LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 399, 9 August 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The usual monthly meeting of the Manukau County Council is to be held on Tuesday next. Don't forget to buy your seeds early. All new season's and a large variety, at Wm Roulston's, King street, Pukekohe. All Star Items:—"Over There," " The Pigeon Song," " Legend of the Bells " ; the ten-second complete change of costume by Ballerina ; the rollicking, laughing sailor boys in the " King's Navee '' chorus. Musical Melange next Monday. Tickets 2s and Is.

In a replace advt. in this issue the E & F. Piano Agency, Ltd., call special attention to their stock of pianos, organs, player-pianos and gramaphones. Their Pukekohe agent is Mr C. Roadly.

Germany's attempt to rule the world is accompanied by all sorts of arrogant and blasphemous claims, a collection of which from extracts from newspapers, sermons, speeches and lectures, have just been published in booklet form under the title of "German Humour" by a Waihi schoolmaster. Thus one German writer produces the following : " Jesus Christ, with his blue eyes, fair hair, and fresh complexion, wes essentially a German type. Hh very name testifies to his Germanic origin. The first syllable " Je," is plainly a corruption of "Ger," the letter "r," as commonly happens, having fallen out or been replaced by "s." The second sylabblo, " us," is merely the Latin termination of a man's name. We get, therefore, Jesus (German) " In the same publication the following words, uttered by the Kaiser, appear " God demands the destruction of our enemies! God, through my mouth, commands you to execute His orders" and again " Remember that you are the chosen people. The spirit of the Lord has descended upon me because 1 am the Emperor of the Germans. I am the instrument of the Most High. I am His Sword, His representative." You simply cannot afford to miss seeing the talented troupe of young ladies in their rollicking sailor item "The King's Navee" Tickets 2s and Is, children 6d. The musical melange and series of tableaux so successfully produced a fortnight ago by Mr Cecil Roadley are, by rrquost, to be repeated in the Premier Hall, Pukekohe. next Mondny evening The young performed acquitted themselves so admirably on the former occasion that another crowded house .should lie assured. The Franklin County Council intend to take steps to compel neglect fill owners to clear their rr ad frontages of noxious weeds and at yesterday's meeting of the Council it was resolved that names of offenders should be supplied by the respective Riding members and forwarded to the district Fields' Inspector for prosecutions to be instituted Garden and field seeds. We have a large variety, all new season's. See our window display. Wm Roulston, King street, Pukekohe.

The rights of the Franklin County Council to occupy us successors to the Karaka Road Board tho section of land near Riineimnn on which the office of the 'a f o Board stands is apparently disputed by Mr nenry Bull, of Runcmnn, from wdiom a letter was at yesterday's meeting of the Council enquiring by what authority one of the Conncil's employees had camped on the ground, which ho claimed as his property. The Clerk was instructed to enquire into the matter.

Carrot seed, mangold seed, onion seed, turnip seed, swede seed, All new season's. For sale at Wm Roulston's, King street, Pukekohe. The following subscriptions have been collected in Pukekoh n West Riding by Cr T W Wo ids, for Franklin County's contribution to the Red Cross Fund, viz: R Fulton £10; R T Wright £6 ss; T W Woods, T Pollock and family, J J Hart, W J Slade, A J Melville £H each; W E Davy £2 10s " War Time" £2; E Biikey £1 10: F Lucas, E Lucas, A G Landon, M Coughlan and Sons, A Matusehka, G Rowles, II II 1) Wii.y, O G Avery, EPiggott.JEl Is each: \V T Da/e----ley, Henry Rogers, I> Scott, A Douglas, E J Adams, J A McCluno, Samuel Gla°gow, Emily Jackson, J Landon, J ' Blake, B Hart. R J Reynolds, O Woods, W McNally, Walter Hill, J Sommcrville, .1 W Johns £1 each; W J Cox, Al'ce. E Avery os each. Total £7l Js and Frank Perkins War Bonds to value of £:>.

Everybody should make an endeavour to keep diphtheria and throat troubles away by using the very effective gargio or tablets to bo procured from Fear's Phaimacy, Pukekohe. The cost is slight (Jargle 2s, tablets 1 -.i.—Ad. For Chronic Chest Complaints,

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure 1.6, 2 0

Notice is giveii In our advertising columiid that from now inwards the Red Cross shop in Pukekohe will he open only on Fridays and Saturdays.

