Correspondence.
COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE THEM.
[To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.] Sib,—l have been delighted to see what a great interest is taken in our welfare just now by one of our members. A few pounds is wanted for prizes for a ploughing match, and although only a small amount was required our attentive member heads the lis* with £5. Our school, which of late has obtained such notoriety, is also an object of great interest just now, and it is confidently expected that we shall have a prize for the best pair of old trousers reseated. Surely our trousers want mending as well as the Napier people's, and we are quite as much entitled to consideration. It is generally believed that a special prize of £10 has been given for the best mended umbrella, and in order that the boys may not feel neglected there is to be a prize of £10 for tbe best essay on " How to throw a sprat to catch a mackerel." The great interest lately caused in our district leads us to believe tbat at least £50 will be subscribed from the same source towards the establishment of a fire brigade. What does it all mean; it seems so strange that this great solicitude for our welfare should come all at once.—l am, &c, Taradale. June 3, 18_1.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3099, 3 June 1881, Page 2
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