DISTRICT NEWS

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4826, 6 May 1925, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS

TURUA. CHURCH BAZAAR. Over £lOO for, the Turua Presbyter’an Church funds was raised on Fr’day last by a bazaar organised by the Ladies’ Guild and held in.the Victoria Hall. The weather was threatening in the afternoon and wet ing the evening, but the ; attendance on both occasions was large, and satisfactory business was done. All one side of the hall was occupied by welllad?n stalls, the -stailhoders- being: Produce, Mesdames Miller , and Porteous; cakes and flowers, Mesdames Johnson and Davies:., iiectllewotk, Mesdames Valentine, Willy, Flynn, Roberts, and Mr Hudson sweets ana fr-jit, M-sses Miller ; .ea-room, Mes- > daine.i Dak and Miller •• .fish pond, Mesdames Taylor, Pentecost, Jones, and Misses Cliarteris Aberha-t. Mr and Mrs Ab&rhart and Mrs Stewart were in charge of the numerous competitions that .were held, and anv ng the prize-winners .were : Hat trimmings, Mr G. J. Walker 1, Mr J. Miller 2 ; nail-driving, Mr J. Martin ; ladies’ sawing, Mrs-.McLean 1, Mn> -Dak 2; doll’s name (Betty). Mr C. i Rlacklaws (3 tied) ; ladks’ nail-driv-ing, Mrs Pearson 1, Miss Burfoot 2; length of rod (12ft 10%in), Miss Burfoot ; nails in bottle (165),, Mr L. Jor.cs; tacks in bottle (295), Miss E. Dak ; screws in bottle (133), Mr J. A Williams; cakes, Mrs Chapman. Mr E. L. Williams, Misp.N. Charteris,” Mr W, White ; table-cover, Mrs Porteons ; Bridle, Mrs J. A. Williams. During the evening musical itemswerc cofiitributed by a party of in-_ strumentalists from Kopuarahi, and after an .auction sale of rhe unsold goods a dance was held. Nicholson (chairman), W. Thompson (secretary), W. Herkt, R. Carr, • and W; Shilton. The total receipts tor the year was £lO5, and-the credit balaiice at the end of the term was £l6. The annual report mentioned that £25 of grant money-had been spent on ground Improvements. The committee had been endeavouring to secure an additional two acres of ground, and this was-now practically granted. The average attendance was 87.5, but on account of the epidemic the roll number was not up to full strength. It was decided to resume the hoi cocoa service during the winter months, and to purchase 100 mugs for the purpose'. KOPUARAHI. r At no place on the Hauraki-Plains is so much interest taken in school matters by the people of the district as at Kopiiarahi. Voluntary labour ami donations are given freely, and this meets with the approbation: of the Edv cation Board and Department, whose policy it .is, according to the Minister for Education, when speaking at Kopuarahi some time ago, to help those districts which help themselvcp. The total amount of receipts from all sources for the year made - £291, and of this £257 has been spent. During the past year the whole of the school ground was resown in grass, and £3O was spent oh shell for paths. A niano and a copper had been secured. - - c uring the coming year the committee, which is the same as last year, proposes to make a lawn in front of tho-pchool; with garden plots bordering the paths, etc., and to secure some hundreds of trees from the State Forest Department and plant them for-_ shelter purposes. There were over twenty householders .at the meeting, and the committee re-elected were Messrs W. B. Hate (chairman), ®. Harwood, C. Lawrence, J. G. Miller, and D. J. O’Carroll (secretary). ' ORONGO. An official committee was elected for the first time to control the Orongo school. Previously Mr J. M. Smith had been commissioner, but with him were associated in an unofficial capacity Messrs'H. Fitch, A. B. Corbett, A. Cranston, and-P. C. Hal!. These five were on Monday electedthe committee. Mr J. M. Smith presided at the meeting, which was a very represeiP tative one, and presented a report wh;ch showed that things were in a very satisfactory position. When opened the school was what was termed a shelter-shed school, but the porch attached proved unsatisfactory, and efforts made had resulted in a grant being obtained for a separate shed. Votes of thanks'were passed to the Turua and Kopuarahi school committees for the assistance rendered in getting the school established at Orongo; to the teachers for their good work, and to .Mr T. "W. Rhodes, M.P. for the district, for donating a number of good attendance prizes. PIPIROA. ' ’ The proceedings of the meeting at Piyiroa were short and formal, the retiring committee, Messrs J. Porter (Chairman), J. Clark, J. Galvin, W. Gatiley, and E. Keane (secretary) being re-elected. * MANGATARATA. . Owing to the ,wet. weather and the state of the clay roads only six persons attended the meeting at Mangatarata. The annual report stated that very little had been done during the year, as so many of the committee had'left the district, with the result that a • commissioner had been appointed. The accumulated funds in hand totalled £'sl ss. It was .not possible to get five persons to form the committee, so , four were appointed, and they will \ make a recommendation to the Education Board. The four appointed were Mrs Vinson, Messrs I* '■ McKenzie (chairman), T. S. Harris, and F. JSexton (secretary). The late commissioner, -Mr F. - - I. Sexi on, was - accorded a votA-’ ot thanfe'