LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 255, 11 December 1914, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Rev. G. Frost will preach iu the Methodist Church, Pukekohe, on Sunday evening; on : " Lessons from the Election."

The Treasurer of the Methodist Cburch has forwarded £24 3s 9d to the Belgian Belief Fund as the result of special collections iu the Franklin Circuit.

• Additional dates and places are advertised elsewhere in this issue for the attendance iu the Pukekoho district of an officer for the purpose of inoculating calves against Blackleg. ■

Mr E. Bremner, who joined the Expeditionary Force at present in camp at Trentbam, as a lieutenant, is to be farewelled by bis Drury friends at a dance on Saturday evening.

A ba«k«t social in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund and the Maori Missiou Fund is to be held on Friday, of next week, in the Mercer Town Hall. For particulars tee advt.

The following ladies were successful exhibitors at the recent Clevedon Horticultural Show:—Mrs Eames tiMfffor point lace, and Mrs Baxter first prize for table-centre and knitted socks. At the Auckland show Mrs D. Hill was first for short-bread.

the Pukekohe saleyards on Tuesday last the New Zealand Loan Co. submitted to auction, on behalt of Mr P. Foy,' l ihree acres of land situated on Pukekohe Hill. £6O per acre was the highest bid secured, and the reserve not being reached the property was "passed in." Several private enquiries have, however, since been made and a Bale is probable.

A prominent Pulcekohe resident, who has been motoring this week in the Ararirau district, speaks in admiration of the growth of cultivation everywhere visible on farms around Ararimu. On Mr Shaw's property in particular there was a splendid sole of grass and dospite the dry weather the cattle looked in remarkably good condition. On Mr M. Markham's farm a similar satisfactory state of tilings was in evidence. Everywhere there was great activity in ploughing operations, the ground being prepared for the sowing of swodos for winter feed.

At the New Zealand Loan Company's monthly sale, held in the Pukekohe aaleyaida on Tuesday, there was a large yarding of cattle of all I classes. With the exception of willgrown steers, which sold at an increased rate, prices were somewhat easier than of late. Steers in forward condition made from £8 5s to £lO 14s, 2 to 3-year-old steers £6 15s to £8 3s, fat steers sold up to £ls 10s. Etrpty cows commanded £3 15s to £5 ss. Heifers suitable for dairying purposes sold from £3 6s to £4. Good strong calves, £2 to £2 12s, and this season's calves 15s to 325. Bulls sold from £3 to £B, and dairy cows from £4 to £8 10s. i Sister Esther desires to thank the following ladies and gentlemen for contributions towards the relief of distress amongst - the poor:— Mes- ! dames E. Smith, Hughes, Coster, JA. F. Brown, Hooey, Eaines, Hill, ' Tatley, Hurley, D. Blake, Wilcocks, 1 and Frost, Misses Bilkev, Barter, and Shipherd, for clothing; Messrs ; Benseman, Askew, C. Willis, j Hurley and H. Bilkey, for vegeI tables; Committee of hockey girls' , dance, Mrs Earnes' social and Sister ! Esther dance, box of cakes; Mrs S. | for weekly aupply of butter, and j other friends for butter, eggs, and | comforts fcr the sick; the Traffic Manager for reduction in freight i and Mr Cuest for free carting; cash 'donor*, W. Koulston £1 Js, Joseph Adams Is fid, Mr I'hleging ss. I). Hamilton sj, and three " Friends" Jfs 6rt.