LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 459, 21 March 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The N Z Loan and MA Coy. are to hold a clearing sale on Monday next on Mr W. Reid Clink's farm at Tuakau, and a similar sale on Mr T. W K Francis' farm at Alfristou on Friday. For particulars see advertisements. Mr R. G. V Fear, chemist and sight specialist, Pukekohe, announces the earlier closing of his pharmacy and optical parlours In future the pharmacy will close at 6 p.m. from Monday to Thursday; Friday, 9 p m : and Saturday and Sunday as before. The now closing time commences on Monday, March 31st.

Electors of Fukekohe! You should prohibit the Borough Council from wasting your money. This you can do by electing C. K. Lawrie as your Mayor.—(Advt.) Particulars of the offerings at the clearance sale to be conducted next Thursday nest by Messrs Alfred Buckland Sons, Ltd., on Mr W. J Whiteside's farm at Whangarata will be found in our advertising columns. On Sunday next harvest thanksgiving services will be held in all throughout the Presbyterian churches. The Rev. F. Hales, of Papakura, will be the preacher for the day. Special anthems and solos will be rendered by the choir. The Lyceum management have pleasure in announcing that they have secured the rights for screening the sensational picture version of "The Man who Stayed at Home" on Thursday, April 3rd, at Pukekohe. The play was staged in Pukekohe by the "Within the Law" company on their last visit. Further announcements will appear next week.

Sapper James R. Pratt, who arrived back in New Zealand last Monday, is at present visiting his brother, Mr W. H. Pratt at Pukekohe. Sapper Pratt left the Dominion with the Mam Expeditionery Force and served in turn at Gallipoli, in Egypt and in France, winning the Military Medal at the battle of Messines, in which engagement he was wounded in the thigh. A reminder is given of the anuual picture entertainment to take place next Tuesday evening in the Premier Hall, in aid of the Pukekohe Fire Brigade funds. A Fire Brigade is an essential asset to any town and the Pukekohe Brigade heartily deserves support for the prompt and ready manner in which they invariably respond to the call of duty. During the evening musical items will be rendered by the popular entertainers, Messrs •' Pom " Watson and Jack O'Malley.

At a meeting of citizens, held in the Pukekohe Borough Council Chambers last evening, the Mayor (Mr H. G. R. Mason) presiding, it was arranged to accord a public farewell to Cr and Mrs A. B. Barter, who are leaving Pukekohe to take up residence in Auckland. It was decided that the farewell should take the form- of a social, to take nlace in the Premier Hall on Monday, the 51st iust., and also to invite sub--3criptiois In order that I jtfme suitable presentation should be made as a mark of appreciation of the valuable public services rendered by Mr and., Mrs Barter during their resiin Pukekohe.

particulars of the deputation's con,fere«e, as appearing on page 1 of th«Pissue, with the Auckland Hospital Board concerning the proposed establishment of a cottage hospital in ttfekohe, as a war memorial were submitted by Cr Armstrong at last Wijfo&aday's meeting of the PukeCouncil.—Cr Bilkey fejfeVed that the whole affair would srnoke. Waiuku, he said,

a hospital, and he thought it hOTgnperior claims to Pukekohe, as the ifeiliHes in Pukekohe were far ahead of those of Waiuku. He aildgd that even if a hospital was ereSfed in Pukekohe anyone wanting hospital treatment would prefer to go to the Auckland hospital. In any ease, ha said, he did not approve of the erection of a hospital as .a memorial to the boys who had been slain on the battlefield, but ajpaonument.—Cr Hamilton remarked that if a moaumsut was erectftd it would, liko others, be soon overgrown wito blackberries. Hs went on $| ,4say that the Auckland Hospital was already one of the biggest in the southern hemisphero and with increasing population the demand on it would become greater, -and the authorities would oither have to enlarge i: or else event anoflWrStembridgo did not think that a hospital was a noeessity in Pukekohe because Pukekohe had direct railway communication with Auckland but a hospital in Waiuku would b9 vory boneficial. Cr Pa'tersou suggested leaving consideiatioa of the matter uver until the Hospital- Board had visited the locality. He thought that if the approved of a hospital in Pukekohe the Council ought to support the niov.-ment, but the question of a war memorial ought to !io a separate* tiling altogether.—Cr Armstrong said ho was right out fur a hospital, and he behoved a building could ho erected which would bo a credit to the distrieV- Cr Barter did not favour n hospital as a war memorial, but he ngrood with Cr Hamilton that as the district grow they would require a hospital He, howevor, considered that it should be left to tlio people to decide as to what form the war memorial should take. He suggested that the most suitable L form of memorial would be a switnr uiing bath something that was necessary for such a place as Pukekohe.—it was eventually agreed that ( a meeting of citizens should be called i after a decision had been come t® by I tho Hospital Board, and the matter iof calling Councillors together to 1 meet tho Hospital Board members i when they arrived at Pukekohe was I loft in the hands of the Mayor. I THE PROHIBITION POLL ! The greatest curse of the small j trader is the credit system. People '■' jjet on tho books and stay there. ! ihe " Trade " knows a trick worth two of that If you want six p n'orth of stagger-juice its cash on tho nail, and if you want another ({lass of trip-me-quick its cash on the nail again. That is where the honest trader falls down in his contost with thodope-dispenser. That chap always '• gets his blow in fust!" If we wore a small trader our first move would be to put Booze out. He is right in the track of legitimate business. In Masterton the traders 'always remark to investigators: i " Tho first thing we noticed about I no license was that people paid their ! accounts quick on time." That is ! rover a boast in the licensed disfrefs! Nover ! Strike out the top line on Thursday, April 10. Advt.

