PAHIATUA

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 5

PAHIATUA

PAHIATUA, Oct. 12. Mrs I. Graham and Miss Ngaire Graham have returned from an extended holiday spent at Te Aroha. Mrs Purvis, Palmerston North, is the guest of Mrs S. Purvis, Mangaramarama. Miss R. Shfkelton has returned to Pahiatua from a visit to Napier.

In tho ladies’ golf final for the Mr* Mathews’s Rose Bowl a very interesting anfi exciting match was played between Misses J. and B. Swainson and Misses R. Shekleton and L. Nelson. In the second round eight holes were halved but at the eighteenth Misses J. and B. Swainson won, thereby winning the match 1 up.

The proposed scheme of extensive alterations to the Foresters’ Hall and improvements in various appointments was further discussed at a meeting of the lodge last evening, when a committee comprising the C.R. (Bro. L. Barker), the treasurer (Bro. J. T. Paget) and Bro. A. Ross was appointed to deal with the matter. Recent mild weather has caused a good growth of grass and the country between Eketahuna and Pahiatua now looks exceptionally well.

An inquiry as to whether anything could be done regarding the ford below the town traffic bridge was made by Councillor W. H. Murch at the monthly meeting of the Pahiatua Borough Council. A few cars had got through, he said, but the majority had not. With the collapse of the old bridge the people from the other side were certainly not coming to town as much as they did before. The Mayor, Mr J. D, Wilson, agreed that the present ford was not practicable, but said that nothing could be done.

The late Mrs M. J. Eager, of Wellington, who was in her 83rd year, was born at Brighton (England) and came to New Zealand with her husband and daughter in 1874, in the sailing vessel Bebbington, which was wrecked on the return voyage. The late Mr and Mrs Eager landed at Napier and proceeded to Te Aute where they remained for 12 months, and where the natives were very hostile. Mr Eager subsequently took up farming at Blaekburn (Hawke’s Bay). After 12 years, Mr and Mrs Eager and family moved to Ormondville, where they remained for a year. Their next home was in this district. Mr Eager drew a section at Scarborough, or what is now known as Mangamutu. Mr Eager felled the bush on the section and sold the farm. He built two houses in Pahiatua and lived here for many years. He subsequently removed to Wellington, where he made his abode for two years. Returning to Pahiatua he stayed here till his death in July 1927. The late Mrs Eager afterwards took up her residence with her daughter, Mrs J. McHalick. Island Bay, Wellington. The deceased lady evinced a keen interest in the affairs of the day right almost up to the time of her death. She was a member of the Church for Christ for many years, and also belonged to the W.C.T.U. organisation. Of a kindly nature, her services were always available for the sick and those in distress. The family comprise Mrs J. MoHalick (whose marriage it may be incidentally mentioned was the first to take place in Puhiatua 44 years ago) and Mr A. Eager (Wellington). There are four grand-children and three great grandchildren.