LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 148, 21 February 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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Tha next sitting oi the I'ukekohe Magistrate's Court takes placa en Thursday of this week Watch for C A Kidd's exhibits ot Treloar Milking Machines and of Katjen's Cow-Lie, etc., at the PukeKohc Show*

Particulars are advertised by the Railway Department in this issue of train arrangements tor the Puke kohc Show next Friday and Saturday The small girl had not rieen at school the day before, but with a bright, confident smile Ehe stepped up to the teacher's desk and funded in tha following explanatory not?: "Dear Mis-, please excuse Gladys been ahßent yesterday, but her brother was 'ome from the Garden Hells." Duly excused Messrs J T Stembridga and Co have for sale by by private treaty, at their Pukekohe Auction Mart, a quantity of firs'-clasi household furniture, of which the owner, who is leaving tee district, deaiies to dispise. Particulars will be found in an aclvt in this issue Definite information has now been received from the Prime Minuter, the Right Bon W F Massey, that he will bs able to carry out his promise to attend the Pukekohe Show and will officiate at the ceremony on Saturday of officially opening the new Showground It was at a temperance teameeting, and th: vicar was hanging round the refreshments. "Now, Mrs Botham," he said, approaching an old lady at the table, "will you have some Genoa cake?"—" Gin or cake, sir?" repeated the old dame; "well, I don't care so much for the cake, but I'll take a little drop of gin." That a country minister's life entails some strenuous work in the discharge of duties is evidenced by the wide extent of ground cover:d by the Pukekohe Methodist Charge. Yesterday, lor instanc?, the Kev G Frost conducted services at Onewhero (morning), Pukekawa (afternoon) and Pukekohe (evenhg), thus preaching three sermons and having to travel soma 35 miles during the day For the thousandth ar.d oncth time the canvasser besought the callow youth to pull himself together, and desert from the rank 3 of the slackers. "Surely you are not th 3 man to stand asidi when your cour.try is in danger?" he urged.—"Oh, that be dashed," blcateJ the callow one. "You cant sav that Ne* Zealand is in any danger from the invaders." "Perhaps not," coughed the canvasser, drily. "It looks as it she were in more danger from the evaders!"—Aod tha cillow youth retired with expedition; but not with the expedition his country has been calling upon him to go with An officer writing home from Gallipoli to England states:—"The Australians and New Z.'alandcra out here are just magnificent scrappers, and go at and into any thing. It they were officered by the Kegular Army officer (now, alas! mostly gone or broken) they could, and would, do anything. They are magntiicentiy bu'lt men, and, of course, are by upbringing and education used to fending for themselves, which makes a lot of difference on a show like this, where there are no home comforts unlers you make them for yourself out of anything you can find lying about. They are the sort of people who would verv soon have a fireproof house made in hell out of thintrs they found lying about, and would bz serving iced drinks next day." Watch for C A Kidd'a exhibits of Ireloar Milking Machines and of Katjen's Cow-Lie, etc , at the Pukekohe Show* Dreadnought Bools and fihoss, best on the market. Sold only by FRANK PERKINS & Co , Pukekohe.—Advt.