TE ROTI HOUSE BURNED

Taranaki Daily News, 14 April 1932, Page 8

TE ROTI HOUSE BURNED

FIRE ON TUESDAY NIGHT. OWNER A-HEAVY LOSER. The residence of Mr. I. H. Jacks, on the Onewahia Road, between Normanby and Te Roti, was destroyed by dire late on Tuesday night. No water supply was available and nulling could be done to save the building, only a few of the effects being removed. The kitchen was found in flames by Mr. Jacks. Roth the house and the furniture were insured, but it is understood that Mr. Jacks will be a heavy lOSer. WAVERLEY DISTRICT NEWS. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Waverley branch of the Women's Institute held its annual meeting with a good attendance. The election of officers resulted: President, Mrs. Salter; vice- president, Mrs. Ballantyne; honsecretary, Mrs. Grant; lion, treasurer, Mrs. Cox. Musical items and competitions had been arranged. The hostesses were Mesdames Stewart Quayle and Thomason. It was decided to hold a special meeting, when the Rev. Coles will give his final lecture on Africa. Miss Joan Coleman, who has been a visitor to Waverley, returned to Stratford for the week-end. Mrs. C. Cole and her two small children are the guests of Mrs. Fowler, at “The Grange.’ A dance was arranged by Mrs. H. Haycock and Mrs. MeGonagle on Friday night in aid of the Waverley dental clinic. About forty couple were present, in the town hall, and a most t enjoyable time was spent with dancing and competitions. A competition for a large box of chocolates realised £2 175., The proceeds amounted to £3 ss. Mrs. Haycock and Mrs. MeGonagle were largely responsible for the function. GENERAL ITEMS. Perhaps emulating a certain .New Plymouth heifer, a Kakaramea cow went on an exploration trip the other day. Entering a shop, the proprietor of which' was absent for a few minutes, the cow pushed her way past the counter and into the living room, where a vase of artificial flowers caught her attention. The shop,keeper’s wife, not recognising the footsteps, went into the living room just as the animal was getting her tongue round the flowers. ADVERTISERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS. Mr. J. A. Brailsford will give the second of his lectures on “The World Since the War” in the Borough Council Chambers, Hawera, to-moiTow night, under the auspices of the W.E.A. The causes underlying the present depression and suggestions for recovery will be diseusised. Non-members are welcome. The annual meeting of the Fraser Road Football Club will be held in the Tawhiti Hall to-night at 8 o’clock. Smith and Trim, Ltd., advertise particulars of their mart sales for to-day in Nolan's Buildings. At 10.30 a.m. matai firewood, two wireless masts with aerial, fruit, potatoes and onions will be sold, and at 1.30 p.m. a motor-cycle, football boots and furniture and effects. HAWERA ENTERTAINMENTS. TWO GOOD PICTURES. “The Ruling Voice,” a First National picture, opens at the Hawera Opera House with a matinee to-day and will show for a season of two nights. The dynamic Walter Huston is shown as the czar of a grafting organisation, which corners the milk supply of a great city. His daughter returns from abroad, where she has been educated in ignorance of the source of her father’s wealth. Misfortunes that come to her through it awaken him when too late to remedy the sins he has committed against the children of the poor. A love story of tender beauty runs 'through the dark sequences of this true story of modern menace. The cast also includes Doris Kenyon, Loretta Ydung, David Manners, Dudley Digges, Gilbert Emery, John Halliday, Willard Robertson and Douglas Scott. “The Opening of the Sydney Bridge” is also showing to-day and finally tonight. Reserves are at Miss Blake’s.