PUKEKOHE INTERESTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19453, 8 October 1926, Page 15

PUKEKOHE INTERESTS.

LATE TRAIN FROM CITY. [BT TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. 1 PUKEKOHE, Thurprlay. The Pukekohe Chamber of Commerce met last evening, the president, Mr. F. A. Hosking, presiding. Advice was received from the stationmaster at Pukekohe that the department was considering the extension to Pukekohe of the late Auckland-Drary suburban train trip on Friday nights and the 11.15 o'clock Auckland-Papakura trip on Saturday nights. The meeting decided to request, that, in lieu of th'is proposal, the 11.15 p.m. Auckland-Papakura trip on Wednesdays and Saturdays be extended to Pukekohe. It. was considered that this would also give better service than attaching a passenger car to the goods train leaving Auckland at 11.30 p.m., and arriving at Pukekohe at 1.45 a. m. • The meeting decided to submit remits embracing the following subjects to the conference of the chambers of commerce in the Franklin district to be held at Pukekohe next Wednesday:—The regular stopping at Pukekohe of both northbound and southbound Main Trunk expresses; the reduction of stamp duty on receipts and cheques to one penny; participation by all parts of the district in the. publication of the booklet to advertise Franklin and in the arranging of the Franklin court at the Auckland Winter Show. A deputation from the Franklin Agricultural and Pastoral Society asked for an expression of opinion from the chamber on the advisability of continuing the Franklin Winter Show and requested any suggestions that might assist the show. After discussion, it was resolved to reply that the chamber considered the show was of benefit to the town but wns not in possession of information that would enable it to give the expression of opinion requested.