AWATUNA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 20 May 1926, Page 4

AWATUNA.

(From Our Own* Correspondent.) OBITUARY. It was with very great regret that the residents of the district heal'd, of the death of Mrs Isabella Anne Haworth, wife of Mr James Hawarth, of Awatuna, who passed away at the residence of her son Robert, .at Eltham, on Saturday, May 8.- The late Mrs Hawarth, who was 61 years . of age, was bom in Padiham, Lancashire, England, where she resided until coming” to New Zealand with her husband to join her sons some six years ago. Mrs Hawarth, who was of a' jovial, kind nature made a host of friends from districts far removed from: Awatuna during the three and a half years she and her husband were in charge of the toll-gate, first at Riverlea. and then for two years at Mangatoki; and all the users of the Eltliam road'. .will readily recall the hundreds of little kindnesses these two performed with that free kindly nature that removed the objection some may have had to paying the toll. There are three sons living, also the husband, and . the heartfelt sympathy of a wide circle will be extended to them in their loss. Mrs Hawarth had been ailing for several months, and had been an inmate of the Hawera Hospital for some time; therefore the news of her death was not quite unexpected to the more intimate friends. The sons are Robert F Hawarth, of Eltliam, and Thomas and William, of Auroa. The funeral was attended by many residents of the district.

GENERAL

Locally, judging by the talk, the entile population —or rather the male portion of it —is composed of Samsons or Sandows, one hears of nothing else hut tugs-of-war or lazy-stick contests, and even the youths of the village^are suffering from the infection. Te Kiri, during the next three days, will be the scene of contest for all these gladiators, and after these tests we will know more of the prowess of the local talent. Should they do all they say. then they will be on the warpath and will be out in search of the strong men in both city and suburb. Delightful weather prevails here at present after the storm (we get something sometimes, even if not alluvial croi'dL and we have had three good frosts, followed by nice, bright fine days, with a very clear atmosphere, when the South Island has been clearly visible. And of an evening the snowclad outline of the nearer mountains has stood out prominently from a calm sea of blue.