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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 183, 16 June 1916, Page 3

A charge of assault concerning the recent horse-whipping incident in Pukekohe was down for hearing at the Magistrate's G urt to-day, J. J. Coady beiDg the complainant atid George Mctivoy the defendant, whilst there was also a civil claim for £2OO in respect ot damages said to have been suffered through the assault. At 3.130 p.m., however, there seemed little prospect of the case being reached to-day, and the Magistrate arranged with Counsel to set aside Monday next for the hearing at a special Court. That a "public" man must be ever ready to respond to the call of duty was vividly impressed last week on Mr T. J. Lockwood, the member for the Hunua riding on the Franklin County Council. He duly attended the Council meeting on Thursday of last week in Pukekohe and late in the afternoon received a telegram from the chairman of the Council (Mr J. Flanagan), who happened to be iu Wellington on other business, that his presence in that city was advisable in order to further place before the Ministers concerned the Council's claims for Government grants for road works. Mr Lockwood thereupon decided to at once proceed to Wellington and he undertook the journey without any preparations for comforts in the form of change of clothing for the trip. In the absence of opportunity, owing to the Hunua bureau being closed he was also unable to send a message home that his absence therefrom would be prolongod. The probability of the Helvetia Ostrich Farm, at Pukekohe, being closed down at an early date, and consequently the production of ostrich feathers being eliminated from the list of New Zealand industries, is denied by the secretary (Mr S. H. Matthews), who stated to a representative of the Auckland Star yesterday that the company had no intention of closing the farm. What really was the case was that the estate had been subdivided, and several portions offered for sale. However, it was quite probable that not half the area would be sold, thus leaving amplo space for the continuation of tho ostrich industry. Therewas still a fair demand for the feathers, and, although the present stock on hand would bo sufficient to cope with the demands for a considerable timo, additional supplies of plumes would be available from time to time

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