LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 87, 24 September 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons advertise in tbi* issue particulars of a clearance sale to be held on Thursday next on Mr James Dovell's farm at Pukeoware.

A Church parade of the Pukekohe Natiuna 1 Reserve will take place on the afternoon of Suoday, October 3rd, in connection with a memorial service for f^lien heroes to be held in the Premier Hall.

Pop Dresser for Hire, for broadcasting liiue. slag, bonedust and grass r-eed, 3 - per dav from FRANK I'IiKKINS 6i Co., l'ukekohe.—Advt.

Id a replace advt. in thia is_u3 Messrs W. G. Shottolt and Co. draw attention to the display at their drapery establishment in Pukekohe of a large assortment ol lady's sample baskets.

jno nominations are yet forward for the seat on the Pukekohe Borugh Council vacated by Mr J. A. Comrie, but there is yet time for candidates to take the field before nominations close on Monday next at noon.

A meeting of members of the Presbyterian cause is to be held in the fukekohc Presbtyerian Church on Tuesday next, at 2 p.m., for the prupose of dealing with the proposed division of the P.ikekoh<: Presbtyerian Charge, For fresh fruit and vegetables the public of Pukeohe will do well to call at Mr George Walters', late of Otahuhu, who has renovated the shop in King street lately occupied by Mr T. Askew.; Mr Walters is also specialising in suppers. Like the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts are an active body in Pukekohe and realising their duty to rendef what assistance they can in these momentous times 'they have arranged to give a concert in the Premier Hall on Thursday, October 21st. The charge for admission will be Is, children half-place.

Donations are invited to the "Pukekohe Times" Fund for supplying troops from the district with tobacco and cigarettes, and relatives of "boys" at the Front are requested to forward names and regimental numbers to the Editor, so that gifts of the nature described may be forwarded to them.

From now onwards "new" potatoes are likely to be available in Pukekohe in giadually increasing quantities. The consignment earlier in the week to Weliintgon, reported in our last issue, was followed by a supply coming forward for sale tn-day at Messrs J. T. Stembridge and Co.'s auction mart. Retail prices are from 2d to 2id per lb.

Messrs J. T. Stembridze and Co. desire to again call attm'ioa to the sale they are to hold at their auction mart on Tuesday next, at 2 p.m., of a choice farm of 63J acres situated on Pukekohe Hill. At the same time a herd of 19 .dairy cows, runring on the property, will be submitted for sale. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns.

Mr George Wilson, an official of the Government Life Insurance Office, is at present staying in Pukekohe. Having made an extensive study of hypnotism he has offered his services to the Defence Department, being of opinion that hypnotic influence could be beneficially ÜBed in the case of soldiers wounded on the battlefield so as to mitigate their sufferings.

Dr Hughes, the chief Medical Officer for thr> district, paid a visit of inspection to Pukekohe on Wednesday as a sequel to the recant couple of cases of diptheria that occurred in the Borough. Dr Hughes will probably submit a report to the Borough Council in order to emphasise the advisability of the installation of a drainage scheme for the town in place of the deficient sanitary methods that are now in existence.

Boring operations in connection with with the search for watsr on Pukikohe Hill in the vicinitv of the Borough Keservoir, are still in progress, although work is not being carried out continuously. Yesterday a depth of 138 feet was reached, at which point rock was struck. The drilling of the rock will now naturally be somewhat laborious, and the success or otherwise of the experiment will, it is expected, largely depend on the extent of the strata of the hard surface that lias to be dealt with.

Serious injuries to the lingers ot his right hand were sustained on Tuesday by Konald Mclntyre, the seven-year-old son of Mr Malcolm Mclntyre, of Pukekohe. The unfortunate boy got bi3 baDd caught in a lawn-mower that was being used by his brother, and two fingers were fractured. Ths injuries were treated by Dr Wake, and by his instructions the boy was on Wednesday taken 'o the Auckland Hospital, where he is making good progress, although it iB feared that amputation of the fingers will be necessary.

