THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 114, 29 November 1915, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times

PUBLISHED MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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 Waikato River Board. The Mercer Town Board.

"We nothing extenuate, nor let down auoht in malice."

Exceptional offers of summer dresses, available far this neck only, are being made by Mr W. Roulston. Particulars appear in tbe tiro's advt. in this issue.

The Auckland Dairy Produce Committee has fixed ths wholesale price for butter and eggs for tbe week ending December 4th as follows: farmers', separator and dairy butter, lOd; eggs, lid per d-zen.

Meesrs Frank Perkins and Co. notify clients that they will receive pigs on behalf of the Te Aroba Bacon Company, at the Pukekohe railway station, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., un the 13th inst.

A meeting of the Pukekohe Queen Carnival Executive was held on Saturday and statements were presented from the various committees showing receipts and expenditure. Messrs J. lioulston and J. Coady, as organisers of the Coronation Pageant, detailei to the Committee the difficulties they had had to encounter in regard to the coronation proceedings owing to, they alleged, their efforts being thwarted by the Auckland organiser (Mr Cardston), and they disclaimed responsibility for the contretemps that bad thereby occurred. For the purpose of faiewelling six of their number who have joined or are about to join the Reinforcement Co'ps, the members of the local Permanent Way Kailway Staff have arangtd a smoker to be held in the Masonic Hall, Pukekohe, on Wednesday evening next. Thf guests on the occasion will be Privates 1. Wilcox, H. Wilcox, L. Fraser and C. Jefferys, of the Ninth Reinforcements, who have returned on final leave, and Messrs R. Cook and Hartley Parker, who are proceeding to Trmtham this week to join the Tenth Reinforcements. At the Pukekuhe Police Court this morning the charge was beard against bus Leaby, ailas George Smith, alias Luinney, ot obtaining by false pretenes a pair of spurs from Mr B. Dell, Pukekobe. Messrs C. Roadley and C." K. Lawrie were the presiding Justices. Sergeant Cowan, in explaining the nature of the offence, stated that Leahy arrived in Pukekohe on Thursday last, and on Friday be obtained a pair of spurs, valued at 6s, from Mr H. Dell by representing himself as a drover, who was about to drive a mob of cattle through to the Waikato for a Mr Sutton, of Papatoetoe, to whom the spurs were charged at accused's request. The accused, who pleaded guilty, was convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

Although in no way attaining the form of a general outbreak of the disease, several cases of diptheria have recently occurred in the borough of Pukekohe, and the matter is causing no little concern among the residents. The latest case was repotted on Saturday. The origin of the trouble has not been located, but public opinion suggests that the water from the borough reservoir, which of late has developed a decided greenish hue, may be responsible for disseminating the diphtheria germs. Th 3 Health Department has accordingly been communicated with by one of the resident medical practitioners with a request that in the public interests the water should be carefully analysed by the Government Analyst. in the meantime householders would fce well advised to aiopt the precautionary metlud of boiling the water before using it for household consumption,

An applicatiOD was made by Mr tialle, of Pom, at the Franklin County Council meeting last week, to have the drains along his frontage cleaned. Gr Henry stated that in order to render the cleaning of the drains of any benefit to the road, the Maaku creek, into which the drains emptied, would require to be cleared of obstructions. Be added that he had been approached by Mr Franklin, thrcugh whose farm a portion ot the creek ran, and Mr Franklin had mentioned to him that he had a proposal to lay before the Council to which he thought the persons interested acd liable would agree, and whereby they would combine to bear the cost and have the woik effectually done under the supeivision of the Council's engineer.—The clerk was instructed to communicate with Mr Franklin in connection with the matter. The art union instituted by Mrs I. Motion, was drawn on Friday evening last, in the Pukekohe Carnival lea Koms, the winning tickets and holders being as follows, viz.:—First prize, ticket No. 362, for suit of clo'hes presented by R. Miller and Co., Mr L. Fisher, Pukekohe; second, No 365, carved band-painted chair presented by Miss M. Taylor, Mr F. Glass, Waiuku; thud, No. 117, trophy presented by Mr W. T. Jones, Mrs Corrie, Mercer; fourth, No. 615, eiderdown quilt, presented by Messrs W. U. Snotbolt, and Co., Mr C. K. Lawrie; tilth, No. 105, t opby presented by Mr W. Wright, Mr J. Black, Puni: sixth, No. 187, trophy presented by Mr C. H. Lusher,- Mr K. Batetlcb, Puni, The winners may obtain their prizes on application to Mrs I. Motion. On the same evening the art union for which the winning trophy was a handsome diamond broocb, presented by Mrs A. B Barter, was drawn, when Mrs 0. Kay, Te Awamutu. was the successful ticket bolder. The Pukekohe Carnival Tea Booms closed on Saturday af term on and the Ladies' Committee, of which Mrs Ivan Motion presided, in charge of the establishment, deserve extreme praise for the readiness and willingness with which they carried cut duties of a prolonged and laborious naure. Thanks to their energies gifts of supplies were freely forthcoming, and with the gross proceeds of the undertaking reaching the high figure of close upon £6OO, the fact that the expenses were oniy in the vicinity of £3O is a glowing testimony to the patriotism shown by the fair workers. On this point it is only right to mention that any shortcomings that occurred in the catering department on the Show ground last Wednesday on the occasion of the Coronatioa ceremony were due to circumstances over which the Ladies' Committee had no control. Provisions and workers from the outside districts failed to materialise although promised, and further owing to the late arrival on the ground of the procession and the unfortunate subsequent "mix-up" of the crowning proceedings the best laid scheme of preparation could not have coped with the inrush of a crowd that would otherwise have been provided for by parties entering the refreshment tent at different periods during the afternoon.