COUNTRY NEWS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 376, 8 July 1911, Page 5

COUNTRY NEWS.

(Own Correspondents). Honikiwi. Matters in this district are still very quiet. The school has reopened after the midwinter and Coronation vacation. Fine weather with occasional severe frosts have been experienced. Feed in some parts is now getting scarce, and stock are suffering to some extent. The roads are in a very bad condition, and it now is impossible to bring in a heavy load from Otorohanga. Church of England service will be held in the schoolhouse on Sunday next, July 9th, and a fair number of settlers with their families are expected to attend, Oparure. The funeral of the late Turora Hori took place at Oparure on Wednesday last. Many Europeans and natives, including the members of the local ban J, assembled at the grave side to pay their last tribute of respect to the deceased, who was the captain of the local football team. The funeral service was impressively conducted by the Rev. R. Mitchell, of Te Kuiti, at the conclusion of which service the natives sang in their own tongue "When our heads are bowed with woe" As the deceased was an exmember of the School Committee, the Department granted the locnl school a half-holiday to enable the teachers and children to attend. The duceased native was well liked by his fellowmen, native and pakeha alike. He was known to be a quiet, inoffensive man, and one with a decided tendency toward refinement, and his tragic end was felt very keenly by the natives.