PUKENGAHU SCHOOL

Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1931, Page 6

PUKENGAHU SCHOOL

CONCERT BY PUPIL'S. A large crowd of parents and friends assembled in the Pukengahu Hall on the occasion of the annual school concert and presentation of prizes. . Mr. V. Schweiters .presided. Mr. Schwaiters congratulated Miss Peacock, who had been promoted to be head teacher, on securing 100 per cent, of proficiency passes. The following programme was given: “Welcome,” recitation by primers; “Nuts in May,” dance by all; “Fairy Glade, song by Standards 3 to 6; “Day,” recitation by Primer 4; “Rufty Tufty,” dance by Standards 3 to fi; “Fluttering Leaves,” song by primers, Standards 1 and 2; “Johnny’s Hobby,” recitation by Allen Harris; “Will You Please be my Partner!”; dance by juniors; “The House that Jack (Built,” recitation by Standards 1 and 2; “Mountain March,” dance by all; “(Daffodils,” pianoforte solo by N. Harper; “Fairy Voices,” recitation by Primer 3; “Canoe Song,” song by Standards; “Half Moon,” dance by Standards 3 to 6; “Shenandoah,” song by Standards 2 to 6; “Doctor Quack,” played by upper pupils; “Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground,” song by all; “Merry Go Round,” dance by all; “Christmas Greetings,” recitation by upper pupils. Mr. J. Dick, secretary of the committee, congratulated Miss Peacock, and the children on their success during the year. DOUGLAS SCHOOL CONCERT. HIGH STANDARD OF TALENT. A very large and appreciative audience was present at -the Douglas hall on Friday for the school concert and prizegiving. Great credit was reflected on Mr. Donnelly and Mr. Edmondson by the way the children rendered their items, the whole programme being splendid. Two outstanding items, however, were “Haire ra,” sung first in English and then in Maori, and “Two Little Girls in Blue.” Two little tots, Nancy Walter and Eri-s Cruickshank, dressed in Victorian frocks and poke bonnets (made by Mrs. Cruickshank), sang sweetly, and then in a little dance displayed their frocks .to advantage. . Interspersed with the children’s items were solos by Mrs.’Davis, and Messrs. Hall, Payne and Brown, and a duet by Messrs. Edmondson and Tall, these all meeting with warm applause. An item which caused a great deal of amusement was a dialogue by Miss Cruickshank and Mr. J. Brown. Mr. Edmondson was accompanist throughout. At the conclusidn of the concert Mr. Rumball thanked all who had helped to make the evening the success it was. Special thanks' were due to Mr. Edmondson, who throughout .the year had given his time and assisted in training the children in singing. Mr. Rumball, thanked Mr. Donnelly for the great interest he had shown in the children, .both in school and in their sports, and expressed regret at losing him. Mr. Rumball made the presentation of prizes, each child receiving a book. Special prizes were awarded as follow: Olive Rumball, highest marks gained at the anual examination; Roban Cuff, Bob Reader, best garden plot; Burton Reader, project on Canada; calf-rearing competition, 1930, medals to Laurie Cruickshank and Reg. Cruickshank; proficiency certificates, Amy and Willie Walter and Hazel Wilmshurst; competency certificate, Rohan Cuff. Laurie Cruickshank called on Mr. Donnelly to accept a small gift, from the children in appreciation of the interest he had taken in them. (Mr. Donnelly, who has been relieving this year at the Douglas school while Miss Frethey was abroad, finished his duties, on Friday. Mr. Edgar Wills, who met with, an acident in a hay paddock, is a patient in the Stratford hospital. SUBSCRIPTIONS CLAIMED. NEWSPAPER COMPANY NONSUITED Claiming that a copy of the .Stratford Evening Post had been supplied to him free in recognition of the fact that he was advertising in the paper, William H. H. Young successfully defended at the Stratford Court yesterday a claim by the Taranaki Publishing Company, late owners of the Post, for £fi 10s., arrears of subscription. The plaintiff company was nonsuited. The claim extended over the period May 1, 1928, to November 1, 1930. Reginald L. Ferris, who was manager of the Publishing Company during the term in question, stated that the records in the books satisfied him that the paper had been supplied to Young. Accounts were sent regularly every quarter, and about May or June, 1930, Young objected to the sending of the accounts. The only account in the ledger against Young was the one for papers. Witness commenced duty with the company at the end of May, 1928. To counsel for the defence, witness said he knew of the dispute between Young and the company about April, 1930. It was impossible that anything in the way of “free stuff” could have been, allowed. There were cases where free papers had been supplied to large advertisers. Witness knew that Young was paying part of the advertising account incurred by the FarmersO Co-op., the firm for which Young was land agent. Re-examined, witness explained that free papers were sent to certain advertisers who required the papers for filing purposes. It was not a practice to supply all advertisers with free papers. When Young complained about being charged witness pointed out that papers were delivered to the Farmers’ Co-op. and that Young, if he needed a paper, should apply for one of those. Edna Anderson,, who was book-keeper and accountant, said she had never had instructions either to stop sending accounts to Young or to write the account off. William (Power, who was auditor of the company, said that four accounts would have been sent bearing an audit stamp notifying the subscriber that if there were any mistake application should be made to witness. No complaint was received. William Young stated that on May 1,

