POHOKURA NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 129, 24 July 1911, Page 4

POHOKURA NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) A very successful school children’s concert was given here.on Arbor Day under' the leadership of cur schoolmaster, Mr. E. E. Ritchie. The programme was as follows :—School children, “Round Fields are Yellow; Anton and Resina Tybery, Swiss song; school children, two-part song, “Men or iiariick”; Mrs. Clark, song, “We are Only Plain Folks” ; school children, two-part song, “The Bells” ; Mrs Scott, song, “Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage”; school children, “Ye Banks and Braes”; Anton and Rosina Ty-, bery, Swiss song; school children, round, “Good Night”; Mr. Sid Medcalf, song; school children, “Poor Old Joe”; All. Speck, F. Clark, Anton Tybery, and G. Clark, quartette; school children, and also for Mr. M. Speck, song, “The Village Blacksmith”; school children, “Softly the Shades’ ’; school children, round, ‘‘Come Where Mountain Streams” ; Mrs. Notzii, Swiss song; school children, “The Old Kentucky Home” ; Mrs Mclvor, song, “My Bounie_ Boy in Blue”; school children, “Home to Dinner”; school children, “God Save the King.” The singing went off splendidly, and speaks highly for the school children, and also for Mr. Ritchie as a leader for singing lessons. Wo are very grateful to the ladies for the many full baskets which they brought along with them; also, kind thanks to the ladies and Mr Medcalf for supplying a number of songs it intervals. 1 am also pleased to mention that Mrs. C. C. Prideaux and Miss, M. Speck kindly supplied the music for the day.

Previous to the concert a nice selected lot of shrubs were planted in the school grounds. The first shrub was planted by the chairman’s wife, Mrs. I). Hickini'd ; shrubs were then planted by ladies, as follows: —The secretary’s wife, Mrs. C. C. Prideaux, Mrs. J. Speck, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Spencer, and Airs. Hogg, the remainder being planted by the school children. A very enjoyable day was spent by all, and before parting the school children gavfe three good hearty cheers for Mr. Ritchie (schoolmaster), and also for Mr. D. Hickford (chairman), thus ended our Arbor Hay in Pohokura.

Last Monday week we experienced cue of the highest floods that I have seen in this district. Whole trees could bo seen sailing down on a vast sb.eet of water; some damage was also done to fences, but so far I have not hoard of any loss in stock. As the flood was in daylight, there was good and enough warning to remove stock to higher ground. The Whanga'momona County ranger put in his first appearance here last Tuesday, and got a very good haul, iu the shape of live stock, on the roads in a very short time. As a stranger amongst us for the first time he had good chances. Mr. T. Blaskett, who was Lushfelling here for Mr. E. Ihocklebauk, met with rather a nasty accident the other day while underscrubbing, the point of the slasher going deeply into the knee-cap. He went out to Stratford the next day to have it attended to, and I understand ho has gone home to his parents at Ashhurst. We trust he will soon recover again, and be able to get to work. The frosts wo are getting hero are the sharpest I have seen since I Love Decn in the district, and more than I have seen any m inter before in this part. Feed for stock is very short 11010 just now. We are anxiously waiting for warmer weather to improve our pastures. Mr. MeHonald had the misfortune to get a valuable horse run down the other night by the ballast engine. It had to be shot. Wo' have never seen our roads in such good order before as they are mm-, at this time of the year. A euchre tournament and dance is held hero fortnightly, and is very well supported. A picture entertainment was posted up to take piece the other night at our Pohokura Hall, and being a fine night, a good number of people turned up in time to hoar that the gentlemen who wore to show the pictures had gone on before in haste to Stratford, thus the people were disappointed, and wended their way back home without seeing a picture. I understand that a debating class is short!'.’ to be formed here.