BELL BLOCK

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 11315, 6 September 1898, Page 3

BELL BLOCK

ofQ^littfc'viUage is' going ahead by leaps - -atid toiifi^^hicJJ is' 'easily proved by ■ v HiBS I&® *H** * f cbllffiion^Ofec-qrred atjfflle tefc 1 Mdfaday-.U^ht; between ■Stlie'BandWHo^Wpp^rters and^nofo J'SnteieißSiPW^W erection of the^Pubhc Hopd tyMgm . .' P 6sse| i si t on,,the * Ihfll^paftjp^ ; tP ! he cbntent \M .* ;f ree. «nd easy ''meeting- nnaer the canopy of 'heaven which 1 ended in an ; adjournment to Friday night, the business being to - divise some means to red ace theestimatep, ' • which were' rather higher than the means at the disposal of the committee;. It was , finally decided to erect the majh building only, for the preseni, there will be'tio porch or ladies .dressing room, bat the iiUlistq.be built of the very best of timber, 50ft by 25ft, being the size. There will be a spring floor built of heart.of matai, but the floor will be put in such a way, that people sitting down = L will pot feel the vibration caused by the floor; the total amount subscribed to the hall fund will not exceed £105. 1 The entertainment committee have raised the very creditable sum of £15 10s. bringing the total up to about £120, The section for the ball cost £22. 10s. (£rd of an acre) without the cost of conveyance. As the committee have recieved c 'tfioite instructions to keep out of debt th. 'y aye no *'Bnt8 nt taß k De^ ore them. \%» Band of Hope appear to be holding \'*eir own, as their monthly meetings are w «ll attended. I h»^ ur - lna *' *^ c a^ Committee offende * *><ne of these -good people a short tit^^g o b y holding a dance after the kneeing «£ c Band of Hope . Why it Bhould < >ff«ad them I kpow not, be-, ■ canse I beh'e»e, and in fact am. bure, that there is no h urn or wickedneßß in dancing However I hi^pe they will forgive us this -time, SB 1 Bmfvte we should not growl i£ they the Band of Bope, all attend our next dance, which tak«a place on Thurs day next, the Bth. ; Oar fortnightly dances are welUnppofted, there being about . 30 ' couple at the last dance. . „ Why do not some of our big guns move m the matter of getting daily mails to and from Bell Block ? We have trains running by daily and yet have only a ••triweekly mail Bervioe ,• the alteration Tfould not coßfc much and would be a ygreat boon to the settlers ift this dißtnct.