TAHORA NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIV, Issue 2, 5 October 1926, Page 2

TAHORA NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent). The engagement is announced oi : Miss Elsie Ma v York, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs T. J. York, of Tahora, to William Henry Charles Kerr, oldest son of Mr and Mrs W. Kerr, Tahora. The Public Works Department aie busily engaged constricting a roadway to the Tahora Cemetery, and the public opinion appears to l.e that lb is a bad omen irrespective of the fact that one of the Taranaki papers informed the public that Tangarakau was a model village with all up-to-date sanitary arrangement.-* and ideal conditions. Ma|y* they prove correct, but 1 venture a query, Why the new" road to the cemetery?'

The'rabbits appear to he making a bold bid for supremacy in this district. One of the local farmers bagged two this week with a nest of four young ones, and on the Rabbit Ranger being informed of the occurrence he at once declared war upon any other intruder, with the result that by careful observation he at last gathered in three of the pests, and woe betide any others of the same trite. The wild -pigs are again proving a menace to the young lambs,and also a source of annoyance and loss to the farmers, but they must be recompensed by the fact that pigs don't cause as much damage as the rabbits, or so- it would appear. Most of the farming community have been working r 'at top" during the last fortnight, enriching their pastures with -manures, a most unenviable occupation, but with tlio light warm rain now fading, their labors should he well rewarded. 'Hie P.W. Department employees have built themselves a brand now hall at Tangarakau. which was ofhV daily opened on Friday, October Ist. the occasion beine marked by the visit of Mr E. Walter, M.P., for Stratford. A plain and fancy dross ball and euchre was the programme of the evening. Mr Walter made a brief speech, in which he made a comparison of the aims of the P.W.I >. of the present and past, stating that it was" mainly used as a relief works, but the present Government had employed methods to better the conditions of the worker, and so much good had accrued from that system That the P.W. Department was no longer a relief works, but a very substantial organisation which could he relied upon to carry out the most important works of. the country in a mosr workmanlike and satisfactory manner. Mr Walter then concluded by remarking that everyone present seemed full of happiness, and ho hoped tliat spirit would bejforemost in all future functions in vt\o new hall, and also in all their recreations and works. Mr Annand, the engineer m charge, then spoke a few words, giving his best wishes for the funure welfare .of. his work-people. . Mr Bradley, chairman of the N./i Workers' Union, was also present, and was received with a great ovation on rising to address the audience, who received Mis speech in a true workmanlike manner.

The assembly thjm commenced the ovening's programme with the Lancers. I should here like to state that the hall • was most artistically decorated, streamers covering * the top regions and huge ferns decorating the walls, and to the music supplied by their own orchestra (second to none in Taranaki), the first dance commenced. Tlio floor was extended t-> its utmost, but the main thing was that everyone was happy and a few bumps were overlooked. As the evening wore on, the congestion became lessened, but the spirit ol the assembly had but to lag for a short period, when Mr O'Carroll would bring them bacK again withhis jazz instruments, at the plaving abilities of Mr Mark Oronin as M.C., of which he is an adept, and the kept everyone alive "and eager for the next dance, until supper was announced; and what a repast it was. J believe it to be beyond my pen to describe it, but I will leave it at the remark made by our mender that he was astounded at it all and never expected that such an evening was in storo for him. It took lour sittings "to satisfy the hunger 61 these gay young dancers, nut there* was of everything, and everyone left the dining hall thoroughly satisfied. 'Then to dancing .-.sain, and at midnight a Monte Carlo waits held for prizes by the "Evening Post," and a great dance ifc proved, the best n> the evening, \\ inding up by the winners being declared in Miss F. York and Mr .f. Muir—a very popular will. Mr Hradley, on presenting the prizes, said that they greatly appreciated til* action of the "Post" m cioiutiitcr tlw prizes, and thanking their representative for travelling; per loot through rain and mud to bo pros-jut on sueli an auspicious occasion. 'Jho con-, tumes worn by the various lac!ie» were: —

Mrs Williams, Big Treo : Mrs Lock. I ley, Good Luck; Mrs Broennan, Euchre; Mrs Schw.ei.ters, Lightning; Mrs Dowman; Pierrot; Mrs Opn. 'Night; Miss 'Old. • French Peasant, i Miss Choski. Frolic; Miss Cherry, I Butterflyi Miss Parker, 'Bride; Mtss L 'lVvlor; Jockey; Miss B. McPhoe, Boy Blue; Mi»s J. Taylor. Egyptian Princess- Miss A. York, Prince Charming; Miss E York, Chinaman : Mr A. Muir, Shiek; Mr D. Kerr, Cowboy. _ it Fifteen tables were engage" »t cucln-e under tho management of Mr 'J 1 . Dipiti, and the results show clearly that the games were evenly contested, as six men and five women tied for the first prizes. The winners being declared as Ist ladies prize, Mrs C. Herdman; booby (ladies) Mrs L. Parsons; Ist gent's nn:'/\ Mr Bingham: liooby (gents). Mr C Crosby. Suitable prizes were given the winners, alter which the dance came to an end, and everyone wended their way home, about thirty returning to Tahora, satisfied it was an evening well spent, and with the promise of many more to follow. The Post and Telegraph Popartment employees have arrived a!) Tahora, and are "busily cngap«ni I" ing up communication with the settlement at Tangarakau. The I.V\ . Department have now procured a railway carriages instead of the open truck," and a charge of a small sum is t'o be inaugurated from now on. The comfort with which passengers may now travel down to Tangarakau, must, surely satisfy any i>ertsons with tender .nerves. f regret to statetlmt one. ot Hie local residents (Mr MillsN had oc caaion on Saturday to take his boy Frank out to Stratford in blankets. Tt is statM that ho has nod) be»u feeling well iust lately, and it eltlminated to-day. We all hope that his illness will not provo of a nature.