PAPAKURA.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 215, 6 October 1916, Page 3

PAPAKURA.

(See also Pages 1 and 4.) A very successful sale of plants, etc., organised oy the ladies of the district, with Mrs Shanahan as secretary, to assist the emergency fund ot the Papakura Patriotic League, was held in the Parißh Hall on Wednesday last. Tbe net proceeds amounted to £3l. Afternoon tea was provided on the stage by Mesdamts H. Walters, D. W. Jones, Walters, Kollet, E. Slack, and M. McLellan, wbilu the stalls were in the capable hands of the following ladies, viz.Sweets, Misses G. Cave, Walters and Walker and plant stall, Mesdames Shanahan, A. Willis and Miss Bull and seed stall, Miss Cave. A Christmas tree, laden with toys, and packages of Bweete, was under the control ot Miss Clairwood.

News of the promotion of Private Bob Dunn to the rank of Corporal in the 15th Rtintorceraents is contained in a letter received by Mr L. J. Mills written in the course of the voyage. At the Papakura Juvenile Court on Monday four school boys whose ages ranged from sixteen years down, cams before the Magistrate on a charge of having broken insulators, valued at 12s, by throwing stones, and with a further charge of throwing stones arising out of the same incident. A plea of guilty was entered, and the Magistrate gave the boys a reprimand, stating that although there was s» certain amount of temptation to smash the insulators their action might have prevented assistance being obtained by telephone for a sick person. He further reminded them that they were liable to three months' imprisonment, or to be placed iu an Industrial School. Constable Waugh mentioned that one of the party had been given a thrashing by his father, and the Magistrate expressed the hope that the others would be similarly treated. Tfcey were all convicted, and the parents of the boys that appeared to the first charge were ordered to pay 3s each to defray the cost of damage done, and Is 9d each Court costs, while the parents ot the other two were ordered to pay 3s 6d each as their proportion of the Court costs.

Appearing under the heading of " kill 3d in action" in a recent list of casualties in France are the names of Private George Lovelock, a brother of Mr Dan Lovelock, of Papakura, and Private D. McLeary, brother-in-law of Mr R. Porter, at one time the licetsee of the Globe Hotel.