OKAIAWA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 8177, 18 March 1905, Page 3

OKAIAWA.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Tho soeifcl in aid -of the looal Roman Catholic Church on Friday evening was a niost successful affair from every point The secretary (Mr E. Doyle) .vas most energetic, and to him" and his committee every credit is due.' Mr -B. Jobnstone as M,C; Was' alt that could, hi desired, and was most assiduous in looking after the numerous strangers present. The music was in the hands of Miss Pentecost, and that young lady fully. sustained her reputation' as one of the best P»yf p--of dance music' we have' had here.- 'Ihe catering was a feature of the evening, and was much -p advance of that usually seen at socials. The dances-were interspersed with songs", and this Would. hare provided a pleasant break had those -pre sent bad the good taste, .to listen but when an incessant fire of conversation is kept up while' suiging is going on it is impossiblo to derive any pleanre from it. Nearly all socials are alike in this re•peofcvJtgMnrafcffell t>fcse*t>appfi*red to thoroughly enjoy.; >bima^TP«j Catholic socials have a reputation for being most succMrfn^^i^and,^ one was; no M Ther« iM^foeiftly'teeira tfansformation scene at the Te NgTlta Domain. Ihe moiwtMOt h»» been tiioroughly renoTAci The, Biaii is pa||Ae4-+'gi»e«;n)a r b,le, i the baseafSrey grw»^»,m iound»M? n 'fc:. m bloMttm jmtaEp .wtUe' mouidihg rouft* tnVwwßeS- r^'*ti' : W* c «- > and white marble. The railings are painted «j B latnS^ fI TJ%«*ecV *j«y BIW}«K inde>d7 s fhe eaWakert cottt^e and the gate and fences fcaVe aha^ived'a coat, of paifitt <Tbe- vrorlr -w* earned oat' by MrTp. WiUiMilj •■•rvi JLanrstina of the general cojD»nutt«ejot th?TOJbalcrob was -MA c^tuestfay evening,' But" as the secretary failed to notflV toe riarding, same I am unable, to reMMfr lH»tl«SlJ»»> wa»'AAtfisact*di ; . Oat local postmistress (Miss .fiCSWRWr has- received notice of her transfer to iUPWig*. Bioce h||r, residence here /nearjy thr^>earir"Mi*vS^*o«r. h»i made | of^ftßtcmirch; fufs Wf> vlcancy in the^ > °^f?^hlUl>J 'glllfUll^irWirttg'^tHaWyWp*no"ned in about a fonnigMr ;r

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