LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 206, 5 September 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

For Children's Hacking Cough Woods' Great Peppermint Care. The ordinaiy monthly meeting of th Franklin County Council takes plice on Thursday next. As the outcome of I st week's tire iu Waiuku a brick area for the business portion of the towo has been proclaimed by the Waiuku Town board. In a replace advt. in this issue Messrs P. Henry and Son, proprietors of the Patuamhoe Store, announce that they are sole agents for Franklin for the sale of the paint material, known as Solignum, which is now manufactured in England. A special meeting of the Pukekohe Borough Council has been summoned for to-morrow—Wednesday—evening for the purposj of taking preliminary steps to carry out the schemes approved of at He recent loan poll. Mrs Tilhtt announces by advt. in this issue that she has resumed dressmaking in Pukekohe, and will be in attendance at Mr C. K. Lawrie's offici on the firsthand third Tuesdays in each month to receive orders. Members and intending member?, and more particularly winter bo-ders are requested to roll up in force to attend the annual meeting o'. the Pukekohe Bowling Club next Friday evening, in the Borough Council Chambers. Alter an interval of three weeks there will be. a sitting ot the Pukekohe Magistrate's Court next Thutsday. lhe usual quarterly meeting of the Franklin Licensing Committee also takes plica at noon on Thursday, but the business to be transacted will only be of a firmal nature.

At the Auckland Supreme Court on Saturday the bearing wes concluded of a grave charge against Willism Mills, a tsorse dealer, Ute of Pukekobe, for an offence said to have been cimmitted at Henderson. The jury returned a veridct of Not Guilty, and the accused was discharged. At the Auckland Police Court yesterday Norman S. Connelly, who had obtained a saddle, value £4 138, from Messrs H. Dell ard Son at Pukekohe by meacs of false representation, w«b sentenced to six months' imprisonment, to be concurrent with a sentence of three years' imprisonment to which he was s:ntencd in tha Supreme Court os Saturday for an olfencj of a seiicus nature. With Spring flowers in great beauty and perfection just now tbe annual Spring flower Show to be held under ths ausoices of the Pukekobe Presbyterian Church, on Thursday and Friday of oext week, promises to be more than usually succsesful. Intending exhibitors are reminded that entries close next Monday. A very attrac'ive stage programme is being arranged for each evening of the show. A good deal uf interest is attached to the lecture to be given under tbe auspice? of tbe Pukekohe Patriotic Committee by Mr F. V. Frszer. Stipendiary Magistrate, in the Premier Hall next Thursday evening. Ths subject ot Mr Frazer's address will t:e "Money" or "Tbe economic aspect of the war." Mr Frazer is recognised ad an authority on economics ana being a forcible speaker his remarks should be well worth listening to. Admission will be tree, but a collection will be taken up on bohalt ot the Servian Fund. At a pitting of a I.P.'b Couit held on Saturday, Messrs J. T. Stemhridge and C. I'oadley being on the Bench, an individual, who the previous evening bad been responsible for interrupting arbitration proceedings in prorgefs in the Pukekohe Court House, was brouhgt up on a charge of drunkenness. Constable Thomell applied for a prohibition order for the man's good to be issued rather than tbsn a line should be inflcted. and although the accused opposed that course being taken, the Berch signed an "order."

"Roll of Honour" is the beadicg in the daily Press above the list of names of men killed or wounded io the service of their coutnry, and it is a list which has given the Mother Country a great pri'e in this Dominion'? worthy part in the war. The authorities fare confident that there will be 110 "roll of dishonour" to dim the lustre ot that splandid record. Tbey are hopeful that the enrolment required under the military Service Act will be done voluntarily within the rext foitnight. If any man fails in his duty he acts untanly to the men who enrol and to the soldiers who are lighting oversea?. If moral suasion docs not move a man to take the honourable course in time the strong hand of the law can grip him and punish him memorably. Throughout the country every possible care will be taken to detect attempts at evasion, and the penalty for the convicted may be very heavy. The person who tries to escape, at tbe sacrifice of his own honour, is liable to a large fine 01 imprisonment, and also forfeits a chance at the ballot; he may be sent straight icto camp. Anybody who u convicted on a charge of aiding or abetting any man to dodge his duly is liable to a solid fine or imprisonment. Another important fact is that employers are forbidden to engaee or retain in their services non-enrolled K sarvi-ta or deserter®. 'ilii l way of tl'f flr-linquont will he :n ll&lil J "* tl><' luw rill 111 a lit l 11. Ailviri in all tlif.sg rriaiii-ra is