Sales of farms have recently been effected through Messrs Civil and Roberts, land agents, of Pukekoho, as follows :—Mr T. Watson's farm of KU acres at Mauku to Mr G. Dreadon, of Papatoetoe; Mr C. A. Masters' 20.J acres at Pukekohe to Mr Ardern, of Mangere ; Mr It, Bradbury's 10 acres at Pukekohe to Messrs Morris Bros., of Auckland : and Mr W. F. Baker's 23 acres at Pukekohe to Mr IT. Bullock, of Buckland. The small sum of 2s or Is will enable you to hear Miss Nellie Perkins' rendition of that powerful song "My Task," at Monday night's concert.

Mr J. F. W. Dickson, barrister and solicitor, announces by advt. in this issue that ho has commenced practice in Pukekohe, his office being in King's Chambers, King Street. Mr Dickson was for four years in partnership with Mr P. J. O'Kegan, Wellington, and more recently was connected with the Auckland firm, Messrs Wynyard,* Skelton and Wilson.

Worth all the money :—Ned Fort, Auckland's most talented character artist. The Musical Melange next Monday. Tickets 2s and Is.

Referring to the judgment he gave in Auckland on Saturday last in the test action brought by the Pukekohe Borongh Council against Mr R. F. Webster concerning frontage owners' liabilities for kerbing and channelling footpaths the Magistrate (Mr F. K. Hunt) at yesterday's sitting of the Pukekohe Court stated that it had appeared in the papers that he had said that if there had been a wooden kerbing his decision would have been different. His words, however, should have read that " if there had been a wooden kerbing such would have been another ingredient and would have required to have been taken into consideration." Mr J. G. Haddow (acting for Mr Webster) renewed his notice of appeal against the judgment and on his application His Worship fixed £l2 as the amount of fee for security for the appeal. A new surprise : —The Pukekohe young lady serio-comic, Miss Ivy Berryman, in the very latest song, at the Musical Melange next Monday. Tickets 2s and Is.

The sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday at Pukekohe was only of a brief character. The civil business comprised the entry of judgment by default in each of four claims. There was but one police prosecution and this was that at the instance of the Defence Department a young man, named Stanley Epingstal, who had until recently been working at Tuakau, was summoned for having failed to register as a Territorial. The defendant wda a month or so ago convicted and fined £2 and costs for having failed to attend drill a3 required by the Defence Act and as the same circumstances affected yesterday's proceedings the Magistrate (Mr F. K. Hunt S.M.), entered a nominal conviction with costs Hs 6d, the Court being temporarily adjourned whilst the defendant duly attested.

You must see to believe the com plete changes of attire in 10 seconds by the Ballerina—a feat never before accomplished by amateurs on any stage. Purchase a ticket now, 2s and Is, children fid. A settlement with the high-sound-ing name of the " Town of Ottawa " is projected for Part Lot f>*>, Awhitu parish, and a letter from 'he solicitors acting for the proprietors of tho property was read at yesterday's meeting of the Franklin County Council asking :hat the County bylaws necessitating [-aeie sections should not be insisted on, their suggestion being that such large areas were unnecessary in the c i->e of a purely seaside resort. They accordingly enclosed a plan for the subdivision and asked for tho Council's approval thereof. On the motion of Cr Short it was resolved tha f the two roads appearing on the plan submitted to tho Council should bo formed t) too satisfaction of the Council's engineer and the Council would then in view of the special circumstances of tho case approve of the sid' divisional scheme.

Private John Wilcox, nephew of Mr Henry Wilcox, of Buckland, who recently arrived back in New Zealand, has returned to his uncle's home at Buckland. He sailed with the 9th Reinforcements in January, 11)16, and after four months in the trenches he was wounded on the Somnie front. Five mouths Lit. ihe was able to rejoin his ompanx. and continued without any mishap until October 4th of last year, when he received a terrible wound at Pis schendale A piecoof jagged metal, about 2!, in dies in length and weigh ing ;;.'. ounces, from a high explosive shell 'pierced his I—ft jnv and cut along under the jaw and round the throat, stopping when it came in contact with his collar-bone on tin right side of the neck For a t iin • he was knocked completely out and his mite, who was not far behind, passed him by on reaching him, thinking he was dead, but after going ahead a few yards he r< turned and on examination found In l was still nb'v". His mat-! temporarily dressed the gaping wound, from which blood poured in great .puntitics. and later tin pi.<e ot metal (which Private, Wilcox now carries with him as a souvenir was extracted. The nerves and small mu cles of the neck and throat were sovred. However, skilful surgical attention and a robust constitution saved his life.

