LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 588, 30 November 1920, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Farmers are reminded of the address to be given in the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow Jas. Boddie, of the Farmers' Union Trading Co., who will discourse on "co-operation." The Jersey breeders will have to fcwat up their history books and the good Oid Book too if they desire to keep pace witlv opposition propaganda. A writer in to-day's "Times" opines that Noah had Shorthorn cattle in the Ark, and therefore the pedigree is unassailable as a true type.

lii his last report to tlic Franklin County Council, the county engineer, Mr. J. F. McArthur, states that it i- : proposed to scarify and regrade Mercer Hill, between Pokeno and Mercer, at an* early date. When this work is completed, and a few slight repairs made, the Great South Road in the Franklin County will he in good order for the whole length. There may be a difference of opinion among adults in regard to "Wild West" pictures, but the juveniles are quite unanimous that "Wild Westers" are the thing. At the Oddfellows" Hall on Saturday night Popular Piclures featured "Tom Mix" in "Western Blood," and the young people were greatly excited and thunderous in their applause. Forgetful of self or the fact of their being in public they shouted out, "Good on yer, Tom;" "Bowl 'im over," etc., displaying the keenest enthusiasm and interest. One thing may be said of the work of "Tom Mix" without fear of contradiction; namely, his exhibitions of horsemanship are superb, and to the lay mind at least there does not seem to be any possibility of their being "faked." Co-operation, and what it really means to the farmer, will be fully explained by ffoddie at the Oddfellows' Hall onWtttiaesday night, December Ist —See advt."'in 'this issue. 17