DISTRICT NEWS.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4742, 25 August 1924, Page 1

DISTRICT NEWS.

TUBUA. ROADING SCHEME. The daily amount of metal arriving at Gumtown for the Turua southern area roads is about seventy yards, and within a few days the bottom course on Huirau Road will be completed and a start made on the Turua-Neth-erton road. More metal has been spread during the past two months than during the whole of last summer. FOOTBALL dance. A very enjoyable little dance was organised by the Turua Football Club to raise funds for injured players, and was held in the Victoria Hall on Thursday evening. There was a good attendance, and the evening passed very pleasantly. During the supper interval Mr C. Scott, who for many years has been secretary of the football club, was presented with a toilet set in a leather case as a mark of appreciation of the interest he has always taken in the sport. KEREPEEHI. SCHOOL CONCERT. The amount of musical talent latent in children and the creditable showing effected when this is directed along the right lines wae demonstrated at Kerepeehi on Tuesday evening, when, after only a fortnight’s training, the pupils of the local school, directed by their head teacher, Mrs Loving, gave a splendid evening’s entertainment, The Kerepeehi Hall Was packet., and a long and varied programme was much appreciated. Opening with a duet by M. and H. Trougnton, there followed recitations by T. Carr, Miss Ivy McCutcheon, Miss C. Davies, Master D. Devereaux, Miss Sadie McMillan, Miss Betty Smith, Master B. Thompson, Master J. Carr. Miss C. Thompson; songs by Miss RTayloi, Master T. Baggs, and Miss Beryl Newdick, and part songs and choruses by Misses E. Rhind, L. Kotara. M. Boles, T. Taylor, P. Lyons, M. Newdick, G. Thompson, and Masters R. Wilson, E. Castle, T. Baggs, B. Rangi, r; Connor, M. Shilton, J. Carr, and B, Thompson in various combinations. A playlette in two acts, featuring L. Masters, R. Taylor, P. Fre'ckllngton, B. Newdick, P. Smith, M. Fisher, I. Middleton, and E. Wright, was really good. There were also a number of choruses in which all the pupils took part. A very good interpretation of Highland dancing was given by Miss Charter, who was accompanied by bagpipes played by her brother. The whole entertainment was very enjoyable, and reflects great credit on the school teachers for the manner in which the little tots were trained. After the entertainment the floor was cleared for dancing, the music being by Miss E. Rhind, a Maori girl aged about 1.2 years. The proceeds are for the purpose of improving the playground, and the amount was about £7.