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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LII, Issue 9187, 6 September 1906, Page 8

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(From Our Own Correspondent.) The Ladies.' Committee wound up their series of social evenings with a grand social last Friday. These evenings have been very popular and well patronised. The ladies deserve great credit for the able way they have managed them, and have always had something fresh on the pro gramme each. time. Among the items rendered during the evening was an instrumental duet (piano and violin), Miss Croft and Miss Hall; song, Miss Hall; song, Mir Herbert, Otaikeh© (this gentleman received a well-mr.Nited encore) ; song. Miss E. Hall; coniic recitation, Mr Roßbie, which was heartily enjoyed; song, Miss Hall; song, Miss H. Hall. Mrs Oroft kindl {*icted as accompanist and Mr Robbie as chairman. Mr Hubert White (Ha1 wera) played for the dances, which was excellent. Mr Keheley was M.C. There was an interesting guessing competition. The milk supply is steadily increasing, and our local factories aro running every day. Given a gcod season this should be a record one for the dairy farmer. It is rumored that one of our local farmers is about to insfcal a milking maohin? in his shed. These machines when better known will become a great boon to all those who depend on the useful cow.

A press -wire from Hartialton states that a man named Holden, who finished a job twenty miles below Taumaranui, and started to walk to the township, miased tie track, and subsisted on fern roots for nearly three weeks. Ho became inoapablo of walking, and sheltered tinder a tree. When discovered by another wanderer he was in a very emaciated condition. The latter went for !belp, and a party of six was sent out. The rescuers carried Holden on their shoulders five miles, then a stretdher was procured, and the journey of sixteen miles to Tainmaranui began. Holden is being sent to Waikato Hospital. His legs and feet are in a dreadful condition, mortification threatening, and it is doubtful if the limbs can be saved. STATE FARM CALVES. Mr Mulcahey, manager of the RuakuTa State Farm, says that ids calves cost 3e 3d each to feed on Gilruth Calf Food for a whole Beason, and are worth from 10s to 15s more than calves not fed on this food. Mir Mulcahey foTUOd other foods unsatisfactory in comparison. Prices from J. B. Macßwan and Co., New Plymouth. 6,12

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