PAPAKURA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 179, 17 March 1914, Page 2

PAPAKURA.

NEWS HEMS. The senior cadets of the district had a grand field day on Saturday. The parade sheets showed a good attendance sod a lot of useful company work and rifle exerciaea was carried cut. The old house, so long inhabited by the local constable, was taken down and removed last week. The purchaser was Mr Dave Wilson, who proposes to re-ereit it on his allotment on the Argyle esUte. The unoccupied shop in Mr Richardson's buildings has been rented by a Mr Hobbs, who is about to settle here as a dentist. The shortspe of water, consequent upon the continued dry weather, should he the means of convincing everybody of the urgent need of a water supply for the town. A house, owned by Mr .Standing, was quite destroyed by tire last week. The origin of the fire is unknown, but the loss of the owner was severe. THE FARMERS* UNION.

A meeting of the Farmers' Union was held on Saturday evening, Mr E. D. McLennan in the chair. The attendance was only moderate. It was decided to fall in with th(>. arrangements made for the Farmers' picnic to Ruakura towards the end of the month, and the secretary wa3 instructed to communicate with the members of the Uninn. I Further enquiries are to be made before the branch will commit itself to support Uiß proposed new auctioneering firm.

in reply to a com muni cation from the Hunua branch it was agreed thai it would benefit the district to obtain a resident veterinary surgeon. A letter was read bearing upon the educational and social functions of the Union, but the proposal did not meet with much support from those present, and the matter was allowed to drop. Mr Clements again brought forward the matter of the analysis of manures, and it was decided to refer the question to the executive for favourable consideration. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. A public library r.as been In existence in this township for many years, but is not receiving the support it deserves from the residents. It is maintained by a small annual subscription received from its supporters, supplemented by an annual subsidy from the Go\ernment. A committee is selected by the subscribers to manage and control the institution. It contains a good sanction of standard works and is kept well up-to-date in modern fiction and would form a splendid beginning for a municipal library. It is proposed that the Town Board should take it over subject to tho consent of the subscribers, and a proposal to that elfect will be submitted to the Board at its next meeting. As the institution is more or less selfsupporting the proposal should commend itself to tho members and receivo their suppoit. Subject to the consent of the trustees it might be possible to hand over to the Board the allotment on which the Library stands and upon which municipal offices and library combined could be erected.