LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 400, 13 August 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The electric current is now in operation all day in Pukekohe and is thus available for power purposes. Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons \re to hold their usual monthly stock sale at Runciman next Tuesday Particulars of entries are advertised in this issue.

At a meeting of the Council of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society last Friday it was decided to fully stock with rainbow trout ova the Maungatawhiri, Hunua and Mangatangi streams. A reminder is given of the musical and recitative competitions to take place in the Buckland Hall next Saturday in aid of the Red Cross appeal, followed by a concert in the evening. Entries are invited. For particulars see advt. Attention is drawn to the necessity of all persons engaged in gum-dig-ging or in gum buying being licensed. Particulars as to the came will be found in our advertising columns. Addressing the members of the Franklin County Council las; Thursday in advocacy of the Technical High School project Mr D. R. Hamilton pointed out that such a school even meant more to the County than to the Borough of Pukekoho. Pojs or girls living in Pukekobe, he (mid, were able to proceed daily by train to Auckland to attond a school there but that, even With its natural disadvantages, was not possible for children from the back parts of tho County, whereas they would be able to prosecute j their studies in Pukekohe. '

Mr W. Roulston has a special advt. in this issue of interest to farmers relative to seeds, bonednst, fertilisers, etc., obtainable at his stores at Fukekohe.

Two additional cases of diphtheria were notified from the Borough of Pukekohe last Saturday. The epidemic is also claiming victims at Waiuku.

The alteration of interested parties is again drawn to the meeting, convened by the Franklin County Council, to be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at 2 pm, at Faerata in Mr Schlaepfer's shed, to consider the question of raising a loan for metalling the roads in that district.

The attendance of ratepayers is requested at the meeting to be held to-morrow (Wednesday) evening in the Masonic Hall, Pukekohe, when the Borough Council's scheme re the proposed loan to secure a site for a techinal high school will be fully explained. A full house was again recorded at the Premier Hall, Fukekohe, last night when the musical melange with tableaux vivants, so successfully produced a fortnight ago under the direction of Mr Cecil Roadley, was repeated. The delight of the audience at the excellence of the entertainment provided was demonstrated by insistent encores in nearly every instance. At the interval Mr C. K. Lawrie, as Chairman of the Pukekohe Patriotic Committee, proposed a vote of thanks to Mr Roadley in recognition of his efforts on behalf of the Red Cross appeal and this was carried by acclamation.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— At our special dairy sale at Fukekohe yesterday the yarding was not as large as recent sales although the quality left nothing to be desired. The bidding was keen throughout, especially for heifers -close to profit. Best cows made £l6 10s to £lB ss, others £l4 to £l6 ss, second quality £ll to £l3 15s, backward and poorer sorts £7 10s to £lO 17s 6d, extra choice heifers, of which there was a good yarding, made up to £l9, others £ls 10s to £lB ss, second quality (close up) £ll to £l4 15s, backward, small and poorer sorts £6 10s to £lO 10s. j

The advantages of education as demonstrated by the war were commented on by the Mayor of Pukekohe (Mi H. G. R. Mason) and Mr D. R. Hamilton last Thursday whilst appealing to the Franklin County Council for support to the Technical High School scheme. His Worship pointed out that the Germans prior to the war had excelled in certain manufactures simply as the result of knowledge gained by encouraging education in a practical form rather than in a theoretical sense. Mr Hamilton also mentioned that in nearly every instance men who had risen from the ranks to the position bf officers were ex-pupils of a secondary school, whereby they had been afforded education not imparted at a primary school and which enabled them to secure commissions.

At the meeting of Directors of the New Zealand Dairy Association, Limited, held last Friday in Auckland, it was resolved to make a further distribution of 4d per lb for butterfat supplied during the past season to the Association's butter factories for butter manufacture. This amount assumes and is subject to a further payment on account of profits under the Imperial Government scheme for the past season of I about 19s per cwt. less equalization •in respect of local business. The | amount coming to the Association from these profits has been estimated on a conservative basis and the final payment to suppliers is expected to be somewhat more than 4d per lb mentioned above. Of this payment of 4d per lb 2d will be paid early in September and the balance will, subject to the foregoing realization, be paid when the present accumulation of butter has been cleared and the profit payments from the Government are received. Some of the vicissitudes of backblock life were experienced last week by a " knight of the hammer " who is not unknown in Pukekohe, his conclusions being that although complaint is frequently made of the condition of the roads in the Lower Waikato, they are more or less perfection compared with the highways in the north. For the purposo of returning from a sale, which he had conducted, to the nearest railway station, eight miles distant, he was given a mount. A boy's saddle was the only equipment of the sort available and as " Mr. Auctioneer " is of somewhat portly build and broad dimensions he more than overshadowed the scanty seat afforded, whilrt his discomfort was intensified by a broken strap causing one stirrup leather to be shorter than the other. When the journey was concluded, the eight miles often through slush and mud up to the horse's girth taking two hours and a half to accomplish, our hero was both weary and tender and he < onfesses that he experienced the most unpleasant ride he had ever had in his life.

£IOO FOR AN ESSAY Prizes of £IOO, £SO and £25 are not to be won every day yot these are the magnificent offered by the NZ. Alliance for the three best essays on "Why N Z should adopt the proposals of the National Efficiency Bonrd for the immediate permanent abolition of the Liquor Traffic " With such prizes in view every odo with any literary ability should undoubtedly enter—there is no age limit the competition is open to all. Essays are limited to 50n0 word*.

Essays must reach Wellington by September !>th next. Full particulars and printed entry forms can be obtained by writing the Secretary N Z Alliance, Wellington, or by wiring "Terapprance," Wellington. With ted soaked in a mustard hath,

Poor Grandpa crouched be«ide the hearth. And gasped «o hard and looked solium, Despite three lots of steaming rum. That Grandma, anxious grown for him. Exclaimed at last to Uncle tim—

'This dread suspense I can't endure. I'll send for Woods' Great Peppermint Cure"

Particulars of entries for Messrs J. T. Stemhridge and Co's weekly sale next Friday at their auction mart, Fukekohe, will be found in our advertising columns. By reason of the farewell social to be tendered by the Franklin A and P Society to Mr and Mrs J, M. Baxter having been fixed to take place on Tuesday, the 27th inst, the annual meeting of the Pukekohe Bowling Olub has be.m postponed to the following (Wednesday) evening.