THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1914 "We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 208, 30 June 1914, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1914 "We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On Saturday Mr John Todd's tnpby will be tired for by the PukekoLe Gun olub. The n.rtiinatioiiß f.r th? open handicap of the Pu'<ekohe Gun Cluo close on Monday, July 6th. Record nomkations will be ttc iv>d en the gnurd Hi Walter Scott's famius tovel "Ivanroe" will be scresneiii ill i'rated to;m a', tie Piemier Hill ioniiht. lie nt have marged for a big attpndance.''

Tr.e Pukekohe Parliament iry U: ion will meet in the Oddfellow/ Hall on Ihursday evening, at 7.30 sharp. The Land Bill, Bible-in-Scnools and Totalisator Referendum Bills, and the Millinery Hill have been introduced and acme of these will b6 brought under discus ion. The iiublic are invited to hear the debates.

At the last Farmers' Class ia connection wilh the Pukekohe Technical School, it was decided to take a trip to the Waereuga State Farm on Friday. Mr Donnan, the agricultural instructor, has found it impossible to complete arrangements and in consequence the trip has bien postponed until Friday, July 10th. The search for the missing fishing boat Andrew, and her crew. Russell Howe and William Nich Wen, has not yet discovend any conclusive evidence of their fate, Nothing has been seen of the boat since it was hidden by a squall oil" Cape Brett towaids midnight on May 17th, six weeks ago. During her return voyage from tha Cook Islands, via Nukualofa and Sunday Island, a careful watch was maintained from the steamer Tutauekai, but no trace of the boat or the men was found. It was hoped that some news might be learned at the Kermadec Islands, and a boat was sent ashore and inquiries made of the settlers on Sunday Island. They bad not seen either the lost boat or any wreckage. A further search will be made by the Tutanekai during the next eight days. Visits will be made to the numerous uninhabited islets of the Kermadecs, as it is possible that the two men may havd found a refuge on one of them.

On Sunday this district lost by death another of its old pioneers, in the person of Mr John Rogers, of Edinburgh street, Pukekohe. The deceased gentleman had reached the ripe age of 81 year*. He led an active life up to 12 months ago and enjoyed good health until a couple of months ago. Mr Rogers arrived in New Zealand in 1856, and fortytwo years ago he settled in the Puni district, where he farmed his land until a year ago, when he came in to reside in Pukekohe. A widow and a grown family of six bods and rive daughters are left to mourn their loss. The eldest daughter is married, Mrs Sharkey, and lives at Waihi. The burial took place to-day. * •