LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 506, 17 February 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

The Railway Department intimates that excursion tickets issued during: December 1919 to January 3. 1920, inclusive, are available up to and including February 21. On going to press we learned that Mr. Fred McCormick, of Pukekohe, died in hospital at Auckland this morning.

Mrs. J. S. Gillon, of Mauku, died at a private hospital on Friday, and was buried in the Papakura Cemetery on Saturday.

In addition to the stock enumerated by Messrs. N.Z. Loan Company for their Tuakau safe on Friday, 2()th, a further 50 calves from Onewhero, and 15 yearlings and 18months stock will be yarded. In our report of the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, we stated that Mr. Webster said "that when the ligh'.ing proposals were first introducd, it was at a profit. They were told the rates would be increased a little." This should have read "decreased"' a little.

At the Tuakau saleyards on Friday next, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile will offer 20 quarter-acre sec-

tions in thj Tuakau township, on behalf of Mr. J. Pit-ret. This will afford those in search of splendid residential properties an opportunity of fulfilling their requirements. Further particulars see advt.

A suggestion to parents re "Queen of the Sea" picture piny: The Lyceum management announces that although children are not prohibited from witnessing this picture, they would prefer to see them at "Unifies" on tomorrow night, or at the Saturday programme. Either of those programmes would be more interesting to the children and better in every way.

Uninitiated persons sometimes take exception to a paper because of reports containing statements with which they greatly disagree. A paper is not responsible for the (pinions, either of its correspondents, or of speakers at a meeting which the paper reports. The newspapers' business is to give fair and impartial reports from speakers of all shades of opinion, in order that the public may know all viewpoints. The only case where a paper takes responsibility for opinons expressed is in the leading articles and sub-leaders, For example, the "Times" reports the meetings of the Pukekohe Borough Council and the Pukekohe Chamber of Commerce, quite impartially, but we are in no way responsible for what members of either the one or the other say about the proposed electric lighting extensions.