MANGAPEHI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 167, 24 June 1909, Page 5

MANGAPEHI.

(Own Correspondent.) The young railway porter, who was reported as lost in the bush here a fortnight ago. was found after having spent a day and a night in the bosh, but little the worse for his exposure. Last Saturday afternoon, a mitt hand, named Metklejohn. repeated the experience. He went oot to shoot pigeons, and lost his reckoning. The dark coming on caused him to desist ftoro trying to get out, for be quickly received some nasty spills over small precipices when he tried to move about. Aboot nine o'clock on Sunday morning the men of the mill got a search party together, the mill whistle being blown at intervals of a few minutes. The party had just got upon the ranges, however, when they met Meiklejohn on hi» way oot, drawn in the right direction by the sound of the whistle. Be is likely to suffer somewhat from the exposore.as the Saturday night was a miserably wet and cold one. and he west into the bush clad only in trousers and singlet. The half yearly school concert of the focal school is well under way, and preparations should be completed by July 2nd, the date on which the event krto take place. There will be a long programme of drills, songs.recitations. dialogues, and dances, and. judging by the ability displayed by the children at their Christmas concert, this one too, should be a success. The funds derived will go towards giving the children a good treat and good prizes at the end of the year. The matter of a new school building for the district still looms far in the

bxkground.and 40 or so children daily plod th«ir weary way through their * lessons as before in their 20 by 1." box. We understand that the Auckland Board is now applying to the Department for a larger grant to build a achool capable of holding 5S children, the present grant of £2OO not being considered sufficient. At the end of last week a team of local young fellows journeyed up to Tiro* by horse trucks to play a football natch with the Maori team at Throa. The rcsolt was a victory for Mangapehi by 8 points to nil, though there was not much difference between the two teams. Play commenced at t p.m. by the Maoris kicking off. Thence forward the game proceeded fast and foriott* until the call of time. ft was a genuine battle between the two seta of forwards. Though the Maori pack averaged at least 2 stone heavier than the Pake ha forwards, the tatter equalised matters by being much faater than the former. Near the end of the first spelt a long dribbling rush eah»inat»d in Meiktejohn fating on the ball and registering Mangapehi** first try. Charteris was unsuccessful with the kick, and shortly afterwards the half time whistle sounded. Mantrapabi 3 point i, Tlroa nil. On resuming the Mangapehi players had a strong wind at their back and as a result the forwards kept the Maoris on the defence during nearly the whole spell. It was not a back game, the backs on both sides hardly handling the ball at all. From some loose play, F. Gallagher picked up and streaked over the line, registering Pchi's second try with half the Tiroa team on top of him. H. Donkin easily converted. At the end of the spelt, the score remainad unchanged, though both teams were going at it, apparently as fresh as over. The game ended Mangapehi 8 points, Tiroa nit. In the forwards every man worked like a irojan. and it would be bard to pick one out better than another. The most conspicuous forward on the Native side was Temetera, while of the Pakebas, Gallagher. Cadigan. Charteris and Irving worked very hard. In the backs the best of the Maori-* was Bote, whilst of the Managpebi team J. Irvine —captain, H. Donkin. H. Johnson and Ryan snowed to best advantage- fh» foil back, a King's College native lad, waa astonishingly reliabte, and he never failed to bring down the Mg Tiroa Natives. Mr D. McCracken gave every satisfaction with the whistle.