DISTRICT NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 5, 10 April 1912, Page 1

DISTRICT NEWS.

[From our Own Correspondent.] Pokeno. We are shortly to have a telephone bureau placet! m the local railway station, aM the eta tion buildiugs are to be enlarged to accommodate the the usual soundproof rooms etc Whoever instigate I the idea was a genius or an ardmt admirer of the late Sir George, 0 rey'a idea of (the " unborn millions.'' Certainly it is not warranted at th s juncture, and as the route to be tr iversed will probably be another sta ion on the present Hamilton circuit s( me poor unfortunates will have to be patient. i Since my last not >s I have to chronicle the sale of Ax Cecil Wright's homestead estate, o ' 600 acres, to Mr James Graham ac a satisfactory figure. Mr and Mrs Wrigh: have returned to their old home at Stratford where that gentleman will follow his profession as a barrister tnd solicitor. lam also informed thp t Mr Dowuie, of Maramarua, has s6 d half of his farm. The local flaxrnil! s have been compelled to shut dovn owing to nousupplies of coal, the Railway Departr ment being unable to keep pace with the fast growing traffic on this section of railways The ' ; black diamond " is near to hand bit far from easy; to get. " Get in earfy " seems to be the proper course to fol ow. Mr R. M. Bairc and his secretary passed through he« recently on a visit of inspection over th j proposed PaeroaMercer telephone r ute. The Chief of the. Engineering Department of the Postal Service 100 l s well and hearty though (as the Ya aks say) " chockfull of business." Mr A. Lorie,. tl e well-known and respected late ow.m r of the Horsham Downs at Hamiltdn took up his permanent residence here on Saturday last. I noticed in las: week's Times a letter re the state of the Pukekohe Cemletery, and as . ar as the old cemetery on the South '. toad is concerned the same remarks a; iply here. God's Acre is anything bt t a pleasant site at present and is < vorrun with grass and blackberry. It seems such a pity that the last resting place of many of our brave soldiers of former days should be in such n deplorable state. Shakespeare truly' v hath it in his famous lines " Thejgood that men do is oft interred with their bones." Are you listening, you] members of our noble Road Board i Poor Tom Bracken muat have lad this township (Pokeno) iu his mind's eye as well as the " Queen Citjj " when he wrote: Auckland, Aucklanp, beautiful Auckland, the city of mud, Where the rain ofjt descends in a torrent or flood, j Where the streeM are unpaved, and j the city ignored j By a set of old "{fogies " the famed j City Board. j

Tuakau. I saw the plane of two houses that Mr A. Madill inteids erecting on sites adjacent to the Town Hall site, and can only speak highly of that gentleman's enterprise, j He expects to have them under way very shortly, and the building of these should help to relieve the difficulty thatj is now experienced in obtaining housed in this neighbourhood. 1 Mr J. J. Madill has purchased a cbaffcutter and engine and has now two machines working. Mauku and Patumahoe. In the latest list of school teachers' changes appears the of Miss B. E. Sareptffft, assistant at Patumaho*, an>rtha temporary appointment VrfTliss R. M. May to the to the position. Drury.

A motor cycle accident befel Professor Norwood, of) hypnotic fame. While cycling V lo£t control of the machine an' 1 <as (violently through a barbort wire fence arid down an embankment, fli.s scalp and nose and left wrist were ipjuied. I At the mniit ;ly Rijnciuian sale, contrary c.i tin.- usual tthiug, there was I only a modi'iatn i>nta»" of stock. Few ■ dairy cows wer* p>-» fed " f her classes ; wtre fairly wel'i i-pfe-v-i'i I and sold , .it laii i-at'-s. T'i«"!••■■> was a large jyardiru ot brils. Nn shoop or pigs i were penup i. i Young pig:- have '.tvn very scarce i fin's season. At ibi- :inio last year ' IK.4S were very plonti;•>! and young i ones difficult to sell, while at the present time it is not easy to secure a j young pigs at any ptice. , •