LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 414, 1 October 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Manakau County Council is to hold its ordinary monthly meeting in conjunction with a special meeting on Friday, the 11th mat-

Thursday next, Oct. 3rd, will be the first anniversary of the completion of the installation of electric light in Pukekohe.

On behalf of Mr P. Gannon, who has disposed of his property, Messrs Alfred Buckland ana Sons will hold a clearing sale on the farm at Pukekohe East next Saturday. Particulars of the offering are advertised in this issue.

A reminder is given of the special bull sale to be held by the N Z Loan and M.A. (Joy. next Friday at Pukekohe. The same Company will also hold a dairy sale at Pukekohe on Monday next and their ordinary monthly stock sale on Tuesday. For particulars of entries see advts

Particulars are advertised in this issue of a clearing sale to be held at Churchill on Friday next by the N.Z. Loan and M. A. Coy. Ltd. on behalf of Mr T. S. Ferguson, who has disposed of the homestead portion of his farm. The offering will include a choice herd of 50 dairy cows and heifers and a pedigree 2yr. old Jersey bull. Attention is called to the special entry for Messrs. Alfred Buckand and Sons' sale at Waiuku next Saturday, whereby on account of Mr W. J. Irwin, of Awhitu, who is giving up dairying owing to ill-health, a complete herd of 40 good sound cows will be offed for sale. Mr Irwin has been dairying for 20 years and the herd has been carefully built up.

One of the largest yardmgs of the year and brisk business characterised Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons special sale of dairy cattle at Pukekohe last Saturday, prices ruling well up to recent rates. For a herd of 15 dairy cows in milk, offered on behalf of Mr W. McNally (Pukekohe), a record average of £24 18s was secured, the whole herd of 22 averaging £2l 17s Bd. Mr R. W. S. Moore's herd of dairy cows made from £ls up to £25. The usual monthly meeting of the Franklin County Council, originally fixed for Thursday of this woek has been postponed until Thursday of next week. The November meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 27th, when the annual election of chairman will be carried out, the December meeting will be held on Thursday, December 19th and then there will be an adjournment until Thursday, February 6th With the exception of Thursday, October 10th, accounts will be passed for payment at the meetings referred to whilst in addition payments will also be authorised at meetings of the Finance Committee fixed to be held to-morrow, on Thursday October 31s f , and on Thursday, January 16th.

That, in the near future, the motor lorry will to an increasing extent supersede railways throughout the world was the opinion recently expressed by a prominent American expert. " Motor trucks," he said, " are coming into more and more general use for city transportation of merchandise. As their success is demonstrated in the shorter runs of from one to two hundred miles on which they are now employed in many parts of America where the roads will permit, the lengths of the routes covered will be extended until the transportation of heavy freight for distances of a thousand miles and over will be nothing out of the ordinary." Hauls of this length, in fact, are already in operation.

Pig keeping on allotments and rabbit culture in the back yard have become a popular vogue in the work-ing-class districts of the Midlands (says a London newspaper). The tame rabbit is admittedly one of the most prolific members of the live stock fraternity, and the following alluring prospect is held out by the local authorities : "It is estimated that in twelve months the net result of multiplication from a pair of rabbits will be 240 progeny, and in five years there will be 1,800,000 descendants." A poster at the enrance to Birmingham station reads : " Keep a pig and save ' the Nation's Bacon'! '*

The Bishop of Auckland (Dr. Averill) will hold a confirmation service at Tuakau on Sunday next at 10.30 and will also preach in the same church in the evening, as well as at Onewhero at 2.30 p.m. Members of the Pukekohe Bowling Club are nottfied by advt. in this issue that the summer green will be available for play as from and including next Saturday.

A sale of household furniture and effects is to be held by Messrs. J T. Stembridge and Co. on Saturday next at Mrs. Carmichael's residence, Tobin Street, Pukekohe. For particulars see advt.

A man named Ernest Alfred Mouldy, who had been located living as a hermit in a tent on one of the islands on the Waikato river near Tuakau, was yesterday arrested by Constables Taylor and Wolfendale on a military warrant for desertion from CI camp. He was taken to Auckland and handed over to the military authorities.

At a meeting of the St. Andrew's (Pukekohe) Flower Show committee last (Monday) evening it was decided to hold the usual summer flower show on Thursday and Friday, November 28th and 29th. Preliminary arrangements were made and in the course of a few days the show schedules will be published. The indications are-that the 1918 flower show will eclipse all previous records. At the Pukekohe Magistrate's Court next Thursday four Senior Cadets are to be prosecuted for nonattendance at drills. The civil cases down for hearing include ,tfn action in which Mr Robt. J. Glasgow, of Onewhero, claims from Mr W. Keyes, also of Onewhero, the sum of £IOO in respect of alleged libel arising out of the recent Onewhero school finance controversy. Included in a draft of invalided soldiers due to arrive back in New Zealand shortly are the following : E Burneide (Papatoetoe), Wm. E. Frost (Otahuhu), C. E. Grey (Manurewa), H. Lord (Otahuhu), James McKenzie (East Tamaki), G. Murtagh (Clevedon), A. C. Parker (Papatoetoe), A. A. Robinson (East Tamaki), F. S. Smith (Otahuhu), and S. F. G. Williams (Drury).

