Beaconsfield Notes
[FROM OUB OWN COBBE3PONDBNT.] The Beaconsneld picnic was held on Monday, on the usual ground at the foot of the hill, and was well attended. There were races and scrambles for lollies for r. the young folks, and music and dancing [^ for the elders. In the evening Mr Fitton/"^ entertained his friends at his residence 5 with music and dancing, which was kept ;" up until morning. -;-iK The showery weather has retarded haymaking considerably, and the crops of grass are very heavy. " ; • The trustees of- Uie? church "haye procured fresh seats, which are a great im- '•■ proyement on the old forms hitherto in use. They are also steps to have the church lined, before the Winter sets The Wai tapu township; is going ahead, quite a number of owners having had their sections cleared. , , , , A Sunday School has been started in connection with .the church, largely through Mr Jolly's exertions, and nearly 30 scholars have attended,' ■ •. ■ The heavy winds experienced here lately have shook the fruit trees considerably. /., .. _. . -; :,'..£ t .■..■.■■'
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 83, 3 January 1893, Page 2
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171Beaconsfield Notes Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 83, 3 January 1893, Page 2
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