TEA TABLE TOPICS.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
(By “M. ”)
“A Kent novelist Ivis been offered bought from an antique dealer at bought fro man antique dealer at' Rochester recently for £B,” says a contemporary. Now we know what it’s all about. “The Whangarei Borough Council decided to create a borough relief fund to be available under the direction of the Mayor, to meet- cases of approved and urgent need, by the provision of financial or other help in cases of bona fide, borough residents, .who, by reason of illness or other misfortune, are regarded as in need of such help. The operation of the fund will not conflict with or take the place of charitable aid,” says an exchange.. The scheme will certainly have a tendency to increase the population of Whangarei. * “The old mining township of Waipori, centre of bustle and activity less than half a century ago, is now a deserted village,’’ states an exchange. The mining communities that have dwindled away almost to nothing are legion. The town of Thames is one in particular in which a section of the inhabitants still linger on, hoping for a revival of the old days when there was hardly room for people to walk in the streets, when fortunes were, made and lost, and when rough good fellowship was characteristic of the people. There is an authentic case on record, by the way, which is rather interesting. Two brothers, who were printers, arrived in Lyttelton many years ago. One decided to stick to the printing trade and the other to seek his fortune on the West Coast goldfields. The gold digger made good in six months, and the printer was still working at his trade many vears later.
“Every Presbyterian Church on the West Coast is free of debt,” said the Rev. T. N. Cuttle at Grevmouth. As the jubilee of the Presbyterian Church in Greymouth is being celebrated (remarks the Star), it is pleased to record such a happy position throughout the Westland Presbytery.”
It must have been an awful strain on the collectors to persuade the sons of Caledonia to bring this happy issue to a successful conclusion.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 September 1924, Page 4
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359TEA TABLE TOPICS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 29 September 1924, Page 4
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