TE ARAROA NEWS
FAREWELL DANCE
(Herald Correspondent.)
The settlers, particularly the natives, ■rave a-pleasant iarewell ciance to Miss rUthlceu Asher in the local hall last LM-iuay mgiil and altlioiigh snort notice only was given there was a good attendance, several people coming U'oni the. outlying district. -Miss Asner, who lias ,'ieen assistant to Nurse Mangukahia, is leaving this week for her home at ToUaanu, iaupo, and during her stay in Te Araroa, by her kindly ways, proved herself very popular. Speeciies were made by Mrs. Ahurui and Mr. Taipari Brown, the former presenting the guest of the evening With a travelling rug on behalf of the public and with two boxes of handkerchiefs on behalf Te Rongcmaitapui Women s Institute. • , . ~ In responding, Miss Asher thanked the people lor their gifts and in the course of the evening sang two songs ui a pleasing manner. Mrs. Henare, Miss E, Pearce and .Messrs. I. Iloerara, Puna Brown and G. Ngata provided the music, while Mr. Taipari Brown carried out the duties of M.C. Supper was provided by the ladies. , The East Cape-Te Araroa road was again damaged by the last heavy ram, six slips coming down at the cliffs just across the Awatere River. Suppliers to the Ngatiporou Dairy Company, who deliver cream in the morning, were much inconvenienced by the slips, lhe slips were sufficiently cleared to let rulers through, but all vehicular traffic is stopped. At the request of the police the young) father of a baby who died suddenly last week at East Cape carried in front of his saddle the coffined body over thorough Kautuku Hill. Owing to the flooded state of the Awatere River the body could not he taken to Te Araroa. The young, delicate mother accompanied her husband. They got through without mishap, but a young teacher who_ was determined to attend the teachers refresher course at Tikiliki came to gnet and arrived at his destination covered with muil. An inquest into the death of the baby was held at Te Pma and in accordance with the medical evidence that the baby died from natural causes a verdict to that effect was returned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18955, 4 March 1936, Page 7
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358TE ARAROA NEWS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18955, 4 March 1936, Page 7
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