THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1912. "We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." THE OLD YEAR OUT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 55, 31 December 1912, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1912. "We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." THE OLD YEAR OUT.

this issue comes from t'-e press en the last day of the uld Year, 10-day is the especial sea on tf good wish- e ! for a Happy iNtu War. Hut l ilu,se who will g auce over the uuit.gs (of the past twelve miaiths «i 11 tirui i that vhis important district's outstbndirg features have oeen i« s generous bounty, its incr. asing productive; ess, its ;ound development, «nd its rapid progress, in practically every home and on every farm in tin district there ha.i been improvement in the conveniences ai d comforts of occupation and lhe. A trip along any of our roads disclose new and commt.dioui hou.es, ban s and sheds, better fences, gates ai d appurtenances, and a distinctly improved tillage. It.bide tile homes there is finer furniture, the people I are ine.ro expensively clad, and the living corditiona on all hands tire more luxurious li< the townships the progress has been very marked. We recently printed a record iiom our Tuakau correspondent which showed great advances there; from Whiuku, Meier r, Bombay, Drur.v, l'apakura, I'okti.o, and in the oth« r districts thiough Ahich thu "Times" circulates, our correspondents constantly tell of new building;' ai d fit-sli enterprises. In Pukekohe the past year has been signalled by active building operations. Un every hand fine residences have been

erected ;r (1 every habitable hou?e is eagerly touglil alter by tenants. A i.umber oi business p ople have found it nectssary to eniarg ■ their pien.is s, and s. vc-ial i:e^ s businesses have !; en esiabii dv.d. In the borough cf Pukekche within the past twelve months b.tildhgs t> the value of something like £2S,OU(J have none nt. Th. rapid expansion of ihe towii is largely due io the' increased pro-}Crllv erij jei by tlie eu arunding farm lands. In the mattrial affairs of lif-e there is every evidence of process, i-n.l we confidently predict tba' the i 1 ine iate future will witness a still mere rapid march forward. A- the 01 ' Year dies the p.ople may farewell a period of abundant blessings. As for o;;r----eelve?, with an abiding faith in the future of the townships and the district with which v.e are now permanently associated, we cordially wi:h all our readers A GLAD NEW YEAR.