DISTRICT NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 212, 14 July 1914, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

TUAKAU.

GUN CLUB BALL

To commemorate their first match with ati outside team the Hod and

Gun Cluh on Wednesday night held a ball, which henceforth will be an annual affair. No Efforts were spare 1 to make the fmctiin a BUCC3B?, airJ by the combined labors of a hardwotking committee and the ur.tring energy of the secretaiy, Mr W. A. Strahan, a splendid result was achieved, all voting the evening a record (fathering of it* ( kind for Tuakiu. Notui hsta-idinn the recei t additions to the Literary hall the Hour space wa? fu'ly taxad, over 40 couples taking part in the I dancing. The hall itself was artistically decoratei with hunting. ! work had been tastefully carried | out by Messrs Johnson and Young, and calls for special comment, i But if the hall was attractive, the j display in the supper roon was even I mere ro. Credit for the laying cut . of the supper, which ia the first sit 'down affair in the hall, i; particularly due to Meslames Straban, | H. Craiß, Juhnson, Grant, Harrison, ' and Mis? Henderaon. The catering was in the capable hands of Mr lA. J Prescctt, of the Tuakau | Bakery, and one did not have to be I lo~g at the tables to note the excel- { lence of the repas'. Excellent danca j muaic waj supplied by Motnw's orchesta (piano, violin and H-ite). | Extras were played by Mrs Gold- ' smith and Mis; Mayall. In p'esanting the t ophies which | had been won during the past a.ason ! Dr Cheesman, preaident of the club, ; said that he was glad to see and : welcome such a audience to j the first annual ball. He hoped | they would keep this evening in j mind and all roll up again next i year. He tojk this opportunity to j thank the ladies who had ao ki dly | provided tea a d refrea'-.menta for the club's members and friends during the afternonn'a match, and also to all those who had helped with the dince and fupper arrangements Ihe club was only two years old and they had carried through two very successful seasons, having just wound up with rather a glorious defeat from Pukekohe. However, thev were going to keep 0:1 practising and they would beat Pukekohe next tim\ Dr Cheesman then presented the following truphies:-Silver cuo presented by Mr Foley, won b7 Mr W. Deebl\ junr.; pair of field glasses presented iby Mr W. Wright. Pukekohe, won by Mr Sam Thome; silver biscuit barrel presented by Mr J. Grant, vice-pteaident, won by Mr B. McGahan; silver tea s.t and tray presented by Mr Booktr, vice-presi-dent, won by Mr W. Billington; silver-mounttd jam dish pr sented by Mr J. K. Weill, won by Mr E. McGahan; eet of hair brushes presented by Mr F. Woolley, woi bv Mr J. McNeil; of brushes presented by Mr L. Stevenson, won by Mr W. treble, junr. Amongst the many pretty dresses worn by the ladies the following were particularly noticeable: —Mrs Cheesman, handsome charmeuse, black lace