OTOROHANGA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 541, 12 February 1913, Page 5

OTOROHANGA.

Despite the fact that most of the surrounding districts have been holding local picnics, there was the uaual large gathering at the Otorohar.ga district children's picnic on Saturday last. The weather was perfect and the ground was an ideal one in the corner of Mr Ormsby's paddock, with lar a a weeping willow trees providing ample shade, and the Waipa river almost surrounding it. An energetic committee of ladies had worked hard in getting provisions ready for an unknown number of children, and then they had a harder day's work handing out the dainties. The committee lay themselves out to cater entirely for the children, and to provide hot water and tea for any adults that choose to be present. The funds required to run the show are obtained b v voluntary subscriptions from friends desirous of assisting the children to have a good dav's outing once a year. The sports committee organised races for tha different sexes and ages and provided a prize for each child the wee dots particularly appreciating being rewarded for running in a race. This nicnic is becoming a recognised institution as affording a place where one may meet their friends from all parts of the district, and many were the greetings between people who had not met since the former picnic. . The people with poor roads being envious of the ones with metalled roada, and the people with metalled roads were only too pleased to explain how to go about getting metalled ruad3 and to enlarge upon their advantages. As an outcome there are to be several applications for loans on special rating areas around Otorohanga. The whole of the road out to Honikiwi has bean metalled. The Te Rau Miauku road and the Pirongia roads are being metalled, and the balance of the main road in the township are commencing to be metalled this week. 1 A further meeting in connection with the formation of tennis and croquet clubs was held on Monday evening. The committee reported that the Domain Board were willing to lease the requisite area, and that the proposed ground ought to be very suitable. There is a spring about a chain away and on a higher level so that the Water would always be obtainable, by gravitation, for watering the courts. A committee was set up for tennis and another for croquet, to canvas for probable members, and to estii mate the outlay necessary to lay down > the courts.