LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 258, 13 March 1917, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Constable Thornell, of Pukekohe, commences a 45 days' leave of absence to-morrow when he leaves for a holiday trip to Australia.

In connection with the forthcoming mayoral election in Pukekohe Mr James Costello, by an advt. in this issue, requests his supporters to attend a meeting to be held io the Council Chamber to-morrow (Wednesday) evening at 8 o'clock so that a Committee may be set up to promote his candidature.

A dog poisoning fiend is reported to be "at work " in Pukekohe. Last Friday evening a valuable English setter belonging to Mr J. F. McArthur succumbed to the effects of poison and other animals have also been affected. The' police have the matter in hand and Mr Mc \xthur is offering a reward of £lO for informal i«n leading to the detection of the culprit. Speaking at the Franklin A. and P. smoking concort, held on the occasion of the recent show, one of the judges mentioned that agricultural instruction was advisable in all its branches. For instance, he said, knowledge of the correct methods of stacking and thatching was very limited —Keferring to this matter our Travelling Correspondent writes that in one particular district he has come across two of last season's stacks, the valuable contents of which have been well nigh ruined by bad thatching. On the other hand, in another district, he had observed two new stacks so ideally made and thatched that they afforded an object lesson to farmers of the proper methods to be adopted.

Mr John Beatty ha been ap pointed as the local Jepresentative for Messrs W. and E. Fletcher (N Z ) Ltd, and will ( n their behalf buy pigs at Runciman on Tuesday of next week and at Fukekohe the following day (Wednesday). Mr Harold 6. Lysnar mak«s announcement in our advertising columns that he intends to be a candidate at the coming election for the office of* # Mayor of Pukekohe. With no lack of aspirants for mayoral honours the contest promises to be unusually interesting. Advocates of Wednesday closing in Pukekohe instead of Saturday as now, and more particularly shopkeepers who favour a change of the weekly half-holiday, are invited to attend a meeting to be held in the Council Chamber this (Tuesday) evening with a view of formulating a campaign towards accomplishing the desired end at the poll of electors to be taken next month.

Messrs Stembridge & Co. announce an important furniture sale for Saturday next when they will offer the whole of the furnishings of Mr B H. Andrew's house in Pukekohe at the corner of Hall and Harris streets. The public will have the opportunity of securing some choice lines of furniture and sundries which are practically all in first-cUss order. In addition to the household goods there is also a quantity of timber aud corrugated iron, garden tools, carpenter's tools, and a 5-seater Ford Touring Car which is fitted with good tyres, electric light and complete tool kit. This car has just been newly painted and overhauled and is in first-class order, and the vendor is prepared to arrange terms for payment and to give driving lessons to the purchaser if required. The sale commences at 130 pm. sharp. What might have proved to be a more serious accident occurred on Sunday last to Rev S Nixon of Pukekohe. Service had been conducted at Pukekohe East at 11 am. and Mr Nixon was on his way to Bombay where service is held at 230 p.m. As his custom is, Mr Nixon stopped at Mrs McClune's for lunch. When the time came for r. -starling on tie journey Mr Nixon i left the house in order to catch his horse which was grazing in a paddock near by. Some time afterwards he was found by Miss E McClune, lying unconscious in the paddock. He was conveyed to the house and after skilful application of first aid methods Mr Nixon soon regained consciousness. It was some time, however, before he was able to proceed to his home whither he was driven in Mr A. Ingram's gig. The peculiar thing is that Mr Nixon can remember nothing of what happened from the time he undid the reins from the fence until he regained consciousness Although Mr Nixon suffered from piins in his head and shoulder he hopes to be quite normal in a day or two.