LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 430, 29 November 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

! | 'ill;' atr.-n i.>ll I'!' dairy fanners is ; tii .v, n t'i tiif entry made U r Messrs | Ui.-ed Bm-kland and Sons' dairv | .-ale ,t I'nkekohe n»*xt Thursday bv j "... )i Fulton, of Pum, who is retii- ! itig from dairying owing to ill-health, ! Ids her lof I J choice dairy cows 1 «n--? licif«rs Part ion la »'S arealvet- ! ti- d it: tli.:- i'--ii':. j Business has 1-r on .sadly disoiI i-fid by the scourge tint haf svvr-jit over th" country and 'hing i ! ar" nol likely to return to norm 1 i for somio tim-\ P is feared thit i hi- (. liti-tnnis trade wll also MtfPri as with the »-x| en-c «tt' rid ant to | ; liiiii's-. fuinili- s v. ill have to curraii J rii• -ii oirla}s custuniaiy to tint f"s'i\ • ; M-a.i'ii A native muse is by direction <fi the ant! untie.-, now engaged in visi - - ; ing the various Maori settlements on ! the VVaika'o river between Mem r and the Heads and the reports that , •'is deaths have taken place as tieroo't of influenza amongst tl" r .'is.'-: in rhmt locality. 1). tl!.ls us to the till-: f<: be he .s'ciwe i on the new i .ilway station t ■ o. I;.- the place of the existing statioi s a' 11' ei \ and I ui eiman have no !u ■■ i it'sp. lie J by the w -I'd " 1 'tuty " '•avi-.g be t: puinteO up on th -t :t;t.ll tin' idea that the tide ef " J)rur. < i'ii'ial would have been eho.-eu.

A list of dates and places for the attendance next week of a Government officer to inoculate calves against bhckleg is advertised in this issue.

The appearance on the Estimates of the sum of £l?00 for the salary and allowances of the New Zealand war correspondent is sure to give rise to some very plain speaking in Parliament. Mr Malcolm Ross has been so far from being a success that it is a wonder he was not recalled after the first few months. We presume he did hie best according to his abilities, but it is evident that he was totally unfitted for the task assigned him and the Government could scarcely have selected a more unsuitable man for the position.

Work on the railway crossing over the Mauku stream on the Waiuku branch line is proceeding slowly. The Public Works Department decided that the foundation was not sufficiently solid to carry the weight of the three 12-foot concrete culverts which are to be put in and it was decided to drive 250 twentyfoot pi'es to consolidate the bearing surface. Work on the pile-driving is now being done but slowly and with difficulty as the clay is so hard that many of the piles refuse to go down and break to splinters under the blows Of the " monkey." As usual in driving in hard ground a short stroke of the monkey has to be used ; consequently the piling of the foundation appears likely to be the work of months.

Now that the restrictions affecting stock sales have been removed the various auctioneering firms will resume business next week. Messrs Buckland and Sons Ltd. are to hold their ordinary monthly stock sales at Pukekohe and Waiuku on Monday and Saturday respectively and a special dairy sale at Pukekohe on Thursday. The N.Z Loan and M.A. Coy Ltd. will conduct their ordinary monthly stock sale at Papakura on Tuesday and a similar Halo will be held at Tuakau by Messrs Dalgetv and Co. on Friday. The last named firm will also hold a clearing sale on Mr Geo. Bartley's farm at Patumahoe next Thursday. For particulars see advts.

The death from the effects of influ enza took place at Hawera on Sunday last of Mr Henry Penman, only son of Mrs Penman and of the late Mr Joseph Penman, of Pukekohe. The deceased, who was 41 years of age, was well known in Pukekohe, where he previously resided. At the time of his death he was acting as foreman to the Hawera County Council. The late Mr Penman in his younger days was prominently identified with various sporting institutions in Pukekohe ana, besides being a member of the Franklin Rugby Union, he acted as captain of the Pukakohe football team at the time the game was at its zenith, the Pukekohe players then usually being able to successfully tackle all-comers His wife predeceased him about five years ago, but he is survived by a family of two, both boys, aged 10 and 6 years respectively.

The " flu " was responsible for tho postponement of the majority of cases " called " at the Pukekohe Magistrate's Court yesterday and in fact the Magistrate's attention was confined to the hearing of one civil action. The Onewhero libel case was adjourned owing to some of the plaintiff's witnesses being ill, another claim was struck out by reason of the <leath of the defendant, whilst in a summons issued against a farmer at the instance of the Health Department no representative of that authority appeared by reason, it was understood, of pressure of official work in Auckland. Again, in a case iu which a soldier should have appeared in answer to a summons, notification was received from the Commandant at Featherston Camp that the defendant was engaged in medical relief duties so an adjournment was allowed by His Worship (Mr F. K Hunt, S M

Where circumstances in connection with the prevailing epidemic render a departure from the usual practice advisable no hard and fast rule is being observed of any Hospital Board denying admission to its hospitals of patients hailing from another Hospital Board's district. Thus for instance Pukokawa is included in the Waiknto Hospital Board's district but its f?e graphical situation inclines towards Pukekohe as its centre and it rent rives medical attention from Pukekohe as well as 'rom Tuakau. Early this week one of the Pukekohe doctors on visiting Pukekawa found three pitients there whose condition made prompt hospital treatment dohirable, so instead of despatching them on a lengthy journey to the Hamilton Hospital he conveyed them into Pukekohe and secured their admission to the Pukekohe temporary hospital, which institution is controlled by the Auckland Hospital Board.

i Iha borough of Pukekohe still en- [ joys euinparitivo immunity from ii/lluen/.a and of the 22 patients today in th-' temporary hospital established in the public schjo! only six enmo from the borough. Bombay I'uruishes the most of any place of he remdijpr, ndtneSy 10, others ■eming from Pukekawa i'B), Puni, (1) md Matiku '1) Miss Gordon, who lad been one of the local volunteer lurses, has contracted the disease uid is now herself in the hospital. All tha patients nr>> reported to be impressing favourably and no furtlu r deaths have occurred since iur last issue. A description of the vork at the hospital will be given in iur next issue. The hospital manigenient wid gratefu'ly receive for -lie benefit of the patients gifts of uilk pudding«, plum puddings, eggs, ream, fruit, sweets, soup, beef tea, >ranges acd Pmons and on a ring to li ■ hospital kitchen fP.iane No. •lo.m> a B>y Scout will call for any tich gifts. Ladie.- are also invited odo washing f"r the hospital. Mrs Vixon being in charge of the .aundry department.