DISTRICT NEWS. WAIUKU.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 235, 2 October 1914, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

WAIUKU.

A wrong figure crept into the •items we recently published from our Q-lenbrook correspondent, which did not give the local factory suppliers quito the credit they were entitled to. Instead of 10-16 d the bonus supply should have read 13-16 d, which makes a difference of nearly }d, and is more likely to give the Aka Aka suppliers a run for top place than the 10-16 d figures. At the Hunt Club social the other evening Mr Ted. Bent was the recipient of a pretty writer's companion from the members of the Club, Mr R. T. Keid, who made the presentation, referred to Mr Bent being one of the first members of the Club, and it was thought an opportune time to make him a little present in celebration of his recent marriage. He tendered to Mr and Mrs Bent best wishes for long life and prosperity. Mr Bent replied in appropriate terms, and mention ed that hunting he considered the best of sport, a remark which Huntsman Selby promptly supported.

The local Eubscriptions to the Belgian Belief Fund toUl £2O. About fifty members of the local regimental squadron paraded on Saturday under Captain Aldred, useful instruction work being undertaken.

A maa named John Parry, aged 43, a recent arrival from Australia, died suddenly last Friday. Deceased, in conjunction with his brother, had purchased Mr Conway's business, but prior to taking it over he died. He leaves a wife and two children in Sydney. Before Messrs S. T. Kossiter and W. J. King, J.'sP., at the Courthouse on Tuesday, an elderly man, Joseph Henry Pirkney, was charged with having no visible means of support. The Bench ordered bis removal to the Custlev Home, fail* in« which he would have to undergo three months detention by. the Government.