DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 283, 22 April 1913, Page 8

DISTRICT NEWS.

MAKETAWA.

(From Our Own Correspondent). Master Norman Bridgeman, youm-cst ■on of Mr. .1. A. Bridgeman, of Durham road, sustained a very nasty injury t.» Ins foot ami !<-«■ through his horse f-Ulin* while crowing a bridge. The youngster / had a narrow escape from a serious trait- V ture. Latest aeeonnts are that the in jury is slowly getting better. The dtcisiou that the big warship w jh visit New Plymouth has eased a hi 2 hit of tension. Whije the uncertainty of her visiting the port was in evidence soU tiers in various parts of the Moa district were gradually getting up to high pressure, and notwithstanding the efforts of the cautious ones, who recognised i t \ m too early to begin to "buck," s.ine tall talk was indulged in. The idea of railmg children to Wellington was met with derision. However, it is now up to school committees in the "wayback" to make a start with arrangements, so that the children may have the opportunity of seeing the Dominion's contribution to the Empire's defence. With the long nights advancing and other indications of winter becoming prominent, lovers of the art of Terpsichore are arranging gatherings in their respec I tive districts. A dance and social is to | be held in the Norfolk School on the 25th | mat., and the initial dance of the sea- . son for the Durham district is fixed for May 2,

The small bird nuisance is yearly becoming more deadly. To see the* wav the wretched little customers destroy fields of oats, etc., is enough to make a man lose his whiskers in one hit! Spring or autumn makes not the slightest difference. One man has had to resow a big paddock, the original sowing havine been totally demolished as soon as it appeared above ground, while another fine paddock a couple of miles further up the road has been severely let alone The period is rapidly advancing when householders will be faced with the matter of electing members to their respective school committees, and it behoves alt who have the welfare of the vounir at heart to roll up and see to it that committees are elected. The pity of it is that so many shirk their responsibility in this respect. Of course, if thinjm do not run exactly smoothly and one or two get their corns trodden on there is a different tale told. When will the pubhc recognise that with a local committee looking after its school and all that pertains 'to it they must with reason get all that is necessary, while ne* ect means in the end wiping out this local control and centralising perhaps 100 miles away ? It is only when privileges are lost through carelessness that it is recognised wl.at has been lost, and to prevent the centralising tendency Householders should see to it that their grip is strengthened by more real, lira interest being shown.