trimmngs; Mrs W. Strahan, cream satin; Mrs McGuire, cream; Mrs Learning, blua; M a P. Collins, saxe blue; Mrs Nolan, pink silk, with c:e?m net overdress; Mrs Moore, violet dress; Mis Strahan, blue satin, with (ilk overdrees; Mrs Geraghty, black; Mra Prescott, cream, lace overdress; Mrs Draper, pretty pink; Mrs Craig, whits; Mrs Bakalich, pink with ret overdress; Mra Harri-on, blue; Mrs Nolrni, pink, cream overdresa; Mrs l Kipley, cream; Mrs Smith (Auckland), brown velvet; Mrs Fearn, I brown: Mra Woolley, mauve; Mrs j Feather, grey and white; Miss M. j Taylor, brown velvet, maize triirminga; Miss Clarlt, whit', trimmed with lace; Miss Taylor, heliotrope satin, beaded triminirgs; Miss Dromgool, white; Miss Mayall, blue satin, trimmed with pink; Misa Mconey, white; Miss Myers, white muelin; Miss Clark, pratv white voile; Miss Mcr:ay, cream; Mies McGihan, white; Miss Kenny, pink, cream overdress; Miss Downey, black silk; Miss Thompson, pretty pink; Miss Harrison, [brown frock; Miss Geraghty, whit? silk; Miss Henderson, cream; Miss Mincham, cream; Miss Stevenson, tussore silk, greerr trimmings; Miss Smeade, pink dress; Misa Grant, grey blue; Miss Hill, blue, cream overdress; Miss Lewis, white; Miss Wardell, white; Miss Sentch, pink and cream; Misses Lidner (3), cream frocks. As M.C. Mr F. Johnson wa' indefatigable, and was ably assisted by Messrs W. Young and B. McGihan. MERCER. MAGISTRATE'S COURT. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held on Thursday, Hth July before Mr F. V. Fra/.er, S.M. Undefended Cases. —Judgment for plaintiff's by default was given in the following cases : State Advances v. J. Kill, £.30 3s U with £1 18s 10J costs: J. Murray v. B. Wright. £ll 12s (id with 1~8 costs ; W. H. Deane v. Lapwood Bros., £(» Lis !'d with 14scosts; Pulham \ Begbie v. R. Wade, £4 18s 7d with os costs: same v. Tuki Tapuhi, UN Us lid with £1 8s costs ; same v. G. Toka, £0 9s 7d with £1 8s costs; same v. S. Tori, £ti Ids 7d with £1 8s costs ; same v. E. Teri, £3 5s (id with £1 os costs : same v. T. Tapuhi, £1 IDs od with £ 15s costs; same v. T. MePherson, lis fid with £1 lfis costs; Yalontine iV Co. v. C. Rogers, £4 14s lid witli 8s costs. Judgment Summons.— Valentino & Co. v. W. Leo, order mado for payniont of £2 IDs "2d within a week, in default 3 days' imprisonment. United Timber Co. v. Wi Maki, order made for payment of £•"> It's, 4d within a week, in default six days' imprisonment. defended Cases.—ln tho defended case of R. Brown v. T. G. Evison, claim £124 lis (id for wages, after hoariug the ovidouco tho Magistrate gave judgment for plaintiff for £122 lis tid, with £'J 17s costs. BOMBAY. ROAD IMPROVEMENT. Mr Fisher, assistant engineer to the Franklin County Council, was busy 1 ant week laving off some new work on the Great South road. Starting at Fitzgerald's quarry a grading scheme will be continued j fnr thrcenuarters of a mile, which, when completed, will greatly reduce the annoying bill in that area.

