LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 2, Issue 157, 30 December 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Constable Watson, wno during the strike was ordered to Auckland, has returned and taken up his duties in Pukekohe. foe death occurred on Christmas Eve of Mr John J. Dynes, son of Mr J. Dynes, of Pukekohe. Deceased, who was 34 j ears of ape, had been an invalid for many years. Wc desire to acknowledge the receipt of seasonable greetings from a large number of contemporaries and friends, all of which goodwill we cordially reciprocate. The man John Ward, who was arrested for having committed an aggravated assault upon Henry Wolfe, in Pukekohe, was fined £5, in default 14 days imprisonment. Readers may remember that Wolfe was struck over the head with a bottle. Mr F. E. Simpson, secretary of the Pokekoba Horticultural Society, has received a letter from the judge (Mr A. K. Hayward, editor of the N.Z. Farmer) that the awards for essays on the Pukekohe flower show are as follows:—First prize, Ned ('oste)lo. 11 yeara of age; second prize, Lulu O'Connor, 13 years of age. Generally, the business people of Pukekohe express satisfaction with the Christmas trade. There h a concensus of opinion that Christmas Eve was a very busy day, but experiences differ as to whether on the days preceding the amount of business done was equal to the previous year. Several firms state that in spite of the strike and the l'jw price for potatoes that their returns this year are larger than last year. The fa:t that the conviction of a hotelkeeper of a breach of the Licensing Act, even when no moral turpitude is involved, entails severe penalties under the terms of the lease from landlord to licensee, was referred to in tne Auckland police court the other day. Mr Frazer, S.M. remarked, "A man who takes a lease on such terms is a fool." Mr Mcody said that nowadays a lease could not be obtained without such conditions. Mr Frazer said that he intended to endeavour to do something to stop that kind of lease in his own licensing district (Franklin) if he could. It put licensees in a very ' undesirable position. A telegram from Wellington on Weduesday last said: -"The Hon. W. F. Maasey, Prime Minister, is now paying the penalty of the overstrain entailed by his tireless attention to duty in a long and arduous session. He is at present indisposed, not seriously, it is believed, but he is doing no work lor the present, and he is confined to his house. It is admitted that Mr Massey, even more than other members of the Government, bas had a very strenuous time this session, and his present breakdown is scarcely a matter for surprise. Rather it is a wonder thai he was able to attend with H'tjtoun tiring ami goydW;