LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 355, 22 February 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Fanners are invited to make an inspection o? the Greenslade milking machine on \i. w at the Pukekohe Show. M.s.-rs Da'gety and Co will hold 'heir usual monthly stock sale at Tuakau on FricUy next, Mardi Ist. The Rulwiy Department invite tenders for thi lease of the station | hnoks'iill iit PrnVlohe for the period I from A',nil Isf next to June 30th, j I' l '.' I'ai'au! irs arc advertised in I 'ins i :<5U.\ j Mr J.'Jin Ratty, on behalf of ! Messrs V. i; K Fletcher, Ltd., will i ha purchasing pigs at Waiuku nnd ; Ai-:a Aka n xt Wednesday. 1 The attention of owners of dogs in the MnnulvHii County is callecj to :'i ailvt. in 'his -.sue lelative to registration of dop;s and the appointiic nt of registrars for the purpose. On tli" 21st instnnt the New Z-al.nid Dairy Association, Limited, distributed amongst its suppliers' the' .mi of £!)s !cjj 2s I ! This c iverrfl 1,1.•',:>,.'>08,ib.i of hutioifut .-UjC'lied during the month of January.

The N.Z, Farmers' Coop. Bacon (Joy. will be buying pigs next week as follows, viz: at Patumahoe on Monday, at Pukekohe on Tuesday, at Papakura and Runcinian on Wednesday, and at Buckland on Thursday. A company under the title of " The Co-operative Trading and Industries Development Company" has recently been formed for utilising the waste products of New Zealand, such as fish offal, household refuge, coal tar scrap tin, etc., and in support of the same addresses are to be given at a meeting to be held on Tuesday next, at 8 pm., in the Masonic Hall, Pukekohe The Mayor will preside and business men, farmers, etc., are invited to attend.

The word " express " as applied to trains in New Zealand is publicly regarded as a joke perpetrated by the railway authorities. An illustration of the absurdity of its use was afforded in the case of the Rotorua express on Wednesday when a passenger intending to travel to Cambridge missed the train at Auckland but, by engaging a taxi, arrived at Penrose before '' the express " and there serenely boarded the train and proceeded on to his destination.

" Sauce " uttered by a Pukekohe boy to a male resident of the town last Saturday afternoon was followed by the latter taking the law into his own hands as a means of reproof. This, however, led to a charge of assault heard at the Pukekohe Magistrate's Court yesterday when His Worship (Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M) although observing that it was not a fair thing for a man to hit a boy thought as the boy had brought it on himself justice would

be met by a conviction being entered without any penalty imposed. The " Ngaruawahia Advocate " says : Mr T. Paterson, senr., has received a communication from the military authirities, demanding that he shall hold himself in readiness to proceed to camp, with a view to taking up arms in defence of his King and country. As Mr Paterson is over 70 years of age, has a son, Captain T. Paterson, now in the firing line, and a son-in-law, recently deceased, who served with distinction right through the memorable retreat from Mons, it is assumed that a slight Departmental blunder has been committed in calling him to the colours. For all that, Mr Paterson states that he would not be averse to donning khaki if his services could be of any use in prosecuting the war to a successful climax.