MANGAEHU FARMERS MEET

Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1930, Page 12

MANGAEHU FARMERS MEET

BRANCH OF UNION FORMED. As a result of a well-attended meeting of settlers in the Puniwhakau district on Tuesday evening it was unanimously decided to form a branch of the Farmers’ Union to be known as the 'Mangachu branch. The following officers were elected: President, Mr, M. Phillips; vice-presi-dents, Messrs. J. Norri-i, G. Muggleton and It, Ure; executive, Messrs. L. Bunn, .N. J. Symes, E. Cutfield, J. Welsh, Hedge and Skitrop; secretary, Mr. W. Norris. Mr. T. T. Murray, president of the Toko branch, presided. After congratulating the district upon the attendance (about 30) and the obvious keenness of the settlers to assist themselves, he gave an account of the annual confer- J ence at Wellington and outlined the 1 work of branches in Taranaki. Mr. C. J. Harris, vice-president of the North Taranaki provincial executive, also spoke of the work and aims of the union in New Zealand and gave a resume of the activities of the Dominion executive. Mr. Harris deVoted some time in dealing with the imposition of the recent new taxes, particularly as they would effect the farming community.' I Mr. Ford, president of the Strathmore branch, was also present. GENERAL ITEMS. The Mangaehu branch of the Farmers” Union passed a motion at its inaugural Tuesday strongly objecting to any interference with ’the Opaku reserve and the endowments for education in Taranaki. The Stratford Egg Circle dispatched over a ton of eggs to Wellington on j Tuesday. The shipment consisted of 1035 dozen eggs in 40 crates and wins received at the depot during Saturday and. Monday. The Stratford branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society passed a motion on Monday recommending tliat the Bible House encourage Bible-read-ing in homes by means of daily Biblereading leaflets to be given to subscribers bv collectors. The prize-winners at the recent euchre party held by 'the Eltham Band were Mrs. Rae and Miss Cooper and Mr. Martin and Mr. F. Ward. PERSONAL ITEMS. Mr. J. L. C. Osborne, who has been at the. Bank of New Zealand at Eltham

for the twelve months, has been transferred to Wanganui. During hie stay in Taranaki Mr. Osborne took a keen interest in mountaineering and was a member of the Mt. Egmont Alpine Chib. Mr. and Mrs. E- 11. Ousey and daughter have returned to Eltham after an extended tour of the Auckland and Waikato districts. I ‘ ———— MATAU NEWS. Warm weather, with only occasional rain showers, for the past fortnight has done wonders for the grass. Lambs are everywhere and the percentages should be above the average as a large number of twins are being born. Mrs. Murphy, daughter of Mrs. Rolfe, of the Matau post office, is still seriously ill from the effects of her accident three weeks ago. She is in the Stratford hospital. Mr, H. Maingay, school teacher at Matau, is spending hie vacation in Auckland. Miss Miriam Larsen is on a fortnight’s holiday. The Rev. fl. S< Hamilton is in Christchurch. lit- will be back by September 7. Mrs. H. Isusen spent the week-end at Purangi. She acted as one of the judges at the fancy dress ball. ELTHAM THEATRE. The greatest romance ever written by Edna Ferber, “The Show Boat,” will be seen in picture form at the Eltham Theatre tonight. The story concern.? Magnolia Hawks, loved by Captain Andy, her father and Parthy, 'her mother, joint owners of a Show Boat. Her mother tries to protect her from the worldly influence of the Show Boat troupe but when Magnolia grows to womanhood she becomes the star of the floating theatre and falls in love with the new leading man, Gaylord Ra venal, a Mississippi river gambler. She marries him and flees from the Show Boat to . Chicago, where Ravenal plunges into the tinselled life of the gambling dens. Life becomes uncertain, hectie, yet their great love dominates everything. But | always there is the Show Boat, the river lapping at its sides, beckoning Magnolia, to return. The rest of the story you should see on the screen. KING'S THEATRE TALKIES. -MONTANA MOON” MUSIC Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer will present Joan Crawford to-night at the King’s Theatre in “Montana Moon," a musical romance of the west United States. The etoty is original and Miss Crawford’s supporting cast includes John Mack Brown, Dorothy Sebastian, Ricardo Cortez, Benny Rubin, Clig Edwards and Karl Dane. This is one of the first pictures to be filmed without the use of artificial scenery, all the exterior scenes being taken on a cattle ranch in the San Jacinto Mountains, 200 miles north of Los Angeles. A large part of the extra cast was recruited from the cowboys employed on a local ranch. The story concerns a New York debutante who" visits her father’s extensive holdings in Montana and falls in love with a cowboy. The conflict between their love and the disparity in their social positions forms the dramatic situation.