TUAKAU.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 182, 13 June 1916, Page 3

TUAKAU.

The representations Irom Tuakau reaiderts made *to the Railway Department ton the speeding up of the ls-45 p.m. mixed goods and passfngjr t'ain from Auckland to unable goads to be earlier received in Tuakau has at last borne fruit, for instead of the long wait from 3.5 p.m. to 4.5 p.m. experienced at Pukekohe the tram under the revised service is timed as trom vesterday to leave Pukekohe at 3 25 p.m.

Subsequent to the Town Board meeting jn Tuesday evening of last week a pleasant little function took place in tbe form cf a presentation ?f a valuable pipe, in case, to Mr K. Stewart, proprietor of tbe Tuakau Hotel, who is about to leave tbe district to reside in Hamilton. In banding the gift to Mr Stewart. Mr Dynes Fulton referred to the valuable assistance Mi Stewart had rendered to patriotic work, and the loss the district would sustain in his duparture, as be had proved himself to be a mo ft hospitable host. Several other speakers testified to both Mr and Mib Stewart's good qualities. Mr Stewart, responding on bis own and Mrs Stewart's behalf, 'thanked the company for their good wishes and for the token of esteem he wbs taking away with him. lie assured them that his Blay in Tuakau had been most pleasant, and that it was a privilege to have assisted in tbe patriotic work that was beirg cariied on in the district to Euch great advantage.