DARGAVILLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 101, 29 April 1910, Page 6

DARGAVILLE.

(By Telegraph.—Ora Correspondent.) nA-JSATI___, ■Wednesday-. The Hon. B_ lleKemrie, Minister for Public Wor—s. is to be ci-grat-ul-te— for the exceedingly prompt manner in which he has attended to the. wants of the local depntatioais—i, particularly in regard to the Tutamoe and Wain—team roads. The Public Works Office was communicated -with nbont the condition of the roads, and when the Minister was here a tew■ weeks ago. h& was surprised to learn that Ho_iangCounty- Co—icil had net beera as attentive io Tutamoe and Waima-teu—i settler— —s that body should __Te been. Conseq—ently he promise- to loo_ into matters, and have eert__ necessary worts- done. Sir Ser.ceant, secretary of the __try Cot—pany (who. with Mr A. —. Harding, made the re<iuesxs of the settlers known to the Minister) has aire- received a letter from the- „Wster to the effect _„t the B——_ent Govern—cut Engineer had informed the Department that culverts on the Opan_keEo—ianga road were being proceeded with, and would be completed very shortly. The limited power ef school committees has been in the past, and will eon—_tic to be .«o in tho future. -.t the meeting of the Te Kopurn School ; Co——ittee it was resolved, at the request iof the headmaster, to invite Major SlaeDonald. Officer-commanding Rifle Cadets, to , visit the district and inspect the chosen j stte for — rifle range. It was stated that enough money was in hand to cover all expenses. WA-TTKTJ. At the TTesleyan soiree held at WaJn_n on Friday last. Dr. Moat on _eh_if of the subscribers, preset: ced to Mr A. Fitchett, who has for the last few years been postmaster at Wnlnfcn. on his retirement, with •n large and handsomely framed test—noni—l, together with a superb arm chair. OTAHTJKU. The annual visit of town Irid—ss, _O.OJ?. Slanchester Cnity, to tbe Loyal Franklin Lodge. Xo. 8453. at Otahnhu, eventuated ou Wednesday evening, the lodgeroom being filled to its utmost capacity. The visitors i_c!nded Bro. Jno. Clark, Deputy Grandmaster of New Zealand; District Officers Jno. McLeod. C.S.. and Thomas. District Treasurer; also brethren from Loyal Fountain of Friendship, Good Intent, Parnell, Manukan. Whangarsl, Howie—, Dominion, and South Canterbury Lodges, also Bro. Dr. Chas. Rowley, Lodge Surgeon. The following toaste were honoured, Bro. D. Burnside, X.Q., occupying the chair:—'The King," "X.Z. Branch of M.U., Auckland District," "Visitors and Franklin Lodge." The Chairman presented (on be—Of of the Lodge) Bro. .las. Saunders, P.G., with a framed certificate of merit, and the D.G.SL presented Bro. W. Gib. C-unold. Permanent •Secretary, with F.G.s regalia, as an acknowledgment of his energy in obtaining new members, also a pipe to Bro. S. H. Feat-ley for second position. It was then a—io—iced that Bro. BagnaH, of the F. of F. Lodge, had been elected Slayer of Auckland, also Bro. Briggs, of Parnell Lodge, Mayor of Parnell: Bro. Hy., Lowe, P.G., of Franklin Lodge, Mayor of Thames. The brethren received the news •with great enthusiasm. D.G.M. Jno. Clark responded to the toast of "The Xew Zealand Branch": Bros. Jno. SteLeod and Thomas for "The District"; and various bror? on behalf of "Visitors." The followi. •et-.ren rendered vocal items: W. Br Jno Brown. H. Wills, Geo. Galloway, -o. insell, and others.