AONGATETE NOTES

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5892, 4 December 1912, Page 5

AONGATETE NOTES

(From Our Correspondent.) • , . Ifcigsome time since I forwarded vyou any notes from this district. Since I hist wrote we have got fairly ; launched into the dairying season, so . far with satisfactory result. For the month of October one of the leading , herds in this locality made thirty-one 'r. fihillinge per cow. There aro about 420 cows being milked in this district alone for the Katilrati dairy factory, ,'aod for the present month the diree- • tG» are paying out the creditable figure of ll£d per lb for butterfat.

Considerable improvements ars.be- " ing made on all holdings in this vicinity, and Mr Morton has approached the Oouuty ' Council on behalf of tho settlers here, with a . request that they obtain a reserve -from the Government, for the purpose of erecting a shed and 'landing stage I at the Aongatete river. Tho Council I,\ have consented to the uroposil, and v ftrein communication \s\i\\ tho Guv 1 ornment with roferenco r<» the matter. On,the 2Uth inst. a bazaar aud sale o? work wore held in the No. 3 sehoql, for the purpose of raising funds to pity for a pUno, which "had been placed in the sulknl by some of our .loadiufj sottlers. The proceedings > ; were commenced by Mrs F. E. Arrmtage severing the-ribbon round the . .piano, arid in a few words declaring >tb bftimar open, when business irame ) 'diately became brisk at. the stalls, whoreon many useful and pretty articles^ were displayed. The foilrvr iug Indies wore hi charge of the stalls: Mtesdamos Morton, Earl, Pntt, and ,Btoue, and they were ably assisted by Missus Mortou, Stouie, and Lockiacr>n.au<i Miss Lewis, tho energetic t> secretary of the Ladies Committee-'. who generally superintended arrange--.fljqnts during .the afternoon. Some musical selections were giveu by Mrs Btrino, MiBB Pritt, and a duet by two . 'little girls, Misses Nflly Dunnage and - ,Kutb Hump.- At the conclusion;.of thebtzaar in tho evening tho stalls wow removed and a social followed. itrs Pritt favoured tho company with tyro songs, and Mr Wigley also rendered two comic son^fs, both singers nore encored, to which frhey ' 'kindly rogpouded. Mrs Stone and I Misses S'owprt andLockington kindly played accompaniments and dane?" music. lA>ran essay on the " Object ol; Our Bazaar " prizes were won by . Misa M. MortoD, and Masters H. ' rArmitoge and J. Earl. A bounteous ', supper wus provided by the ladies,'to. ■ f which aropie justice was done. At* the conclusion'of the proceedings Mr Arniitage was able to announce that the bazaar had been a complete . success, tho highly satisfactory sum of £31 having been realised, thus eaabl- , log the Ladies Committee to clear the , piano of all debt and leave a surplus ' over. For "such good results great thanks are due to all * those who worked so well for a long time past; to make it. a success, and tho Ladies , Comraittoo pspoci'illv, constating-of.' Mesdame? Morton, Pritt, Earl, Stone, * Lockington, and Mm Lewis, tho cap ' able and- energetic secretary, also to Mr J. H. Lockington, jun., and Mr Mattaon for their active services jn , • various ways.