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd, wound up their recent series of sales yesterday at Pukekohe with their ordinary monthly stock sale, when one of the largest yar<lings yet recorded locally was secured, some 2000 animals being on offer. Good business resulted alround. Btores sold up to £l6 2s for 4yr olds in forward condition and young stock realised satisfactory prices. Beef realised up to £l9 15s for fat steers and £l6 5s for fat cows.

"Labour and Liquor" is the subject of an address to be delivered in the Premier Hall, Pukekohe, ngxt Friday evening by Mr James Simjf son, one of the Canadian delegates now visiting the Dominion on behalf of the Prohibition Party. Mr Simpson is accredited as a speaker of exceptional ability. Two colt foals, sired by the imported English thoroughbred horse " Thurnham," are now running in Messrs Boulston Bros' paddocks at Pukekohe, their respective dams being Seadalona and a Pretoria mare. The youngsters both give great promise. Te Coma and another of Messrs Roulston Bros' thoroughbred mares are also due to foal to Thurnham in the course of the next few days. The funeral of the late Mr Thomas Kennelly, whose death was recorded in our last issue, took place on Friday at the Pukekohe Soman Catholic Cemetery, the Bev Father Molloy officiating. The attendance was exceptionally large and evidenced the respect entertained for the deceased gentleman as well as affording proof of public appreciation of labours he had cheerfully undertaken as one of the earliest pioneers of the Pukekohe district. Included among those present at the graveside were friends of the deceased from such a wide area as Whangarei and Wellington (north and south), Gisborne and New Plymouth (east and west), whilst every generation from 10 years up to 90 were represented. Addressing the assembly the Rev. Father Molloy paid tribute to the sterling qualities of the late Mr Kennelly and exhorted his hearers to endeavour to follow in the footsteps of the departed one.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, held their annual bull sale at Pukekohe last Thursday. Oyer 300 animals were yarded and with good bidding producing ready sales very few were passed in. Values were S'.mewh'it below last year's ra'pi in ill classes with the exception of best Jerseys, second-grade bulls being mainly concerned in the drop. Jerseys topped the market, a two-year-old pedigree bull, bred by Mr Jas. Harris, of Bombay, fetching 35gns, whilst the same owner's pedigree yearlings realised up to 27gns With 18gns to 25gns ruling for good grade Shorthorn yearlings, two 18 months' old bulls offered on behalf of Mr J R. McElwain (Waiuku; and Mr Ben Reed (Waerenga) sold for 30gns eaoh.

Glorious manhood ! How proud we are of our lads ! What grand careers we plan for them ! But Drink too often blasts our hopes as one and another goes under. So "we must find a solution of the Liquor question" Shall we tear down the name of Smith from the public bar and put up the name of the King, the King who at Kitchener's call turned down his glass ? f hall we stamp the name of New Z»a'and on the glasses and then fill them with whisky imported for Government sale, and with beer brewed in nationalised vats ? Shall we then, wheu praying for our Government, include " The Minister of Alcoholic Beverages," and trust the gaod Lord to make the Alcohol a help and not a hindrance in rearing glorious manhood ? This is the solution offered by the Moderate League. What do you think of it ? -Advt.

Bilton: " What did your wife say when you got home at two o'clock this morning ?" Tilton : "Nothing! Bhe sat down to the piano and played 1 Tell Me the Old, Old Story.' " The latest returned soldier yarn. He was a returned New Zealand soldier and was recounting hiayxperiences in hospital to an up«***Btry audience. " When I come.*TCund again the surgeon 'e says to me, 'l'm bloomin' sony, mate, 1 don't know what I was thinkin' about, but there's a sponge missin' and I believe its inside yer.' What's the odds ? I says, 4 let it be And there it is to this day. I don't feel no particular pain from it, but Ido get uncommonly thirsty!" His audience took the hint.

A large, buck nigger stared at the supply Sergeant and asked Say, man, do we get these yere clo's for nothin'?" "Yes. Hurry! Pass along." An' say, man, do we get three meals a day for nothing ( persisted the recruit. "Of course . Pass right along now." " An' an —we get thirty dollars a month besides ?" burst out the incredulous one. " Yes, sure. Why ?" The negro shook his head, his eyes bulged; then he fairly exploded with a sigh: "Gosh Almighty! Why ain't dis Kayser start dis war er long time ago ?"