LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 187, 30 June 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

'lenders for cream carting are invited by the New Zealand Dairy Association. For particulars gee advt.

Messrs J. U. and P. E. Uromgool, barristers and solicitors, have removed their offices in Pukekohe to IVirs McGoveni's sample rooms, where Mr V. E. Dromgool will be in attendance every Monday. Mr A. J. Davis, the newlyappointed Home Missionary to the I'ukekobe Methodist Circuit, will arrive in time to commence his duties on Sunday, July 'Jth. Owing to the funeral of Mrs S. Smith, of Kama Kama, the Methodist Circuit quarterly meeting will ba postponed from to-morrow until Saturday of next week, July Btu, at 1.30 p.m.

Messra VV. G. Shotbolt and Co, have instituted a new branch to their business in Pukekohe by opening a furniture establishment in the premises adjoining their drapery store.

An important sale of farming property, situated on Pukekohe Hill, is to be conducted on Friday, .July 14th, by Messrs Alfred liucklar.d and Sons at their sale rooms in Auckland, when, on behalf of Mrs K. G. Coughlan, a farm of 28 acres will be submitted to auction. Particulars will be found in our advertising columns. ,

Speaking at Mauku on Tuesday, Mr W. Goodfellow, managing director of the Waikato Co-operative Dairy Company, stated that over .)()() farmers attended tho annual meeting of tho Company held at Hamilton this year, and the directors had been complimented on the fact that, it was tho finest gathering of dairy farmers ever held in Austral-

Mr .1. C. Dromgool, an old scholar of the Tuakau public school and later master of tho Pukekohe District High School, is a candidate for tho East Ward for a seat on tho Auckland Education Board at tho pending election. Mr Dromgool is now a monitor of the legal profession.

|)ri-aJii,.uKlit B id•» an I Shoes, best on the market, Soll.onlyly FRANK PERKINS & Co, Pukekohe.—Advt.

In mentioning the extra freights and war risks that had been the means of costing the Waikato Cooperative Dairy Company fully a penny per lb more than previous to the war, Mr Goodfellow stated at Mauku, on Tuesday, that another risk had now to be provided for, namely, that against destruction by aeroplanes, and the directors had considered it advisable to take out an aerial risk on their oversea produce.

Another of the old pioneers of Pukekohe district passed away last evening at his residence at rlamsville in the person of Mr John bmitb. The deceased, who was 75 years of age, was born in County Armagh, Ireland, and in company with several other of the early settlers of Pukekohe, the number of whom is fast decreasing, he came out to Nev Zealand in the sailing ship Ganges about halt a century ago. He first settled in Pukekohe, but sixteen years later he we.it to Harnsville, where he has ever since lived, inspected and esteemed by all who knew him, he is survived by a widow and a grown-up family of six daughters and four sonp. The funera! takes place to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon at the luakau Cemetery.

The Mayor of Pukekohe recently brought under the notice of the Prime Minister, as Chairman of the Recruiting Board, the matter of the employment in New Zealand by the Defence Department of men eligible for active service. His Worship has received a reply from Mr Massey stating that so far as local Staff instructors are concerned they are being replaced by returned wounded soldiers but he is advised that very few returned soldiers aro able to perform the strenuous work of an instructor, apart from the question of competency. The Defence Department felt that it must be the judge of the possibility of replacing the instructors in view of the grave responsibility that rested upon the Department with respect to the efficient training of the Reinforcement Drafts He (Mr Massey) was further informed that the General Officer commanding the New Zealand Division had been recommended to nominate a few New Zealand Staff Corps Officers and Permanent Staff now with him at the Front to return to New Zealand for instructional purposes.

