OVER THE RANGE

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14101, 29 April 1919, Page 2

OVER THE RANGE

jj [Tha “Times” car leaves Falmlerstoo. at 4 o’clock each morning, and runs via Aokautere and Woodvllle, to Dannevirke, and returning f via Ta Eehunga and Kiritaki to Woodville, Fahiatua, and Ballance, and thence to Palmerston via the | Gorge, 105 miles each day. These I Notes below are supplied by our Travelling Representative, with headquarters at Dannevirke. Office in Ward Street, or Box 155, Dannevirke.]

DANNEVIRKE DOINGS. One of tlie candidates for the Bor- ' ougli Council, ulio is expected to bo returned, is Mr Herbert Hewitt, manager of the H.B. Farmers’ Association, Mr Hewitt is the type of men required for municipal affairs. He was born and bred nero and has been a resident of the town for the past ten years. Mr F. Ci. Bott, o well-known local resident, is a candidate for the Borough Council and requests the support of the electors. He is chairman of the North • School Committee. Me C. MeGibbon returned to-day from a Avcek’s stay in Napier. In the presence of a large congregation, the Bishop of Waiapu consecrated the new' windows which have been placed in. the eastern aaull in memory of the lute Rev. L. F. RobcrtshoAve, Avho for nearly 40 years was in charge of the Dannevirke parish. More men, more soldiers, more crowds at the station to-day. In the joyous home-coming, there was one cot case, that of Cpl. James Newberry, of Kiritaki, the holder of a military medal.

Mr L. G. Armstrong, a well-known business man, and former resident of Dannevirke, has been elected Mayor of Te Awaxnutu.

Miss Dorothy Bingham, of Dannevirke, has been successful in obtaining her B.A. degree. Miss Bingham is a student at Victoria College.

Members of the Bowling Club intend faroAvclling their president, Mr H. G. Smith, Avho is leaving for Hastings. In memory of their son, the late Pte. Jack Tansiey, the parents have had placed in position, in the Anglican Church a very nice tablet, surmounted by a cross. The tablet is suitably inscribed. Pte. Tansiey Avas from his boyhood closely associated with the church.

Rifleman T. Port, Avho left Avith the 25th Reinforcements, and was seriously wounded, returned to Dannevirke on Saturday. Misses L. and A. Fillman arrived on Monday from Gisborne. Their brother, Pte. F. Fallman, is due home shortly. Tenders are invited by the Akitio .County Council for the erection of a concrete culvert, and also for several metalling contracts on the Pongaroa and Akitio roads. Tenders close Avith Mr F. A. Lloyd, county clerk, Pongaroa, on Friday. ; The H.B. Farmers’ Association will hold a clearing sale of dairy cows and farming implements on behalf of Mr Rendlc, of Kiritaki, on Wednesday. Light luncheon wall be provided. MAHAS AH ARA. A public welcome home social will be accorded Privates W. and P. Gibson at the Maharahara Hall to-morrow night at 8 o’clock. All settlors of the district arc requested to attend.