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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4453, 14 August 1922, Page 2

It is evident that the Ngatea people are pleased with the success of their first community “sing," held last Tuesday, as another has been arranged for to-morrow evening, when more time will be devoted to the exercising of the vocal organs.

A clearing sale is to take place at Koma’a North on Tuesday, August 22, when the Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. will offer for disposal the whole of the dairy herd of Mr V. Dunlop, who is giving up dairying.

A painful injury to the face was sustained by W. McMahon, of Ngatea. during the Piako-Hauraki Plains rep. mathc at Ngatea on August 5. Etxaminatkn by a doctor showed that his jaw had been fractured, and advice to this effect was received by .Mr D. Vincent (secretary of the Hauraki Plain;- Rugby Union) last week. McMahon was consequently unable tc play last Saturday.

Something of a novelty in the way of a social evening is being contemplated by the old settlers of Kerepeehi. It is intended to give an old settlers’ dance, into which will be introduced some novel dancing ideas.

One can imagine the chagrin of a bridal party who, on leaving Wanganui for Wellington, were accosted oy a railway porter: “Here, what’s that you’ve got ?’’ The suspicious object referred to (states the Wanganui “Chronicle") was nothing more than a nicely framed photograph about 18 inches by 12 inches, and on being advised to this effect the porter continued, “You can’t take that with you, that’s furniture, unless you pay for it.” It cost the travelling party four shillings for permission to carry the picture by train, and one can only conclude that it would be cheaper to have presentation pictures framed ail their destination or restrict the size of the photographs.

In a maintenance case heard at the Christchurch Magistrate’s Court (relates the Press) the complainant informed the Bench that after the ceremony her husband said to her: “Now you’ve married me, mother says you < have to keep me." Defendant’s mother said her son was weak mentally. “H? met her (the wifle) when he was coming out of Cook and Ross’s with his father's medicine,” she continued, "and she smiled, and they went for a wa’k. Afterwards she said, ‘Come on, Bill, and let's get married,’ and he thought it was a fine thing to do, so he did; he came home laughing about it. Then she says, ‘We’ll go u'J to Wellington, and have a honeymoon, and he says, ‘All right, I’ve got £2OO coming to me on my bitrhday,’ although he only gets £lOO from a life insurance policy when he’s 40." The wife’s chief grievance was that the mother had not told her o' the son’s shortcomings. The magistrate granted the order, saying that I he defendant had married a wife, and he would have to keep her and her child.

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