MANGAWEKA.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8842, 19 June 1907, Page 3

MANGAWEKA.

Prom Our Own Correspondent. Great interest was centred in the cribhage match Maugaweka v. Tailiapc. After a hard tussle the latter won by two games. A return match is anxiously looked forward to. Tiie excitement of the Rifle Club ball is over, aud I must congratulate tho committee ou the mauner iu which they carried out their duties to make the 1007 hall such a success. Visitors from all parts arrived by train, coach aud steamer and throughly ou joyed themselves.' A man, . who had been imbibing too freely, fell against the corner of the piano yesterday, the result was a nasty wound, a flue of os aud costs aud a prohibition order issued agaiust him to-day. Friday’s rain was responsible for many slips around this district, aud one particularly bad one came down iu front of Mr Kingston’s residence. Iu its course it overturned cowbails, fowlhouse, dog kennels aud buried a few cords of diary matai firewood. Not a nice visitor ou your selection. If the settler up the To Kapua road persists, in letting his weaners parade about as they please and become a nuisance, lie" will find that it will cost him more for poundage fees than what it would cost to meud the fence.

It is rumoured that a wedding on a large scale, will take place hero very shortly. It is a long time since the local storekeepers had a run on rice, but this week they are double-bank-ing their orders.