PUTARURU.

Waikato Times, Volume 96, Issue 15353, 29 September 1923, Page 6

PUTARURU.

Ladles’ Hockey Club.

The Putaruru Ladies’ Hockey Club held their annual donee in the Putaruru Town Hall on Wednesday evening cf last week. Streamers of black and white —the club colours —relieved by greenery, made the interior delightful and with the programme containing many novelty dances, the company of youth and beauty which assembled for the occasion had a merry time. Such dances as the Cinderella waltz, etc., excited much laughter, while several competitions, which were won as follows, also added zest to the occasion: —Waltzing competition, Mr Hill and Miss Hardy; balloon dance, Mr W. Murphy and Miss Kimber; lucky spot dance, Mr N. Blair and Miss L. West. The grand finale - took place soon after midnight, the electric lights giving place lo the rays of Chinese ianterns artistically arranged among the decorations. The streamers were then lowered gradually, thereby showering confetti meanwhile over the dancing throng below. The scene was an exquisite one and ended a very successful occasion. Trip to Napier. The special train from Auckland to Napier for the Ranfurly shield match last Saturday did not run, but a party of Putaruru Rugby enthusiasts were not to be denied the pleasure of. witnessing the match. They set out from Putaruru on the Friday morning p,.r Ford car, and, after spending the night at the Tarcjwera Hotel, arrived at Napier in good time on Saturday for the event. They set out at 1.30 p.m. on the Sunday on the return trip, which was completed on Monday afternoon. They travelled the direct road, via Taupo and Tarawera, and found it in a reasonably good state throughout. Immigrant Settlers. On the grounds that time will not permit, the Immigration Department has declined file invitation hv the Takaroa Progress League for the British overseas settlement delegation now in the Dominion to include the Upper Waikato in its tour of New Zealand. In view of the large amount of country here suitable for settlement —roughly eslimated at a million acres _thc matter lias caused much concern locally, and, accordingly, Mr Charles Lock, as chairman of the Progress League, has repeated the invitation, stressing the importance of this territory from a settlement point of view and adding that Hie local people would arrange to lake the delegation through most of it in one day.

The Season. With cold nights of late, Including one or two frosts, the new season 1* proving tardy. The paddocks are verdantly green, but as yet the growth of feed has not reached flush proportions. The Importation of high-pro-ducing dairy stock into the district continues, and one of the latest outstanding lots to be acquired under this head comprises six high-grade Jersey heifers purchased by Mr J. G. Tomalin, of Overdale, at Waihou some days ago. They were from dams w'ho last season gave respectively 4501b5, 4Dolbs, 5211b5, 3741b5, 4871b5, and 413 lbs of butterfat.