LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 93, 16 May 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tenders invited for tlie erection of brick building for tho " Pukekohe and Waiuku Times." It is suggested that the decision in Auckhrd to observe Saturday as the half-holiday will c'efinit;ly and permanently fix Saturday as Pukekohe's half-hol i lay, A final reminder is given of the Sale of Work by St. Andrew's Ladies' Guild to-night and to-morrow afternoon ar.d evening. There are to be numerous competitions ar.d no ecd of amueemar.t Tha fair, which is in aid of the Vicaraga Fund, will be held in tee Oddfellows' Hall. Arrangements are still in progresi for the organisation of a Veterinary Club for the Pukekohe district, and indications point to its ouccessful completion. A meeting of sub scribers t i the Club ii to be held in the Oddfellowi' Hall, Pukeknhe, on Friday evening, May 23, when the report of the Organising Committee will be received and final arrangements made. At his late residence at Frankton Junction, on Friday last, Mr William Hodgson, senr., fathar of Mrs Jos King, of Pukdcohe, died very suideniy at the age of 71. Bom at the Bay of Island?, the late Mr Hodgson had never been out of the Dominion. He saw soma stirring times ia the Maori war and was a fluent Maori linguist, The remains were taken to the Purewa cemetery, Auckland, for burial. The Balfour Estate, of some 300 acres, situated close tn the town of Pahiatua, is reported to be under offer to the Government at a price of lesb than £2O per acre. The block is owned by Mr A, J. Balfour, formerly Prime Minister of Great Briiain. Portion cf the area is suitable for dairying, while ihe rest of it is splendid sheep-grazing country. Two years ago, a petition was forwarded by tha Pahiatua Chamber of Commerce to the Government requesting that it should acquire the block. At the last meeting of the Auckland Educati n Board Miss P, I. L. lieclnm was recommended to tha Eole charge of Glen Murray school. Applications were to be invited for headteacher at Waipipi. It was resolved that the proposal to withdraw teachers from schools for the purprsa of attending a class in physical instruction be abandoned, and that arrangements be made for the instruction of teachers in the Auckland, Hamilton, and Thames districts during the months cf July and August, and that the schools in thnsa districts be closed for a fortnight to enable all the adult teachers to receive instruction. In celebration of his 73rd birthday Mr E. McWhirter entertained a number of friends at Mr J. Wright's plice in the Puni road, "Ulideway," on Monday evening. Mr McWhirter was presented with a gold sovereign case as a birthday gift. The septuagenarian is ona of Pukekohe's oldest settler?, having been jiere for half-a-century. In company with Mr Edward Cranston hs felled the track through tho forest, which track is now High street, Pukekohe. For soma years Mr McWhirter lived in the Oncwhero district. He lost lir. wife by 'lealh 2J yean a£i>, alter having had a family cf fourteen. At hid advanced age Mf McWhirter is still hale and hearty. '