OHURA NOTES

Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1933, Page 8

OHURA NOTES

SPORT AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. Outdoor sport has always been well catered for at Ohura, fiut has now moved a degree forward with the formation of a croquet club at the ladies’ rest room. A nucleus of older players is coaching enthusiastic beginners. The committee consists of Mesdames H. Loft (president), Allen, Gould, J. Seerup, Gee, W. L. Wagstaff, J. Koorey (secretary), Misses Dickens (vice-president), and Styles, Messrs. R. Millen (patron) and W. Hay (vicepresident). With the exception of a small sum owing for material, the club is free from debt; A well-attended. flannel dance in aid of the club was held on Tuesday evening in the hall. Mr. McLoughlin acted as master of ceremonies and the orchestra was Mrs. Wagstaff (piano), Messrs Craven (banjo-mandolin), A. Mason (clarionet) and C. H. Nicholls (violin). Supper was contributed and the evening was both pleasant and profitable. Mr. Clarry Nicholls, New Plymouth, who has been spending a short holiday renewing acquaintance with friends in the Ohura and Tatu districts, returned to Inglewood on Wednesday. The Taranaki Education Board’s painting and repairing gang under Messrs. C. Moore and G. Pascoe is busy brightening up the schools and school residences of the district. The present season has been remarkable from the point of view of the farmer or the gardener. After a phenomenally severe winter the spring set in early and mild and the land produced grass to the limit. An ideal summer followed with the right quantity of rain to prevent any drying up of pastures. Cattle and sheep are in first-class condition. CHURCH BRIDGE PARTY. FAREWELL TO CHOIR MEMBERS. Members of All Saints’ Church choir, Eltham, held a successful flag bridge party on Thursday, when the prizes were won by Mrs. G. H. P. Fitzgerald, Mrs. E. E. Carter and Sister Brown, while the consolation awards went to Misses Taplin, McKinnon and Hair (Manaia). After presenting the prizes, the vicar, the Rev. W. Langston, made a presentation to two members of the choir, Miss G. Brooker, who leaves shortly to take up a position at Bell Block school, New Plymouth, and Miss M. McKinnon, who is to leave Eltham in the near future for the Waipawa dental clinic. Mr. Langston spoke of the high regard in which Miss Brooker and Miss McKinnon were held and expressed the general regret at their impending departure.

S.T.H.S. OPENS FEBRUARY 6.

FINE AGRICULTURAL COURSE.

The Stratford Technical High School will open on Monday, February 6, and the principal will be at the school on the Friday and Saturday prior to the opening date for the purpose of enrolling pupils. The school has a strong staff and is able to offer excellent facilities in the way of training boys for agricultural pursuits. ’ Besides its own agricultural area, the Stratford Demonstration Farm lies alongside the school property, and increasing use is being made of this by those taking agriculture, it has recently been stressed by many competent authorities that the best way out of the present difficult position for is agriculture, and the school is specially equipped to aid parents in placing the boys in such a position that they can engage in farming. The work done in dairy science is well known throughout the district, and parents can be well satisfied that an agricultural course at the school will be a very practical way of helping their boys.