The Time Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 771, 29 September 1922, Page 4

The Time Published on Tuesday and Friday Afternoons.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

JThe Pukekohe Bowling Club will open its season on Saturday, October 14th, Court news and an article dealing with the Pukelcohe, traffic by-laws question will appear on Tuesday; The Combined Pedigree Breeders’ sale takes place on Tuesday, Some first-dass pedigree stock is* on offer. The dance in connection with St. Andrews’ Ladies’ Guild takes place in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-night. An enjoyable time is assured patrons. Applications .for the position of caretaker to the Pukekohe Bowling Club . close on October 4th with Mr Dune. Roulston, green superintendent.

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

The concert in aid of the Fairy Queen. Miss Joyce Roulston. will take place on October 11th, Further particulars will appear in our next issue.

The proposal to form a yachtingclub in Pukekohe has had to "be 1 abandoned owing to the mysterious disappearance of Lake McCarthy. Several orders for yachts have had to be cancelled. The football match between Manchester Unity and Excelsior Lodges takes place on the Domain to-mor-row at 2 p.m, sharp. Proceeds are in 4id off the Trades Queen. A large attendance is requested. A meeting of all Pukekohe footballers will be held on Wednesday night at 8 p.m.. in the A. and P. offices to consider the form of function the. winding up of the season should take—a ball or social evening.

A final reminder is given in -this issue of the social and dance in the Oddfellows’ Hall to-morrow night, in aid of the Solctiers’ Queen, Miss Trixie Dinsdale. AH are invited to assist the queen of the men who upheld the Empire’s traditions.

The Returned Sdldiers’ Ball takes place in the Strand Theatre on Monday night. Elaborate arrangements are complete for the greatest event of the year. Roll up and' make its success compare with previous efforts.

During <the last 12 months mortgages to the amount of £28,842,886 were registered, in the Dominion, In the previous 12 months the corresponding amount was £57,379,302, or just about double. The amounts of mortgages .discharged during the same periods were £11.852 538 and £23,314 277 respectively.' The slum}) in the property market has cut the business down by one-half.

Mr A. H. Cockayne, Government biologist expresses the opinion that nowadiavs people made the mistake of trying to get their gardens too quickly and relied far too, much on artificial manures. Also that much better results would be obtained it' people would be content to grow fewer varieties. of vegetables and flowers when the available room was limited. The Papakura Beautifying Society, which has been doing sp’iendid work on the Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial site for some time past* came in for praise at last Monday’s meeting cf the Papakura Town Board, when Mr A. Willis waited on the flown Board with certain requests Mr Jas. Walker a newly-elected member, in supporting a proposal that the Board acquiesce to the requests stated tuat the work done by the Beautifying Sodiety was a credit to the town of Papakura.

About 30,000 babies are born in New Zealand annually,, and about 1500 of them die in their first year. Of the 1500, .1000 die during the first month.

Mr J. Purtell. of Auckland, will speak on National Prohibition tonight at 8.30 of clock. at the 'Farmers’ Union cornel*. Everyone is invited. “My experience of testing.” said Mr E. J, Wright, a director *at the Masterton Dairy Company meeting, “was that the cow I thought was a regular little gold mine was not paying her grazing, let alone milking expenses.” In three seasons he raised his yield from 160 to 1901bs per cow.

If a sarious attempt to,, prevent bookmaking in the Dominion were made it could! be quite easily be accomplished was the opinion expressed at Wellington by Mr Justice Reed“JThe Legislature has only to withdraw the bright of trial by jury, and I think it quite easily can be done,” sand His Honour

iFrom time to time various monstrosities are met with amongst calves, but one seen recently by a “Times” reporter would take some beating. The back was arched so that the head and tail met,, while all the limbs were crossed and rigid', The internal organs were lying .free outside 'the calf’s body and the only' part that appeared to be normal was the head. The cow was unable to calve naturally and! the services of Mr (Hankin, veterinary surgeon, were obtained when it was found necessary to remove the ca'lf piecemeal. Every household requires boots and shoes. Every member of the family must have footwear. The question is where to buy at economical prices and where the largest, range is available. E. J. (Trewartha offers the public of Franklin j the best range of footwear at prices that defy competition. Call and inspect, and if not requiring a pair this week have a pair put on one side for the following week. The great thing is to inspect straight away. Don’t forget E. J. Trewartha, KingStreet Pukekohe*

