HURLEYVILLE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue LXVIII, 25 June 1912, Page 6

HURLEYVILLE.

(From a Correspondent.)

Oar late school-teacher, Mr James rSailie, was, before h eieft us, duly feasted in the hail, and presented with various articles for his comfort, and many appreciative things were said about him as a teacher, as a horticulturist, and as a ready assistant in all local affairs. He i? now on the high seas on his way to Ireland, the land of liis nativity. One man goeth and another cometh, and so we have obtained the services of Mr Small, as head-teacher, a likely enough gentleman to satisfactorily fill the position, but who is inclined to' jeer at the weather we lceep here, and all because it has hardly stopped raining during the few weeks that he has been a»mongst us.

At the ladies' ball held on "Wednesday evening there was an excellent attendance of botli sexes, in spite of the fact thai; there was no moonlight, much rain, and a high wind, with the roads simply atrocious. There was a sit-down supper in a large marquee erected in the shelter of the hall, the tables being loaded with good things and set off with flowers in first-class style, much to the credit of the ladies on whom the burden of the duties fell.

The dancing was kept up till the early hours in the highest of spirits, and Mrs Bntler, of Patea, was in charge of the music, and rattled it off in firstrate style. Miss Hurley and Miss Crompton were the M.C.'s, and were unfailing in their attention. Visitors were present from Hawera, Alton. Kakaramea. Patea, and Hastings—a lady from the latter place declaring that she had no idea that there was so much mud in th» whole world as she had seen on the Ball road.