THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1916 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 157, 21 March 1916, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times

PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1916 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Wc nothing extenuate, nor id down auaht in malice."

The Official Organ of . The Franklin County Council. The Pukekohe Borough Council. The Tuakau Town Board. The Karaka Koad Board. The Pokeno Koad Board. The Wairoa Koad Board. The Papakura Town Board. The Waikato River Board. The Mercer Town Board.

Tho Dairy Produce Committee has fixed the wholesale price of butter and eggs for the week ending Saturday, March 25th, as follows:—Farmers' butter, first grade, lOd per lb; fresh eggs, Is 5d per do/en. Farmers are in good heart as the result of copious rains that have recently fallen and yesterday's heavy downpour was welcomed everywhere. Pastures and turnips will be materially benefited by the break of the drought that threatened to have serious result--.

lii reply to an inyitation from the Mayor oi' Pukekohe conveyed by Mr E. F. Webster to the Hon. B. MjcNab, M.P , at Mercer yesterday, tha Minister said that he would have pleasure in making arrangements to speak at Pukekohe in about three weeks time in support of the local i-Gcnuting movement. In the course of the severe thunderstorn experienced in Pukekohe yesterday afternoon a chimney attached to the residence of Mr. K. R. Pobsou, in John street, was struck by lightening and was partly wrecked. The chimuey pot came down with a crash and some of the debris was scattered over a radius of some twenty to thirty yards Luckily no personal injury was sustained.

The following ;earns will represent the Pukekoho Bowling .Club it' the inter-club match with Onohuuga to be played at Onehimga to-morrow, Wednesday, March 'Oini, Uuest, Barter, Buulstou, I)., Armstrong; Coady, Perkins, A-dams, J., Clarke ; Fitness, O'Loughlen, Peaivo, Hewe>n ; Lawrie, ]s:iker, W., Houlston. J. f W'ngnt. ITuyert please note that cars will taave Messrs. Vaile and t-on's olfi.ee, Pukekohe, at 11 o'clock sharp.

Arrangements course ot progress for the delivery of this paper in the out-er paits of the borough of Pukekohe by a messenger on horseback. New subfciihers desiring to avail them selves of this mode of delivery are requested to leave instructions at our office and the management will also be glad to hear from old subscribers with a view of improvement of the existing mode of delivery wherever possible.

Writing to a friend in Pukekohe Pte. Bryant an ex-Pukekohe resident, now a member of the Sixth Eeinforcements, gives some interesting particulars of the withdrawal from Anzac. In the quarters at which Pte. Bryant was located at the time of writing, he Kiid they were having a good time and with plenty toe it they were making up for the bully beef and biscuit fare they previously had on the peninsula. Alluding to presents, the despatch of which had been notified to him but had not been received, ho 3ays it is only a waste of money tending anything as it was simply a mattr of luck if a parcel reached the intended recipient.

Yesterday's thunderstorm lias considerably handicapped the work of the local officials of the postal and telegraph department. One of the two telegraph lines from Pukekohe to Auckland has been rendered un workable, telephonic communication with Puni and thence to the Waiuku and Aka Aka districts has been put out of operation, and two or threo party telephone lines in the Pukekohe Hill district have ceased working. In one of the latter instances a pole carrying the telephone line is reported to have been struck by lightning and split, a subscriber, who was in the act of telephoning at the time, having received an alarming shock as the result of the occurrence. The linesmen are now busily employed effecting repairs.

Scene Police Court. Two revellers of the previous night outer the dock. The tirst case is called and a policeman gives evidence. "You say you are sure he was drunk," said the Magistrate to the policeconstable and yet you declare that he was perfectly quiet. What made you think he was drunk ?" "Well, your worship," replied the hobby, prisoner was kneeling down by the roadside saying 'is prayers. 'E'd 'ung 'is watch up on the 'edge, and 'e'd taken off his boots, and 'e told me'e was agoin' to bed."—Second case: " You say this defendant was drunk and disorderly when you arrested him ?" queried the Magistrate to the pobce-constable who was giving evidence. " That's your worship," rep'ied the officer, "What was he doing?" emjuiret 1 the other. " 'E was having a 'eated discussion with another chap in the middle of the road, your worship" "But, surely that doesn't mean that ho was drunk '?" " Well, your worship, there wasn't no other chap."

On his arrival at the Pukekohe railway station yesterday, prior to proceeding out to Patumnhoe, the Prime Minister (the Et. Hon. W. F. Massey) received deputations representative of the Pukekoln' Borough Council and of the Franklin A. and P. Society. Speaking in the joint interests of the Council and the Society Mr. D. R. Hamilton solicited Mr. Massey's support towards securing the construction uuder the railway of a subway to be used for conveying stock from the road on one side of the line to the road on the < ther side and thus avoiding the present necessity of driving cattle over the public railway bridge. The Mayor (Mr. H. G. E, Mason) pointed out that the subway was desirable from a public point of view in a general way as well as for showground purposes only The Mayorfurther asked Mr. Massey's advice as to the best means of securing a revision of the borough boundaries as defined by the Commissioners, which presided at the recent enquiry, who it was found had unexpectedly caused a considerable extent of an unformed road leading past the show-ground to Buckland to bo brought into the borough, together with a large proportion of Mr. H. R. Hamilton's and Messrs Eoulston Bros.' properties. On behalf of the A. and P. Society Mr. Hamilton made application for tlia old show-ground to bo purchased by the Government as a site for workers' homes, saving such dwellings were not only wanted in Pukekohe but the ground was eminently adapted for tiie samo and the purchase money would relieve the Society of its existing heavy liability with respect to the purchase of the new show-ground. In reply, Mr. Massey promised to communicate with the Eailway Department in regard to the proposod subway and he intimated that if a petition for an amendment of the borough boundaries was lodged he would give it his consideration. As to th« workers' homes, he said the practice was only to buy sufficient land to meet the requirements of bona fide applicants and if such applications wore forthcoming something ought to be done although he could hold out no hope (f the Government purvhasin g the whole of the property.

Dreadnought Boots and Shoss, best on the market. Sold only by FRANK PEIiK'NS& Co. Pukekohe.-Advt.