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Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 143, 16 December 1908, Page 4

His Excellency the Governor passed through Dannovifke this after- . noon, en route jto Napier, where lie presents the prizes at the Higli School •"break-up" ' this evening. . A meeting of the Angling Club was held at Mr Prior's rooms last evening. There was a large attendance. The principal business was the arrangement of details for the next fishing competition, iaud these were satisfactorily arranged. , The individual reports submitted to the meeting of. the Fire Board last night in connection with four calls to fires, which have occurred during the past two months, showed that 15 firemen answered the first ,'Call, 16 the second, and 20 ..turned up at the third and fourth.' ; „ . • : ; . At the conclusion of the meeting of the Fire Board last night,^lnspector. Hilgo; wKo'-'wite in town, rang aji alarm, for the purpose of testing th« .efficiency of the brigade. Sixteen, firemen mustered quickly, arid leads of hose were run out ready to play on a supposed fire. After the practice ended, Inspector Hugo addressed the men in the meeting room of the station, and expressed satisfaction at the work accomplished by the brigade. On Friday next the Misses Jenssen will open tea-rooms in Cosmopolitan Buildings, No. 1 (upstairs). A suite of rooms lias been secured, and these have been; tastefully and suitably furnished. Every effort, will be made to adequately meet the wants of customers, and the young ladies will no doubt receive a full share of public * support. The Lux tearooms' will fee opened daily from 10 a.m. to 5p.m., and will also be opened on Christmas Eve. A performance of "The Messiah" was given in the Napier Cathedral last night, and proved very successful. -Miss Newcomb-Ha.il,. of Dannevirke, sang the soprano music very artistically, and has. been warmly congratulated upon the- result of her efforts. The work is to be repeated on Friday night. Miss NewcombHall has been engaged for the second production, and in consequence her pupils are notified that she will not be able to Tesume teaching this week.