LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 50, 10 December 1912, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

j A public meeting of and stock-owners is to be held in the Odifellowj' Hall, Pukekohe, on Mon j day evening next. The purpose of I the meeting is to mak? arrangements with a view to s-curing the services of a veterinary surgeon for this i district. j lb> attention of readers is di- > rented to the announcement appearing j in cur advertisement columns of a ! concert to be hslJ nexc Thursday by J the Methodist Church choir. The >' choir has recently been re organised ! and is n:w rendering excellent seri vice. The proceed?, of the concert, ! for which ar. attractive programme i haajjbecn arranged, will be in aid of • the choir funds. j Miss A. McGovcm, who ha 9 severed I her connection with the firm of ! Perkins and Co., with whom she had I been arsociated since its establishi ment in FuKekuhe, was the recipient iof two presentations on Saturday. | ; ha first was from the staff, and consisted of a very handsome pair of silver mounted hair brushes and comb. Mr F. Jackson, in making the presentation, expressei the regret felt at Miss fiUGovern's departure and goi.d Aislus fi.r n.-r future success 'fhe firm alio presented Miss McGever i with a chequ > for a substantial amount. Last night's programme at the All Star Pictures included some very tine iilms. Particularly good weie the scenic ones rf New Zealand and the Naples coast. For to-morrow night there will he another fin? programme. The star picture to-morrow nignt will be "A Temporary Truce, "an exciting an : sensational Indian drama. "Oneround O'Brien" is another compelling picture, whilst in addition there are several excellent dramas, scenics and comica.

A few weeks ago we published an aside en "Carjosina adreptella," which was siiJ to be thj natural enfmy of the "black peril." A local resident has observed t:iat the blackberries in this district are this year getting "a terrible doing" from some insect or other. The first store in Pukekohe to make ' a Christmas window display in Roulston's. It is an attractive? sight, and should be pleasing i> all the >our.g folK of iha district. During Christmas we c k the railway will be runnhg and an interesting feature for the children will "be the train disappearing through the tunnel and reappearing at the other end of the window. Mr Roulston is a business man of up-to-date methods. On Wednesday lait another nasty accident happened on the Hunua-Papakura-road. Just after passing Blue Rock point a horse driven by Mr Jeffrie--, of the Singer Co., Pukekohe, took a jibbing fit and the vehicle getting over the edge the whole outfit tumbled into the gorge—a drop of about 40 feet. The gig was rither badly damaged, but the horse miraculously escaped without iiijury. The driver jumped from the trap before the turnout went ov r. This is the third tim: that horses a d vehicles have found the bottom of the gorge, and in no cas?, curiously enmigh, have the animils been hurt, while the vehicles hai?e been smashed. Now that th? Pukekohe Borough Council has had its finanffs strengthened it is able to proceed with certain road work. Several metal contracts have been let. T. McSbeen has contracted to spawl and deliver to th* top of the hill above Motions quarry, 3UOO yards of metal at 4s per yard. G. G. Honey, of Waiuku Ea:t, has engaged to crush this 3000 .yarns ot spawls at <Js per yard Nobody tendered fir the carting from the crusher, to the roads. J. H Ferguson, of Bombay, has taken tip a contract to get 500 yards of broken metal f orri Barter's quarry at 7» per ya-d. In the regulations framed to administer the Land Agents Act of last session, which operates from January Ist. it i 3 provided that applicants for a license to carry on this butiiess s>a!l 'ur i !: a fidelity bo d of £SOO and te : timoiiala of character Tie bond will be lia 1 le to forfeiture if the hnd fgent fails to duly and punctually apply all moneys received by him in respect of any sale of land in the manner required by section 8 of the Act, or if the land agent shall fail to pay any moneys received imneliately after the receipt thereof into a trust account. Father Cotello, of St. Patrick's Chuich, Palmerston Nurlh, died suddenly on Satmdav afternoon a' the age of 53 jears. Death was due to heart failure, following after a series of influenza attacks. The deceased was educated at the Catholic College at Innia, County Clare, and also undsr Archbishop Eringtin He was ordained by tne Bishop of K.lbloa. and ucder medical advice came to New Zealand as ctuate under Bishop Luck, at Auckland. His first mission was Pukekoh?, and afterwards i e was administrator ot St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland. Father Costello travelled South America and Ireland in aid of Church funds, and while in Ireland . uffered from a violent fever, and was ordered to return to New Zsaland. He was appointed to Osborne, and later was assistant priest at Wellington, and priest at Greymouth and Marion. Finally he went ro Palmerston North, where he had successfully launched a scheme to b'lild a new St. Patrick's Church. The deceased was exceedingly popular, especially with the yr.urg, and was famed for the simplicity of his eloqu.nce. The funeral will be held on Tuesday.