THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 74, 7 March 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1913.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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* Messrs C. H. Kclsey, F. Perki s, A. P. Home, a>d P. McGovern were | sworn in as Justicts of the Peace liy Mr F. V. F:aser, S.M., yesterday. "A lawyer will write anything you wait him to provided you pay him," was an (-pinion of the legtl profession exprtsscd by a witness at the Pukekohe S.M., Ccuit yesterday. A niteti:g of residents interested in the establishment of a school midway between Pukekohe and Mauku, on Pdk kohe-Waiuku-road, is to fie held in Mr W McNally's barn on Friday tvcnirig next, at 8 o'clock. Mr A. Mcßae, buyer for the Waikato Farmers' Co - operative Bacon C< mpatiy. gathered in some (ightv pins on his lir-t r. und of Pukekohe, 'luakau, liuckland and | Pekeno, and !h:s trip the number j purchased premises to be much | greater. In c-nversation with a "Timis" reprt sentative, Mr Mcßae said the pigs now coming forward are very good quality and very free from tuberculosis. He express d a wish, however, that fanners would not In-ng in mi many light pigs, as they do not suit toe bacon trade. There an i.ow sour.' 7UII thaie holders in the Company, which lias its h : .adqimtiTK in Frankton, and whi«h | rovi'iirj; ,«.i c\c 1 lent market for farmers whe raise pigs.

Mr S. W. P.'tils, of Pukekohe. iaj jusi i- f t for a tour of the Old Country. Sailing by the Victoiii last Mo uav for Melbourne, he will tran-rer i ii the Orient sttarr.er Otrauto leaving Melbourne on March 21st. Mr Mills expects to be away rrorn New Zealand for about six months. Our Mercer correspondent writes—- " A fonrtcen-year-old buy named Victor Sf.Uood discovered the oU:e day that dynamite caps, when ttuy tre struck, go "off." One story is that a brother and he vere testing tV- cap b.v striking it, ard that when the explosion happaied the trother was hurt i< : the chest and Victor had a couple of fingers practically blown off. she lad was sent to the Auckland hospital for attendance. A very fi prorgamme was pre- | sente 1 at the All Star Pictures on i Wednesday right In addition to j I numerous exciting dramas and laugh- j aide comics, there was an exceptionally interesting film depictirg the fceautits of the Kbke. On Monday a sensational picture, "Me tnd Hill," occupies first place, whilst "Ihe Sheriff's Daughter" is y:.id to be of extraordinary interest. "The Shades of Winter" is a beautiful scenic, whilst "Egpytian Monuments" provides a pi'cture wi.ich should interest everybody. j