Local & General

Chronicle (Levin), 5 October 1948, Page 2

Local & General

Personal Mr. and Mrs. V. Noble, of Materie Street, are visiting Taita. Mr. and Mrs. Don. McTaggart, of Wellington, were weekend visitors to Otaki, staying with the latter's mother, Mrs.. H. Nicolson, of Matene Street. Mrs. J. Nicolson and her daughter June, of Trentham, are spen'ding a short holiday in Otaki with Mrs. H. Nicolson, of Matene Street. Annual Church Fair , The Otaki Metnodist Ladies' Guiid holds its annual fair on Friaay, November 19. Particulars wixi be adverLsed at a later date. i Meeting Postponed Owing to unavoidable circumstancea, the monthiy meecing of tne ucaki Home and Schooi Assoeiabon, wnich was to have been heid this weex, will not take p.ace until Thursday, October 14. ! Health Stamp Saies Fmst day health stamp saies in Otaki amounte'd to £63, which compares mere than favourably ,with t'ne same day last yehr. The postmaster, Mr. C. G. Anderson .ccnsiders this amount very satiSfactory and is hopeful that • this year's campaign saies will exceed the amount of £141 realised last year Praise for Maori Sin^er After three years studying singing in Englan'd, Mr. Finlay Robb returned to Wellington in the Tamaroa recently. He had high praise for the Maori singer Inia Te. Wiatq, Wno went to England to study some months ago. Wiata was thought of very -highly in England, he said: "I used to work with him at Trinity College. He is tops; there is no 'doubt about that." Mr. Robb had also seen. and heard Oscar Natzke in "Tne Magic Flute," in which Natzke gave a very flne performance.