DOWN THE LINE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 1012, 2 November 1917, Page 3

DOWN THE LINE.

(Fnoit Onn Ow:; ConnnspoxDENT.) OTAKI, Oct. 31. Tho funeral c,{ the late Mm Mjta Tnpara look place yrsterda} afternoon, when the procession was a fairly lenglliv one. An rmpri -i•.■■• service ua- eonducteif both af iho Xative Church nnil ai the graveside, the Revs. Ti.niiiia To.kuaitua and Meicra olii oi;n in'.;•- Several un';ii!i- were placed on the cofiin. v TJie annua] bazaar, hold yesterday afternoon s.mrl evening in Bright', Thi'uti'o to raise funds io help wipe off a debt on All Saint. I .' vicarage, was considerably spoiled owing to unfavourable weather. The .-tallwore b'-attfil'ully arranged, and nicely >c: < tit' in delier.ro colours. Unfortunately, the attendance was poor. The stall-holders .■■voro as follows: — Produce and meat, Mi\s Modg son and Miss Wells; plain, Mrs Wihon; fancy, Mesdamcs Swaboy and Petrie; C'hrislinas tree, Miss fainted; doll, Mis? Xoilands; sweat* Misses Dovon.liiro; fish pond „nd bran tub. Mrs Kpe ft :in and the Misses (.'otterell. The refreshment stall was in ehurgc of Mrs J. R. Hills. A march liiat has been looked forward to i'ur some lime was one which eventuated on the Otaki bowling green on Satitid,- v between !•'. 11. Bright. Kilmister, Noble, and Ollivor (skip) and Knight, Wcbofcr, A. Bright, and Satherk-y (skip). The contest was. keen, and resulted in a win for Ollivor's link b\ 26 to lb. Another match between the same rinks is aniieinatod, and a dinner will be paid for by the losers. OTAKI. Xov. 1. Mr I'. Calpman lias" written to the Hoiowhenua A, and P. Association, stating- that a friend of his was willing, provided four others did likewise, to subscribe £1 each ! ii- a trophy Io bo competed for three times before being won outright, and Io be awardid (~ (.he best cow or heifer, irrespective of breed, at |.li- show. Mes?rs I!. 1.. I lorn and 11. M. Kssex have guaranteed to sicure ihe remaining £4. The Red (Jiosr. shop at Levin on Saturday will be managed h\ hulks of iho Roman Catholic congregation. AI the last Red ( YoSs .shop in the. townsiiip ever £IOO was raised, the stall of Mes.-:r.s Abraham and William- being largely responsible for this highlv saiisfaclorv state of affairs. Lieut. C. H, Lasther, of Levin, has been appointed temporary aide-de-camp to i.e Cencral Ofliaer Commanding the X.Z.M. Rilie Brigade (23rd Ann'!). uhilo Sergt. X. I'. Chamberlain, I'oriiierlv of Otaki, has la en ajipoiuted a second-lieutenant. Private Stanley Brewer, for some time in busiiK -.■ in Otaki and Levin, i- new back in camp in England, alter serving for some time in Mi sopotamia. The n.-.'.a has been received to the .fleet that Private Frar.k Tansle.i . sou ■ ; Mrs Tanslev. of Te I bar., v.a , killed in a. lien on October 12?!). Private Tansky, who left with the 17th Reinforcements, was about 27 years of age. and enlisted from Blenheim. Mrs Tansiev also lost a son ai the lauding at Gallipoli, and sincere .sympathy i.- expressed with her and members oi the famib in t!:eir bereavement.