OKAIAWA.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 18 May 1912, Page 5

OKAIAWA.

EFEOM ODE OWN CORRESPONDENT.! There was a very fair attendance at the euchre party and dance given by/ the Hall Committee on Tuesday c-ven-;' ing. Cards were played until 10 o'clock "■■ when supper was handed round, after which an adjournment was made to the mam hall, where dancing was kept ivo nnti? 12 o'clock. Miss Walsh and MV 1- Bremer carried off the prizes at the card-tables. The music for the dance was supplied by Mrs and Miss Isetts (piano and violin). During the evening, Mr E. J. Betts, chairman of the committee, read the annual report and balance-sheet. The it P°u t nh^ vved that durin S the past year the hall had been painted, which added greatly to its appearance. The balancesheet showed a credit balance of £25 The chairman"called^for'nominations tor a committee for the ensuing year, •?? d-«T? ce IfolloJ*'i1folloJ*' ing TOre elected: Messrs H. WhaleiK R. Penny, g. Doyle, J. Barclay, D. Edwards, and 7 Mesdames W Jobfston and E. O. Chivers. Mr Betts, who declined nomination, WaJ i! le of ihe original committee and has served continuously on that body ever since the hall was built, some eighteen years ago. The inclusion of ladies upon the committee is a new departure. Both the ladies elected, however, have proved themselves good workers in any movement in which they have taken part, for the advancement i if township, and their assistance should be of material advantage to the committee. In connection with the Native Lease Commission, a native was recently asked what the Maoris required. His* reply was: "We want to live without work "-• \vell all I can say is that a good many of them dp that already, and the remainder without greatly* exerting themselves. Game appears to be scarcer than ever in my immediate neighborhood this year. Since the opening of the season I have seen only two . hares and one pheasant (a hen bird).