LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 544, 29 June 1920, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

A dance under the auspices of the Pukekohe East Tennis Club will be held on July 1.

! The death occurred on June 25, at Morrinsville, of Mrs. David Evetts, wife of the late Mr. David hvetts, of Kobe Kohe, aged 78. The iuneral tf.ok phce at Morrinsville on Sunday. An appeal is being made by the Minister of AgricultuW (Hon. W. M. Nosworthy) to farmers to grow wheat, the minimum prices guaranteed being 7s 3d. for Tuscan, 7s bd for Hunters', and 7s 9d for pearl. In addition to the advertised list of articles to be offered at Messrs. M. Coughlin and Sons' sale on Friday next, the following will be submitted at auction:-Five tons hrst class chaff, acetylene gas plant, Canbridge roller, and a Ford motor-car.

Dates of di iiU for senior cadets are advertised.

Particulars in connexion with the sales to be held at Waiuku on Saturday, July 3, and Tuesday, July 6, by Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons, as advertised on pag3 4, are in error. Corrected advertisements will be found on page '.' of this issue.

Delegates from Franklin local bodies will attend to give evidence before the Main Roads' Commission in Auckland to-morrow in reference to the proposals for the main road through Franklin. The order of reference was published in the "Times" some weeka ago.

Owing to the sitting of the Ham-ilton-Helensville Main Road Commission in Auckland, the next ordinary monthly meeting of the Franklin County Council lias Deen postponed for one week, and will be held on Thursday, July H, 1920, commencing at 9 a.m. It is intended to hold a special meeting of the council in Auckland on the evening of the 29th Inst., the day of opening of commission, to discuss the evidence to be given by representatives of Franklin County before the commission.

A drowning accident occurred in the Waikato River, about two miles from Mercer, last Thursday, the victim being f. Maori named Brown. Brown and another Maori man and a Maori woman 'were returning in a canoe from Mercer to their pa, about! four miles away. When they were opposite Sweeney Island, just above the Whangamarino bridge, the heavy wind caused the canoe to cap*' size. Soma time later Mr. A. C. G. Glass and his son, who were passing in a launch on the other side of the river, saw the plight <Jf the Maoris, r.nd discovered that Brown, whom the others were holding up, was dead. It was only with very great difficulty that Mr. Glass and his son succeeded in rescuing the Maoris, who were in a very exhausted condition. The Maoris had to relax their hold on Brown, whose body was swept away.

Mr. Fred. Quinn, horse 1 dentist, of Hamilton, is on a week's visit to Pukekohe, any anyone who has horses with bad teeth that require attenthe Pukekohe Hotel. Mr. Quinn has tion can communicate with him at wonderful power over a horse during the operation, and horse owners are 'assured that their animals will not suffer pain under any consideration. As a horse's teeth become worn sharp edges appear, which lacerate the mouth and prevent the horse from eating hard feed. These sharp edges must be removed to allow of proper mastication.—(Advt.)