Te Uruwahoa.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43117, 23 July 1907, Page 2

Te Uruwahoa.

[Our own Correspondent.]

The school has at last been opened, It is half-time" with Walton. Miss A. M. Crickett, of Walton school, is the teacher. The local children are quite content now that they have no long cold rides to Waitoa. Mr Thos. Hanna has been appointed to act as Commissioner. Mr N. Wright, our late creamery manager, is, we learn, still in the Auckland province busy installing milking machines. The roads are almost dry again after the long spell of wet weather. Sanding in several places being badly needed, and we trust that our worthy councillors will see to it before long so that the suppliers to the local creamery will not be wading up to their necks in mud during the coming season. THUMBS UP. Teacher (to class): Now who can tell me what has to be done when a fowl is about to lay ? Small girl . Please, Miss, make a nest for it to lay in. Teacher : Yes. Now what is the next thing to be done. Small boy . Please, Miss, put a nest egg in Teacher: What would you put a nest egg in for? Small girl: Please, Miss, to show the hen what shape to lay the egg. Inquisitive people sometimes find satisfaction in catechising Lttle boys about their private affairs. This is how one of these curious bodies recently fared. Hello, little boy, what is your name ? Same as dad’s, said the little boy. What’s your dad’s name ? Same as mine. I mean what do they call you when they call you to breakfast ? They don't never call me to breakfast Why don’t tlioy ? Because I always gels there first.