1928, a paper was not being delivered to hie home, (but as he wae paying £9 a year for advertising he aeked the previous manager, 'Mr. Battersby, for a free paper, which wag granted in view of the fact that witness, as agent of theFarmers’ Co-op., wae paying a portion of the firm’s land advertising. Young received accounts and often disputed them with various officers, but he was not pressed or threatened until the time when the Publishing, Company sold out. The second company continued the free paper until the advertisement was stopped. Under cross-examination Young said if he had thought the paper would be charged for he would not have had it, as he was not going to pay for the advertisement'and a paper, too. Directly the old company sold out and had no further interest in his advertising it had begun to press him for payment. “I will non-suit plaintiff, but I think Young is the author, of his own troubles to a certain extent, and I will not allow costs,” said Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M. NEW BOOKS AT ELTHAM. ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY. New volumes added recently to the shelves at the Eltham Public Library include the following: The Red Kite Clue, Owen F. Jerome; The Blanket of the Dark, John Buchan; Martyrs to the Queen, Fevel and Lassez; Red Ivory, Walton Hall Smith; The Three Fishers, Francis Seeding; Unfair Lady, Gerald Fairlie; The Waiter Gipsies, A. P. Herbert; Bargain Basement, Cecil Roberts; Two-and-Twenty, C. T. Forester; Son of a Hero, James Oliver Curwood; The Good Earth, Pearl T. Buck; Red Pepper Returns, Grace S. Richmond; Mapp and Lusia, E. F. Benson; In Desperation, E. W. Savi; Fatal Shadows, Margaret Peterson; - Gore . of the Guides, A. G. Hale; Silver Wedding, Ethel M. Dell; The Doctor of the Lonesome River, Edison M. Marshall; Julian Probort, Susan Ertz; By Guess and by God, Wm. Guy Carr; Colonel Grant’s To-morrow, Graham Seton; The Princess Passes, Ruby M. Ayres; Dark Horse, B. M. Bower; The Wet Parade, Upton Sinclair; The Road, Warwick Deeping; Bengal Lancer, Francis Yates-Browns; Deep Evening, Eugene Lehrke; Pendulum Swings, E. W. Savi; Vivanter Returns, Sydney H-orler; Red Silence, Kathleen Norris; Sowing Glory, P. C. Wren; Sally .in .Her Alley, E. Maria Alban esi; Scaramouche the Kingmaker, R. Sabatini; Unsolved, Bruce Graeme; The Golden Years, Philip Gibb; The Marches of Honour, Ganpat. CHRISTMAS AT ST. ANDREW’S. « Christmas services Were held at St. Andrew’s Church, Stratford, on Sunday. In the morning there was singing by the Sunday school children and the choir and orchestra, under Mr. C. H. Rogers. In the afternoon 50 children, the choir and orchestra visited the hospital and gave a programme of Christmas music, after which the matron (Airs. Hunt) provided afternoon tea. The Mayor (Mr. P. Thomson), on behalf of the Hospital Board, thanked the choir and the Sunday school teachers. Anthems at the evening service were: “And the Glory” (Messiah), the “Hallelujah Chorus,” and “Come, AU Ye Faithful,” soloist Miss K. Allen; carols, “On the Still, Clear Night,” “While Shepherds Watched” and’ “When the Crimson Sun”; solo, “Beautiful Prayer,” with choir and orchestral accompaniment, Mrs. >S. Robinson.; “Star of Bethlehem,”

Mrs. Mcßeth; “Holy Night,” Mr. D. Bain, with orchestral accompaniment; “Nazareth,” Mr. P. Aitken. The orchestra comprised Mr. C. H. Rogers (leader), Mrs. J. C. Allen, Miss Saunders ( cello), Mr. C. Femmell (bass). Mr. W. Hoskin was organist. The choir conducted by Mr. P. Aitken numbered 30. GENERAL ITEMS. The competitions held by the Women’s Division of the Farmera’ Union in conjunction with its shop day at Stratford were won as follow: Christmas dinner, Mrs. C. Hay lock, Ngaere (No. 131); nightdress, J. Capper, Waipuke (No. 78). Mr. I. J. Bridger, chairman of the Eltham unemployment committee, has received word that in reply to his urgent representations the Unemployment Board has made an extra grant of £2O, this enabling the men to be employed full time this week. • The taking of ' evidence in the case of Alfred Barlow v. Samuel -Thompson for a claim in respect of offal, was concluded in th© Stratford Court yesterday. Mr. R. W. Tate, S.M. reserved his- decigion. Counsel for Thompson said it had been stated that Thompson, had been making £lOOO a year, but the figures submitted to the Court showed how incorrect that statement was, and, in fact, showed that the drop in th© prices realised from 'the products was such. that ThonSpson should have been, paid a bonus to handle the offal. Barlow was entitled, said his counsel, to be paid pro rata for th© goods supplied during the five months in question. It was not just or equitable to take goods for five months and not to give previous warning that nothing further would be paid.