HIKURANGI NEWS.

Northern Advocate, 30 January 1922, Page 3

HIKURANGI NEWS.

LEAYE-TAKING,

Mr R. J. Patton, the popular positmastcr of this town, leaves on Tuesday next for Tua.lcau, to which town he has been promoted His mlbanity and equanimity made the transaction of post office work most pleasurable. MASONIC AU RE VOIR. On Wednesday evening mienubcrs of the local Masonic Lod»e entertaine'l at a supper Brof. Patton and H. Cheeseman, who is going into business in the far North. Tea and light comestibles were served by the stewards, and eulogists tind regretful speeches were ma-le by the W.M., P.M.'s, J.W., and visitors. Songs were contributed by Brs. Steele, J. Jones, H. Parker and Rutherford. The proceedings •closed at 10 p.m. by all singing "Aulnl Lang Svne." SECRETARIAL CHANGE. On Thursday evening the Bowling Club Committee accepted with many expressions of regret the resignation of jMr Put-ton as secretary of th-e club. Mr Rust, patron of the club, was present land received a hearty vote of thanks from the committee for agreeing to carry on the secretarial d.utios of the club for the rest of the season. PERSONAL. Mr and Mrs P. S. Rust and family and Mr and Mrs G. J. Rust arc spending part of their vacation here with their parents. Mr Pert Coutts met with n painful accident while attending to the brake of an empty cream can truck at the factory, whereby the nail of one finger was gouged ripht out. T am glad to report that Mr D. Ball, who met with a painful accident recently, is able to get about and do a little work. His son Wilson, looking well, was home from Wellington, spending his holiday with his parents. WAR MEMORIAL. t Tiotir-ed that the war memorial final meeting, which was to have been held lasi Monday, is now called for February ,">. The form of memorial will h-p-e to be decided upon thereat, and I understand the subscribers are to be called on to vote on the various schemes that have beer, propounded, which include a library room, cottage hospital, memorial gates at entrance to school grounds, and a marble slab, with names thereon, at the concrete bridge approach wall, and drinking fountain and lamp connected therewith. BO W LING ENTH USIAST. Bowlers generally are delighted to see owe a Grain in the town the genial face of Mr Douglas, engineer to the Hikurangi Coal Company. Mr Douglas has just returned from a visit to the Homeland in connection with engineering plant. Mr Douglas has always been a consistent and enthusiastic bowler and club members arc pleased to wel-

come him back. TO AND FRO. As this town is being constantly .toss- I od over the electoral dividing fence between Ma.rsden and Bay of Islands, I would uggest that is be renamed "Shuttlecock." The position reminds one c.f "the tail that wta.gged the dog." Surely the wisdom of our legislators could end this farce. Hikurangi should nlwrnys be in .the same electorate as Whangarei, and what would it matter if the two electorates had exactly 10,000 or the Bay had 9000 and Marsden 11,000? Community of interests i« ef more importance 'than a handful of electors, either one side of the fence or the other.