Whakarongo

Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 196, 21 August 1935, Page 2

Whakarongo

From Our Own Correspondent. The sympathy of the district is extended to Miss G. O'Brien, infant mistress nL the school, in the loss of her father. On Thursday the annual meeting of ihe dairy company will be held in the hall, when an excellent attendance is hoped for. The ping pong match against Allison will not take place this week, and the weekly night practice will be held on Wednesday evening, as the hall is engaged for Thursday. AVeather conditions the past few days have been wretched and several times the Storey creek has been on the point of running over its banks. The constant rush of water is responsible for serious erosion in many parts. Barth a chain wide lias been washed away in the past few years in one locality. The railway was quite busy after the slip on tho line at the place known as Lynch's bend had been cleared. It will be some days before the earth is properly cleared away. On Wednesday-afternoon-the W.I. will meet. Members are reminded that it is a gift afternoon for a member recently burnt out. There is to be a demonstration on folk dancing, lecture on sweet making, and competition on best arrangement of spring blooms in a jam jar. The bachelors held a wind-up meeting on Monday evening, when the secretary, Mr If. Gore, presented a balance sheet showing a substantial profit. It-was decided to make a donation of £1 to the hall committee and to give a trophy for the AVhakarongo Flower Show, to be held on November 22.

At a combined meeting of tiie AV.T. and the hall committee, final arrangement! were made concerning the impending soo>