DISTRICT NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14798, 11 November 1921, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS

TE AROHA. Anglican Bazaar. The Te Aroha Anglicans held their second bazaar on Tuesday evening, and raised over £2OO thereby. The object of the guild is to raise sufficient money lo build a parish hall at Te Aroha. Last year some £SOO was raised, and by the cud of this year nearly £IOOO will have been raised in two years. So next, year there is "o reason why the building should not be an established fact. Increase in FeesBowlers, iu fact players of games generally, who have been comfortably ensconscd each year amidst the beautiful lawns and flowers during the bright summers at Te Aroha, received a rude shock a few weeks ago by the announcement that charges for games were increased by over 100 per cent. For instance, a casual player could up lill this year pay 9d for a game of bowls, Ihe game occupying about three hours. The new rate pans out at Is Gd per hour—thus one game 4s lid. Tennis players who usually enjoyed a set for ,'ld, Were "hit to leg" for Is fid per hour. At Ihe annual tournament in January the Tourist Department hitherto made no charge for the mc of the greens for a week or 10 days. It was estimated that the Department were losers lo the extent of some £SO in consequence; so an edict was issued to make a charge. The annual fee for a season's bowling was 30s, now it is raised |o £3 3s. It is generally admitted thai i'\'cn at that figure there is liolhing much lo growl about, but the boot pinches when our hundreds of howling visitors will lie attacked, for the fees are beyond their capacity in some cases and their willingness in others to ante up 4s Od every' afternoon for a game of bowls or tennis, which is heavy on lop of the "extras" necessary after every two or Ihree heads. However, the local prominent heads have fired a well-directed volley at the heads of the Tourist Department, with the result that all orders have been temporarily withdrawn. So it is expected that while there will be an increase in the fees, they wilt not be so high as previously arranged. Rainfall. 'J'he lotal rainfall for Te Aroha during October, as registered at the Tourist office, was 6.26 in, which is a record for some years past. A. and P. Show. Record onirics have been received for the Thames Valley A. ami P. Show. The prize-list embraces money and, trophies lo the value of £7OO. Entries have .been 'received in Ihe cattle seclions from Whangarei, Dargaville, King Country and Auckland. The Jersey sec- i Linns will he under heavy competition-