Algerian seed oats, southern and Australian, rlippod and re-tusc'iin d, for sale at Wm Roulston's, King street, Pukekohe. You any he a Jnadnoicjil stoker, fl millionaire stockbroker You may be a reigning sovereign, or have only hall a crown ; Whatever is your station you negle t your education, When yon Jo not take your ration Of the Woode' Great Peppermint Curt

The annual Spring flower show, held under the Ku.-piees of the Pukekohe Presbyterian Church, has been fixed to take place on September 19th and 20th.

AppliVatims, tn close on the 20th inst, are invited lor the position of Secretary to the Franklin A. and P. Society. For particulars see advt. A community of howlers from the Pukekohe Bow ling Clnh have intimated to the Eev. J. F. Martin their intention of attending Divine Service at the Methodist Church next Sunday evening.

A meeting of ratepayers of the Pserata district, convened by the Franklin County Council, is to be held next Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Mr Schlaepfer's shed at Paerata to consider the question of raising a loan for metalling the roads in that locality. Playing in the hockey competition for Guest's shield Pukekohe last Saturday beat Mauku by one goal to nil. The match was the finish of the competition for the season, Glenbrook being the winners of the shield. Tomorrow Pukekohe reps, are to play Hamilton at Patumahoe.

A billiard tournament (100 up) promoted by Mr G. Armstrong in the interests of the Pukekohe Red Cross fund took place yesterday in his saloon, nearly 100 players being engaged. The winner was Mr E. Crum (rec 45) who in the final tie defeated Mr S. J. Clews (rec. 20) 100—81. Third prize was secured by Mr J. Roulston. The tournament receipts amounted to £ll lis. The money for the prize trophies was donated by Messrs A. B Barter, A. P. Daysh and W. T. Jones. The financial difficulties that confronted the provision of a site for the Technical High School proposed to be established in Pukekohe seem in a fair way of being overcome, the Borough Council having evolved a scheme, which, backed up with endorsement by the Franklin County Council as signified at yesterday's meeting of that authority, is to be submitted for approval to the ratepayers of the borough of Pukekohe by way of a loan poll fixed to be taken on Wednesday, September 4th. The project is that in order that a suitable site for the school should be purchased, the Minister for Education (the Hon. J. A. Hanan M.P.) 1 aving on the occasion of his recent visit to Pukekohe intimated that if land was donated locally he would bo prepared to recommend Cabinet to set up the school, the Borough Council should raise a loan of £2500, the County Council assuming liability for half share of interest and sinking fund payable during the currency of the loan. The Ma\or (Mr H. G. R Mason), Crs D. R Hamilton and J. Patterson, and Mr Frank Perkins (chairman of the Pukekohe School Committee) waited on the Franklin County Council yesterday and sought the Council's cooperation in the scheme. It was pointed out by the deputation that the possession of a school of the tpye intendod was of just as much concern to the County as to the Borough, especially as two-thirds of the pupils now attending the secondary education classes at Pukekohe came from the County. The County Chairman (Or W. C. Motion) thoroughly approve I of the proposal, remarking that the Council's share of liability would only be ab >ut £7"> per annum. Distributed over the whole of the nine ridings of the County, the yearly payments by each would bo insignificant compared with the advantages gained. Or Short remarked that his (Awhitu) riding would be the Jurist concern' d in the Scho >l, but as the contributions would ho so small ho was prepared to accept liability on behalf of his riding. Or R T Reid =ip(ikrt in a similar sense, whilst Crs. Mtmtgomeiie, Wilcox and Thomas all supported the Chuinnan's remarks. Or Woods explained tha f whim the matter was previously under consideration a County loan was mooted and lie had given a pledge to some of hi-- ratepayers hit their views would hi secured in that way. Under such circumstances h- wis unable to act independently that day. On the proposition of Cr. Motion," seconded by Cr. Montgomerie, it was agiced netn con to co-op-erate with the Borough Council on the lines as already indicated. Subsequently Crs Motion and Moutgomorie, empowered with the Borough Council's authority met the Borough Council's delegates "in committee" ami i. W.i arrange! that in the event of the h>an proposal being curried and the school established the County Council should have ropresenUti m i-n the controlling auth>M'v e.|.:ri ti that of the Bo cugli I' o-icil. A meeting of ratepayers of the borough of Pukekohf'ii to be held in die Masonic llali next Wednesday evening, when the sch inc will be explained in detail hv die Mayor ami other >p>ak-