MATIERE SOCIAL EVENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 16 August 1935, Page 12

MATIERE SOCIAL EVENTS

OTANGIWAI ACTIVITIES ■ ADDRESS BY MR. F. LANGSTONE, M.P ■ CARD PARTY AT OTANCtfWAI. ■ To celebrate the coining of age of Mr. H J. Marshall, a party# was held recently H at the home of Mr. J. Binns, Matiere. H An enjoyable evening w.as spent in dwe- ■ mg, singing and games. H Instead of tlie ordinary fortnightly B Matiere. card evening, a combined flag B five hundred tournament and dance was B organised by Messrs. G. Crozier and J. B Jamieson in aid of the Church of Eng- B land funds. The evening was enjoyable, B the hall being well filled, Many visiters B were present from Otangbyai and. Nihn B Niho. Winners at th© card tournament B were Mesdames J. Crozier and White and B Messrs. G- Etherington and J. Crosier B with 22 fiags. Consolation prizes were B won by Mrs. W. Chayter, Miss Connelly B and Messrs. R. Julian and J. Cavgaey. B Messrs. H. Turner and F. Pleasants wm-© B in charge of the cards. For the danMjg B Mrs. R. Owen supplied th© music arid B Mrs. H. Stoddart contributed extras. A B Mont© Carlo waltz wac won by Miss K. B Baker and Mr. B. Owen. Other novelty B dances included a threesome reel Messrs. K G. Crozier and J. Jamieson wer® masters M of ceremonies. M Members of the Matter© Amateur M Operatic Society have for some weeks been rehearsing strongly in preparation ■ for August 30 when three one-act plays ■ will be performed in the Matiere hall in M aid of the Plunket Society. Under theM leadership of Mrs, A. Taylor good progress is being made. M On Sunday afternoon. Mr. F, Lang- RR stone, M,P., member for the Wabnarinoß electorate delivered a political speech in M the Matiere hall to a "fair attendance. ■ Mr. M. J- McAvady was chairman. ■ Mr. Langstone dealt mainly with theM Mortgage Corporation Act which he considered against the interests of the fam-M er, The Final Adjustment Act, hd-eon-B sidered even more detrimental Butter RB marketing was also discussed to someßl length, the member stating that if theM Labour Party obtained power, a guaran-Bl teed price of Is 3d per lb would be given Bthe farmer for his butterfat In replyM te a question as to.where the money do this would come from, Mr. Langstone Bl mentioned the Consolidated Fund andM the £48,000,000 of New Zealand money toM the credit of Naw Zealand at London two of the sources available. Mr. L. Passau ask?d Mr. Langstone UM he was in favour of licensing the KtegM Country and the answer was in the af-M firmative. To a question by Mr. McAvadvß as to whether the Labour Party would ■ oppose the licensing question, Mr. Lang-B stone replied no. Mr. G. Jebb moved a vote of thanSsß to Mr. Langston©. M On Friday evening a good number wa«M present in the Otangiwai whan, asM a change from the usual flag five hun-M dred evenings, euchre and bridge wercMg played. Miss V. Chayter with. 14 games won th© women’s first prize while Messrs, A. McDougall and W. Raitt 12J games tied for the men’s prize, McDougall winning the play-off. TheM women’s consolation prize was won Mrs. W. H. Lyon and the men’s consola-M tion by Mr. E. C. Thomas. Messrs R.|H Julian and B. Wildbore conducted cards. After supper had been served, ■■ Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thomas supplied th«M music for dancing. A record crowd was present in Niho Niho hall on Saturday evening the weekly euchre party and Several car-loads of people from attended. Mrs. L. Kelly and Mrs.. B-M Kelly won the prize. Consolation were won by Mrs. E. Perrson and F. Dougherty. Mr. T. Bell and Miss M-Hg Howe supplied the music for the danc-M| ing and Messrs. R. Brett, and P. were masters of ceremonies. Matiere Personal Items. Mrs. Yelverton, Dannevirke, is her daughter, Mrs. H. Sinclair, MatiereßK Mr. M. Sowry, of the staff of Matiere dairy factory, is spending annual holiday at Hamilton. ‘ .:/ Miss Bradley, Taumarunui. is Matiere. ' Miss E. Carroll, Te Awamutu is guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. Salter. JHH Mrs. W. Taylor has returned after extended holiday at Auckland. Mrs. H. Babbage, Te Awamutu. been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. MeAvady. ■ ' Mr. Fallon, herd tester for the district, has been transferred to Mr. and Mrs. T. Houston have ed to their home at Cromwell after ing Matiere. Mr. Tolley, of the Matiere Post Telegraph staff, is on an extended of the North Island. Mr. G. Rutherford visited last week-end. Mi’. D. Lucas, Wanganui, is the of Mr. and Mrs. J. Crozier. Mrs. and Miss Heeley, Feilding, returned after an extended visit Otangiwai. Mrs. L. Kelly, Niho Niho, has retura«®B| from a holiday at Auckland/ Mrs. Johanson is staying with-' daughter, Mrs. C. Stack, Matiere. Miss U. Granville spent the at Te Awamutu. Miss E. Leach, Ohura, is staying Mrs* H. Christensen, Niho Niho. Mrs. McClure, snr., Ohura. spent a few days as the guest of W. Fry. ■ Misses M. and P. Connelly, Hutt, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chaytor, Otangiwai. Messrs. J. Manning and S. •Niho Niho, have returned horite from motor trip to Auckland. . Mr. H. Shields, Tokirima, te Mr. and Mrs. F. Pleasants, Matiere. Mr. C. Crossman, late of Ohura, Liken up his duties, as teacher of Tuhua school. Mrs. Webber, “Mahoe,” in the Taumarunui Hospital. Miss J. C. Fauchelle. Taumarun' Jl Spent the week-end with her pare Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Fauchelle, Mrs. Bowman, Matiere, has spending a few days at Taumarunui. Mr. J. V. Ros, Matiere, motored to Wellington for a few visit. ■ Miss S. Owen, Turoto, spent the weekßg end with her mother, Mrs. R. Matiere. Mr. J. Jamieson visited Auckland the week-end. Miss Patrick, Matiere, is on holiday. Mr. T. Lawler, Taumarunui, spent the week-end at Otangiwai. H Mr. D. Lucas entertained at bridge Saturday. Mr. T. Pamment, Niho Niho, lias turned from a holiday at Auckland. B.? Mr, Hawes has teft Otangiwai to 1 up a position at Auckland.