ONEWHERO.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 624, 15 April 1921, Page 7

ONEWHERO.

The traction engine owners had a narrow escape from serious loss a few days back as their chaffcutter, which was drawn up on the side of the road was discovered to be on fire bv Mr Cusack and Mr Blackmore, who happened to be passing, and they promptly got to work and managed to extinguish it before much harm was done.

• Mr and Mrs T. R. Thompson were welcomed back from their honeymoon bv a band of enthusiastic tin lcettlers. For a time night was made hideous by the din, but fortunately they were soon invited in and spent a most enjoyable evening. The youngcouple will be set up with empty kerosene tins for the rest of their lives, some of them somewhat the worse for the music they produced, but they are useful sort of things to have about the place. Rumour, has it that another wedding will shortly trike place in the district. Cupid has been busy in Onewhero of late.

Cr P. Riley Taylor is taking lound tne census papers. That may be from mixed motives certainly, but chief amongst them is the fact that he wants to make himself thoroughly conversant with the highways and byways in his district.

3 , The new Domain Board nas been gazetted and from what I hear there are live men on the Board. Onewhero S s fortunate in having a very fine piece of ground for their Domain, bv.f most of it is given over to fern, which badly wants clearing awav. The new post office site at the northern end has been fenced off, and it is anticipated that a start will shortly be made on the erection of the post office.

The Onewhero carnival season closes on the 22nd Inst, with a grand cm nival ball, at which "Queen Marion the First will be present. As she will be received in state, those who failed to see the coronation will have an opportunity of witnessing a very fine little pageant. Mrs Lkld!@, senior, the Queen’s mother, won the £1 note in the surprise envelope competition at the coronation and vqry generously donated it towards Queen Marion’s candidature, thus helping to svvell her d e.ughter’s majo r i tv.