OTAHUHU.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 266, 13 April 1917, Page 3

OTAHUHU.

BOROUGH COUNCIL SCENE. THE POLICE SENT FOB.. There was a lively scene at the usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council last evening a local resident, named Mr (" Scotty") Cook attending and heatedly giving expression to his resentment of an alleged injustice done him by the Council. The matter arose on the conclusion of the reading of the correspondence, the Town Clerk announcing that a letter had ■ been received late and asking whether it should be dealt with at tlrt meeting. The Major explained that according to the;:' mles all communications should be received three days prior to the meeting but personally, he said, he hf.d no objection to it being brought forward. Cr Hnli : Thu Council have refused othei l.tters. The Mayor: Well, it rests with the Council. -Cr Hall : If it a matter of special interest to the present Council? If it is an urgent matter it might be dealt; with in the ordinaiy way. The Mi.')ol :In one sense it is urgent. A voice from the public portion of ;he rot m : ''l should say to."

The Mayor having intimated that their usunl custom would be waived in that case the letter was read. It was from Mis A. G. Cook (the wife (,f Mr Cotk) complaining that the water at her house on Great South Road had been cut off and she demanded that the water should be again supplied. The Mayor : We have a by-law relating to water being turned off and it is necessary that in all cases the by-laws shall be complied with. Cr Hall : It is to be presumed that it is an ordinary application for the water to be again installed. Cr Ross moved that the application be granted subject to the by-law being complied with. Mr Cook excitedly demanded to be heard but the Mayor asked him to sit do >n and he quiet. He, however, persisted in speaking, claiming that the wator was turned off without, authority. Addressing the Mayor he said " judgment will be t you.' At this point the Mayor told Mr Cook that he would send for the i), Hue, whereupon the interrupter , said he could do so.

The Town Chrk then telephoned to tiio police ou the instructions of tliH IM'iyor tnd Mr Cook moving towards the d<or shouted " You are nothing more than a lot of mongrels, dogs and thieves," and left the budding b< fore the arrival of the police. CrPoss: Always a calm after a storm The Major : Yes ! Outside tht Council we gft the name of heing a rovv'v Couard, but I can honestlj say tli.it ts far as the Council if cencerne.l there has never been anj disorder since I have occupied tin chair. The business of the Council wa then proceeded with.

WHANGARATA. MILITARY AOTPROSECUTION At the Fukekohe Magistrate's Court on Thursday of last week before Mr F. V. Frazer 8.M., John Darrock, a labourer, being a member of the First Division under the Military Service Act, was charged with having failed to make application to be enrolled in such Division. The defendant pleaded not guilty and contended that he had duly registered when' he was living at Ohinewai. He -added that he had left his papers on a boat in Auckland on which* he had been serving as a seaman.

The Magistrate, looking intently at the defendant, asked him whether he (defendant) had not been before him in the Court in Auckland. The defendant admitted that His Worship's recollection was correct but remarked that such occurred six months ago. Constable Taylor, giving evidence, ?aid that he met the defendant the previous week at Tuakau and asked him if he was registered, the defendant's reply being that he was over the age limit. Two or three days later he (the Constable) went to see the defendant at Whangarata, where he was staying, and he then said he was" registered. A reference to the Waikato 801 l of the First Division showed that a name appeared therein " John Darroch, farmer, Ohinewai" and defendant claimed that he was the party referred to. Answering the Magistrate, the defendant admitted that he had not notified his change of address to the Government Statistician and on the charge being amended accordingly the defendant pleaded guilty. The Magistrate remarked that it was necessary to stop the practice that was going on of evading the Act by not notifying change of address. Defendant would be fined £1 and 7s costs.

Upon the defendant applying for time in which to pay the fine Constable Taylor objected, saying that the defendant was both " a loafer " and " 8 rover." In default of paying the fine, the defendant was sen* fenced to 72 houTs' imprisonment with hard labour.

WAIUKU.

The record of rainfall as registered at Belle Vue, Victoria Avenue, Waiuku, during March 1917 was : "Rain fell en eight days, the fall varying from .OMo .92 inches. The total -fall was 3.21 inches During March 1916 the fall was 2.03 inches."

For Children's Hacking Cough at night, Woods' Gre.lt Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6. Mr James. Cpstello, in pursuance of his candidature for the Mayoralty of Pukekohe, will again address the electors in the Premier Hall on Monday, the 23rd Inst. In the absence of any official local arrangements for the celebration of Anzac Day, as fixed by the Government for Monday, the 23rd inst., Mr H Delt as president of the Chamber of Commerce, has secured Mr Costello's consent for the political meeting to start at 8.45 p.m and to be preceded by a patriotic gathering of residents at which a resolution relative to the war will be proposed by Mr J. Flanagan (chairman of the Franklin County Council). The initial proceedings will appropriately open at 8 p.m with the spectacular tableau "Keep the Home Fires Burning," to be presented by the Pukekohe boy and girl scouts and musical selections will be rendered by the boys' fife and drum band.

Ii enough is as good as a feast, As pale prigs and philosophers say. We all hope to get that much at least, And without any needless delay. But whatever we get mu9t be good, ' Of a quality potent and pure : More consoling than wealth, and conducive to health, Like Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.