LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 244, 3 November 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Usersof water in Pukekohe should note that the supply will be turned off on Wednesday from S a.m. to <> p.m. Further donations received by the Lady Liverpool Committee Mrs Hubbard, (i pairs wristlets ; " Sympathiser," 4s for wool ; Mr Townson, magazines for troopships ; Miss Hamlin, h.m. wristlets ; Mrs Boase, h.m. wristlets; Mrs Stembridge, U heads wool ; Mrs Perkins, 4 pairs h.m. wristlets; Mrs Mcßae, 4 pairs h.m. wristlets : Mrs Eames, a cholera belt. When the war broke out tho members of the Chamber of Commerce decided to suspend their meetings for a few months as it was considered an inopportune time to approach the authorities for further concessions. Now that the country has settled down to the new condition of affairs it has been decided to continue the meetings and a notice appears in our columns calling a meeting of the Council for Monday next. Two candidates presented themselves this year for the Sir George Grey scholarship,' which is open for competition among students at the Auckland Uuivorsity College. The Professorial Board of the college decided at a moeting on Friday to recommend that the scholarship should be awarded to Mr L. J. Comrie, son of Mr J. A. Conirie, of Pukekohe. This recommendation is subject to confirmation by the College Council. Tho scholarship is of the valuo of i'-'iO and is tenable only at the Auckland college. "There have been none of the famous political garden parties at tho Pukekohe ostrich farm since the Massey Government came into power, ' said Mr J. W. McLarin, Liboral candidate for Mauukau, at Ep-om on Thursday night. " Tho ostriches up there are wonderful birds. They even pull tho iron staplos out of the lences and swallow them. Hut they couldn't digest the last lot of Tory speeches, and though the loss ul a number ol birds after the last party was put down to some prevailing epidemic, the tumble was nearer home than that. At any rate," added tho candidate, amidst laughter, " there have been no garden |>ait tea sine e, and now I lie properly is being cut j np in order th.it the new Waiuku line, for which .1- i.OOO has nlre-idv been voted, may run through the farm."