TOKOMARU

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 202, 27 July 1926, Page 10

TOKOMARU

At the meeting of the HorowhonpW Power Board mention was pjp,do of enquiries from the Tokomaru School Committee concerning tho cost of installing four electric heaters in the school, and if tho heaters wore only used in winter what tho heating rate would be. Tlie chairman suggested making a quotation for six months and then cutting off tho power. A suggestion was made by Mr Overton that a special rating charge might bo more suitable. Mr Gunning said that for cold days in tho summer tho lieators might bo required, and tho cutting off of tho power might provo awkward. A resolution to form a committee consisting of tho chairman, secretary and engineer, to confer on the matter with power to act was agreed

to. ... Mr Algar has accepted the position of buttor maker at tho local factory. About 20 young ‘•tin-kettlers” visited tho homo of Mr and Mrs A. J. Rowlands on Friday evening to get them a welcome. Songs wero contributed by MessrsC. Stevenson, H. Parr, Lucas, Williams, D. and A. Wilton and S. Kennard, Mr Hueson acted as conjurer and H. Morgan and L. Simpson ontortained tho company with card-tricks. Mr Morgan also delighting the audience with a “liaka.” Before tho party dispersed, Mr arid Mrs Rowlands wero presented with a small token of appreciation, and tho singing of “Auld Lang Syne” brought a pleasant evening to a conclusion. , , , j Mr Cecil Rowlands, who has been spending a holiday in Wellington, returned homo on Friday ovening. A special hall committeo meeting has been arranged for August 2nd, at 8 p.m. Mrs 11. Burge has accompanied her husband from Hastings, and will spend a short holiday here. Mrs J. \Vilson of Awapuni, is spending a few days heiq. Miss Hcighton is a visitor to Awapuni. ! Continuous rain which fell during- Saturday night and Sunday was instrumental in blocking culverts and banking up water to ! such an extent that several washouts occurred. Tho nowly erected bridge on tho | Albeit road suffered to a considerable cxI tent.

[From Our Own Correspondent.]