LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 521, 9 April 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A shopkeepers" association has been started in Ngaruavvahia. V meeting of Friesian breeders will be' held at Pukekohe near the end ~f this month. An official announcemnt will apnea- in the "Times" in ii a course. The oflicial opening of the Franklin if ckcy Association takes place torn l'ltiw. to be followed by a daue< ir the Vtini Hall in the evening.- ' S 1 ■ ad vt. ■ | luo. e never found a -man t< W., ,te so much ol' local body's tiliK in all mv life, as !Ui ; . Mungall does a.! the Town Hoard's ■meetings," saic ;; . p. Fulton, "chairman of tht I r ikan 'lown Board. at luesday ni■ ht's meeting. General retail grocers, baker's an I confectioners are likely to be f,other affected by the price of pap, as a famine in paper bags is pi dieted. When Pa and Ma and M ry and John have to carry bashes' for the goods they will appro,! , i; te the fact that paper is scarce.

\ general meeting of the members ol the Lower Waikato Returned Sol(1 j, ,-s ? Association will be held in the Mi sonic Hall on Wednesday, April 21, at 8 p.m. to consider the balance sli'-et and report, and to decide on future policy. Among the new businesses recently op -ned in Pukekohe is a stationery and fancy goods depot next the National Rank. The proprietor, Mr. G. T. Witt, is late of Ngaruavvahia, where he held the reputation of being a business man of the utmost integrity. Upon the expiry of his lease of the premises Mr. Witt decided to start in Pukekohe, owing to the substantial size of the town and the splendid prospects of rapid advancement. References to his wares wiil be found in to-day's "Wanted' col nun.

'I he following is the record of ramfall, as registered ajt "Belle Vue," Victoria Avenue, Waiuku. during March: Rain fell on 1:1 days, the iall va ying front .01 to 1.40 in. The total'fall was 2.7:iin. For preceding vers 191 th 1917, 1918 and 1919 the figures are: 'i.Ooin, :!.21in, :?.66in and 2 11 in respectively. At the time of wi i ting (April 8) we have just had ,i -teady downpour, the register showing' 2.81 in for 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. this morning. This is iia-re than the total fall for the im nth of March.

Specialists in the sciense ol adve'r-ti.-ing now recognise that the evening paper, provided it has the circa ation, is far more valuable than the morning journal as an advertising medium. The reason is that the mi fling paper arrives when the pi- e,le are about to commence the da s work, and they can spare time to scan over the paper hurriedly, "niy, as a rule. But with the evenin... papeiJ there is the slack couple i j hours between tea time and the r of entertainments commencing, :i- ! subscribers, especially the r ■ menfolk, will read drapers' and .ers' advertisements as readily as will peruse the actual news of ii: day. As "The F 'anklin and Pui ..lie Time,-." is published in the • moon, reaches the homes of „ oie at ; l»o»t tea time, is subserib.'■d to bv all people who matter , a h. and gives all local news that lit to print, it is an unrivalled , medium in this district.