LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 11, Issue 867, 21 November 1923, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A concert in aid ol’ Ihe High School magazine fund will be given by the students on Thursday, December 20.

A meeting of the committee elected to launch a campaign for funds on behalf of the Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial Fund for the Blind will be held in the Borough Council office on Saiurday next. Mr Clutha Mackenzie will, deliver an address in the Strand Theatre on Sunday next- at 8.30 p.rn., in connection with the appeal for funds for Fund for the Blind. The band will render several selections. At the meeting of the Technical High School Board of Managers held last night, Mr S. J. Clews, v ho bad supervised the construction of ;he concrete cricket pitch at the .school was accorded a hearty vote of thanijfflrj At Monday night's nicciing uJjSn> | Borough Council, M < h-min mTU'd ! Hud Ihe priii-lice < >.? • ■ v.is riding ..n lootpafits was y (fin-, woiv' instead of better. He suggy-sied * Ha f ihe police

The Chinese Association football team, which has been touring Australia, has left for China. Victoria defeated New South Wales by 11 to 9 rubbers in the annual inter-State lawn tennis contest.

At Monday’s meeting of the Borough Council, it was decided,, on the motion of Crs W. S. Russell and G. T. Parvin to make a donation of towards the Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial Fund for the Blind.

The Athenic which is now en route from London to Wellington, is carrying a consignment of earwigs in pupae stage , infected with parasites. It is intended to liberate the earwigs in New Zealand orchards in an attempt to destroy the fruit pests. In our report of the meeting of the Borough Council, held on Monday, November 5, it was stated that Cj- G. T. Parvin moved, a motion that the council donate £75 to the band new instrument fund. Hig Worship the Mayor* Mr John ißw&tly, was *h« mover of the resolution.

At the. meeting of the High School Board of Managers last evening, it was decided that the school should break-up for the summer vacation on Thursday, December 20. It was also agreed to ask the secretary of the Auckland Education Board (Mr E. G. Purdie) to address the scholars on this occasion.

. At Monday’s meeting of the Borough. Council the Works Committee reported that it had instructed the engineer: to take levels on Kaye’s Road, with a view oL calling tenders for the work to the extent of the unexpended loan allocation.: —The report was adopted.

The sale of poppies m Pukekohe •last' •‘Poppy- Day'” resulted in about £2O being netted. This amount is to -be handed to the High School Board of Managers for expenditure, on condition 1 that returned' soldier is employed > '■ "At last- night’s meeting it was decided to accept the money and •to comply, with’ the conditions.

The prize-giving ceremony in connection with the Technical High School will take place on Thursday, December 20. At last night’s meeting of the 'school board, Messrs F. Perkins, J. Reulston, A. F. Brown, J. Patterson, ,1. B. Sim and J: Crosbie signified their intention of donating prizes. Anyone 'similarly inclined should communicate With the headmaster.

The question of providing tennis courts 'at the Technical High School for the use of students was the subject of discussion at last night’s meeting df the school Board of Managers, and finally it was decided to vote £6O towards the establishment of tennis courts in front of the school, the matter of construction being referred to the’ground icomrnittee.

A young man named Leonard Alexander McLean, formerly a clerk in the employ of the Railway Department at Taupiri, has been arrested on a charge of stealing the sum of £1 18s fid, the property of the railway department, and with forging the signature of “A. Taylor,” to a document for this amount. Accused appeared before the Hamilton Magistrate’s Court and was remanded until next Monday. Pukekohe will again be feasted on good tilings .musical. The Bohemian Orchestra, assisted by leading Auckland artists, will render a grand concert on December fi in aid of the Pukekohe Band instrument fund. This orchestra, whose members assisted so ably at the Orphans’ Club during this year, is giving a better programme than ever. The cause is’ deserving and strong support from trie people of Pukekohe is expected. Matters in connection with the campaign in raise funds for the proposed hostel in connection with the , Technical High School are active. Already (lie residents of the county have been circularised, and shortly these circulars will be followed up by a personal canvas by a number of influential men. The matter was referred to at last night’s meeting of the school Board of Managers, when the headmaster (Mr W. F. J. Munro) stated 1 hat quite a number of parents were keenly interested in'the proposal, and the indications were particularly bright for a successful campaign.

* Pukekohe is not (lie only “big pota!o” district in the world. Henry Conway, a resident of Calgary, Canada, on returning from a visit to the Loyalist district, Albert a, showed a reporter samples he had brought of the potatoes grown there, some of which • weighed one and a-half pounds and were more than two feet in eireum ferenee. “i never saw such potatoes in my life,” said Mr Conway. He mentioned that he had been in Western Canada for i 3 years and previous I hat time resided in Prince Edward i!Maud, where the raising of potatoes is a r- cognised industry. “One-half "i e potato- is a good meal for three I - ! sons.” he staled. II was not a ease of ene potato in (he patch being <>f sueli huge size, but the potatoes were all uniformly large. A dozen picked out at random weighed 20