KOKONGA NOTES.
'' (Own 'GoiTosiioiKlcnt.)
Tho usual accompanying eVUr-tbo frost—did. not follow ; Uiq) snow and the orchards', are ',looking Tdse moisture was s boon to agrjcult'tiristSj enabling the teams to/fiui'Bh..;wJi)iS}-'' : t|iey had to leave through the bakod sfcato of the soil. lii some cases more oata have.beeti sown;. - , r ,
The school* has gone through |he = examination mid change of .-teachers and loss of.time, come out witu'credit to Mis 3 Yorkspn, the present teacher. Miss' coming fi;esh , from •college, facets .favourably the modern methods,in the instruction and management, <# (he •young, and Kokbnga has i •pate in gocu ring one so naturally adapted and capable as a icachcr,, Y .Prior to.lhe examination the children were! presented with souvenirs,' The couimittee "and 'interested parents and friends gattiered to honor the occasion. Mr Evlrd (Chairman Committee) presided; and Mr Diokison the booklets': gave a 'summary; of-the war, omphastsiiig that "He whoidares to do
the light, when Uigjit is wrong," applies to nations" as welt as*w : 'individuals. Mr.. Maxwell 1 (railway,« st;iff) also spoke as a 'returned soldier, '"~ uid- Miss Yoiksou responded. \ ..; Ave regret, to record.a very S;id v !:..:'. death4rAlfred, younger ..sou-., of Mrs' M Fanny.. I't.sid.'. The little chap, who. was.a bright and.jn'oipiaiiig boy was in school and in apparently perf|/iji ■ ' health on the Wednesday.and 'ssh- '= on. the- Saturday uior^iiig'froiu'.whab" - is supposed to be that'dread'discase meningitis. General sympathy is felt for the widowed mother whodosj, her husband suddenly two years age),
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 1208, 19 November 1919, Page 4
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