NORFOLK ISLAND NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13399, 30 January 1907, Page 5

NORFOLK ISLAND NEWS.

j fl'llOM Of P. OWN CO It RE-Sl'O ] j .January 14. j Thk Christinas festivities passed over very I quietly. Tin' weather was extremely hot I and foggy, with an occasional light fall of rain. I On Boxing Day play iv«- commenced for the tennis < ,ij>. There are four clubs engaged this year, the Lougrtdge (present I holders), Waveney, Steel's Point, and Burnt j Pine Club.-. Wuvency ha\e Iwaten the j J Steel's Point and Burnt Piue teams, and j I now* haw to play the cup holders. This .name i.- expected to provide sonic spirited ! play. | An exhibition of fancy and oilier kinds |of needle-,01 k and cookery was field in the j : Courthouse on 'the 27th nil. This <• iii 1»i- j | lion ha- come to be an annua! one, and was j i first in.-tit l>y Mrs. Lavertz, wife of I | the then \V:.'U\a minister, some three or j ' four years ago. This year the work was i I carried on under i ii*" auspices of Mr-. Drake, wi-r of the thief magistrate. as-i.-'cii by Mr-. Metcalfe and other ladies. 'I he exhibition as perhap* an improvement on previous one,-, and showed that the young women of the j.-.'ynd are up to date in fancy and other needlework. -V number of prizes were "iisTritmled. In the evening, at the 1 .ongriugo i!ai!, a very enjoyable concert- was given a finale to the exhibition. The sinking and part—Hiding were exeep- j t inn ally good. 1 A wry interest,big meeting between Mr, ; ,]as. Jacobs, 15.A., headmaster of the public j i-el.ooi, and he parents took place in the schoolroom im the morning oi the 21st ill'. The chief magistrate on-sided. and nearly till tlio officials of the i.-laud were pi' -ent. It- was breaking-up day. mid Mr. .laeobi had tailed the patent- i< aether to giv:> them all account of tin- work do in l by tins children (hiring the few months he had been in charge. The report wa-, considered very sati.-factory. The children were afterwards entertained and spent a very plea.-ant day. Oh the evening of New Year's Day the l'acnic Cable staff gave a ball at the "Quarters," Anson Hay. The evening- was (inc. and notwithstanding the distance a large number responded to the ;n<. hat-ion am! j. spent a. most enjoyable time. Mr. and 1 Mrs. ('ufhl)ert and the member-, of the st-afi' ! were very much in evidence, leaving- nothing undone to make their guests comfortable. '1 lie s.s. Tamlxj il'aptaiu Yov). of Burns. I'hilp, and Co.'s island Mail line, arrived from Sydney on the morning of the 7th I in-t., bound to the Islands, and having on I board a number 'if repatriated kanakas for distribution in the New Hebrides. The steamer brought six passengers for the island. and resumed tier voyage early next , morning. The weather conditions tor December were as follows:—Barometer: Highest on i 17th. 29.900: lowest on 4th, 29.600. Titer- ! urometer: Maximum, 82; minimum, 60. ; Winds: Kasterly. 27: westerly. 4 days; rain on 9 days. Weather extremely hot. j [ I ;