LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 576, 19 October 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

The "Times" Oflice will be closed on Monday next. October 25, Labour Day. The residents of Papakura are invited to attend the opening- of the new tennis courts on Saturday.—See advt.

An Order-in-Council, issued to-day. confirms the recommendations of the Butter Prices Committee, and fixes the scale of prices for the sale of butter as follows:—Maximum in boxes, in bulk, Is per lb., ex factory door; maximum price retail 2s 3d lb. cash over counter, 2s 5d booked.

When one buys a ticket in an art union it is generally looked on a.-: gone for ever, especially where there are only three prizes. ' A little boy named Clarence P. Keppel, four years of age, living at Tuakau, was one of the lucky ones and drew second prize in a big art union recently drawn h Milton, near Dunedin. The prize is a beautiful landscape in oils (Swiss scene), by the well-known Dunedin artist, Mr. A. Ramsfall.

The balance-sheet of the Lower Waikato Returned Soldiers' Association disclosed a balance of assets over liabilities of £2O 8s 3d, but as an amount of £2l, unpaid subscrip tions due, is counted among the assets, it appears that the Lower Waikato association is scarcely solvent, because there are bound to be a number of defaulters. Every returned soldier should belong to the asso-' ciation or a branch thereof, the firsr reason being that he is morally bound to support an organisation which exists for the purpose of fighting the battles of unfortunate comrades, and the second is that no returned soldier knows whether or not he will require the support of the association in the future.