LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 487, 5 December 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dates for local buying are inserted by the N.Z Bacon Company. The Pukekohe Carriers' Association announce prices and conditions in our advertising columns. An important electoral notice to members of the N7, E.F. is published in thL; i tuo.

The Returning Officer (Mr J. Patterson) inserts important notices in to day's issue in refeionoe to the Licencing and Electoral polls. Boots from 12s 0d a pair are quoted, in a standing advertisement commencing in this issue, inserted by Mr J. Wade, who has secured th* business formerly owned hy tin late Mr H W. King.

The Anglican Bishop of Auckland (the Right Rev. Dr. Averill) is exported in the Pukekohe district en Friday next, 12th inst. Further particulars of his visit will lie published in our next, issue. Intimation has been received in Pukekone that the Prime Minister, Rt lion. W. F. will arrive in Auckland on Sunday morning. Owing to bis city and provincial engagements he would only be able to deliver one more address in Franklin' probably at Tuakau, and that an afternoon meeting.

The Pukekohe Reboot Committee | has made arrangements to ocquiro a further four acres of the McGough Estate, for Technical High School purposes, making now an area of 14 acres. It is now proposed to ! erect the building on the four-acre section. A commencement has been I made with the pegging off aud excavation work for the foundations. Great was the consternation of many residents of Pukekohe when they arose on Thursday morning and found that there had been a frost during the night. All the late ? potatoes, those that wore at all young and tender of leaf, were badly ■ fostbitten, as were gourds aud othor vegetables A frost so late in the year is, wo are told, an unprecedented visitation: c-rtainly, it is a mo-,t unwelcome one. Similar experiences are related from Th unes to Auckland. A mysterious lire occurred at { Patumahoe on Wednesday night, { resulting in the compbHe destruction t of a shed containing harness, the 5 property of Mr A \Vools..y. It ; appears that tho ic-sid?i'its of the r household retired to bod a; u-ual, { and found up m iNing in the mominir, 5 the fh'd and burrus- reduced ro J ashes. D.i.n sgr to the c\ ei.t of r about i'l'i!) was done. Th.-ojigii, { was ,i complete mystery. There t was no i'.sin .i-.c ■ whatever o!i ; he ? shod and iisonVi.fs, wbi.h deluded } rln.lf, ;*.. ;: ,v M.V-.>! |.ari:C-» md r .itlif-r aiti<•! ' 5 An incipient fire occurred in a * coal bin ut tie- buck of Me-sis { Coupei ii::d ' 'urd'.- mot.ir : rage and i carriagi ft'" »y, K;i:i r S.iei :, Puke » kolie, on Tie sdu) nbom i-1 It is ' ! surmisi (| ti it :, !•■ ;:n ..i v.., „;, j>,m fI of the stiu 'lire I.l' the leu, ctu r :r ; | alight fri m the bent i i the e;uH » ! engine '\h ill ' [/ \> '. >■■ lie; ", a!!;) • I nf the liii are ol ir-u, utvl th • build M ing of brick th" firm were able to J | put on' :!.o siienlderintr liio easily II by means n! the wati-r • n the I I pr.ieVs.