TAIHAPE NEWS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2156, 23 May 1914, Page 15

TAIHAPE NEWS

The Fire Brigade was summoned on Thursday aftcriiou to the residence occupied by Mrs. I>. Beattie. An-out-break of lire was caused by. a defective chimney,' and as tho flamos Wire- controlled by a Bumbev of .neighbours, the services of tho brigade wtre not needed. An effort is being made to 'have firstaid classes included in the curriculum of the Taihapo Techmeal School, and tho amount of probable support is being ascertained with that abject in view. At the annual meeting of the Taibape Golf Club mi Wednesday, Mr. G. Bray was.elected president, nnd Mr. A. MRyan secretary and treasurer- 'I'ho balance-sheet showed that tho revenue for tho year exceeded the cspenditnre by only 1-is.; but the chairman explained that a. considerable sum had been spent in improving the links, Mr. Roy Jones, of Wnngamii, has taken up duty as telegraphist at the Taihapo Post Office,'in placo of Mr. 11. Forrester, who has been transferred, At a special meeting ©f the Qhakune Borough Council, for tho purpose_ ofconsidering a letter from {lie Kuig Country Back-Mocks' Association, "m reference to the liquor traffic.; it was ; resolved that the council would support tho introduction «f licenses in the King Country, and would favour nicipal control in preference- to State control. Councillor Wilkio was appointed delegate to represent., the council at a conference to be held at 1«. Kniti on Juno 4. Excellent,, support lias bom accorded to the proposal to form a gun club at Taihapo, and a subscription list is being circulated with the object, of raising tho funds necessary to defray the initial expenses. Mr. T. rnreel!, senior clerk at tho Taihapo Post, Office, was aecoidr-d a valedictory social on Tuesday ereninp:, and was presented with a smoker's outfit and dressing-case, together with alailv's drosshiK-csse for Mrs. Purr-elk Further cases of sheep having been worried bv stray dags have ber-ii reported, -and in some eases the damage lias been extensive.