The Railway Departmeot announce an innovation, to take effect as from to-morrow (Saturday), of week end tickets at excursion rates from any station to any station, subject to the minimum fare being 5s 5d first class and 3s 9d second cltss, breaks of journey not being permitted. The tickets will be issued on Saturdays, and also on Sundays where the train service allows. The excursion fares from Pukekohe to Auckland under the revised s:ale are 5s lUd first class and 4s second class, and they will be available for the Main Trunk express on Sundays.

Two ladies proceeding up the hill of East street in the moonlight on Wednesday evening had the unpleasant experience of encountering an inturiated cow that was being driven along the road. Their only means of escape from the animal was to negotiate the barbed wire fence at the upper portion of Dr Wake's property, and this acrobatic feat, necessitating a considerabla drop into the gardeo from the footpath level, was successfully accomplith'd, although attended by some rending of dressts. Both ladies suffered from nervius Bhock as the result of the [right they received.

The war taxation on postal and telegraphic rates takes effect as from to-day. The minimum charge for telegrams is now 8d for twelve words, instead of 6d as previously, with H for each extra word as before. An additional charge of a halfpenny each 13 levied on letters, books, parcels and other postal packets of every kind, except newspapers, posted in New Zealand for all places either within the Dominion or oversea, but no additional charge ii to be levied on packets addressed to a country for which the postage is levied at postal uni jn rates, 2Jd. Any postal packet fully prepaid except for the additional charge of one halfpenny will be surcharged the halfpenny deficiency only instead of double rates. No intimation has been received as to the (lite in which the increased charge of telephone calls within a distance ol 15 miles or for receipted accounts to bear a 2J atamp instead of a Id stamp as hitherto will come into force.

Tha usual ev.ning opening, viz., from seven to o'clock, for the summer months of the telegraph branch uf the Pukekohe Post Office, comea into force aa from Friday of next week, October Ist.

Frivata Edward Herber Charles, of the Wellington Battalion, who was previously reported missing and is now reported as "believed to have been killed" on August Btb, is the eldest son of Mr John Charles, of Uisborne, who is the step son of Mr James Golding, and was formerly a resident of Pukekohe. Private Charles, who was 22 years ol age, left Uisborne with the Third Reinforcements. He was born and educated at Uißborne, and was employed by the Harbour Board as launchman. In a letter received by his pareits a month ago, Private Charles said he and four others (including Lar.ce-L'orporal 11 M. Fielder, cf Uisborne, who was recently reported wounded), rcere transferred to tha Signallirg Corps in connection with tha Royal Artillery. He wa3 a member of tiie DruiJs' Lodge. Mr Charles' second son, William, left Uiaborna with the last lot of reinforcements aa a signaller. Relcrring to tin s;rvice< rendered by the chaplairs to ihe wounded at the military hospitals one of the wounded men -who returned from Egppt by the Tahiti, in tbe course of an interview with a representative of the Auckland "Star," sp;.ke admiringly of the Kev. A. MacDnnald, formerly Presbyterian Minist r at Pokeno. Ha eaid: "Chaplain-Captain Angus Mac Donald, from th i Waipu Presbyterian Cnurch, did splndid work amongst us wounded chaps in the hopsitals at Egypt. For that work, 1 can tell you, he was out on his own. He had a cheery word for each man, a bright bretzy way of chatting that livened the chaps up. You could ate the men's eyes brightened as he walked along the ward 3. He came to ma one day and asked if 1 would like some cigarettes. I told him 1 had a pipe but no tobacco. Ihe next day be turned up with a tupply of tobacco for me, and that is the way he acts with all the men. Out there we reckoned that he gave away all hia pay for comforts for the men. I only wish some of tne fund for wounded soldiers could be sent to him from Auckland. The money would be well spent for comforts for the men, and it might save him from beggaring himself in his good work. Chaplain Mac Donald has a personality which is of great value when dflali r g with wounded men in the hopsital."