THE WEEK AT FOXTON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 9

THE WEEK AT FOXTON.

■„ . —fr . '' ' Our Own Correspondent. ■"Tho annual'meeting of tho Foxton Tennis Club' was held last week. 'There wero about twenty members prcsiint. Tho total receipts wero returned -as £38 15s. , 2d'.,- and tho oxpendituio £20 9s. Id., loaving a credit balanco of £18. Gs. Id. It was decided to expend tho balance in improvements to the courts. It was also dccided to reduce tho annual contributions by 3s. 6d. per member. Tho courts are to'be opened on Wednesday, September 8, -. and tho. hope, was expressed that Mr. F v 'W.- Frankland (patron) . would be able to ijerforin . tho'opening ceremony.. An intresting case was :heard by the visiting S.M.3Ir. Al D. Thomson, at'the courthouso'on. Wednesday last. An-.action was brought against "William Young by the Inspector of Fisheries for .using a larger not than that.-specified:by'tho Act for Pitching Whitobait. .Defendant .'stated, and ; tho evidence of witnesses confirmed his statement, that tho net seized by the inspector did not I belong to him, neither hid ho used it. Tho magistrate 1 said that, ho was satisfied that i-he; net had a. larger opening than allowed by tho Act. Fishermen must "understand that any net .with a .larger opening than seven feet was an illegal net, and must not bo used. The present, caso would bo dismissed, however, ss f -there was no evidenco to.show that defendant had used tho net.. _AVilliam Dalzicll. licensee .of the-Post Office Hotel, was final for permitting drunkenness on :his premises 011. August 4. \ From tho evidence .it was shown that a man named. Michael. Lewis" had left tho'hotel in an" intoxicated state, .and while; attempting to get 011 board his vessol at tho wharf slipped . from tho-gangway, and falling into the river was drowned., -' Mr,.'-\y. S., Hoyes,! local'.minagcr' of '. the' Foxton gasworks,'- has .resigned: li-is : ' position'-., Mr. and Mrs.- Shadbolt have Gold out their business here, and intsnd' residing in tho .AucklaJi(l«t'district;; ; . . , , " ,v -Mri'" J 'VV i Adams,-s.lato local school ~ head-' master, has left .Foston: for -Mangaweka, - and ■Mr. "P. J'. 1 Jackson, late of Mahgaweka,baa arrived: to lake his 1 place." „ - 1 .. _ Mr. Gabites, 'of Palmerston, is taking up .Ms,.duties, as. first .assistant at the I 'public school. • ' ' --, . ■The.annual meeting of tho Foxten Eacing Club was held' last week. 'i^b;':rei»rt.:bf..:thß ; coaimitteo showed an incomb'froin''all"sour6es' of £2531 65."3d., and the/expen'dittiro'f&lS." lOs- 'Cd., leaving a credit''balance, to,, carry forward of £314 15s.- 3d.' Tho. report- .and!, balance-sheet . were adopted,- and, thb/chaiK" man (Mr. ;W. E. Barber) congratulated tho members on-''the.'excellent--results - -.'of '.jthb, year.' . The .following Tofficors .-Vrcro'-appointed fqr.the' jrestr Mr. 'John '; president, Mr.'J. It. Whyte; vice-predilcnW, Messrs. E.'"Barber, I'V E. Jonks/ and O. lvobmson. " /f.: ~ '• ■ ■'Prioi' to tho-breaking up of the local State School last Friday- afternoon a very: pleasing ceremony took place.- Tho scholars on laarn-. mg, that tlio Education Board had trans-' ferred Mr. W.'Adams, headmaster, from Foxton' to : tho Mangaweka. School, decided to raise, funds ■in order to 'present him with a mark of their esteem and a memento of his,connection;with tho school. ' Their choice took tho form of a handsome dressing-case inscribed .as,, follows"Presented ,'. to > W, Adams, Esq., by tho pupils of tho Foxton Sohool on tho occasion of his transfer to Mangaweka." ■ The children were assembled in tho quadrangle, and Mr,' Small briefly explained the reason of tho gatherings and tlioh: called ijipon' Master Bertio' Wyeth 'to mako , the.. presentation. . Tho littlo fellow forward, and handing , Mr. ; Adams the presont, referred with regret to the recipient's departure from Foxton, and .on beI half of his fellow pupils wished him every ■success in. tho future, and hoped ' that the small' token would serve to remind him of the times spent with tho children of tho Foxton School. Mr.- Adams.-in ac- 1 ,knowledging tho gift/referred to the happy relations that had always' existed-between the scholars, - tho staff, and-himself. - Ho: said that', his; absence. from. Foxton would bo onlj;, for a short periodj as ho intendod to again take up his resic'ehco and spend the.-rest of his days there. F.o concluded by again thanking tho donors fdi- tho handsome gift/ . Tho gathering "dispersed with" three hearty cheers for Mr. Adams; the staff, and the holidays.