THE IKAMATUA BALL

Greymouth Evening Star, 18 June 1912, Page 8

THE IKAMATUA BALL

[to the editor.] Sir, —Poor “Pro Bono Publico!” Tile entertainment was a brilliant success socially ; that is where the shoe pinches, success financially. The shoe will pinch a little longer.. Although the strike was raging at the time and a general depression existing everywhere* P.B.P. will find that the treasurer will have a balance to show, which was more than the treasurer of the footballers’ social could do. The country was in a prOsper-ous condition then, money no object, especially among footballers, yet, by all accounts, although a good round sum was netted the committee never saw any of it. Where Was P.B.P. then? The committee of the recent hospital bail have managed many successful functions of the same sort here in the past as in the present, but there is always a green-eyed monster somewhere, who has, I am inclined to think, faux pan this time. Re the school treat, stale buns, etc., it is easily seen P.B.P. was out of it altogether, as neither fresh nor stale. The teacher will be able to satisfy P.B.P. on that point. By the way does P.B.P. know anything about the theft committed after the ball? Who it was that broke into the teacher’s private residence, abstracting" all that was Worth taking, including half-a-dozen of white China cups and saucers? Depredations of this sort seem to be quite a common thing at Ikamatua. However, the individual in question will soon have his curiosity gratified; the meeting, which was fixed for this week, had to be postponed until next week, owing to the secretary being away up the river. Things would have been settled long ago but for the fact that one young lady has not sent in her money for tickets sold, it has hampered the committee greatly. Perhaps P.B.P. would not mind collecting the ticket money in.l The ladies and gentlemen of nobility consider it an honor to work for charitable causes! If P.B.P. will send ‘in his name we feel sure the committee will send him an invitation to be present at the next meeting, when a warm welcome will be accorded. Apologising for the space occupied and the length of letter, I am a firm believer in the Latin proverb, VIRTUS ET VERITAS VINCUNT. (This correspondence is now closed. — Ed., E.S.)