HUNTLY NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 69, 22 March 1915, Page 3

HUNTLY NEWS.

■ ... .;- -----....-..;_...: _ v :•-.'- , ■~.--. orfromrOur.;Own'rCorrespon4ent:V' -"':■ .<•'•' . "~——-.-.. :. ' ■ '-' "A Tiubiic'meeting was held" - dlst Church on Friday evening to make arrangements for hi nrcpentatlon to the' Rev.' •■ 'Mr. Evans, 'who ■ ■. is ..leaving the" district *• shortly-in order to take Tip bis' hew duties '- at Te Kof.ti. ' It decided :bv" those pre•sent to present the reverend gentleman with an illuminated "address: and" .£7jranie3iC - sovereigns; and %-strong' committee iw«»' formed to carryont tblsobleet. A nbblie social Is being heTd;jri.the.Miners'_Han,ln - ' connection with the-above'on Mond'av. 28th " instant,,..when the!, wjjl ba .made, :-.> ... , ..„,_.. .; The weather, which -appeared rather threatening at the beginning of the week, broke in earnest- on Wednesiray Tastl since ' which time it has rained more or less continuously, doing a great deal-of. good to the surrounding district, which has now" lost its T burnt-up apnearijnce^ir;!-.:..:.!:„'_;,,-A : public sports ipeetlng Is to he held on the Rerreatioir'Grbiind'.'on TMareh 27th In ' ald.of the Hunt ly.-Mines -Disaster -Relief Fund, The entries for the various events ■" constitnte'a record. ' .Subscriptions are coming in well, also many trophies hate been" donated; ana. provided tie weather holds good, the Relief Fund should benefit-ta~* considerable extent.' '••'" --.-- -~ Tbe Huntly Poultry and.Kennel Club held its committee meeting in the King's Hill o* Friday,.there betogj.reaeat: Messrs. H.H.Sfasons: (presiding), C. Starr, W. Thomas. Tucker"(secretary); T After general business had been- dfi 1 nsss il. ft was ilaildii that-a meeting: be held on March 24th.:-.%*' arrange the date of-the show. traer the advisability of holding an -aa* union to connection with It Tk* lan art »~—»-— *"*"THJ_^