OVER THE RANGE

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 14095, 2 January 1919, Page 3

OVER THE RANGE

[The ••Times" car leaves Palmerston at 4 o'clock each morning, and runs via Aokautere and Woodville, to Dannevirke, and returning via Te Behunga and Kixitaki to Woodville, Pahiatua, and Ballance, and thence to Palmerston via the Gorge, 105 miles each day. These Notes below are supplied by our Travelling Representative, with headquarters at Dannevirke. Office in Ward Street, or Box 155, Dannevirke.]

DANNEVIRKE DOINGS. ■ The old year, a memorable one, was blown out by much, wind and music. The latter was largely of the bagpipe variety and selections best understood by Scotchmen. Still, they were good to hear in the merry midnight rcvellings in 1918, with all its joys and sorrows, mostly sorrows, quietly drifted down the stream of time. It will ever be remembered as the year of Peace. In the last fleeting moments, the remnant of the crowd that had thronged the streets wandered home, no doubt, to make fresh promises and resolutions, only alas, like pie-crust, in many cases soon to be broken. But enough of this! Welcome 1919, which has a great programme for us; good luck to all. New Year's Eve was line, and High street was crowded till a late hour. Many shopkeepers were kept busy. The An/.ac Orchestra, mounted on a motor lorry, contributed tuneful selections in various parts of the street, and the money collected was in aid of the hospital" fund. The crowd throughout the holiday.s was most orderly and a very pleasing feature was the absence of drunkenness. A Watch Night service was conducted by the Rev. J. Richards at the Methodist Church on New Year's Eve. The weather on New Year's Day was boisterous, but it is nothing unusual for the first day of the New Year to be in peculiar mood. It was not very pleasant for out-door gatherings. Eighty people died in thi spart during the "past quarter, and for the year 136 passed out. almost double the number for 1917. In 1918 there were 43 marriages and 223 births, both less than for the previous year. Two persons, a farm assistant, and a land agent, filed in 1918, one less insolvency than in 1917. The new picture theatre, the Arcadia, is now announced to be "opened " on the 14th inst. There is a chopping and changing of farms. At Te Rehunga, Mr A. Hansen has bought out Mr Vowell, Mr T. Lyall has become owner of Mr A. Eddin 's (Sen.) place. Mr Jerviss (Tahoraite) enters into possession of Mr Eddin k s (Jun.) farm. Rev. G. B. Stephenson (Vicar of Dannevirke) and Mrs Stephenson are holidaying for a fortnight in the Wairarapa. Miss A. Wilson, of Hastings, who was transferred a couple of months ago to the local Post Office, returned a few days ago to Hastings, after a severe in-fluenza-pnenmonie illness. The new dispenser for the various district Friendly Societies is Mr E. Prior, chemist. Messrs .Gftllioson. and Son, of Palmerston North", a!re the "contractors for the til,e work at, the new Arcadia Theatre, and workmen are now busily engaged on same. The motor work of Messrs Neilsen and Co. attracts outside customers. A Pahiatua business man engaged their services for fittings, etc., to his car, while the ,«ame firm have just constructed a very tine looking car for a Palmerston North firm. Messrs Wackrill and Stewart. The workmanship throughout is splendid, and a great credit to Messrs Neilsen and Co.