooting quail at midnight. So far it has not proved, a howling success. The first shot fired brought down .the cook-house chimney, and the cook, ■who was roasting peanuts at the time, has been suffering from shellshock ever since, *Tn any case the bag was light. A simpler and more efficacious plan haS since been-put to operation. It 1 consists, of soaking wheat in whisky . and sowing some haphazard among the growing peas. Every morning now a, score of quail may be seen staggering, about among the peas, singing in their own lingo, if We won’t be home till morning. Nbt one of theih could walk a chalk line if it tried. So, all the actingcook does now is to come out and gather them ipto his sugar Dag while later on and ill .due course they reappear at the dinner table from the recesses of a capacious pie.