TE AROHA DISTRICT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17753, 12 April 1921, Page 7

TE AROHA DISTRICT.

[BY TELEGRAM.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.} TB AROHA, Monday. The Mayor is convening a public meeting with a view to deciding in what form to welcome and entertain Their Excellen- , cied the Governor-General and Lady ; Jellicoe, who are to pay a brief visit to Te Aroha on "Saturday, April 23. Mr. G. Batsman, postmaster at Waitoa for two or three has been trans- J ferred to Ingle-wood, Taranaki. The footballers tendered him a farewell smoke concert. I At Manawaru the settlers presented Mr. j and Mrs. T. McLaren with a travailing ( rug and a suit-ca.se in view of their Parly departure on a holiday trip t-o England. The Rev. Connolly, of Te Aroha, mad» the presentation. At Eastport P*oad a farewell social was held to bid good-bye to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur WagstafF and Mins Wagstaff, who leave this week for a trip to Europe and Britain ; and also to Mr. J. B. Thomas, who has left the district to reside at I Odorrinsville. Miss Wagstaff wan pre- j seated vdtb a leather writing cabinet by ! the Eastport Road Methodist Church mem bers, as an appreciation of her work as organist. Mr. Thomas was presented with a travelling bag. The Borough Council has decided to inrite returned soldiers to a reunion 011 Anzac Day, as on previous anniversaries. At the annual meeting of the Te Aroha branch of the Plunket Society reports showed that good work Had been done, and interest had increased greatly during the year. Over 260 babies had been ex amifred by the visiting Plunket Nurse during the past nine months. The branch's finances show a email credit balance. The election of officers for the ensuinp year resulted: —President, Mrs. Puckrsdge; vice-presidents, Mesdames McG lash an and McCormick: secretary, Mrs. Reese ; treasurer, Mrs. Hopper; committee, Mesdames Bliss. Morison, Charters, Wood. Kenrick and Gash.