LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 20, 24 July 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" What are we to do with horses and cattle straying on roads?" asked Mr Fulton at the Pukekohe East road meeting. " Pound them," promptly responded the chairman. "And incur the enmity of the owners for all time!" remarked Mr Ballard. "Pro Bono Publico" writes :—" Kindly allow me a word or two re the unfair treatment our poor little footpaths are receiving from horsemen and wlrle I, along with many more fair-minded people, object to the 'giving information, etc' Still it is only fair to us to have our footpaths kept as such, and to all detent people, this objection through your paper will be sufficient. On one occasion recently, I saw >n the eariy morning a wild scared looking youth driving five or six horses all on the footpath, and this same footpath, I may say, is excellently top-dressed."

Letters for "Mare" and "Butterfat," in reply to advertisements, at this office. The Oddfellows' monthly social, euchre and dancing, will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday night. " You grow the finest potatoes in New Zealand, why shouldn't you have the best Oddfellows?" suggested a speaker at the Loyal i'ukekohe Lodge dinner last week. In reply to the representations made by the Pukekohe Chamber of Commerce the local teiegraph office is to be kept open for three months, by way of trial, from 7 to 8 p.m. The request for an evening counter delivery of letters has been declined. According to a letter (dated July 10th) received from the general manager of railways there is very little chance of the erection of the railway station at Pukekohe any nearer to the old site than was previously arranged. " The proposed site," said Mr Konayne," is the only practicable one and the Minister (Hon. Mr. Myers) regrets that he cannot see his way to make any alteration therein. At the last meeting of the Mauku ! Road Board the members for the West Mauku ward complained that the contractor for metal on the Union Road had not put the metal where the speciticatiens stated, and had taken metal that was intended for the West Mauku ward into the Patumahoo ward, consequently the Union Road was suffering. The contractor, Mr Kobinson, promised to get some more metal out as quickly as possible. Thus a correspondent:— *' The Pukekohe East Road has caused some considerable trouble to timber carters in places. At one portion two loads of timber were unloaded and left on the side of the worst holes. An enterprising motor.at coming along the other day quickly got over the slough by laying a tramway of boards for some distance and running his car over them. What the carter said when he came to remove the timber has to be left out of this paper." Pukekohe District Gun Club had another successful pigeon-shooting match on Saturday, and really good sport was enjoyed. A ten-shot handicap sweepstakes of 2s 6d was shot off —first 13s 6d, second ss, third 2s 6d. Abbott (16 yards) won with 6 birds, and Mouldey (16) and Reynolds (10) tied for second place. In the shoot-off Mouldey won. Other competitors wore : —Perkins (11) 4, Daysh (12) 4, Patul'o (10) 4, Gardner (12) 3, Tony (12) 3, Erlandson Ml) 2, Bates (12) 2, Motion (12i 2, D. Roulston (12)2, Peurce 110) 0, Brown (10) 0. We had an oc le'lent report on the football match Pokeno and Mercer United v. Onowbero sent to us but it wa3 mislaid. That match was won by United by 16 to 3. Prominent players for Onewhero were Glasgow (2). Geraghty, Daisley, Cranston and Aldred. For United Anderson, Dean, R. Sweeney and Pendergrast played good games forward, ably assisted by E. Sweeney, Hunter, T. Linn and Pulham among the backs and E. Sweeney was picked out as easily the best player of the day. He kicked a penalty goal, potted one, and scored a very clever try, the remaining points being made up by tries b' T. Linn and L. Pu'ham. For Onewhero Daisley kicked a penalty goal. This win left United. Tuakau andKohanga level in the competition with the following matches to be played :- United v. Kohanga, Tuakau Jv. Kohanga, Tuakau v. Onewhero, and Onewhero v. Kohanga. The Paeroa Chamber of Commerce discussed the quest'ou of the PaeroaPokeno branch railway line and resolutions were passed as follows:—[l.] That the Government be urged to forthwith commence the construction of the Fokeno-Paeroa railway at the Paeroa end of the said line, this Cha nber being of opinion that the time is now opportune to enable the work to be economically carried out in conjunction with the present work of improving tne Waihou River and the drainage works being carried out on the Hauraki Plains. [2.] That the private lands required for the railway at the l'aeroa end be surveyed and taken in conjunction with the land required or the Ngararahi cut, so that the two works will harmonise, and thus avoid the necessity of a subsequent cut-ting-up and taking of part of the said lands. It was decided to circulate petitions to Parliament, asking for the line to i bo authorised, and the construction com menced at an early date.