BUCKLANO. TENNIS CLUB SO lAI . The third nf the series ot fecials under the auspices of the Buck land T ; nri? Club was held on Friday evening, and tte fact ihat the weather was unfavourable a g»od crowd turned out. Nine tables were occupi-.d by the projre sive tuchre phyers, and in aclditijn there were a lew lookers on. The prizes, whic'i were donated by the joint s cretaiies of the Club, Me.srs Smith and Bilkpy, were won hy Mrs Appleby (ladies) with eight winsout of t*. n names played, Bnd Mr A. Delaney (gents) nine wins out of ten Kan's. A special word of trjiie is du; to the joint secretaries of tic club who have worked very strenuously to mike ths social? sue cessful, Loth soilallj ai d tiancially. Mr A. Smith, who i 9 r.otcd fjr his genius as an inventor, supplied two folding tables to the club, a cird box, and an apparatus attached to the piano by which the musician can announce each dince as it comes on, which almost does nil that i) rt<j 1 ired of the M C. The ladies provided an excellent supper. The dance which followed was kept up til! midnight. Mrs Davy contributed very pleasant music. DAIRY SUPPLIERS MEETING. Mr Pacey, mamging director for the New Zealand Dairy Association, addressed the Buckland mppliers in the hall on Friday afternoon. There were 28 suppliers present. Mr I'acey cmgratulated Bucklsnci oa the rapid progress it had made, and quoted figures shewing how fast the output of the cr«amery Ind grown. For the season 1911-12 the weekly output cf butt:r-f it was 23291b5, 1912-18 35801b5, 1913-14 49731b5. The company's output of butter had increased during the list season by a little over 560 t n\ th? total output of butter t u tho paU seas n being rather over 5050 tons The payment for buttei-fat for the past se.son would work out at about 12 1-16 d pence pr lb, including all bonuses, which compared very favourably with the amount paid by other companies. The prospects for the coming season were fairly Rood, as new markets were oprning in Canada, United States .and Afiica, but the English ma-kt t will be the main market for many years to come. The reports on quality of butter had been worse this year than for many yea'B pa9t. The reason for this was competition by different dairy cotpanies, milking midlines and hcmi separation. Duri-g the past season the company had been experimenting on the manufacture of casein. But the strike had prevented the company carrying the experiment out a 9 far as it had been intended. At the conclus'on of the address after a number ol q e tions had been aniwered, a vote of thanks to Mr Pacey and of confidence in the company was carried by aeclamation. A vote of thanks to Mr Hariland, who acted as chairman for the meeting, was also carried by acclamation. HOCKEY CLUB. The Ladies' Hockey Club held a practice o.i Saturday afternoon in Mr Sou ; ter'a paddock. A large number turned out, and a successful practice by picked sides to:k place. MILKING SEASON. That the milking season is fast approaching is evidenced by the fact that the creamery is tunning four days a week instead of three, ai it used for (he past month. WAIPIPITHE WEATHER. For the past several days the weather has been lovely. Only on ono occasion did Jack Frost uiuke his appearance. THE MILKING SEASON. The spell between ilio milking seasons is fast drawing to a close and very soon the rattle of milk buckets and cans will be heard onco more. Here and there can bo seen cows that lave already toed tho line. Preparations have been made in this district for an increased supply to our creameiy. Three power milking machines have been installed by Messrs J. T Jones, M. Harvey and J. Harvey and a foot power machine by Mr H. Harvey. THE HALL. Church and hall maitors are taking a rest. We may expect to hear a great deal more of them shortly. FANCY DRESS BALL. A very interesting event and of a fantastic nature took place in the Waipipi schoolroom on Friday evening, 3rd inst. The occasion was a fancy dress ball, arranged by a committee of ladies and gentlemen, and carried out in lirst-elass Myle under the management of Mr J. W. Michie, who also officiated as M.C. Being the tirst fancy dress btiTl in Waipipi great interest was token in the event, tho result being a bumper house. Almost all Waipipi, Kohe Kobe and Wniuku and their wives were present and a few visitors from Auckland, lho fancy dresses were very numerous and some of them of remarkably original character, over 4(1 ladies and gentlemen appearing in fancy dress. In addition there were a large number of gontlemen in evening i dress. Both rooms were utilised | for dancing, tho only drawback to a brilliant turnout being lack of room. Tho music was supplied l>y Mr and Mrs McNamara v piauo and violin) and Messrs Ilewit, Westhoad and Chiplin (accordeon ) Tho ball was opened by a grand march of all tho characters in fancy dress. During* the ovoningMiss McGregor rendered iv coilple of songs in hor well known stvlo. Supper was supplied by the j ladies and left nothing to bo desired as totality or quantity. Dancing was kept up until •> a in. and 0110 j and all voted it a most successful | function. Subjoiuel are a list of j fancy dresses . . j Mrs J. Harvey, early Victorian style ; Mrs Jas. Short, schoo'girl ; ] Mrs J. P. Koogh, Irish lass; Mrs Irving, red roses ; Mrs J. W. Michie, safety matches: Mrs J. Powell, led cross nurse; M rs M. Gleegou, i\y; Mi •s Furniss, nurse; Mrs Walsh, | ivy; Miss Furnis", summer; Miss: Aylward, shamrock; Miss A. