LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 601, 21 January 1921, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Eoosi our own 1 iLLie town. j\ T cxl Tli',- Town Cleric was insiro.ceec! at Wednesday’s meeting of too ilorougii Council to .sue for all outstanding liitO.S. The Franklin A. ami I*. Society inj ti.mite that schedules for tin,! | Autumn fihow arc imw ready ami j run lie on application. Oil account of tlio Athletic Club's a ports- to-morrow, (.lie play for the JVcaMcut’s Injurs at tliu local bowlhr' griiiij will Lf postponed. , Members of tin; f'ranhtoii Motor Cycle Club arc requested to assemble! •it the Post Ullice ut 10 a.tn. on Sunday for the puipose of a reliability run to the Devil’s Elbow, Waikato liiver.

Firemen F. Adolph ami M. Brown, ■ representing the Pukekohc Fire Bri-; gade attended the funeral to-clay of, the two Hamilton firemen who were j killed as the result of the overturn- ] ing of the Hamilton Fire Brigade’s fire engine on Wednesday. ; Don’t turn dowff- the sports next expected to be right lln i ij"»^ Prizes in connection with the gymkhana and floral fete, held under the auspices of the A. and P. Society, have been forwarded and anyone not receiving their prizes within the next few days, are advised to communicate with the secretary, Mr. Dave Hamilton. When referring to tlie footpaths j generally, at the Borough Council meeting on Wednesday, Cr. Lb I key said that footpaths in side streets should be 15 feet wide. This was not so in Queen Street., as in places the path was only 15 inches wide. (Laughter). | A final reminder is given all interested that the Pukekohc Athletic Club’s sports will take place on the Domain to-morrow, commencing at It o'clock. A large attendance is cxpcctcd. i

Last year Wuirarapa put uown 2000 acres in wheat as compared with 100 acres the previous season. The crops arc staled to be promising well, and a good harvest is nntici- j paled. As an intimation of the size of I some of the orders which leave Puke-! koho in the course of a day’s work, Mr. F. Perkins has just despatched to -.Suva 1500 sacks of potatoes and 500 sacks of onions. He states that orders this size are not unusual by any means. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Borough Council it was reported that nothing definite could bo stated just yet as* to the probability of securing any loan money. The Mayor struck an optimistic note when he stated that he still had hopes the money would be available for expenditure very shortly. “ America is no better oif than any other country,” said Mr. W. D. Boyce, owner and editor of a Chicago paper, who is visiting New Zealand, when questioned as to economics conditions in the United States. “The people are beginning to pay now lor the wasteful period experienced elut - ing the war.” Arrangements for making the

“Times” an eight-page newspaper are now nearly completed and it is expected that the first issue in February will take the new form. The alteration will include a column devoted to farmers’ interests and also ;', ladies’ column. Special features will appear from time to time and every effort will bo made to build up a first-class district newspaper. Visitors Sports ” next Saturday arc ijH&indthat both luncheon and refreshment Tjooths will be on the ground.* The Commissioner of Taxes draws attention of taxpayers to the notification appearing in to-day's issue that the date of payment of income tax and special war tax fs on Monday, the 7th day of February, 1921. Additional tax will accrue if the tax is not paid on or before 28th February, 1921. The demands will be posted from the office of the Commissioner of Taxes on or about 31st January, 1921, It should be noted, however, that individuals v/hosmturnames commence with the letters I, J, K, N, O, P will not receive their demands until some days later. In these cases a new date —viq., 21st February, 192.V—will be fixed under section 127. Additional tax .will a l --, cruo twonty-ope days Tiierearter, A red-let Pukekohe. Sports for all.’ 6 Three gentlemen and two ladies from Taranaki, who spent the end in Palmerston North, gavel an interesting and a useful itinerary of a motor tour. They left Inglewood in the early morning, spent the night at Waitomo Caves 121 miles, next to Hamilton 10 miles, Auckland 81 miles, saw the Davis Cup niatches and the races, back to Hamilton 81, Rotorua G9, Wafrakf.) 50, Napier 101. Palmerston North 102, Inglewood 137. These, villi diversions, totalled OOOmiles, without a puncture. Hem zinc cost file Cor five passengers and luggage. Railway fares would have been < };:)2. They travelled and soujolimed for 17 days without getting a shower on the road,, and enjoyed every hour.

An extraordinary case of a ruse whereby a pearl necklace was smuggled through the Russian frontiers and bought to London, has just been disclosed to the London Evening Mews by the purchaser. The necklace, which fetched over 1:40,000, was the property of a Russian nobleman. It was dropped into a thermos flask, and a quantity of wax poured over P: . The flask was then filled with lea, screwed up and put into a suit case containing clothes and clean Ji'ncn. Before the suit case was closed the flask was deliberately • smashed, the tea being spilt over the clothes. When the case arrived at the frontier the, Bolsheviks unceremoniously flung it open, probed about and saw the fearstained articles. “It is monstrous!” exclaimed the owner in feigned (Indignation, “ jpy flask and clothing have been ruined by careless handling.” He was told roughly to keep quiet. The guard decided that the flask was not worth confiscating, and, with its previous contents, it has arrived in London without further adventure.