WAITANGI NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 636, 13 October 1909, Page 9

WAITANGI NOTES.

Things : are purely -moving .'On-., the -Main •'; Trunk Line. Less than twelve short months' ■ since a white woman was a rarity hero, .ex- : -i cept those passing in tho ■ train, but a recent ' : social,ovont shows that.'<tliero are now., quita' a-number of tho-Rontlcrsci rosident: in thi>' district. The. event referred to wis - the' first ! " social -11613 in 'Wiitangl, and, ..took .place on i'riday evening last, under,the auspices of'tho''-.-"-local railway staff .and, tho employee's of Mr. Or. Symos sawmill. A, committee consisting ; of Messrs. J. E. Bailey.-G..Harvey, A. Rel£ A.Barnich, A, I'opo, fy, Holly, W, > Dowdall! 1. Hamilton, -. Bums, and I'. Ndrton, and a '" ladies committee, consisting of tho Misses Nor. . ton, .Collie. Sergeant/and. Synuv'nhd MosdameV- , Byrne, Holly, : and Bailey, had iSvorltcd.-- hard -. - t> ,ens\irc;the eiittns of tho' affair,;and',u'b they "'■■:': were fortunate in picking, a' ; tirio evening, their ■'"' efforts were: 1 -rewarded'-.' by' .-the assoinWago' ol'"••''''• a,, company of .some ■ fifty-,-.persons;. including; ' visitors from\the neighbouring townships of; " ! i aurangprero, Waumru, and Karioi. .Tho social V part of tho. ovemng was'spent in Mr. Q. E.- : ' ;■ Harvoys_residcncq whero things went as'.mCN' rily as tho proverbial marriage belli with mui sio, dance, and song.. Thoso contributing to ' ■,"' tho vocal part of tho cntertainmoht weroi Tho' '.' 'Misses Annio and Amy Norton, Messrs. Char- ' '■-■■ tensf, Prouse, Roach, T6wns,H..Towns.' Ol.' ■"■• son, Findon;,Riloy, Benson, aiid Norton. At 11.30 p.m. supper was served;in Mr.,Bailov'a' rcsidence adjoining, after -which" dancing ivhs' ? ; resumtd.' All present-voted; tho .function a' very onioyablo affair, and.hopc'd that although • it was the iirst of its kind-Jn-Waitaugi, it would be by no moans tlio. Inst. The danco. musio was supplied by Mfers. Benson, Rilo* and Brook. • ■• ,; ; ,',-..'-,"' ■-: