DISTRICT NEWS.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 652, 22 July 1921, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

ONEWHERO. i j ' ' ! ' : ' . The returned soldiers of Onewhero i have decided to give a big bail here ;on August 19, No trouble is to be ; spared and as it is proposed to have ; Hawthorne’s orchestra from Auckland for the evening, Onewhero and the outlying districts may count on an enjoyable evening it would be a pity to miss. The engagement of Miss Reveil, of Kauri Road, 1 to Mr Martin Foster is announced, herewith all felicitations to them both. When the time comes j for Miss Revel! to leave the district, she will be greatly missed as she always throws herself heart and soul into all social functions. It is only recently the title of Lady Kauri was' conferred on Miss Revell by Queen Marion of Onewhero, a distinction most richly deserved for the untiring way she worked for the carnival which was arranged in aid of the local Catholic Church.

Mrs Scoble Cornish is at present staying with Mrs Goss of Epsom, Auckland. From there she goes to Dargaville, where she will be the guest of Mrs S. Roper! ' At a meeting of the trustees-for the Onewhero halls, it was decided that steps should be taken to erect a hall in a more central position. By pulling down the two existing buildings there will be enough thoioughly seasoned .timber to build a really up-to-date hall. The trustees are to be congratulated on the broad minded spirit they have shown. The residents have felt for a long time that one good hall is all that is required here, but there were difficulties in the way which have been happily overcome. Now all that remains is to arrange to finance the undertaking. This should not be an insuperable obstacle. The old sites are worth money, and where the whole convenience of a thickly populated district i is concerned, means can be found j and will.

Mrs Riley Taylor is at. present staying with Mrs H. IX Bell, of Feilding, from there she goes on to Palmerston North, where she will be, the guest of Mrs Loughnan, afterwards joining Mr Riley Taylor, and will conclude her trip by.visiting Mr Taylors mother at Oaklands, Kiwitea.

Mrs Kelsey, of Wairamarama, has beer, under treatment by a specialist for eye trouble in Auckland, and it is to be regretted that at present there is not much improvement.

Mr Norman Portullo met with a nasty accident recently, his horse falling on him on the. slippery road. He got pinned beneath it and got very badly bruised. In fact he has found it necessary to consult Dr Garrick Robinson. It is to he hoped he will make a speedy recovery.

Mr G. Adams, an old patient of Mr Cornish’s when he was in charge of the massage department of the Victorian Hospital, is at present his guest. Mr Adams was very badly wounded during the recent war and though much better, there is still great room for Improvement. Mr Adams, since his return in 3918,, has been continuously under treatment in various military hospitals and speaks

most highly of them all Discussin “ the weather and the crops” with Mr and Mrs Martindale the other day, conversation turned on the lugubrious outlook for wool, whereon they told .me that they had taken the opportunity of low values to renovate all their mattresses. The process is quitet simple. It takes about 40!fo of wool to each mattress, and they make such soft lying that is a matter of great reluctance to rise in time to open the shop. Mr Martindale’s part is to kill the sheep., then his wife washes the skin and tacks it up to dry, then the wool is cut into inch long pieces and put into the ticking and makes' a most desirable substitute for the weird and wonderful material that had previously been its stuffing.