HAKU AND MANGAOTAKI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 706, 23 September 1914, Page 6

HAKU AND MANGAOTAKI.

Own Correspondent. There is a considerable amount of bush being felled here this year , &Ibo fencing, etc. Mesras Hill and Sons have just completed a large and up to-date wool shed and installed shearing machines. During the last few weeks the weather has been all that could be desired, and the "tracks" are showing a decided improvement*. Lambing is well advanced, and if the present fine weather continues good percentages should result, as there is an abundance of feed, and I think losses have been much below the average. On September sth a social, inaugurated by the ladies of Haku and Mangaotaki, v?ns held in Mr Hills' «.;cl shed. Messrs Andresen, Williams, and others supplied the music, and some sixty people of both sexes spent a very enjoyable tvening. Dancing was kept up until near midnight, when supper was handed round. After supper a presentation, on behalf of the settlers, was made to a newly married uuuple. During the evening musical items and recitations were given by Mesres Harwood, Williams, Hill and Curtisß, while Miss D. Hill's song, "The Lost Sheep," was very pathetic.