The necessity for contracting parties to obtain medical certificate before marriage was brought out in what Mr iH. Y. Widdowson. S.M„ called a “pitable case” at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court. An elderly man was applying 'for the cancellation of mainteance orders m respect of his children in State homes. It was stated' that both the man and his wife were weak-minded, and that out of the ten children of the marriage nine were inmates of homes for the mentally, deficient. They would cost the State £16.000 to bring up.

It is stated' that .alt a certain locality on the boundary line between the Rotorua and Waikato electorates all the. electors but two, a man and his wife, reside in the latter, and' That to obtain the votes of the couple of Rotorua electors,, it is considered necessary to send thither a ballot box and a deputy recoyming officer at it may be presumed .con-, siderable expense. It might be supposed that the law would] not be very seriously strained if the couple were to efipss the iroad and record their votes there under the absent voters provisions of the Act It would certainly save a little public money.

An interesting coincidence in connection with the tour of New Zealand by the Australian hockey players was brought undefr 'the notice of a reporter. In 1914 when tne English ladies ’team was visiting the Dominion the Great War broke out and recruiting was in progress, and troops in camp before the final match was played. ’ On the occasion of the present tour it is interesting to note, war has been theratened over the Near East trouble and the names of those willing to serve, if a New Zealand contingent is required, have been taken.

A good story is going the rounds of Labour circles in Wellington concerning the recent deputation of unemployed, which waited on the Prime Minister,, states the Post. It had,’been intended that a member of a certain union should take an active part in the deputation* but he failed to pint in an appearance. On being questioned afterwards as to why he was absent, he informed the union secretary “that as most of the unemployed in town would' be going to the deputation he thought it would be an opportune morning to look round the town for a job.”

Commencing Ist October next, the subscriptions to Ihe Franklin Times will he changed from a quarterly to a v'early basis. There will be no increase in the price, but the cost of keeping quarterly accounts for such small amounts has reached the point where it lias become prohibitive. The price posted will he 21/ per annum in advance, hooked 24/ per annum; delivered .13/ per annum, in advance; hooked, 1 r>/ per annum. The casual advertising rale commencing from the same dale will be 5/ per inch per insertion, Ihe actual cost to the user of space will be Ihe same, as the advis. will be set in a more condensed type than that used at present. Small casuals will remain the. same, i.e, 16 words l/, three consecutive insertions 2/6 in advance; extra words Id per word. The charge for hooking will he 6d per insertion.

Retention of the kidneys in lamb carcases frozen for export is insisted on by the Meat Export Control Board. The journal “Meat and| Woc'l” is informed Iby a representative of the freezing industry that the kidney substance is more liable to decomposition han the flesh (in some cases of even light lambs the kidneys are diseased and cannot be left in the carcase or they would provide a spot from which taint would spread), but in the case of heavy iambs, whose kidneys aVe heavily covered with thick fat unless special care is taken in freeing them right through /the kidneys will go bad. and. taint the carcase. This is a danger peculiar to Otago and the South and is probably the reason why the practice of leaving in ' the kidneys has never been favoured there

As illustrative of the high values of land tn the suburbs of Wellington. no less than in 'the country, a property has just changed hands at Seatoun at the!, rate of well over £2OOO per acre. The former owner has bought a place at Otaki. consisting of 46 acres of good land, and carrying a four-roomed cottage and scullery, (f‘S|r less than the price at which ’he sold his property at Seatoun which was 1V 2 acres and had a five roomeid cottage on it. It was situated, however, a few yards from the tram terminus. The latest German indention is an ingenious instrument for compelling a burglar to ring an alarm bell that shall belt ray his presence. It is based on the curious property of selenium to become a conductor of electricity as soon as light falls on it. A small but very sensitive selenium cell., enclosed in a box about Gin square,• comprises the essential part of the apparatus, It is connected with the alarm bell by a relay, and no current passes through it while it is in the diark. But as soon as the burglair switches on his electric torch and -the rays strike the selenium, the current flows and the bells ring. And it will be useless to cut the conducting wires, presuming they are suspended, for that very act will start the .alarm. The apparatus may be put anywhere, several in a room, so that it would be almost impossible to operate against this ingenious burglar detector.

