TOKORANGI

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 190, 14 July 1941, Page 6

TOKORANGI

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Behind the brief announcement that the Maori day at the patriotic shop in Feilding was a huge success (the taking constituting a record) lies another example of the. determination of the Maori people of Tokorangi to do their utmost in raising funds for patriotic purposes. Arrangements were in the capable hands of rMs J. M. Duric (Feilding) and Mrs A. E. Prior (Tokoramri). These two ladies directed the efforts of their eager workers and gained the generous co-operation of settlers in this district to such good effect that there was no doubt that the day would be successful. A party of Maori youths and maidens who performed hakas, pois and action songs on a. lorry swelled the takings considerably by making collections at various points around the town. Airs Prior is gratofnl to all in the Tokorangi district who helped in any way to make the day the success it was, specially mentioning Alessrs K. Gunderson and R. Alanagh, without whose assistance the collection of the donations and the performances of the concert party would not have been completed. Aliss B. Prior, whose marriage takes place shortly, was the guest of honour at a “pantry” party arranged by Alessrs .T. Rosser and AI. Bush and held at the. residence of Airs J. Bush. A very large gathering of tho young peoplo of the district show, cd. in no uncertain manner, the esteem in which Aliss Prior is hold. The time was spent in games and competitions, the win-1 ners being Alosdamos Barnett and Fcrgusson and ATiss B. Prior. On behalf of (hose I present. Miss J. Rosser wished Aliss Prior | every happiness and asked her to accept the! parcels as small tokens of their esteem and j as a sign of their appreciation of her efforts | in all branches of the community. j The children of Tokorangi School had an ' unusual break in the routine of lessons when a pupil calmly announced that flames were , coming through the ceiling near the stove; pipe. Putting into operation the fire drill practised regularly, the children quietly left tho rooms while older pupils, the teacher and a neighbour attacked the fire from below and from the roof. They succeeded in subduing the outbreak quickly and before extensive damage was done. It was fortunate that the outbreak was discovered as j early as it was. for had it been an hour | later the school would have been empty and 1 the flames in control before being found. The cause of the outbreak is thought to ho a defective spark catcher round the stove pipe and a heap of dry grass carried in year by year by starlings and sparrows.