OTOROHANGA.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 681, 27 June 1914, Page 5

OTOROHANGA.

' Own GorresfKMideni.' VACIDTtCTORY., Rav. E. S. Wayne, l wbo^:, JEprif a pariah in,the Far North bn\ day, preached his : ;ftie we llr ; ,sermon at Otorohanga Anglican Church on Sunday,evening., there waj a large congregation, and after, the service, Mr John Ormsby, hi, preseoting Mr Wayn«. on behaijt of the parishioners, with a pnjtee' of. aoyereigns,' said he booed the change would hive the desired effect : of, jinpr.oving the rev. gentleman'! health, which, Jie. believed, was the principal reason for Mr Wayne leaving the district. He wished both Mr and Mrs' Wayne God speed and success, in their new parish Mr Wayne feelinglyVte'apondf ed, and intimated that he would purchase something :•*»s.•' which/ £e and his wife would r«men»her. their •many friends > and parishioners-V in i•- ! -"- •■ ■•'.•">• ; < ;■ -'The the 82nd sDrum .and Fife Band presented W. 3. Harney; minister of Ihe Presbyterian church heriPiWfaDls leaving'for No'sewoodj 44awke'aBBa r with a Gillette, safety razor, as a.small token of the esteenl' in whTfelfehe waa^elftiby'the bond Which had to thank him for its incept tion, and r for the way i bad brought this hand' to ita present state of nrofioiency. .Mr C. Elliott, on be* half of a number of friends, presented Mr Harvey with a purse of .sovereigns an J hoped he would enjoy good health and prosperity i.n his .new v districti the Tpwh B.ani'also presented <Mt Harvly with a'easa'of pipes, to mark their' of his efforts: in teaching'tfie Boys' Band. Mr Harvey, in r.etur,hii!g thahka, urged the boys to, stick together and be obedient to, their new bandmaster, Mr . Cafter. Ncfw that'they'Wereja Cadet Band it would not be all hard work. asi they would" get some equipment . irf r attending- the annual camps^ STRAYING CATTLE. " r

Residents have been considerably annoyed of late by the number of stray cattle -and horses roaming about our streets at night. Recently one of the local legal fraternity found no Jess than fpurhorseßca-mped for the evening under •bis ..office verandah. Mr Banner, storekeeper, bad , bis shop window: broken by,, a- horse , which had evidently pußbed against U while taking shelter under his verandah. Mr .J. .A- Ormsby was also unfortunate in having a valuable cow severely gored by a steer which bad broken into hri paddock, the-animal not toeing ; expected* ?to recover! '•' ' •'.• - •> -•' " On bearing of this state of affair?, a member of the Town Board 'had a general round Of,, and succeeded in impoucding 19 nead of cattle. Some amusement wss caused next day when it was discovered that 13 of the v impounded cattle belonged to the impounder's fatblly. ' -'■' ■'■ : -i A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. « Whfit have b«en a.serious•%<?- 1 > cident occurred ijiP^Leeper■'»,garden, the other day., s ; Jamais Cart, gardener. Was digging, ; wheq v a, bullet, whizzed past his bead., striking the ground a few -feet away..from him, and• within two •or three .' yards of ■, who was talking to Carr at A search was.made with, the rifle, but no trace could be discovered of him. ; . BOOSTERS' CLUB. At a meeting of the Otofohanga Boosters! Club; held tbis week,' at which a fair number of membera were present,- it was decided to alter tbe name of the club totu "Otorohanga 1000. Club/' •"The following -officers were elected-—President, Mr C. Phillips; secretary, Mr E.Clos6y; treasurer, Mr J< A. Ormsby; advertising Messrs McDonald, CV Phillips, and Forst«r. Future meetings will be held in Mr McDonald's office, and tbe next meeting will take place in about a fortnight's time, of which due notice will be given to members. GENERAL. The Town Band will give an openair concert on Sunday afternoon under the Willows* street, whenan excellent p^rVntme-will be ren-i deretf. '• ' >: " Mr Kidsqn, postmaster, will commence duties, as deputy-registrar of births, deaths, and marriages on July The Japanese operetta, "O'Hanu San/* is'being rehears9dby a number,, of Voung ladies 1 of <Otbrobawga andWill tie - prbduced shortly, in -Bid otahe,, Presbyterian hall building ftinoV ~ • N«W are irtVited *for> the; erection of" the ' Roman €atholici churcb, tenders io olbso on Wednesday next. PlatsaVid. speblficatioiismay be s«en , at • Mr•; sisdai it's - sho^,; • Otorohanga.' aV the : office -of■"••th». | architects, Messrs Warren and Bfeieh^ •yrdeh; , Bwnilton;*-' v ' ' Wvitatibbsriavo boen' testfebT 1 - fa* la. gift social to be held aid of the Ropan> " Gatbblre *burch bazaar, to be bald in October nextj