TUAPEKA WEST.

Otago Witness, Issue 2398, 15 February 1900, Page 38

TUAPEKA WEST.

February 13. — The war news is the sole topia of conversation at the present time. Well, we are not amusing ourselves by reading and discussing the news from the front, btit we are do.nr; the main and substantial thing. At the present time this district is in accord with the other districts collecting funds for the Rough Riders' contingent, and the people are responding to the call very well. A public meeting was held in the school last evening, and though the attendance was not large, the response to ihe call was good, over .£2O being collected hi the room. Mr J. Bulfin was called to the .'hair, and said they all knew he was not a good speaker unless he gofc warmed up, and then he could talk a greafc deal. A suggestion was made that he would' be a good soldier if he was at the front. However, he told the meeting the important object they had met for, and he hoped they would respond to the call very heartily. , There were not many long or patriotic speeches made, everyone seemingly being bent on going straight foi business. Apologies were read from some ivhc were unable to attend, including one from. Mr Williams who hoped that they would have a, good meeting, and now that the mother country was in trouble, they would stick together as one man and support her ia hei t'me of need. They might feel proud to hail from such a country, when they saw a"d read of the harsh customs and arbi"