THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 2, Issue 137, 17 October 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"We nothing extenuate, nor set down auaht in malice." s

The new pound in Pukekohe will be open on Monday. Mr J. J. McKinney has been appointed poundkeeper. It is reported that the Pukekohe hotel has changed hands, the incoming host beinw Mr C. Clarke, formerly of the "White Hart hotel, New Plymouth. Waikato Farmers' Co-operative Company advertise dates upon which pigs will be received at Tuakau (I). Fulton, buyer), Pukekohe (Adams and Son) and Pokeno (Brown and Sons). At the last meeting of the Waikato River Board it was resolved to to charge the "Whangamarino Eoad Board £5 for the hire cf the punt; it was also agreed to let one of the Board's huts at Tuakau for 4s per week. • Lovers of the light fantastic should not forget the annual hall of the Loyal Pukekohe Lodge, M.U., 1.0.0. F., to be held in the Premier Hall to-night. The arrangements being made give a guarantee of a very good time for all who attend. Amongst the twenty-three members appointed to form the deputation to wait on the Prime Minister regarding the improvement of the inland waterways are : —Messrs Glass (Waikato River Board), C. Mostyn and A. E. Hattaway (Waiuku) and H. R Mackenzie (Mauukau.). The quantity of butter made at the Pukekohe factory during the month of September was 18 ( J tons. If the value is put down at £ll2 per ton, the total worth of the month's product was £21,168. The season opened in July and the increased output to the end of September is 20 tons more than for the- corros- i ponding period last season. At a meeting of the "Waikato River Board the refusal of the Prime Minister the levels of the river checked was dealt with. i Finally it was arranged that the I chairman (Mr Glass) should make j full representations of the present j position to Mr Massey ; afterwards, j if the refusal still holds, the matter !is to be dealt with at a public | meeting. A report of the proceed- ! ings at the Board meeting will j appear on Tuesday. The trustees of the Pukekohe ! Methodist Church prefer to secure j funds by the voluntary and direct i gifts of the people rather than by i means of bazaars, etc. Requiring I £IOO for Church renovation puri poses, they are asking the congrega- | tion to put the sum of £IOO on the j plates at the Anniversary services I next Sunday. And they express j their coutidence that the amount will i 1 io forthcoming in this way. < In view of the action taken 1»y the I Harbour Board and the deputation I from the conference held to discuss ! the question of canals and internal ! navigation, the president of the "West Franklin Ratepayers' AssociaI tion (Mr Henry Wily) has despatched the following telegram to the Prime Minister : —'' Franklin Ratepayers' Association relies on Government | safeguarding interests of farmers | when considering representations j made by deputation selected by i chairman of Auckland Harbour Board. Considers canal should be financed as trading concern, not as charge on rates." The police regulations now provide that lief ore a constable becomes i eligible for promotion, he must pass an examination qualifying him for a higher rank. He can either take j these examinations in three grades |or take the highest examination j qualifying for a sub-inspector, and !if successful his examination ; worries are at a,n end. The first 1 series of examinations under the i I new regulations in New Zealand | were held at the various police ! head quarter stations last month. ! Constable Willeocks, of Pukekohe, | sat for the senior examination, i | qualifying for promotion for a subI inspector, ami was one of the' i successful candidates. The exauiiu- ! ations aro said to have been fairly | stiff. The subjects included! criminal law, the laws of evidence, police regulation*, Fnglisli, geography, arithmetii and police and deli .ti.T- duti's. W"o heartily uongrrttulate Constable Willeoeks upon, his SlllXL'oo.