Places and dates for the attendance next week of a Government of&cial to inoculate calves against blackleg are advertised in this issue.

Electors of Pukekohe! A Mayor has social duties to attend to, as well as Council responsibilities. Vote for C. K. Lawrie as your Mayor, and he will serve you in all capacities.— (Advt.) Attention is called to Mr W. Houston's replace advertisement in this issue, relative to to the big drapery sale to start on Wednesday next at at his establishment, in Pukekohe. Genuine bargains are offered in all lines.

The NZ. Farmers' Co-op. Bacon and Meat-packing Coy, Ltd., will be buying pigs next week as follows :—At Pukekohe on Monday, at Buckland on Tuesday, at Pokeno on Wednesday, and at Te Kauwhata on Thursday. Captain Thomas, of the Salvation Army, Pukekohe, wishes to thank all those who contributed or helped in any way with the recent harvest festival appeal, and desires them to know that as a result of the combinod efforts £2B will be realised as clear profit to help on the Salvation Army work.

In order that the selection of a war memorial in Pukekohe should be in accordance with the wishes of the people, the Mayor, by advertisement; in this issue, asks for suggestions to be made as to what form the memorial should take, with a view of various proposals being submitted to a public meeting to be held in due, course, 'tsMa At the/neeting of the Borough 'Council last Wsdaesday Cr Armstrong expressed .the hejpr that the Mayor, Mr H. ft K. Mason, would agree to accept nomination for a further term of office. -' Hr Mason, he said, had ;ably filled th* position for the past four years and in view of the proposed extension of the electric lignring installation and of other schemes the Council had on hand, he trusted that Mr Mason's services would stall be available as head of the Omncija/Qj: Armstrong expressed the ofwon that the Borough had made good progress under Mr Mason's guidance. Crs Barter and Stembridge having endorsed the remarks of Cr Armstrong, Mr Mason, in reply, stated that on principle he did not think it was the right thing for a man to hang on to an office too long, but having heard Councillors' views on the matter he was quite willing to offer himself for re-election.

A Pukekohe resident writes complaining of the action of the Auckland Education Board in refusing to allow one of hia children to continue studies at the Epsom Grammar School, the reason assigned being that with a secondary school available at Pukekohe attendance as a free pupil in Auckland is against the regulations. The pupil had recommenced attendance at Epsom for thfl current term, and the ordinary pupil's railway ticket for the quarter had been taken out, which, under present circumstances, is rendered useless. Our correspondent adds that he has communicated with the Minister for Education (Hon. J. A Hanan) protesting against the action taken, and pointing ont that the educational advantages derived at the Epsom Grammar School are naturally superior to those of a country secondary school, and to be deprived of means of such advanced teaching is a direct hardship to a forward scholar. : THE PROHIBITION POLL

New Zealand must stand firm against anything that will tend towards reducing employment or towards closing up avenues of labour. Critical analysis of the liquor traffic becomes the imperative duty of every man and woman. The whole ques tion narrows down to one definite issue : £5,000,000 is now wasted annually on liquor. When spent otherwise will it provide more employment than now, or less ? In answering this important qnestion electors need not be guided by either the prohibitionist? or the liquor folk The official Tear Book shows that the liquor business as an employer of labour is nowhere. The fifty-five breweries in N.Z. employ directly only 735 hands. Eightythree clothing factories provide employment for 3547 hands ! Putting out fifty-five breweries on April 10 means more factories. That's what this Dominion wants—Total Prohibition on Thursday, April 10, is the best way to get them. Advt.