THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 97, 18 October 1915, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times

PUBLISHED MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"We nothing extenuate, nor net down auoht in malice

The Official Organ of: The Franklin County Council. The Pukekohe Borough Council. The Tuakau Town Board. The Karaka Road Board. The Pokeno Road Board. The Wairoa Road Board. The Papakura Town Board. The VVaikato River Board. The Mrrcer Town Board.

In view of Monday next being Lab.ur Day, and in order to allow our staff to bave the full advantage of the public holiday, the ordinary Monday issue of the "Pukekohe Times" mill be suspended on that date.

An important article describing the works in progress on the VVaikato river will be found on page one.

The friends of Mr T. Kennedy will be pleased to hear that he has at last been able to leave his bed. For the past month be has been incapacitated through an attack of bronchitis. Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons are to hold a special sale of dairy cattle in their Pukekohe yards on Saturday next, hnt ies are solicited by the tirm. For particulars s:c advt.

Members and intending members of the Pukekohs Branch of the National Ksserve arc reminded that tha annual meeting of ths Branch is to "be held to-morro* (Tuesday) evening in the Horse Bazaar. A post and telegraph gang of five men in charge of Mr N. Carter arnved in Pukekoha from Rotorua tn Friday last, and are installing an additional telephone at the railway station. Abou|t twenty-three new connections will be made daring their stay in the district. A lady writing from Mauku testifies to her satisfaction with a printing order executed for her at this office in the following terms, viz. "I wish to tender my sincere thanks and appreriation for work done. I will always recommend your office to any persons I know requiring printing to be done." A sad bereavvement befell Mr and Mrs 0. Heerdegeu, of Pukekohe, in the sudden death on Friday night last, through convulsions, of their baby girl Violet Meryl. The little one, who was 15 months of age, had been playing about as merrily as usual at her parents' premises in King street the previous da;, and her bright and cheery ways wete ajways noticeable. Great sympathy is felt with Mr and Mrs Heerdegen in the severe lots ihey have sustained. Particulars will he found in our advertising columns of the issue of Government 4i per cent debentures to provide moneys tor local expenditure during the present war. The Government coniidei-tly appeal to the public ot th? Dominion ti assist them in raising money, and at the same time to secure the advantage of a safe investment paying a reasonable interest. Sums of £5 or any multiple of £5 may be applied tor at a currency of 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 years, at th? option of the subscriber. Post Office Savings Bank deposits may ba transferred to purchase the debentures. Applications fill close on November 6th. That advertising in the "Pukekohe and Waiuku limes'* pays is the testimony of a commercial traveller, who was last week paying his first visit to the Lower Waikato. Whilst at Mercer he received instructions from his firm to make a call at Waiuku, and the country being new to him his only knowledge ot means of accesa to Waiuku was by way if the coach to and from Pukekohe. As the same wculd have entailed a trip extending over two days he was iu a quandry how to carry out another business appointment he had made elsewhere. He, however, perused a copy oi" this paper and finding the announcement therein ot the motor car service between Pukekohe and Waiuku he availed himself of the same and did the return t'ip In one day.