LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 143, 9 February 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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The usual fortnightly sitting of the Pukekohe Magistrate's Court takes plaoe to-morrow (Thursday}.

Messrs A. P. Home and Ron announce that they will buy pigs at Buckland on Monday next on behalf of the Te Aroha Bacon Coy. Mr Jack O'Malley. who recently left Pukekohe for training at fhe Featherston Camp as a member of the 11th Reinforcements, has been promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal.

The Kail way Department announce special train arrangements and the issue ot tickets at excursion fares tor the Te Kuiti races next Saturday and also lor the Rotorua Bowling Tournament. For particulars advt

The latest list of r.c uits who have enlisted lor service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force includes tha r.amca of Messrs Borthwick C Col«. Baker and Douglas F Cole-Baker, ot JOnewhero; Allan Munn, of Manurewa; and Thomas O'Brien, of Papakura On behalf ot Mr L> McFadden, ot Patumaho\ who is giving up contracting, Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons will s.ll at their Pukekohe Horse Bazaar on Thursday of next week the whole of his working horns and plant. Particulars will be found in an advt in this i3sue

In order that the exhibits at the Franklin A. and P. Society's forthcoming show should be as numerous as possible the time for entry has been extended up to and including Saturday nest and only ordinary fee 3 will be charged for the same up to that date

Lite F W Kutherfurd, of Onewhero, has received cabla advice from th 3 War Office that hi* son, Second-Lieutenant F I Ruthcrfurd, who went Home some time ago, and joined the Royal Field Artillery, was severely wounded in a recent engagement on the western frout

It was at a soldiers' concert at which no alcoholic liquors were being supplied, the men ere served with mineral waters by young lady helpers. Said a soldier tu a young lady helper. "Do you see that man who is singing has his eyes shut'.' ' "Ye?. What's he doing that for?" "He can't bear to look at us He kuows wot we're suffering

A sharp and merry downpour of rain, of an exceptionally tropical character in regard to severity, was ch'onicl'd in t'ukekohe on Sunday morning last. its area was remarkably limited, and although King street was apparently the course of its routs it did not even extend far alonz the by-streets oa either side cf that thoroughfare Members of the Fukekohe West Tennis Club assembl d at the reside ice of Mr Joseph Wright on Friday evening last lor the purpose of giving a send-off to two of tbeir number, Messrs Ji.hi Thoma3 ana Noel Stewart, who are leaving to take up military duty. On behalf of thosa pr2sent Mr James fojlock presented Mr Stewart with a wristlet watch and Mr Thomas with a case of pipes. The recipients suitably responded. Songs ami dancrg folliwed

A surveying party is now busily engaged ou the Biib division ol the 60 acre property on l'uni ruad, about 1* mil:s from I'ukekohe, belonging '.o the estate ol Mr 11 Koutly, d; ceased. 1112 land is being cut up iot j six sections of teu acres each, and tli3 same will be offered tor sale on the property on March 25th next. It 13 eminently adapted for potato, onion and lruit g;owing purposfs. Full particulars will be announced in our advertising columns later

JL'he effect of ' lores oi habit, was remarkably instance! by a Mauku farmer last week. He his recently installed an up-fo date telephone connection at bis resi deni e, and on this particular day had occasion to send an urgent message to a city lirtn Hurriedly calling his eldest boy he was just packing him off post haste to the nearest telephone otlic, supie two miles distant, when his good wit* came out and said: "Why cot use our 'phone, J ; wouldn't it do' The effect was el ctrical, And later whilst using the 'phone and whilst trying to crowd as much into the regulation three nnnutcs as poB sible, he was asked what kind ol onions those were that he was wauting to s; 11. The flurry of the 'phone was such that he was just able to say, "Oh, onions, onions, unions'.'" And yet at ordinary times ho eould prdly weli I II the name of any onion on eight. Therefore lie has decided that the phone is not the beat method of doing liusi ncss, anyhow until he gets more