LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 397, 2 August 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The amount handed over to the Pukekohe Red Cross fund as the result of the competition for the heifer donated by Mrs McGovern was £l6 2s instead of £l4 2s fid as previously announced.

Attention is called to an advt. in this issue in which Mr Harry Milner, fruit grower, of Nelson, offers for sale various varieties of Nelson grown apples In spite of the severe weather signs of the coming spring are observable in the Mauku district. Id sheltered situations the weeping willows are breaking into leaf and some of the bush trees are flowering before their ordinary time. On Monday last a pair of thrushes were to be seen busily engaged in building a nest.

There are at last signs that the Public Works Department are awakening from their long reverie, and making an attempt to get on with the Paerata-Waiuku railway. A start has now been made at preliminary work on the crossing of the Mauku stream. A year has been lost while they stood looking at this and wondering how they were to got to the other side, but now that they have made the plunge the half-dozen or so of miles of line yet remaining to bo constructed ought not to take them much more than as many years.

It is evident that despite his time being fully occupied in England by official duties the Prime Minister of New Zealand (the Kt. Hon. W F Massey) does not overlook matters appertaining to the Dominion and more particularly does not forget friends in his electorate Recently he cabled to Mr. John Todd, of Otahnhu, that whilst in France he had seen Mr Todd's son in the firing line, whilst on Monday Mr Robert Bilkey, of Pukekohe, received a cable from Mr Massey informing him that he had visited his (Mr Bilkey's) youngest son, Pte. Dirk Bilkey, at Brockenhurst Military Hospital and found him recovering from his wounds.

As a sequel to the recent strike of the Jugo-Slavs engaged under the alien national service regulations in constructing the Waiuku branch railway two of the number, alleged to have been promiuont as agitators, were on Tuesday arrested at the railway woiks at Waitangi, near Waiuku, by a party of police under Sergeant Cowan, of Pukekohe. Their names were AuteEadojkovich and Jack Cvitanovicb, aged about So and 30 yeais respectively, the claim of the authorities being that they were dangerous enemy subjects. They surrendered quietly and later in the day wore tukrn to Auckland and handed over to the military authorities for internment on Somes Island. Radojkovich was previously interred for disloyal conduct. Ho was a newcomer to the district, having bf en sent to the works hy the Commissioner (Mr. ('ullen), but Cvitanovich had been living in or uear Pukekohe for somo time pa«t, The gang of Jugo-Slavs still working on tho Waiuku line totals 22 and they are making good progress with their operations. Vuii may be nil road nought stoker, a millionaire stockbroker You may be a reigning bovereign. or have only half :< crown : Whatever is your station you neglect your educat'on, When you do not take your ration <Vthe Woods' C< real Peppermint <"ure I

At Patumahoe on Saturday last a hookey match in the Guest's shield competition match was played between Pukekohe and Glenbrook, both sides scoring two goals a-piece, To-morrow (Saturday) Pukekohe will play Patumahoe at Pukekohe.

A special meeting of the Pukekohe Borough Council was held in committee last Wednesday evening to further consider the matter of a site for the proposed Technical High Behool at Pukekohe. A sub-com-mittee was appointed to wait on the Franklin County Council to suggest the raising of a joint loan of £2500 for the purchase of land for a school site, the feeling of the meeting being quite averse to any portion of the Borough Domain being utilised for the purpose, having regard to the future of the town necessitating the retention of the reserve as an open space for a park, recreation ground, etc.

The work on the eastern drain in the upper portion of the Aka Aka swamp was completed last week under the direction of the Public Works Department. This last section of the big drain was about twenty chains in length and the work was carried out by a gang of Dalmations under the supervision of Mr H Glasgow. The weather conditions have been most unfavourable for this class of work, but in spite of this drawback a fair rate of progress has been made. The connection of the swamp road with what is known as Waller's Road still remains to be done, and this will be undertaken in the spring. To shorten the route and to obtain an easier grade a diversion across the corners of Mr Shipherd's and Mr Waller's land will be made. The new road will provide a shorter and easier route to Pukekohe for a large portion of the Aka Aka district.

Ignorance still seems to prevail in regard to the law dealing with the registration of aliens. Briefly, the requirements are that unless naturalised all persons not of British birth are bound to register as aliens even if they are subjects of a friendly nation. Again, a woman on her marriage takes the nationality of her husband and this is a point that is evidently lost sight of as shown by cases that are constantly coming before the Courts. Thus, for instance, at one of the country Courts this week a British woman who had married a Frenchman was prosecuted for not having registered as an alien whilst a similar charge was preferred against both a native of Sweden and his British born wife. All three defendants pleaded ignorance but the Magistrate was forced to record nominal convictions.

Several fresh cases of diphtheria have occurred this week in the borough of Pukekohe or in the country districts immediately adjoining, and a good deal of alarm is being caused by the spread of the disease. As most of the sufferers are school children the closing of the Pukekohe public school is being called for by parents as an advisable precautionary measure. The initial stage of the disease in most instances is taking the form of what is technically known as diphtheric croup, gradually resolving itself into the more serious ailment. It may be stated that the better nurtured and clothed a child is the more easily is the disease resisted, children whose vitality is rendered low by exposure to the cold or by another cause being all the more liable to pick up infection.

