PUKEURI.

Otago Witness, Issue 1682, 16 February 1884, Page 12

PUKEURI.

(FROM OUH OWN OuRBISSPONDBNT.) February 9. Tun Weather for tho past week has b^en ex<-op-tiormbly good for thia year. Plenty of sunshiny weather ij whtt is required, now that harvest is in full bivlog all round the district Scholastic. — Tho annual election of our School Committee took placo here on tho 286b, when the following inemberu were duly elected— viz. : Ase3srd Duueau, AI.H.K , Ea9ton,Dalziel,'iUartiD,Macpherson, Mowhinney, and Qocdall. Dr JVTacgcegor las been voted for by the Committee for tho Kducation Board vacancy — Fiiday, the Ist iofit., heing- the day on which our tchool broke up for the harvest holidays, a large gathering of the parents of th-; children attending the school took place, for ilio purpose of witnessing the distribution of p'izss to the children, after which CfaaKh v/ete indulged in, an. I £3 insiKer w»i distributed to the winners of the several events. PROGRESS.— iIr S. llowniuney, formerly of Kensington, Dunciliu, has started a general store in our township, where everything can be suplit-d from a needle to an anchor. With the aforesud store, together with a hotel, b'acksmith's %hop, uchoolhouso, railwayStation wiih cattle-yards attached, we are fast approaching the Htattid of a towuchip.