“In common with the whole woild, but perhaps more thoroughly,” the Dominion has grasped the main essential fact that no artificial remedies can restore prosperity, and 'that the country must pin its faith to irigidl economy and hard work ’ said! Mr, T, Shailer Weston in his presidential address to the annual meeting oft the Employers’ Federation in Wellington-. “fThe great increase his season in the output of dairy produce though partly due -o an exceptionally favourable reason, is strong proof of this. Further, sane Labour has realised' that strikes and go-slow taettfes are altogether out of place at the present time and has endeavoured by increased] efficiency to counteract the inevitable fall o,f wages due to deflation. The ■absence of industrial strife during the past twelve months is a striking tribute to 'the sound common sense of the bulk of the New Zealand workers.”

Although Rev. W. C. Wood is a resident of Papakura, andi now a member of the Papakura Town Board he does not keep it a secret that he is not impressed with the method of road construction in the Town Board District during the past. He freely adjmits that he is not an expert in road construction, but contends that the surface of a consolidated road should not be broken. He emphasised the portion of main road through the Papakura Town District and that in the \icinity of Takanini in the Manukau County Both portions bad been broken * up and reconstructed, with the result that the surface was very uneven and it would be a difficult proposition to get an even surface. He contrasted these roads with the Franklin County roads, which, he said, did not have the crown bioken but which were made up, The surface was very smooth. The Franklin County roads are a model he added, and no one needed-Jnfonning when they got out of the Paoakura area into the Frank'.in area. “I was one of the first in 1914. and I am getting in early on this occasion ” said a recruit who enlisted at the Palmerston North barracks for service overseas if New Zealand is required to send a contirigent. He had come in from a country district several miles from Palmerston North with his kit all packed to enter camp. A passage in the annual report oi the Director of the Division of School of Hygiene refers to the medical examination of candidates for the teaching profession. It concludes as follows ; “If the same habits of living which have given rise in the case of these f'eachers to fairly extensive decay of nearly 40 per cent, of their teeth are to continue in the younger generations there is no reasonable hope of ever being able to cope with the dental problem in this country We are not keeping pace with it at present and there is ample evidence that the prevalence of dtental disease is increasing Is it likely that this extensive disease of the teeth and the conditions causing it have not a serious influence upon the general health, and especially upon the future health of the people? Can there be any more idlfefinita ‘writing on the wall warding ',us to look to our diet and general habits of life.” A well-known potato-grower, whose place of production is situated on the slopes of the famous Pukekohe Hill was in conversation with a “Times” reporter a few days ago, when the question of potato crops and early digging was, The individual, who had a number oi bags of early potatoes on his waggon, was informed by the pressman that owing. to immaturity they would, of course be of medium quality “No ” said the grower “feel here*” raising a bag. The reporter felt, and sure enough there were some large tubers. The pressman put- the question regarding the yield per acre, and the grower: informed him that although only a few chains of potatoes had been dug he estimated the yield at about 6 tons per acre. The newspaper man left astonished, and made enquiries elsewhere, but other potato growers were rather reticent about divulging the yielcT off their 'land. However, at the rate of 3d per lb and the yield: 6 tons to the acre, this, means that £l6B would be taken off a single acre, Deducting £SO per acre for expenses this leaves £llß per acre profit. A crop of 5 acres at this price and yield is no doubt worth owning. WhcT says, according to the above figures, that there is nothing in farming. Business men! You have odd lines you want t" elear. Spend 2/6 l’or ihree insertions of a 16 word advl. in our for sale columns. You simply cannot lose. x