MOKOIA.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 June 1926, Page 6

MOKOIA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) DEPARTI NG SETTLERS. Messrs Magan, Wards, and Widmer,. with their families, are leaving the district at the end of the month, and the people, through the Settlers’ Association, are tendering them a farewell social on June 2d. As our departing friends have been very popular during their residence here, there is sure to be a large gathering to bid them farewell and wish them the best in their new spheres. GENERAL. It will be seen from the advertising columns that the Settlers’ Association is holding its second annual assembly and dance on Wednesday next, and invitations have been issued accordingly. Indications are that this function will prove as successful and satisfactory as others under the auspices of the" association. I The Hall Committee is making some very essential improvements to the hall building, with special attention to the ladies’ room, which is being lined, also a new light is being put in and the sanitary arrangements overhauled. These improvements are being carried out as a result of a donation from tho ladies’ committee. DAIRYING. With the closing of the milking sea. son, the usual winter work is now being pushed ahead, and most farmers have completed their work with the tripod harrows. Great quantities of slag are arriving at the local station, and it is evident there is no slackening in the way of top-dressing. Feeding out of hay and ensilage will soon be quite comihon, and the stock generally are looking in good heart. Several farmers have reported having had cases of cows slipping their calves, and it is difficult to account for these unfortunate events, some saying “too much top-dressing,” others “rough feed,” while a shortage of feed is stated as another reason. The local factory has been closed for its general overhaul in readiness for next season. The spell from milking wiil soon he ended, and it is to be. hoped the spring of* this year will he more favourable to the dairy farmer than was that of last year.

ROLL OF HONOUR. On Tuesday evening a public meeting, convened by the hall committee as a result of a motion brought forward at its annual meeting, was held, when about seventeen residents attended. The meeting, presided over by Mr. D. Wards, was for the purpose of considering the proposal that a roll of honour in memory of those who served their country in the Great War be placed in the hall; but there was no enthusiasm, and, after a lot of desultory talk, it was agreed that if a roll of honour were erected it should be in the school, and not in the hall. Ultimately it was also decided to set up a committee and that, if the public response warranted further action, the project be carried out. Many suggestions were thrown out during the meeting, but there was a distinct feeling that it was a bit late in the day to be thinking of rolls of honour, several expressing the opinion that the money would be better directed in assisting the disabled soldiers in a practical way. There is at present a memorial tablet in the local Church of England. However, it rests with the public sub. srriptions whether anything further is done.

At the close of the meeting the hat was taken round and the sum of £1 ■was collected to help the list opened by The Star for the appeal of the Mayoress of Hawera.