LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 568, 21 September 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Gastric influenza, mainly in a mikl form, is very prevalent in Pukekohe and all over the district. A concert by school children, assisted by Miss Bathie-Stuart, is to be held shortly in Pukekohe. in aid of Dr. Barnardo's Homes. The annual meeting of members and intending members of the Pukekohe Lawn Tennis Club (registered) will be held in the Carnival fearoonis mi Thursday next at 8 p.m. See advt.

It has route to our knowledge that a couple of enterprising local identities are journeying to Wailii for the purpose of buying houses and trucking them to Pukekohe, where they will be erected as modern d wellings. A linal reminder is given those interested of the footballers' plain and faliey dress ball to lie held in the Premier Hall to-night. Favoured with a line nii'ht the function will no doiibt eclipse anytime- of the kind yet held in Pukekohe, as elaborate ar rangeiuenls are complete. An outstanding feature will be the display of fancy costumes, and it is expected that at least 100 wearers of fancy dresses will be pro§ent.

The catalogues of the pedigree cattie salt to .be held on Thursday, 30th inst., at Pukekohe, by the combined breeders' associations have been well distributed since their production at the "Times" Office last Wednesday, where further copies are available for asking.

The returned grand ball to be given ' \ by the ladies of Pukekohe East in ! ( the Pukekohe East Hall on Thursday j evening, October 7, promises to be t an event of the season. The ladies j of the East excel in this kind of en- | tertainmnet, and dancers not attend- ( inu the function will miss a treat. ( A farewell social to Mr. and Mrs. i G. Common was held in the Bombay j Hall on Thursday, Mr. Common hav- j 1 ing left to reside at Woodhill. The , 1 function was a very successful one. , 1 Mr. H. J. Flay acted as M.C... and 1 Mr. W. Barker presided at the piano. Songs were rendered hy Mrs. C. B.; Vaughan, Mrs. Pople and Messrs. i Bullen and Pople, while Mr. Donovan made an effective speed). : A unique and interesting subject, 1 entitled "Panama and the Canal j from an Aeroplane," will be screened ' at the Premier Hall on Monday evening next. This is an educational masterpiece in five parts, clearly showing tha city of Panama, the j ruins of old Panama, the Actual con- ' struction of the canal, seven-ton cap- ' acity steam shovels in operation, the 1 Culebra Cut in the making, the Gat- J un Dam and Spillway, steam mules at work, etc., etc. Full particulars will appear in Friday's "Times."' Advt. j A grandiose proposal that tenders should be called for lowering the bed of the Waikato River by a few feet 1 was put forward by a speaker at the Mercer conference on Saturday. The | meeting passed the suggestion by i with smiles, probably being extreme- , ly dubious about the practicability of lowering -the bed, and wondering where the money was coming from ; if a person or lirni could be found . bold enough to tender. Even if the : cost frightened the Government from accepting, it would probably have to pay heavy expenses to a tenderer for j engineeriug work, plans, etc. The' author of the suggestion is said to ! be a member of a road board, which . institutions are rapidly dwindling in j numbers, thtyr glory having departed ' before ihe blaze ol county councils as mists are dissolved by the rising *sun. "Tis a pity, seeing what bold conceptions some of their members j are capable of in the realms of tin- . a nee with public money.