TAURANGA ITEMS.

Observer, Volume XI, Issue 707, 16 July 1892, Page 18

TAURANGA ITEMS.

• "Flutters of various kinds are the ordpr of the day' in our local bodies at present, and N.S.W. parliamentary language is, indulged in freely. Poor Firth is down on his luck, having broken the small bone^ of his leg and been censured by His Worship. Never mind, he will soon be all right again, and then look oat. - A limited liability company is in the course of formation here for the purpose of exhibiting Mr Peter Grant's saurian monster. The animal or reptile, however, has not been caught yet. ? • The ' Buster ' has changed hands once more. Mppsts Elliott and Ward being the new proprietors. Mr Ward has beerf in the f-ditorial chair of the paper for some twelve months past, and will, I understand, still continue in that capacity. The Hot Lakes ChromcCe, pub-lished-at, Eo'nrua, suspended its issue a couple of weeks ngo, and the e;ood people of Eotorua accorded it a public funeral, burying it in a coffin on the Pukeroa Eeserve, as a mark of the esteem in which it was held. Marriages have been pretty frequent here lately, and two new flour mills are in course of erection in the district. These two facts may not seem to be so closely allied as to warrant their appearing in one sentence, but onp. has more bearing on the other than would be supposed at first sight. A fashionable wedding took place here on Thursday, July 7tb, when Miss Vercoe was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony, etc., to Mr Eobert Dowell, son of the Lieut.-Colonel, V.C. of that ilk. The happy pair have dropped into the ordinary groove pretty quickly, as they •were out riding the day following the marriage. The great event of the week has been the plain and fancy dress ball under the auspices of the local brass band. A great number of people attended, including the three classes of society here, the upper crust, the would- be' s and the lower five, and all seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. The music was supplied by the local band, under Bandmaster Hunter of the Artillery Band, Auckland, assisted by Mr Eout, and this proved a big draw. No very grotesque dreeses were worn, with the pxception of that by the bold Turk, i whose trousers were too loner, and the unusual one of the landlord. The belle of the fancy dressed ones was either Helen McGregor or Portia, and of those in plain dress Miss Bobertson should be awarded tbp palm. About £30 gross was taken, which will leave a credit balance for the band.