LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 231, 1 December 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Private Greeting Cards for Xmas, to be printed with your name and address, are stocked in great variety at the " Pukekohe Times" office. Call and inspect the c'ioics designs.

No matter how little you have to spend rest as ured there is bigger value at Tub Bookery than anywhere else in Pukekohe.—Advt.

By order of the Sheriff a sale of furniture is to be held by Messrs J. T. Stembridge and Co. at their Pukekohe Auction Mart on Thursday of next week.

See King's selection of Court and strap shoes before you buy elsewhere —King's Boot Store, Pukekohe.—Advt.

"Special lines fcr ue\t week" form the subject of a replace advt. in this issue relative to Mr W. Koulston's drapery establishment, Pukekohe.

Additional dates and places are advertised in this issue by the Agricultural Department for the attendance of an officer to inoculate calves against blackleg. The N Z Farmers' Co-op. Bacon and Meat Packing Co , Ltd, are to buy pigs next week as follows : On Monday at Patumahoe, Tuesday at Pukekohe, Wednesday at Buckland, and Thursday at Pokeno.

Take full advantage of what The Bookery offers you. A full range of Toys, Books and Fancy Goods from " one penny to five pounds " per article —Advt.

The Lyceum management announce that owing to the committee of the Anglican Church Flower Show rf quiring to prepare the hall on Wednesday next for the Show, the pictures will be shown on Tuesday, when the beautiful story by Cyrus T. Brady, "The Chalice of Courage," will be screened. A clearing sale on behalf of Mr A. Madill, junr., who has enlisted, is to be held on the farm at Bombay by Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons on Thursday next. Particulars of the live and dead stock to be offered will be found in our advertising columns.

On behalf of the Te Aroha Bacon Co., Messrs F. Perkins and Co. will be purchasing pigs at Pukekohe next Monday, whilst Messrs A. P. Home and Son will similarly be buying on Monday at Mercer (10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.) and at Buckland (12.45 p.m. to 3 p.m. The following have enlisted at the Pukekohe Defence Office during the past few days, viz : Mr H. Sharp, of Pukekohe Hill, and Mr F. J. Langford, of Runciman, both for service with the 25th Reinforcements, and Mr James Banks, of Birch Hill, Runciman, for service with the 26th Reinforcements.

We are specialists in our own business ; we use our own capital in our own business. Therefore no monej lender, banker or merchant has the power to dictate to us. The world's markets are open to us; consequently The Booxeky gives you biggest value.—Advt.

A 9 the result of the series o£ meetings held this week in the Lower Waikato in support of the newlyformel N.Z. Farmers' Co op. Bacon and Meat Packing Co., Ltd., some 800 shares have been taken up by local farmers. Cordial support was everywhere promised to the Company's operations. Paiticularlv of interest to the little ones is the window display at Mr C. Eoadley's establishment in Pukekohe, known as "The Bookery," of a large range of dolls. The collection is one that in these days of shortage of such types of toys is hardly likely to be excelled in any city business house. Mr Eoadley has also an exceedingly large stock of other toys suitable for the Christmas trade. With a return of fine weather potato digging is proceeding apace in the Pukekohe district and as a result the supply for the time being is in excess of the demand, the wholesale rates to-day being £l2 per ton - a drop of £ 1 since yesterday. This figure, however, compares very favourably with the price current on December Ist of last year, viz , XB. The crops are averaging about seven tons to the acre, and generally are of good quality, whilst the merchants report that the grading in most cases is being carried out on more satisfactory lines than in previous years.

A reminder is given to intending exhibitors that entries for the Flower Show and exhibition of home products to be held in the Premier Hall on Thursday and Friday of next week under the auspices of the Pukekohe Anglican Church close on Mondny evening next. Entries should be forwarded to either of the Hon. Secretaries (Messrs A. F. Brown and F. E. Simpson) or may be left at the office of this paper. Every endeavour is being made to render the show a success and it is hoped that residents of the district will freely forward exhibits, A produce stall will be under the* control of the Ladies' Guild and donations for the same will be gratefully accepted by Mrs Dell prior to the day or at the Hall on Thursday morning. A Christmas Tree will appeal to the younger generation, whilst " Strawberries and Cream " will be served in the building. The entertainment por-t-on of the proceedings promises to be exceedingly interesting, A series of tableaux illustrative of popular nursery rhymes will be submitted by children each evening, together with action songs, and on Thursday evening a Canadian boat song and a Gipsy Cantata will be rendered by the senior girls. In addition to the tableaux on Friday evening there will bo an exhibition of Maypole Dancing and the concluding itpm on the programme will bo " The Story of the War " told in tableau form by a party of Buckland ladies, the same beiog a repitition of a recent successful performance at Buckland. Music will be supplied by an amateur orchestra. The show is to be opened on Thursday at. 2.10 p.m. hv Mr R F Bollard M P

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