MOTUEKA.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12773, 21 April 1910, Page 4

MOTUEKA.

At the annual meeting'of the Young Men's Institute there was a good attendance of members. The balance sheet showed a credit balance of 19s 6d, with liabilities of about £2. Against this the club have as &ss»ts furniture, etc., that cost about, £15. There is every prospect of this year being a successful one, and it is evident that the club room is nlling a long felt want in the borough, lrrangements have been made to sec.re the lease of the- room for the yeir, and subscriptions have been fixed a" 10s for borough members and js loi those from the country. . ; A meeting of the Cnbbage J tso-n---ation was held on Saturday night, an entries were received from c.lev?>i teams. Matches will take place on every Monday night, comm». L;:"g ci May 2nd. At a special meeting of ttu fiorougU Council an account of £203 13s M from the Heat and Supplies Cootya.iy was passed for payment. It vas ie.~ solved that the contractor tor tho Whakarewa protective works be alio.ved to use the Council's winch, povided that he returns it in good ordfvA severe storm was experieacei vi Pokororo and portions of Biw iKd. ««u Saturday. Sheds were unronf'd and trees up to ten and twenty years <ld were uprooted in the former* district All unpicked fruit suffered severely, and some sheets of iron from M<- £. James's shed in Brooklyn were wh'rl« ed high in the air and carried upwarlj of a mile.

The Ea Ora and Riwaka Footbill Clubs met in a friendly game >n Saturday, th«d former team winning" by 16 to nil. The local telephone has now twentveight subscribers, and the Post Office has had. the acetylene gas installed, to the great convenience of the public.