In accordance with the revision by the Education Act, 1914, of districts constituting the various areas of Education Boards, the wards of the Auckland Education Board have been readjusted and the impending contests for seats on the Board will be held under the new regulations. The West Ward, now represented by Messrs C. T. Barriball (Waiuku) and W. Auld (Hamilton), will not in future include any of the city schools but its area will embrace Ellerslie, St. Hellier's, Papakura, Manurewa, Papatoetoe, Otahuhu (transferred from the East Ward) and Avondale and Point Chevalier (transferred from the North Ward with similar alterations at the southern end of the Waikato. Votes are, as before, confined to members of School Committees and must be posted to the Eeturning Officer not later than July 19th. Both the retiring members, Messrs Barriball and Auld, are offering themselves for reelection, whilst Mr J. Boddie, of Te Kuiti, who last year unsuccessfully opposed Mr Barriball, and Mr G. J. Howes, of Point Chevalier, are also candidates. As efforts are being made at the southern end of the Ward to secure the return of both Mr Auld and Mr Boddie it behoves members of School Committees in the Lower Waikato to give free and undivided support to Mr Barriball's candidature as otherwise this district is in danger of being deprived of any direct representation on the Board. A succession of most unusual circumstances relative to the recent death of an elderly lady resident of Waiau Pa is recoiving attention from the authorities. It appears that on the morning of the day on which the death occurred the deceased was attended by a doctor, who did not anticipate the imminence of serious results, and about a fortnight later the medical man for the first time learnt from a neighbour that his late patient had passed away and had been buried, no application having been made to him for a death certificate. The deceased lady's sou, who lives north of Auckland and is a foreigner by birth, was in attendance on his mother when death oeeuired, and, probably in ignorance of the law of the land, he neglected to obtain either the doctor's certificate of death or a death registration certificate from the Kegistrar. A cotfin was supplied by a Pukekohe firm, who in no way acted as undertakers, those duties being apparently carried out by the son and the cofhn being taken delivery of in Pukekohe. The funeral was duly arranged and the remains were taken to Mauku Cemetery, but on arrival at the graveside the oificiating minister was surprised to find that no burial certificate was forthI coming, and he expressed inability Ito conduct the service. What must • have been a painful delay to the mourners then took place whilst the makers of the colfin were communicated with by telephone, but although the latter claim to have given the information that they were not concerned in the matter of the burial certificate, some misunderstanding evidently aroso from the conversation and the minister assumed that the informality would be rectified. By this time the hour of I p.m., aftor which hour burials are not permitted by law, was closely approaching, so a hurried return was made from the telephone bureau to the Cemetery and the interment was procseded with. The somewhat extraordinary fact therefore remains that without the necessary authorisation for burial a corpse was interred. The latest developments are that in tho course of tho last few days tho doctor has supplied a certificate of death and the death has been notified to tho Kegistrar, but the registration of the same, being made 20 days after the death, is 13 days in arrears of tho period of seven days as required by law. The Coroner for the district, tho Rogistrar and t'ie poheo are accordingly all cou-c-rned iu the investigations now in hand.

A reminder is piven of the muaicall entertainment entitled "Under the Palms" to be given in the Premier Hall, Pukekohe, next Tuesday evening by the Waiuku Musical Society in aid ot the funds of the Pukekohe branch of the Women's Patriotic League. Apart from the excellence of the programme to be submitted th« good work carried on by t**^ League deserves to be recognised by a full house being secured.

An important eale of Mr J. Beatty's dairying herd of -JO young Shorthorn cows and 20 heifers is to be carried out in Pukekohe on Thursday next by Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sous, and on the following day (Friday the same firm will hold a sale at Waiuku of Mr Arthur L Hull's herd of GO cows and heifers and two purebred Ayrshire bulls. Particulars of the sales will be found in our advt. columns.

Mr Ebor Barriball, of Waiuku, returned last Tuesday morning from Palnierston Morth, where he had represented the Auckland Province at the annual meeting of the Nortli Island Sheep Breeders' Association. Mr Barriball speaks very eucour; agingly of the Association's prospects. At the meeting it was reported that there was an increase of 25 registered flocks in the Island. The Association allotted a number of gold medals for competition at leading shows in the Island and on Mr Barriball's representations it was agreed to present a gold medal to the Waikato A. and P. Association for thfl champion English Leicester ram at their forthcoming Spring Show. It was also decided to enforce the resolution that no ram be accepted for registration without the registered number of his siro and flock book of ewe being presented.

Whilst Mr C. A. Willis, accompanied by Mr Tom Woulds, was driving a horse in a gig this morning along the upper portion of Harris Btreet, Pukekohe, the auiuial became frightened at the sight of a stone-crusher lying on the side of the road and bolted at a furious pace tight down Harris street. At the saleyards corner in Manukau road its career was ended by the gig being overturned, both the occupant 3 being thrown out. Mr F. V. Frazer, the Magistrate, happened at the moment to be proceeding to the Courthouse near at hand and observing the accident ho at once proceeded to the soot and being skilled in ambulance work he rendered effective first aid. On discovering that Mr Woulds had sustained a compound fracture of his left leg Mr Frazer deftly set ihe injured limb in temporary splints. The unfortunate man was conveyed on the railway stretcher to the railway station, where he was further treated by Dr Dalziel prior to being taken by the midday twu to the Auckland Hospital, Mr Willis wis pianed under the overturned cart but fortunately escaped with nothing worsa than a severe shaking. The top portion of thy conveyance was extensively damaged.

The Kev. Nevill Talbot, a well,known Army Chaplain and a nephew of ths Bishop of Winchester, in the course ot a recent speech in England dealing with his experiences at the Front, referred to the matter ot religion in the trenches. He stated that although the existence of a Supreme Being was doubted by very few of the soldiers, yet very little praying took place, the explanation made him bv the men being that as they were not accustomed to say pravers they would be regarded as cowards if they altered their methods simply because they were faced by danger. —A soldier on duty wrote to a journal in regard to the Chaplain's remarks as follows: "We do, say, six days in tre trenches and six out fur a period ot a few months. In the trenches of coursj there arc no services, and when out there is always fatigues to be done, and by the time Sunday comes round how many of the boys feel line attending a compulsory service, or take any interest in the service of any religion. When in rest there is training to be done just the same, ana if Tommy dots attend anywhere or any entertainment he likes to the trenches, not to hear a serman on them. I think that the cause of the lack of enthusiasm for religion can be put down to one reason: the fellows have no time lor it, and as for Tommy praving in moments of danger, well, there isn't time generally for it, and his thoughts, if away from his duties, are of his dear ones at home."