MANGATOKI

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 9 August 1924, Page 7

MANGATOKI

■ ■ ■ ■ (I !om Our Own Correspondent). SOCIAL EVENING. • r , and Linn gave a most en--6 , I)any ‘V tneir residence last Wednesday week, when about forty guests spent a happy time with game, and competitions. Mrs K. D. Douglas ni?r eC i t 0 hB the cllilm i>ion of thepnigpong tournament, wln.e Mr Free wasuccessiul m the billiard handicap. Greer games m variety created much amusement, Miss Perry ana' Mr J Lunibie being the winners. Mr Re^. W i J ° ls a , ifeen "'ireless student, nud ms four-valve set in ooenition. ana ,"n™ n . the Ult oi \ the l°ud speaker the puny were able to hear with comparative clearness a concert beiimoroudeasted firom 4YA, Dunedin. mT rem informed your corresnondent that he regularly picked un .Sydney stations and occasionally California. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. rn;! I "'n° nth ' V meeting of the School Committee was held last evening, when there were present: Messrs J. P rl, a !’ X u- Ch u I ' m ,f n) ’ E - Cols °u, C. Nich- ‘ ’ D, H. Reeve, A. T. Sulzberger, and the head teacher, M, r A. H. Grant. ihe chairman reported that the position of-second assistant had bee>» dedined by Mr Clmstopherson, and that -vi i; L De s Forges had since been apponited relieving teacher till the end of the year.

i’lie head teacher stated that the roll number was 1.00. and the average attendance 90, several cases of measles having .reduced the latter. The annual examination was due to take place next week.

The committee decided to make alterations to the entrance gates for the easier access of children’s bicycles, and to eiect a new fence on the eastern v ßl '*' school reserve. Thd chairman explained various matters which occurred af the South Taranaki school Committees’ Association

meeting, cmef among which was the extra girant made to town schools by way of capitation. Exception was taken to this preferential treatment. Various accounts were passed for payment, and" the meeting adjourned. FOOTBALL. The local school boys have proved themselves a formidable team of footballers. They have this year an unbeaten record, having beaten Kaponga, Ngaere, Matapu, Rawhitiroa and Eltham Convent, all by wide margins. Two boys of especial promise, G. McGuinness and B. Nieliola9 have been chosen to play in the schoolboys’ rep match, North v. South, and may be depended upon to acquit themselves well. Years ago sport was very much alive in Mangatoki, but since the war it has died a natural death, so it is doublv pleasing to note a revival, even if amongst the- boys. Credit must be given to Mr Des Forges for the amount of time he has given to coaching them, also thanks to Messrs A. Sulzberger, A. Burke, Spence and J. P. Marx for providing their ears when necessary. PERSONAL. Mrs Nicholas has just returned from visiting her mother in Wellington. Miss Hazel Clarke recently returned from Hamilton. Miss P. Brown returned to Auckland last Tuesday after a stay of two months in this district as the guest of Mr and Mrs Anderson, Mahoe, and Mr and Mrs Astburv; Mangatoki. Mr Horace Mills has taken a trip to Australia. Miss Jessie Lanibie has been visiting her sister, Mrs Carswell, in Wellington. .Mr and Mrs Roy Perry were the recipients of a welcome home in the time-honoured fashion.