A golf match for men for tbe Pukekobe Golf Club's trophy is to i be played next Saturday, tfcc con- j ditions beiog bogey play, 18 boles, \ handicap Members choose their j own partners, tbe entrance tee being Is. The rainfall in Pukekobe tor tbe month of August, as recorded by the xauge at "Kosemont," was just 7) inches or mora than double the figure for tbe corresponding month ot last year. On three days, viz., on August 2nd, 3rd and 12tb, the fall each day exceeded one inch. Tbe first appearance as a film artist of New Zealand's own favourite, Miss Tittle Brune, takes place in tbe Premier Hall on Saturday evening next. Mibs Brune will appear in a beautiful drama entitled "Esther Kedeemed." Tittle Brune is well known to New Zealand theatregoers, having several times appeared in tbe Dominion under tbe management of J. C. Williamson. Nr.tice of the rates for the current vear that the Pukekobe Borough Council propose to strike at tbeir meeting on the 20th inßt. appears in an advt in this issue. Practically the only alteration from tbe amounts collected last year is that whereas the Hospital and Charitable Aid rate has hitherto been paid out of the General Kate of Id, it is now intended to levy a rate of onesixth of a ptnny for the Hospital Board's requirements m addition to the General rate of Id. l'he four-wheeled hone-ambulance offered by (he Auckland Hospital Board tu the Franklin County Council for use in tbe County tor tbe purpose of conveying patients to adjacent railway stations, en route for the hospital, arrived in Pukekobe yesterday and is now allocated in the outbuildings adjoining the County offices. The ambluance, which was no longer wanted in the city by reason of the Board's acquisition of motor conveyance*, has been thoroughly overhauled and repainted, and new solid rubber tyres on the wheels abould ensure easy and comfortable running. Unpleasant interviews with the police are in store for men who neglect to accept the advice given in regard to enrolment or reporting a change of address under the Military Service Act. For their own protection, Reservists should apply promptly to the Government Statistician for certificates of tnrolment, for which foetus are obtainable at any post office. These certificates will only be issaed on application. Employers will bave an interest ;n such certificates, because the employment of nonenrclled msn or deserters is prohibited. The production of a certificate is a guarantee to an employer tbat tbe Kerervist has a right to work.

A striking illustration of absence of mind produced by a temporary lapse of memory was afforded in Pukekobe last Friday evening, when a well-dressed stronger walkel into Mr Townson's pharmacy and cxplaioed that he was not only tired but was entirely ignorant of what town he was io and how he came to be there. Mr Townsjn telepbored to L)r Wake, who speedily put in an appearance, and saw that the stranger was in a low state (f health. He (the stranger) was entirely ignorant as to his identity, but in accordance with the Doctor's request he emptied hia pccketa of tbeir contents, ard a card bearing a name was found. As it was thought possible that tbe stranger had been staying at the Pokekohe Hotel that establishment was communicated with by telephone, and tbe name happened to correspond with that of a visitor who bad been spending a few days in Pokekohe, and who at the time of the telephone message being received was in the hotel. He was apprised of (he occurrence acd with a view of helping to solve the situation he proceeded to Mr Townson's wherp, by a remarkable coincidence, he found that it was his brother that was the subject of enquiry. The un-'ortunate man. wto only partielly recrgnised his brother, was taken to the hotel and was induced to rest whilst his wite was summoned by telephone from Auckland, and on that lady's arrival later on by motor car he was conveyed to his home, his memory in the meantime being gradually restored to him. It appears that ths man, who is a member of a well-known Auckland family, bad recently been troubled with heart affection, and had been medically treated with morphia, which was evidently responsible for his sudden loss of memory. He had bft his home on Friday morning to go for a walk, and he remembered nothing more until he entered Mr Townson's pharmacy. Some little time back, prior to his illne?s, he purposed visiting Pukekobe to make a business call on one of the local firms and it is supposed (hat with such resolution becoming fixed in hi 9 mind, when his memory failed him after leaving home, he his way to the Auckland railway statiio and booked for Pokekohe. lie had no recollection of having travelled by train but from enquiries made it transpires that he was a passenger by the train arriving from Auckland at 315 p.m. He was probably wandering in the town in the interval between t*at hour aod the time he called at Mr Townson's. His failure to return home had caused anxiety to his family, and be was being vainly searched for in Auckland unt.l the welcome telephonic message of bis safety was received from his brother io Pukekohe.