INGLEWOOD

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143765, 13 April 1912, Page 3

INGLEWOOD

[From Our Own Correspondent.) April 12. —The funeral of tho late Mr, JO. J. Morgan which takes places on Saturday will be, by his request, Masonic, deceased having been a member of Lodge Moa 110. Mr. Morgan belonged to the fast diminishing ranks of the veterans who defended this country in the troublous times of tho sixties and was awarded the N.Z. War Medal and land. He has been a resident of Waitui for'some years past and was a type of a thoroughly practical farmer and respected by all who came into contact with him for his uprightness and honour. His loss will be bewailed by a very large circle of friends and acquaintances. 1 stated in my Inst notes that the ■Catholics would open the dancing season with a social on Thursday next, but I find this is not correct as the Druids will celebrate tho opening of their hall which Ihns been greatly enlarged and renovated, on Wednesday, the 17th, a day previous. The Druids’ Hall is now quite a commodious and up-to-dato structure and offers unique advantages inasmuch as everything is under cover including that necessary adjunct, the copper for boiling tho hot water; the supper room has also boon enlarged and a very comfortable room has also been erected for the use of the Magistrate mid the Clerk of the Court, as the edifice is also used for the dispensation of justice. Ho doubt tho usual largo attendance will reward the, Druids for their enterprise. Inglewood will have no cause to complain of dull evenings next week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday being taken up with pictures and dancing, and, as a steadier, tho meeting of ratepayers to discuss tho proposals re electric light purchase and Town Hall loan on Friday. It is a good sign when_ discussions are heard at various times and places among all and sundry , touching th.cse proposals, for it shows that some little interest is being awakened in municipal matters. The worst enemy any public body or town can have is apathy. It is to be hoped . that the weather will continue kind for the Territorials who go into camp next week on tho Hawera racecourse. This scribe, has a vivid remembrance of the conditions under which th,e troops camped out in tho Newton Parity Wellington, on the occasion of the visit of the then Duke of York to this island, and the ardour of the compulsory soldiers is not likely to be enhanced by anv experience similar to that, which was too much for many otherwise enthusiastic volunteers to put up with, without a growl. Tho authorities, it is to be hoped, will at least see that there is enough to eat of a quality, above pig food, which was tb,e level of the provisions served out on tljat occasion.