THE Pukekohe and waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 17, 2 March 1915, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1915.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"We nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice."

The Drury Eoad Board give notice in an advt. in this issue that a ten per cent penalty will be inflicted in all cases of rates not pai I before tho 14 th inst.

The Railway' Department advertise train arrangements and excursion fares for the Cambridge Show on Thursday and Friday nest and for the Te Aroha Races on Saturday and Monday next. Messrs Beatty and Marshall have commenced business as butchers in Pukekohe in the premises in King Street formerly occupied by Mr H. Barnaby. The new firm solicit a fair share of public patronage.

Mr and Mrs William Roulston and family are due to leave by the Bs. Niagara on Monday next for Australia, where they propose to reside during the coming win ter. Whilst attending Pukekohe on duty on Saturday afternoon last Mr O'LoughleD, assistant traffic-manage c for Auckland district, stepped off a moving train and met with rather nasty injuries. Dr Wake was summoned to the station and found Mr O'Loughlen suffering from concussion oi the brain and some facial injuries. He was conveyed to Auckland and taken to a private hospital, where jjse are glad to learn he is making gradual recovery from the effects of the mishap.

In spite of the large crowd present in Pukekohe on Saturday—People's Day at the Show—only one case of misconduct required summary intervention of the police, the offender being a local labourer named Carl Homburg, a native of Sweden. Charged yesterday with having used obscene language in the public street Homburg was sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard kbour, in default of paying a line of £5. On Friday the police made three arrests and the offenders were brought up on Saturday, when a circus employee, named Gilliland, was fined £2 for using obscene language, whilst for a breach of tho peace one defendant was fined 10s and auether was convicted and discharged.

Nominations closed ou Saturday for membership (five seats': on the Franklin Licensing Committee, and Messrs J. D. Chalmers Glenbrook;, A. E. Hattaway (Otahuhu), C. K. Lawrie (Pukekohe , W. C. Motion (Otaua)andW. Richardson (Papakura), were declared duly elected without opposition. Two other nominations were received but being informal they were rejected. The old Committee is thus reelected with the exception that Mr Hattaway lakes tho place vacated by Mr J. Schlaopi'er, who desired to resign.

Rather an exciting runaway incident occurred in King Street on Friday afternoon immediately subsequent to the close uf tho first day's proceedings at tho Show. A horse, that had beeu a first prize wianor at the Show and was being driven in a buggy, got out of hand aud bulled, making its way at a wild gallop down the road past the hotel and ou past Messrs Buckland's saleyards. Mr C. J. Hosking was at tho time riding some distauco in front and at the same time was leading his thoroughbred entire horse, Master Soult. Realising that he and his charge might be run down Mr Hosking also wont full speed ahead and it was a lively race between the pursued and the pursuer until after a good long stretch of road had been negotiated the runaway was pulled up by the occupants of the buggy, who had pluckily retained their , seats.