LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 197, 4 August 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The adjourned annual meeting of the Pukekohe Chamoer ot Commerce is to be held in the "Times" office next Monday evening.

Under the will of the late Mr Dnnßid McPherson, cf Mauku, the fund tor the Auckland wounded soldiers will benefit to the extent of £IOO.

A retrindcr is given ol the patriotic meeting tc be held tonight in ths Premier Hall, Pukekohe, in connection with the second anniversary of the declaration of war.

(.'aw covers are a specialty at Mr W. T. Jones' saddlery establishment in Pukekobe, and Mr Jones is also agent for Costello's cleansing drench. Particulars will be found in a replace advt. in this issue.

A meeting of the Pukekohe Katepayers' Association has been convened tor next Thursday evenicg in the Borough Council Chambers anu residents interested in current local affairs are invited to be pressnt.

Iho N. Z. Loan and M.A.. Coy. advertise in this issue particulars of entries for their Special Dairy Sale and ordinary monthly stock sale to be held on Monday and Tuesday next respectively at Pukekohe.

The electoral roll for the forthcoming loan poll in Fukekohe has been prepared and claims for enrolment therein of any names omitted must lie lodged with the Town Clerk on < r before Wednesday nest. Visitors to Auckland are invited by the management to patronise the new tea rooms known as " The Den " and situated in Endean's Buildings, adjoining the General Post Office. Painty afternoon teas as well as breakfasts and cold luncheons are served at this establishment.

In an advertisement in this issue the Waikato Co op. Dairy Coy., Ltd., give a record of their payments to suppliers, month by month, for the year ending September oOth last, and they point out that with .spare bonus, cash payment and interest, the average price paid for cream delivered daily to their factory is Is i 2~5d.

The particulars given in our advertising columns of the merits of the "Beatrice" Cream Separator are wortliy of attention from dairy farmers. Mr Frank M. Winstone is the Auckland agent for the Separator and the Waikato Co-op. Dairy Coy. are the sub-agents. The value of the " Pukekohe Times " as an advertising medium is tostilicd to by Mr J. J. Wausbone, of Waiau, who recently advertised in our columns some pigs for sale aud thereby secured most satisfactory results.

Tbe rainfall lor July, as recorded at "Kosemont," Pukekohe, was 4.805 inches. The heaviest tails were I.O'J inches on July 2nd and 1.08 inches on July 4th. For the twenty-four hours ending D a.m. yesterdav there was a rainfall of 1.07 inches.

"Th 3 garden beautiful," with produc's capable of exhibition, is the aim of the Pukekohe and District Horticultural Society, and towards this end local resideots are requested to attend tbe annual meeting ot the Society fixed for Wednesday evening next in the Borough Council Chambers.

Private M. A. Brooke, who left with the Main Expeditionary Force and was severely wounded at uallipoli, is returning by a transport due in Auckland on Sunday. At the time of his enlistment Private Brooke was a resident of Pukekohe, being a relative of Mr T. B. Hurley.

Apart from the excellence ot the programme that is to be presented by the Pukekohe Girl Scouts at the entertainment arranged ior next Tuesday evening in the Premier Hall, the fact that the proceeds ot the gathering are to te devoted to the Navy Fund should insure hearty support lrom the public. The young mr formers are working for a worthy cau?e and trust that their eliorts will be rewarded by a good "house."

L'or the na[:ose of ensuring the continuance ol the despatch ot woollen unit other necessary cum l'or! a to New Zealand soldiers at tlic battle lront, tha Entertainment (Jommittee of the Fukekobe branch of ttic Womers' Patriotic League intend holding "A Market" on Thursday and Friday of next week in Mr Lawiie's building (kindly lent for the purpost), vvl eu it is hoped that all who can will help to the best of their ability in supplying produce of any variety and in tact anything likely to met with sale. The League by this means will be enabled to Bend a goud supply of comforts tor the lads in the trenches or hospitals lie lure the rigours ot another winter overtake them. Goods arriving before the opening of the sale room can be left with Mr l.awrii- or with any member of the iitini• tee. All rio.'l- uii'<o!<l by |. in. mi Hi. I'i i >ln v rv o i 1111 i» will In am ti'iat'l by .Mr Sumbiidg

The gales of the last few days have been responsible tor a dislocation of the local telegraph and telephone, service. o . The main wires cjnnecting Auckland with Hamilton and Huntly were tangled in the vicinity of Bombay through tiee3 being blown across them, and communication sioppe'l, whiU eight wire 3 in trie Papakura district and one at Waiau Ha snapped ts the result of trees falling on them. The main lines have been restored, but in the other districts the services continue to oe interrupted. During the height cf the gale about midday on Wednesday a bedroom window on the first fl or of Mr M. Wright's residence in King street, Pukek he, was blown in and serious damage done to the wall paper and carpet by rain penetrating. A pinus insingus tree and the door of a shed ori the same property were also dismantled through the force of the wind. Fairly extensive damage was also done to several early cropa of potatoes in the Pukekobe Hill district, the stems above ground being blown over and cracked with consequent disaster to ths young tubers btlow. At the meeting of the Franklin County Council held yesterday the chairman, Cr J. Fanagan, referred to the forthcoming Arbitration Court proceedings in which an avarj was being sought for labourers employed by local bodies. He stated that at a conference ot chairmen of County Councils held Auckland it had been arranged that the County Councils in ths Aucklacd provincj should organise to ask tor exemption or at least to oppose the inclusion cf a preference clause, and he had been appointed to act for the County Councils throughout the Waikato. Cr Flanagan went on to say that it appeared that the aim of the dispute was to get all local bodies under th 9 control cf the Union, and such would mean that the County Cuuncils would have to Bend down to the Union office at Auckland before they could employ anyone to do work, whereas it was often beneficial that a setihr should be engaged. Cr Flanagan explained that the organisation he had referred to was only dealing with the concerns ot County authorities, as they recognised that their position was somewhat different to that ot Borough Councils and Town Boards, since they had to cater tor back-block requirements.—A motion was pasied thanking the chairman for the steps be' was taking to safeguard the iutercsts of Franklin County.