LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 191, 14 July 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Messrs W. Uimock and Co., Ltd., announce by advt. in this issue that they will be bujiiK pigs at luakau on Monday next and at Fukekohe on Tuesday.

An important property deal was effected a da)' or two ago, when Mr Wm. A. Home, of Auckland, sold his property of 54.5 acres at Maraetai to Mr J. Williamson, of Patea, for £14,000. The property Las a beach frontage of two and a-Lalf miles, and the new owner intends to cut it up into summer residence sic.

One of the Waiuku motor cars had a narrow escape from an accident last week, wfcen a wheel parted cjmpany with the body ot lha car. -At the time the pace was slow as a hill wzs being climber 1 , and the diiver was able to bring the car to a prompt standstill. Another motor wus requisitioned from Waiuku by telephone, and the passengers lest little time by the mishap.

To assist fie needy and brave Btlgiana is the aim of the' Pukekohs Gul Scouts by means of a matinee entertainment tbey have arranged fur to-morrow—Saturday—-afternoon, to take place iu the Premier Hal), when a very attractive programme will be presented. The performers have beon well rehearsed for the different diills and dances by Miss Williams and Miss Ei. Thompson (Scoutniistress and Scout Hon. Sec. respectively} and by Mr (J. fioudley.

A.t a meeting of the Pukekohe Technical Education Advisory Board bold, on Monday a request was received from the Supervisor for instructions as to dealing with pupi's who failed to attend the compulsory continuation classes and it was decided that all such pupils should be notified that failing attendance next week summonses would be issued to compel them to comply with regulations. It was also reported that the Department had arranged to institute shorthand and typewriting classes at which pupils attending the compulsory classes would be given free tuition, a charge of 13s for the course up to December next being made in the case of other pupils.

Another addition has been made to tbe modern buildings erected in King street. Pukekohe, by the completion of Mr W. F. McClintock's strucure, which is tbe hist and only two-storey building erected in reintorc:d concrete in Pukekohe. The building is practically fireproof. Being concrete instead of brick a saving of seventy-seven fquare f-.et of floor space fcas been elfected. On the ground floor there are two fine shops with modern fronts. Hoth are well lighted, and the larger of the two is occupied by Mr McClintock as a furniture showroom. At the far end of the building is an entrance through to Mr McUlinlock's furniture factory, and next to this entrarcs is a staircase leading to four roomy ciiices with good lighting and ventilation on the upper door. The building is lighted with acetylene gas, and the verandah over ths shop fronts is suspended by stee! rods from the main wall. The fascade has a very pleasing appearance with four large pi?r j , the two end ones being capped. The upper windows have moulded pediments with keystones. Half way up the windows a moulded belt mpkes a break between the brick tuck-pointing below ar.d the white rough castcd work above. The whole design and colour scheme seems to have been well thought out. The building was designed and constructed undir the supervision of Mr I l '. VV. Mountjoy, architect and structural engineer, and Mr McClintock deserves great credit for his enterprise in thue assisting the development of Pukekohe as a business ctiitrp. '1 he hig range o!' household furniture on view at Mr McClintock's chULlishmont is also another indication of expanding trade.

The public are reminded that the first episode, "The Airahip in the Night," ot the great serial story, "fte Million Dollar Mystery," will be shown in the Premier Ball, Pukekohe, to-morrow-Saturday—-evening.

The New Zealand "Roll of Honour " was largely added to yesterday in a lengthy published list of casualties', which included among those killed in action on June 30th the name of Private G. H. Mayes, son of Mr G. W. Mayes. The bereaved father is a member of the staff of Messrs Cooper and Curd, Pukekohe.

A suggestion emanating from the Waiuku branch of the Farmers' Union to the effect that the Franklin County should be subdivided into two counties was considered by the Tuakau branch of the Farmers' Union on Saturday evening last, and the secretary was instructed to convey to the Waiuku branch the opinion that it would be detrimental to the ratepayers if the County was divided.

Through the joint agency of Messrs 11. Dell and Son and Mr W. Roulston, the sale has been effected of Mr \V. A. Theyers' 60 acre farm at Puni to Mr VV. Wbinwray, of Tatuanui, near Morrinsville, at £6O per acre. The new owner, who will take possession of the property on August let, has the reputation of being one of the most successful dairy farmers in the Morrinsville district and the returns from his stock last year, due to systematic culling, were said to constitute a record for the Waikato. He was also one of the promoters of the Tatuanui Co-op. Cheese Factory.

It ia a well known fact that the greater part of the native vegetation of New Zealand is evergreen. In the tush deciduous tr.ea are contpicuous by their absence, it would appear that the New Zealand climate is commecing to exert an influence on imported tree*, and this is specially noticeable in the case of willows, which now have a very limited period of bareness. At the time of writing there are many willows in the districc which have almost a full crop of last teason's leaves, which are only just beginning to change colour, the new foliage ii due ti appear about the first or second weik id August, so it wonld seem thai the willow is conforming to the general rule governing the flora of its adopted country.

Opportunity was taken of the occasion of the picture entertainment given on Wednesday in the Premier Hill, under the auspices of the PukeKche branch ot th; Women's Patriotic League to present cntilicates to the following students who had been .successful as members of Dr Wake's class in passing examinations recently conducted by the St. John Ambulance Association, viz.—First Aid: Hisses Nora Brown, Jeanette Barton, Mary Costeilo, Edith Hewlett, Preston and Walden. Home Nursing: Mrs Ivan Motion, Misses Ruth Allan, Lucy Allan, Surah Batty, Ivy Brown, Una Coster, Mabel Freeman, E. Goldswortby, E. Hewlett, Hamlin, Gladys Johnston, Preston, M. Sbipherd, and M. Tozer. Mr C. K. Lawrie handed the certificates to the various winners.

A crowded "bouse" was recorded od Wednesday evening at the Premier Hall, whan a screening of pictures took place iu aid of the funds of the Pukekob; branch of the Women's Patriotic Leagu?. Mrs J. H. Webb and Mrs J. M. Baxter tcted as hon. secretaries of the Entertainment Committee, and with their customary zeal and enersy the arrangements for the evening left nothing lacking. Plentiful donations of home-made lollies, which were readily disposed of, proved a source of no little profit to the funds. The League is indebted to Mr J. Coady, the proprietor of the ball, for the kind and generous manner in which he provided the programme of picture) and granted the use of the hall. At the interval, Mr C. K. Lawrie made a few remarks in regard to the gocd work catried out by the local branch ot tbe League. The work, hj; said, was done quietly and unostentatiously, hut in additnn to Pukekohe beading tbe list of country districts in the Auckland province tor monthly contributions to the Unminiun Gift Fund, the League had up to date sent forward 724 pairs of cocks and was abo donating £2 per month to the sock fund, 153 mufflers, 624 Balaclavas, 432 pairs of mittens, 300 face cloths, 300 busiifs (with a guarantee to supply 50 every month for the next six months), whilst sums amounting to £SOO fir Carnival week last November, £SO for French Day and £3O for Russian Day were also collected.