NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12713, 16 November 1904, Page 7

NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

\ -', [PBOM OUIt OWN COBEE3PONDEST3.] ';'/'. ■ . HIKOTAIA. ~:, A VFB.Y successful p'laiii and fancy ■ dress ball was held ( in■ the 'Farmers' Union ; Hall ■at ■ HikU" taia l (writ'? our ;P.aerfik' correspondent), ft on Friday evening last, visitors being present froml'aeroft, Karangahalro and 'illumes, as well as irain ■■ the c inuidesli&ie ■ neighbourhood ..* Hifcutaia.: Messrs. W. an iE. Elliott were Uf.O.'s., - while inc. dunce music was supplied bfLiiiTcGre* r's band, from Thamel The 'fancy ; costumes - worn', were.;- very handsome. and the bail -.v; v , most successful. PAEKOA. At a meeting of the Ohinemuri Agricultural and II rllcuiuiral Society, it was i<!cid«d to Hold ' lie ; annual ': hartJcaUttral :' »ho ron 'J aim* ary 26 heit, and the stock show on February 'IS.. . "■"-'.■• ■ '■:■■. ." A week's mission wasi commenced at the Raman CUlt ..It Church, Ijer'..-, oft Sunday morning, the missioner being the Rev. Father Benedict. Tito seniles were well attended. ; : .:' . ■' WAlil. ; ::,v i ADJUTANT DICKKN3, of the Salvation Army, baa w-iUea very h>ira Kre m ma of the army's reucue v;ork,'auu'iue CuUiuiuUity havlug rospuiudea ■ very lioerally. the amartttai re-; &j..t i/l his effort m tar has been the raising at about jtiiio wltiiiit a month '• v . . The v, nor at Waihi lateiy ha? been far from p.eiia»ui. a continual strong »un<i blowing, raising iii/iuls of dust. Great inconvenience is ueaifi: experience » U." business tejpie ana others, i-Ji M-naai night a large ball .ms Wi.kiJ.i3 being raised, was ytU*<!u'lu.i>. »»*. inches atons the " tkiusV by the prevailing is-nd. KATJKAPAKAPA^ KAUKAPAKAPA. Tlin annual meeting' of the Kaukapafcapa :'Aui.etic''o»uii : was held on evening last. The following officers were: e;ecieu lor: tins ensuing year President, Mr. P. Dye; vice-president, Mr. .W. H. iiiiiiiiau; secretary and treasurer, Mfr. H, Dye; programme coin--inittee. Messrs. 6. Shanhs, F. Dye, T.yNa«,gh> ; tun James Orinnan. and J. Young. A huge 'general comrniv.tee, and other otu dais, were also aopoiuteil. The balance-sheet was considered highly satisfactory, the sum to Hi credit of the club being £7 7s M. : ' ' KOTOItUA. THE n«w Roman Catholic Char eh st WbakitrewareWa, n«\v aiuiroachiug eomv»*tion. "s tO'te opened rjj next month. -. - For souia:time t> est |Wise., Griffin' has .;- been engaged at Wiiakarewarewa iimuiig the Maoris in mission work, and has enueare-i herself very much to the yoitoger members of the tribe there. ' " . ■ ■ ~. ''.- -", WHANG AB'EI. .'. , :. . MR. J. BUAY has presented the Whangftrei "Vericultdial and t'asLorai Society wuh a number of handsome flags-for the new giand.i ■*ian.» and grounds at Kensington Park. Ph* dag* bare the irorj« " A. aim P. Society, and are 16) long. . This seas -ai's A. and P, show privileges were •sold MesaTa. hunter and Wilson, and. Messrs "Wakolin, Crane, and Co., nucti nears, as follows booth;iMr.4!cL*W.~wi4 luncheon booth, F. Cooper, £17; fruit stall. same purchaser, £1: sole right to photograph on the grounds at.slww.d. T. Oowdeil £5 ; Messrs. ; J."' w. ; Briggs and J. vM. Killen.; J.P.'s committed W. Taylor, of Puhipuhi. to the Avondale Asylum this ([Tuesday) morning, : "'an a lunatic, on the medical evidence of Or. Florence Keller and Die. Scott. «»»i.i j^_^_^__j ___j_ XJllLllJll ' "''' HiiiiiHjiM^iiiiiMßMiiiwiwiwiiwiwawwpwiHwwv