OTOROHANGA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 497, 4 September 1912, Page 5

OTOROHANGA.

Own Correspondent. A most successful concert in aid of the Anglican Church funds was held in Turner's Hall last Wednsday. All the items were rendered by ladies and gentlemen from Hamilton and Auckland. The programme which was an excellent one, was as follows:—Sextette, Mrs Jenkins, Missess Merrington and Williams end Messrs Milner, McLean, and Micklewait (encored) pianoforte solo, Miss Henderson; song, Mrs Tucker; (encore); song, Mr McLean (encore); song, Miss Merrington; musical monologue, Mrs Jenkins (encore); song. Mr Milner; song, Miss Wililams (encore) ; duet, Mrs Jenkins and Mr Micklewaite (encore) ; pianoforte solo, Miss Henderson; song, Mr Micklewaite; song, Miss Williams; musical monologue, Mrs Jenkins (encore): song, Mr McLean (encore); song, Miss Merrington duet, Messrs McLean and Micklewaite; song, Mr Milner. The accompaniments were played by Mrs Jenkins and Miss Henderson. After the concert a very nice supper was handed round, and then the hall was cleared for dancing, which was kept up to an early hour. The takings were very satiafaetoiy, between £ls and £l6 being received, and as there were few expenses the fund should benefit well. Mrs Burnand entertained the visiting ladies and gentlemen in her usual hospitable manner. Miss Hosking made a most able and , energetic secretary, and the members of the Ladies Guild, particularly Mesdames Piggot, Bell and Horneyblow, are deserving of praise for the way the supper arrangements were managed. The contractors, Messrs Forsyth and Scott, have commenced work upon the long expected bridge over the Mangawhera stream, at the back of the sawmill. Mr James the Government bridge inspector, has been in the township with the view to inspecting the building oE the bridge, but owing to the delay in the arrival of some of the timber, he has departed again, and the work is held, up until the arrival of the piles. Mr James is expected back within a fortnight. When completed, it will be a decided advantage to Otorohanga and a great convenience to the Otewa people, and some uf the Rangitoto settlers as it will give them a good summer road to Otorohanga. What they will do in winter is another matter unless they bestir themselves, and get a special rating area gazetted and go in for a loan for metalling at once. The Government have reserved several portions of the Waipa river for metal reserves, and the settlers would be well advised to apply for a loan at once, so that the preliminaries could be arranged to enable the work to be carried out this coming summer. The advantages are obvious, and the expense is very little, the main thing being a little extra exertion upon the part of one or two to get the matter going. If left undone the road of necessity get into the almost impassible- state that it has been this winter. With the settlers improving their sections as rapidly as they have been it is only reasonable to expect that they will desire to send off some class of produce from their sections. Probably every shilling expended as a special rate for metalling will mean a pound saved to them in special facilities, etc.

The.Oparau Dairy Company have bought over the assets of the Te Rau-a-Moa dairy factory, and the intention is to move the plant to Oparau, which is considered more central.