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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 December 1925, Page 3

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(From Our Own Correspondent.) TENNIS DANCE. Taking into consideration the lateness of the season.' the.' attendance at the Tennis .Club’s dance on Tuesday evening was very good indeed, and patrons were fortunate in having a cool evening. The hall and supperroom were attractively decorated, and the floor was in good order. Taylor’s, orchestra supplied, the music, encores being the order of the evening. Messrs D. Johnston and B. Barclay satisfactorily carried out the duties of M’s.C., while the ladies’ committee supplied a substantial supper*. 'The. dance was voted a great success. THE HOLIDAYS. . Tlie school breaks up for the annual Christmas holidays on Friday, and this event will be regarded with mixed feelings by those concerned. A number of the pupils will be severing their connection with the school atter spending many happy years therein, and these are bound to feel a certain amount of regret; hut there is a phase wherein parents and pupils alike are more vitally concerned, and that is that this year the break-up means a break in our teaching staff’. Two of our teachers, Misses Frewin and Baxter will not be coming back. Their departure is a matter for very great regret. Both these young'ladies are highly capable teachers, and are exceedingly popular both inside and outside the school, and it means a break in a staff which has been one of the most efficient in the history of the school. Miss Tx*ewin is going to Christchurch, aiid Miss Baxter is entering the training college in Wellington. The young ladies will take away with them the best wishes of a large circle of friends. WANTON DESTRUCTION. Some time ago I referred to a case of wanton destruction perpetrated by some individual or individuals to the house erected by the Maoris, at the Inaha. beach. My information was gathered from one of the natives, and upon visiting the locality last week I found that the matter had not been exaggerated; in fact the damage done was far greater than I had' expected. Huge boulders bad been rolled down the cliff, and these had torn great gaping holes through the back of the house. Smaller stones had been hurled down upon the roof, making holes as large as a cricket ball, and the windows were all smashed.' For an act of senseless destruction it would be hard to beat, and the perpetrators must be pretty far gone, in the “upper storey.” '