DISTRICT NEWS

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3238, 4 December 1930, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS

WAITANGURU. (Own Correspondent.) A dance was held in Waitanguru Hall on Friday evening in aid of the local school tennis court. The attendance was not great, but a very enjoyable evening was spent, the floor being in tip-top order. Music was supplied by T. Nielson and Mrs. Donnelly (accordeon), and Mr. A. Peterson (piano). Mr. T. Jury acted as M.C. and caiTied out his duties with a great sense of humour. The Monte Carlo was won by Miss D. Peterson and Mr. P. Higginson. The spot waltz was won by Mrs. Donnelly and her son Peter. A very nice supper was handed round. Our next social event will be the children’s Christmas Tree. A meeting is to be held on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the hall to decide the date. The children look forward to this event and enjoy it after their strenuous exam. work. The teacher has put several through the Proficiency exam, and Miss Mary Buckley, Ted Donnelly and Doug. Brier are to be congratulated in winning through. Miss Madge Voyce and George Anderson are the lucky ones at Mangaotaki. Miss Maysie Cole, of Mairoa school is to be congratulated on winning out in this exam. Others are sitting for their pro. exam so we will hear more later. The teachers are to be congratulated, too. At the Pio Pio Show last week, Mrs. Heron got Ist for 2 years old girl and Ist and special for 9 months old baby, and wins the Plunket Cup for this show for babies. They are a good sample of sound Plunket advice. Only for the day being wet there should have been some more samples like these in. They are Nw Zealand’s greatest asset.

Our portable lime plant is going strong and carting out has begun. The bad weather caused the road to give in one spot and hung the crusher up for about a week. We have had a very wet spring and Ihe delay in shearing and other work was deplorable. This spsll of sunshine has put new life in us all. There seems no advantage in selling wool, or at least giving it away. It is a pity we cannot work it up into useful clothing and blankets on the farms as the expenses on transit to market do not get covered by sale, so the grower gets nothing. There are a few slips on Pungarehu Road that need attention. At a time like this one roadman has his work cut out to get over about 30 miles and mend slips. The mail car from Te Anga was held up by flood waters out near the coast. Indeed we 'were lucky not to get cut off by lax’ger slips as the percentage of rain this last few days was very high; also the tempex-ature was down below 60. We are pleased to hear that Lorraine Peterson has got his senior free place and will be home shortly from Shannon where he has been staying with his sister, Mrs. Harvey. The silver lining so much talked of of late are the children. Some of them give one a pretty candid version of the governing heads of our country and the clean-cut ideas of youth are oftentimes worthy of consideration.