LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 785, 17 November 1922, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

\ full report of the Rainararna Flower Show, held on -Wednesday, will appear in Tuesday’s issue. The services in all the Presbyterian Churches in the Pukekohe Charge will be conducted on Sunday next by Assembly representatives. Mr E Piggott, of Buckland, who contested the Fflanklin seat at the last election in the interests o. the Labour Party, is now announced as a candidate for the Raglan seat. He is billed to give an address to the el-ectors ,at the Town Hall rn Wahiku to-night. With Mr R. Bollard for Reform,, and Mr Sj. Lye carrying; the colours of the Opposition, matters should soon become lively in Raglan. An opportunity to visit Port Waikato and. the beautiful! island-studd-ed reaches of the Lower Waikato wnl be #afforded to residents of this district next Sunday. The fine passenger steamer* Manuwai wiU visit the Heads on that day, leaving Mercer at 7 a.m„ Ohit'o at 7.45, .1 uakau at 8 and the Elbow at r ares are fixed at popular prices and hot water vrfilV be Lovers ol scenery cannot do better than take advantage of the opportunity.

The>re should be a brisk demand 1 for this issue of the N.Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review, replete as it is with illustrations of, superlative merit and universal interest. The centre pages ,are devoted to a string set of snapshots depicting the Spring Racing Carnival at Ellerslie on ithe concluding day, while thefe are other comprehensive sets relating to the meeting The New Zealand Cup contest at Riccarton shows a specially graphic page representing the race at various stages), while the [Trotting Carnival is also represented in vivid fashion. The Hamilton Racing Club’s' meeting at Claudeiands also occupies a special niche ip the illustrations. The jumping competitions at !the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Show ate given particular prominence in a series of wonderful poses caught by the camera. The overseas section contains an unusually fine topical grouping of photographs culled from varied sources. Stage, screen and society have an attractive assortment and in the miscellaneous portion are included photographs of the Central Bowling Club (Petone) Australian Rifle Assocftafion’s championship meeting, N.Z. champion girl swimmers, Thames 'Fire Brigade orchestra, motor cycle racing in Ireland. etc. The pa'per is on sale at all newsagents and bookstalls.

Tuesday last was the fifth anniversary of the battle of Ayun-Karai, which was fought against the Turks in Palestine. A large number of young fellows from this district took part in the engagement, some unfortunely making the supreme sacrifice.

Many of the interjections made at poUitical meetings are entirely devoid of humour* but not so one that was levelled at Mr D. W. Lysnar, M.P-. at the Gisborne Opera iHouse the other evening. The Independent Reform candidate was .dealing with public expenditure and was quoting rapidly a sdries of figures running into the hundreds of thousands. Sudden, ly from a momentarily hushed audience a wag remarked: “You’re wrong. Doug, you're wrong. You”!’© two pounds cut/’