LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 563, 3 September 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Parliament has become poorer in personnel by the death of the Hon. W. 1). S. MacPonald, Leader of the Liberal Party. « In this issue the Svw Zealand Meat and Bacon Packing Company advertise dates on which they will receive pins. The Franklin County Council has authorised the adoption of a special order for the raising of £SOOO for the erection of workers' dwellings. One of th:» most entertaining of annual i'unctionskat Onewhero, the football club's grand ball, is to be held <>n Friday, September lit. "Ginger Mick, ' the sequel story to "The Sentimental Bloke," will be screened at the Premier Hall on Monday, September 13. "But spite uv oil 'is 'ulkin' frame, an' langwidge llowin' free, I seen the things inside uv Mick that made 'im good to me. An' spite uv orl the sneerin' ways that leery blokes imploy, I knoo 'im ]ist fer wot 'e wus—a big, soft-'earted boy,"—Advt, Sifi,

The fuakan Tennis Club's annual ball will be held on Fiiday, Septem ber 24.

Tenders for the inland mail services, as advertised, will close at Auckland at 12 noon on Thursday, September 9.

For the 'convenience if the staff the management of Jfle Pukekohe branch of the Union Trad * ing Company LimjHß has decided to close its urdays, thaaroy enabllfig them to catch th*Torth train. Afcp, the premises will close at 5.30 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and 9 p.m. on Fridays. -Advt. «7

At the Huntly Court on Tuesday, before Mr. F. K. Hunt, S.M., A. Peckham, a passenger on a train between Frankton and Huntly some weeks ago, was charged with using offensive behaviour in a railway carriage. He was also charged for assaulting the railway guard, Hill, but as Peckham got the worst of the deal, the charge of assault was dismissed. On the first count he was convicted and fined £2 with costs.

A particularly mean and despicable trick, writes a correspondent, was worked at a progressive euchre party in this district. There being insufcient ladies, a certain "gentleman" volunteered to fill a lady's place, and set out to win. At the finish, finding himself hopelessly in arrears, he managed by some means to credit himself with sufficient points to beat the leading lady. Nothing daunted, he played her off and beat her, annexing the prize. He has since boasted of his achievement.

The supply of water to the Pukekohe Hill has temporarily failed, the reason being that the crank in the present pump has become worn to such an extent that the engineer fears to continue in case other parts are affected, which would prevent. the using of the pump when the new crank, which is expected to arrive to-day, comes to hand. On arrival the new crank will be installed immediately and the pumping will be resumed night and day until the supply is replenished. Some people have quaint ideas in regard to what work has to be done op a farm. A schoolgirl living in a district north-east of Pukekohe came home the other day and told her people that she had heard a "lady" remark that farmers had nothing much to do. They merely drove a few cows in to be milked by machinery, and they just slouched about the farm most of the day. The little girl, who is a fanner's daughter, knew hotter. She remarked that a farm would soon go to ruin if the blackberries and gorse were not kept down, the grass seed sown, the land manured, the fences kept in repair, etc. A couple of years on the average farm would doubtless result in a change of opinion on the part of that "superior person."