LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 185, 23 June 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The whitebait .season in the Waikato river premises to open at an unusually oavly date this year. The dainty little fish are already making their appearance in the stream in the vicinity of Tuakau and are being caught by tin* natives.

For the convenience of owners of horses and vehicles doing business at the Pukokuhc Pott Ollico the Borough Council decided on Wednesday to erect at the Hall street corner of the Post Ollico a tie-up rail, in which hordes could In l attached. Drt'M'luoitfhl li nits :iml Sim.--:, hesl on the market, Sold only by FRANK PERKINS & C>., Pukekohe.-Advt.

Clearing gales to be carried out next week by Messrs Alfred Buckland and JSons include those on behalf of Mr W. Nicholls at Mauku on Wednesday, on behalf of Mr James Keith at Maungatawhiri ou Thursday, and on behalf of Messrs Makgill and Middleton in the Waiuku saleyards on Friday. For particulars see advts.

Mr Malcolm Brunette, until recently bandmaster of the Pukekohe Town Band, who enlisted with the loth Keinforcements, paid a visit to Pukekohe on Tuesday whilst on his final leave. He has gained his Sergeant's stripes, and is also baudmaster of the baud that has b9en raised and attached to the loth .Reinforcements.

The annual meeting of the Pukekohe Chamber of Commerce convened for Monday evening last after adjournment from the previous wetk owing to the absence of a quorum again lapsed for the same reason. The lack of interest taken by the local public in an organisation calculated to forward the town's advancement is to be regretted.

Mr E. J. term, the Consulting Electrical Engineer engaged to report on the proposed installation of electric light in Pukekohe, visited the town on Tuesday, and after inspecting the district conferred with members of the Borough Council. It is anticipated that his report will be to hand in time for presentation to a special Council meeting to be held on Wednesday, July s'.h.

The estate of the late Mr Donald MeFherson, consiatng of 76 acres and situated at Glenbrook, winch was not disposed of when submitted to auction recently, has been sold this week for £1950 cash, the purchaser beirg a Mr Anderson of Auckland. Messrs Iborne, Thome, and Hopkins were the solicitors for the vendors.

A railway worker called at the office of this paper yesterday aud made strong complaint of the action of the Government authoiities in adding to the number of foreigners on the railway construction works, despite the general public feeling that, particularly at the present time, alien labour should be curtailed if not entirely dispensed with. Three more Dalmatians or Austrians, he said, were last week engaged for work on the Waiuku line whilst the Britishers employed on the main line deviation near Paerata had to work side by side with an alien, whose brother was in the Austrian Army ranks fighting against their mates.

The matter of the road leading on the eastern aide of the line from Pukekohe railway station through Yates' Bush to Buckland, which without any suggestion by either authority was transferred from Frank lin County to Pukekohe Borough by the Commissioners who recently re-adjusted the boundaries, again came before the Borough Council on Wednesday last. Liability for possible accidents on the road through existing dangerous culverts was not appreciated by the Council and as a means of overcoming that difficulty it was decided to erect notices declaring the road " closed for traffic pending repairs.' The Foreman of Works estimated the cost of the formation of a 201t. track would be £9B and for 30ft. £l3B and Messrs J. Kouhton and E. Yates are to be communicated with as to the undertaking they gave the County Council at the time of the dedication of the road that they would be responsible for the cost of its formation and grading. The Mayor, however, mentioned that Messrs J. Eoulston and D. K. Hamilton proposed to petition for the road and their adjacent properties to be re-transferred to the County.

At the close of the Mission Meeting held in the Methodist Church, Pukekohe, on Wodnesday evening last, Private James Rowe, a son of Mr J. B. Rowe, fanner, was the recipient of hearty wishes for his welfare and safe return from tho " Front," to which he is about to proceed as a member of the loth Reinforcements. The Rev. J. B. Suckling, in wishing him God-speed on behalf of the Sunday School teachers and members of the congregation, presented Pte Rowe with a soldier's protector fitted with writing pad, envelopes, pencil, Testament and purse. Mr Suckling spoke in most earnest terms of the terrible toll the war was taking, and of the pride the Motherland had in the sons of New Zealand and Australia. He was convinced that the British Empire was fighting on the side of Christ and against tyranny, oppression and greed. The gathering closed with tho singing of " God be With You."

At the meeting of tho Karaka Road Board held on Saturday the intention of the Pukekohe Borough Council's contractor to establish a night-soil depot on the property of the late Mrs Jamiesou, immediately adjacent to the Paerata railway station, came under review as a result of a petition, signed by 2(i residents of Paerata, requesting the Board to take steps to prevent the establishment of the depot. It was explained that the name of every ratepayer and householder in the district was at tached to the document, as it was considered that the obnoxious odours, which would naturally arise, would have injurious effects on cream awaiting transport from Paerata station and would be unpleasant for passengers waiting at tho station, the latter being an important consideration having regard to the foi throwing opening of the Waiuku ra'iway line. Further, it was urged that the value of surrounding property would be depreciated and that there would be a risk of the adjoining creek being polluted'— The Board sympathised with the views of the petitioners, and resolved to write to the Borough Council and to tho Health Department on the matter.—Tho sequel came at the meeting of the Borough Council on Wednesday evening last, when a letter was read from Dr Hughes, District Health Ollicer, who notified the Council that before steps wero taken to establish the depot the consent of the Karaka Koad Board would have to be obtained. A letter of objection from the Knrakn Road Board was also lead. The j Council resolved to s<nd ihe corrospondence on to tho (Mr H. J. Hawkins).

Donations to the North Sea Belief Fund will bb gladly received by the Town Clerk of Pukekohe or may be left at the Banks, at leading stores, or at the office of this paper, where eursenption lists have been opened.

A musical entertainment, entitled "Und-r the Flams," is to he «ivpn in the i'lemier Hall, Pukekohe, on lueedny, July 4th, by the Waiuku Musical Society, the proceeds of the gathering ate to he devoted to the funds of the Pukekohe branch of the Women's Patriotic League in order to assist that organisation in the work it is carrying on.

Messrs J. T. Stemhridge and Co. report: At our usual weekly sale on Friday last at the Pukekohe auction mart we had a good attendance and practically all line-; were cleared at satisfactory prices. Pigs, poultry and po'atoes were in short supply. There was a brisk demand for cabbage, poor selling at Is diz., and better up to os do/., cauliflowers 2d to 3d each, carrots, table 4/0, cut parsnips Os, swedes 2s small bag, pumpkins -is, melons .ss, onions 6s cwt, sundries at usual rates. Authority was given by the Pukekohe Borough Council on Wednesday for the Fire Brigade to attend fires in all parts of the borough inrtead of attendance at conflagrations outside the old Town Board area being subject to owners being charged for the same. As a rtsult of the new arrangement arrived at it is intended to include in the loan proposals shortly to be submitted to ratepayers a £3Oll loan tor lire purposes to be spreid over the entire borough and to take the place of the £3'Ju loan sanctioned a few months ago by the ratepayers of the "inner" area. In spite of wet weather and dark nights, the Special Mission Services at the Pukekohe Methodist Church have been well attended. Addresses have been given by the Minister and Mr F. Souster, and have been attentively followed. The singing has been a special feature, the audience joining w:th great heartiness in tbe hymns and choruses from Alexander's hymn books. At the close of each meeting a number of decisions and re-dedications have been recorded. So encouraging and helpful have been the gatherings that it has been decided to continue them next week until Wednesday, each evening at 7.30.