DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 October 1919, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

WAITOITOI. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) The annual examination of tho local school by tho Board's inspector takes place on Thursday. During the absence of Mr. Wm. Taylor, the manager of the Waltoitoi factory, who, I regret to state, has been obliged to go south owing to tho illness of Mrs. Taylor, senr, the factory is being run under the supervision of Mr. Jas Ross, late of Warea. The recent spell of fine weather has enabled farmers to make Rood progress with Ploughing and sowing operations. A fair area of mangolds will be under cultivation this season, as though they entail a fair amount or labor, the excellent returns per acre are making this root crop very popular among farmers. Tho welcome news that the Government has decided to refund the butter factories %d per lb. on last season's butter has caused a feeling of satisfaction amongst those, interested in this district. ' A largely attended meeting was held in tfie Urenui Hail on Saturday evening for tho purrose of considering the matter of welcoming the soldiers of this district who have returned from the war. Mr. A. H. Halcombo chairman of the local Patriotic Committee, presiding. After discussion, it was decided that the function should take the form of a social Kith a sit-down supper, in the Urenui Hall " . and that inrlt »ti°M he Issue to the returned soldiers in the district, Y«, ? r ' T , lle , ge of brll >6ing a lady friend. A strong ladies committee was appointed to canvass the district for support, nnd no effort is being spared to make the welcome to the noys as enjoyable and successful as possible, iv ?, « in ,ho last lssu<! of ">0 Christchurch ». a p ,? em ent!tM . "In Flanders' T £ „ OTitten b y fie late Lieut.-Colonel K?'? 1 T1 ! 0 poem ' as Published In this journal, is incomplete, as from a copy I have seen, the concluding verses contain "America's t '.'f h aro not Blven 1(1 tho Press. I might mention that the writer of the poem is related tp Mrs. MsCrae, of this district, and served -with distinction in the South African and the late European Wars. . The poem 13 considered by the English critics to be one of the finest written on tho war. and runs as follows IN FLANDERS' FIELDS T , By John McCrae. In Flanders fields, the poppies grow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravoly singing, flv, I Scarce heard amid the guns below. Iw e ?. re , tho dc!ld - Short day "go I we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, I Loved and were lojied; and now wo lie In Flanders' fields. I Take up our quarrel with the foe! | To you with falling hands wo throw The torch. By yours to lift it high 1 If ye break faith with us who die |no shall not sleep, though popples blow 1 In Flanders fields. | AMERICA'S ANSWER. I Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead, file fight tlrtit ye so bravely led We've taken up. And we will keep true faith with you who be asleep » ith each a cross to mark his bed; And popples growing overhead, where onco his life blood ran red. ho let your rest be sweet and deep In Flandefs' fields. .m eflr x llo *, *' B have died for nought, The torch ye threw to us Is caught, Ten million hands will hold it high And freedoms light shall never die, Vteve learned the lesson that ye taught In Flanders fields.