LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 155, 14 March 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Pukekohe Borough Council is to be held to-morrow (Wednesday) evening. l'be Salvation Army harvest festival is to be held in Pukekohe next Monday, when a musical pro. gramme will be rendered in the Salvation Army Hall On behalf of tfce Auckland Bacon Company, Mr N L Brown, for Messrs Koulston Bros, will be buying pigs at the Pukekohe station to-morrow—Wednesday— afternoon. Particulars will be found in an advt The Dairy Produce Committee has fixed the wholesale price of butter and eggs for the weefc ending Saturday, March 18, as follows : Farmers' butter, first grade, lOd per lb ; fresh eggs, Is od per dozen. Messrs J 1 Stembridge and Co, of the Pukekohe Auction Mart, advertise particulars of the entry for their usual sale next Friday and thej are also to hold a special sale of furniture and sundries on Tuesday of next week Another of Pukekohe's easiest settlers passed away on Sunday last, at her daughter's residence'at Thames, in the person of Mrs Mary Hickey, wife of Mr Jeremiah Hickep. The deceased lady, who waß 73 years of age, arrived in the district more than half a cantry The two farms, situated at Kama Kama, the property of tne late Mr J 1 Perry, are to be offered for auction in Auckland on FriOay of next week by Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons, under instructions from the Public Trustee. For particulars see advt in this issue We have received a letter from Mr C Koadley in reply to Mr C K Lawrie's commuication that appeared in our last issue in reference to the "Kaising the Wind" controversy. As the letter, however, introduces the personal element wr. in accordance with our usual rule, retrain from publishing it As the result of water passing too freely into the town mains from the pressurevaKe of the Pukekohe borough wa'er supply a couple of biow-outs in the pipes occurred about midnight on Sunday, in one instance in Hall street near the Masonic Hall and tha other in Weßt road. Kepairs were effected as soon as the occurrences were detected

The quarterly sitting of the Frank lin Licensing Committee was held a the Pukekohe Courthouse on Satur day before Messrs E. Page, S.M (chairman), Wm. Richardson and C K. Lawrie when the transfers of th< licenses of the Papakura Hotel fron Alfred Waterman to Samuel Bygrav and of the Marine Hotel, Howick from J. A. Raynes to A. E. Bennet were granted. The value of the "Pukekohi Times " as an advertising medium i; testified to Mr C. A. Kidd, tho Puke kohe district representative foi Messrs Charles Ratjen, Ltd's special preparation known as " Cow lie." Mr Kidd testifies to the fac that very many orders have reachec him for this article in question purelj through the adveitisement of th< same that appeared in thes< columns. Arrangements are in course o: progress for the delivery of thi: paper in the outer parts of th< borough of Pukekohe by a messen ger on horseback. Now subscriber! desiring to avail themselves of this mode of delivery are requested t( leave instructions at our office anc the management will also be glad ti hear from old subscribers with i view of improvement of the existing mode of delivery wherever possible. Messrs J T Stembridge and C< report:—At oar sale on Friday la t. at tbe Pukekohe Auction Mart, wi bad a large attendance and gooc entries in all lines. Figs sold fron 10s to 149 6d, Poultry, recorc entries: Hens sold 8t from Is Id t< 2s 7d; roosters, old and poor Is Id others to 2a 7d, Tomatoes, Is 9d t< 2s 6d case. Apples, 2s tid to 2: i)d. Pears, 2s ( Jd to lis. Quinces, la per lb. Onions, about Id pel lb, Vegetables and sundries rea 1 jsec usual rates The disappearance oil tbe nighi of Show Day (February 26th) of i pony in Pukekohe is engaging thi attention of the police. Its owner, Master Kenneth MacKay, of l'atu mahce, had tied it up to a verandar post whilst he made some purchases in King street at a fruit shop, and in the few minutes that elapsed during the execution of bis errand the pony, with its saddle and bridle, was missing. As it is possible that the act was perpetrated as a joke, it is requested that the animal should be restored to its owner The Kev W K Poole, of the Methodist Mission, Fiji, is paying a visit to Pukekohe on Thursday. Jn the evening he will speak in the Pukekohe Methodist Church, the subject being, "The Imperial cause of Mission—An Inspiring Survey." Mr Poole has been over twenty years a most successful missionary in the Group, and returns by steamer from Auckland on Monday next. The Ladies' Missionary Guild are providing refreshments at the close of the address, and during the evening some anthems and solos wili be sung. The collection is for the Foreign Mission Fund At a meeting of the executive of the Franklin A and P Society held hst night it was arranged that a deputation should wait on tbe Borough Council to-morrow evening to make application for the exemption from rales of the new showground, the properties ol Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in many other parts of the Dominion being recognised by the local authorities concerned bs entitl d to that privilege. Appreciation was also expressed of the ready assistance rendc:el by the Council in various ways on the occ sion of the •ecent show Dreadnought Boots and Shuss, best )ii the market. Sold only by FRANK PERKINS & Co , Pukekohe.—Advt.