The recent spell of wet and cold weather has been attended with a good deal of mortality and cases of paralysis amongst the dairy herds of the lower Waikato, whilst many other cows have also " slipped " their calves. In conversation on the latter subject with a "Times" representative, Mr. James Costello, veterinary surgeon, of Pukekohe, stated that the malady frequently became an epidemic, and ran rapidly through a herd the cows aborting one after another. The causes were numerous; such might be due to external violence or accident, to smutty, mouldy, or ergoted food, to over-feeding, and to decaying animal refuse, especially the aborted discharges of other animals. The last was probably the immediate cause of the epidemical nature, though the causes that produced it in the original instance rendered the hprd peculiarly susceptible to it. For that reason it was of the greatest importance to isolate every instance of it, to remove all vestiges of the foetus and of the after-birth, and to thoroughly disinfect and deodorize the premises. In the early period of pregnancy, abortion might occur without any premonitory signs, the first intimation of it being given by the animals again being in season. In later stages the premonitory signs resembled those of an ordinary paturition except that the change in the animal was sudden and was accompanied with great dejection. When abortion occured in the early stages of gestation there was usually little or no constitutional disturbance, hence little active treatment was called for, but under all circumstances the cow should be isolated and kept from the herd for at least a month. In later abortion the constitutional disturbance was greater and frequently complications arose. MORE MONEY FROM YOUR CALVES Think, Mr. Dairyman! Your future profits depend entirely on the conditions of your calves. See to it then that they get a c;ilf food in top condition. There's nothing to equal "CEREMILK," it produces strong, well-con-ditioned beasts which bring top value in the market or as milkers. "CEREMII.K " contains no indigestible ingredients or chemicals—and moreover it never scours Mr. R. O. Luxton, manager for Mr. .T. B. Gow, of Opotoki. tells his experience:" I used " CEREMILK " this season feeding 130 calves. The calves have done exceptionally well and relish the food exceedingly, f considei "CEREMILK" superior to any other food. Try "CEREMILK"—equaI to whole milk in nutriment. At all stores and factories. Local distributors :—H. E. G.dlespie, Auckland Provincial Agent. W. Roulston, Pukekohe Local Distributor.

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In an advertisement in this issue Mr R Carter announces that he has removed his plumbing and electrian's business from his late establishment adjoining the Pukekohe post office to more convenient premises next to the National Bank,

Tenders, to close on Saturday the 21st inst. are invited by the Franklin County Council in respect of various tenders. For particulars see advertisement.

Whilst Mr Albert Dale, son of Mr Richard Dale, of Pukekohe, was riding home last Tuesday afternoon he was thrown from his horse. He sustained internal injuries and after being treated by Dr Wake was conveyed to the Auckland Hospital.

Records taken on the Rosemont gauge at Pukekohe by Mr Stanley Sinclaire show that the local rainfall for last month was 5.22 inches as against 9.56 inches for July of last year, making a total fall for the seven months of this year of 30.79 in. as compared with 42.88 in. for the corresponding period of 1917. Last month the heaviest fall was ,55in. on July 14th, nine days being free from rain, but in July of last year over an inch fell in one hour on a certain day and only three days were free from rain. Members of the Pukekohe Bowling Club are invited to take part in a euchre party to be held in Mr Armstrong's old billiard room next Tuesday evening as a farewell to Mr J Robertson.

Mr F. V. Frazer, S M., who up to a little time ago had charge of the country magisterial circuit in the Auckland district and who has recently been acting as relieving magistrate at Wellington, has now been definitely appointed to the latter position for the duration of the war.

At a meeting at Hamilton last Wednesday of directors of the New Zealand Dairy Association, and Waikato, and Thames Valley, and Cambridge Dairy Companies, the following resolution was passed by 19 votes to 10: " That this meeting does not favour an amalgamation of dairy companies at the present time." The meeting placed on record the services rendered by the South Auckland Dairy Association to the dairy industry of the Waikato 1

Wednesday, September 18th, is the scheduled date on which the biennial election of Town Boards will take place. The electoral roll for Town Board elections is not restricted to ratepayers as in the case of County elections. On the contrary, all persons over the age of 21 are entitled to b% enrolled subject to the usual conditions, whilst ratepayers (and their wives or husbands as the case may be) also secure votes whether resident in a district or not. As the supplementary rolls are now being prepared claims from persons qualified to vote and whose names do not appear on the main roll should be sent in without delay. • Picture patrons are advised to be at the Premier Hall, Pukekohe, to-morrow (Saturday) evening to see Anita Stewart in her greatest play " The Billions Plot." It is a stirring spy story, greater than "The Girl Phillipa,'" and is undeubtedly Anita's masterpiece. (Advt j.

Messrs Sam Mills and John J Goady announce the reorganisation of their business "The Station Garage " Pukekohe, in both managerial and mechanical departments. They are now employing a lisrtgrade mechanic and with the reputation of a yougn firm to make good car owners may depend on getting satisfactory work executed. A good assorted stock of tyres, accessories and spares are kept in hand. Both of the proprietors are well-known throughout the district and a cordial invitation is extended to all car owners to pay a visit to their garage.