LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 517, 26 March 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

O.ving to next Friday being" i'rii ay, the "Times" will publish or Thursday next, thereby avoiding He. missing of an issue. Permanent advertisers would oblige by ;efrairing from sending in replace matter for the issue of Thursday and Hie succeeding Tuesday, as the office will be closed down during Faster, snd we shall have dilliculiv in :o| itit* with current news matter within ihe limited time available. Train arrangements for the Eastei holidays are advertised to-day. Cut out a clipping fiom the "Times'' for reference. The grand autumn fair in connexion with St. John's Presbyterian Church, Papatoetoe, opens to-mor-row. The object is to raise £SOO for the building fund.

Tenders are called for cartage of building material. Skaters will have free use of the v floor on Monday afternoon from 2.3') p.m. to !"> p.m. Those requiring skates will be charged Is. Learners are admitted to all sessions at usual charges. The first evening session commences on Monday at 7.30 p.m. The Rev. J. F. Martin will be preaching his farewell services at Buckland next Sunday at 11 a.m., Mauku at 2.45 p.m., and Tuakau 7 p.m. The following Sunday will be his last in the district, when he will preach at Bombay in the morning and Pukekohe in the evening. It has been decided to erect a roll of Bur \\\%. Andrew's Churcn bearmg the names of all members of the congregation who laid down their lives during the war. The Rev*. J. P. Cowie is very anxious that the roll should be complete, and would be glad to receive the names of all coming under this designation. Probably the most interesting hobby the world over is photography. Kodaks are so beautifully made and easy to work that even a child can operate them. A Kodak with you at Easter outings will treble the fun. Messrs. Fears' Pharmacy, Pukekohe, have a "great selection to ch"ose from, and will be most happy to explain the sport of taking snapshots from a to /.

The sawmill at Mercer "was nearly destroyed by fire about three o'clock on Wecmesday afternoon. The mill is very old, and if the fire had got a big hold, as the wind was blowing from the west, the whole town of Mercer would have been threatened. Fortunately the outbreak was discovered in time, and willing handk with buckets of water soon put a stop to the flames spreading. Th's is the second (ire that has occurred in this mill in six months.

By the omission of a few words in a sentence a slight error occurred in our report of the valedictory dinner to Mr. Cecil Roadley. Mr. R. Dell was reported as saying that he was the only business man in Pukekohe when he started here. This should have read: the only business man "remaining" who was in business in Pukekohe when he (Mr. Dell) started. Informal discussion took place at a recent meeting of the Pukekohe Borough Council relative to the fact that Auckland solicitors are employed by fife -c.jUril<... notwithstanding the fa<.-' : *tnac there are several resident solicitors in Pukekohe. Such a policy is hardly conducive to -the advancement of local businesses. Local men, who spend a large part of their incomes in the town, should re-eive preference over those who li\e elsewhere and take their earnings away from Pukekohe.

Students for classes in vari us blanches of technical education are invited, by advertisement in this issue, to enrol their names immediately. The cabinetmaking and dressmaking classes are for adidts, the former being taken by'JJr. S. J. Zoulder, and the latter by M,rs. A. C. Massey. Miss Ilarty will instruct in cookerv. Mrs Martin takes the shorthand, book-keeping and tvpewi iting courses. An owner of a farm at Waiau Pa suffered a very severe loss recently through his cattle eating phosphorous rabbit.poison, as supplied by the Government. In one paddock three fine Jersey cattle lay dead, and in another three cows were sick, a pig died from the same cause. It wiii therefore be seen that rabbit poison, contrary to the general belief, is fatal to cattle. Fanners generally will be advised to take warning. ''lf the ladies would come to the cookery classes at the technical school," said a member of the school committee last night, "there would be fewer men with bad livers." "You must have a bad cook," retorted another member. "Oh, no," retoi ted the first member, "I have had the one cook for twenty-five years, and I am still in good form." The speaker.was evidently satisfied with his spouse's culinary abilities, and determined to stand loyally by her. Papakura land agents may have an excellent knowledge of land,, flat, hilly, and—er- "undulating," but one of them at least seems to have the most vague notions of the value of newspaper space. He coolly send l , the "Times" an order to publish an advertisement for six insertions, and the space he requires is half an acre! Needless to say, this gigantic order was brought in to the editor by a flabbergasted printer. A stocktaking was held, but the order could not b a fulfilled, not even for one insertion. But nothing is too big and nothing too small ('>)• enterprising newspapers to handle. We cut this aspiring Papakura land agent's order for

-mace down from half an acre '::> ha<f an inch.

The -practice of shooting on Sundays is becoming a very common occurrence of late, the number of rabbits about no doubt being the inducement. The residents of Karaka sue afraid to go driving on the Sabbath for fear of stopping a bullet. On Sunday last Rev J. F. Marthi, of Pukekohe, was conducting a .-v----vice at Karaka, when the congregation wa.s startled by a bullet from a rifle striking the roof of the building. Had the bullet struck the window instead of the roof there is a possibility of it having struck the preacher. Residents think the practice is becoming too prevalent, and suggest that some kind of regulations, forbidding shooting on Sunday;, be formed by the Franklin CiiunU Council. They contend that i! shoofists disregard the Sabbath they have no regard for human foodies.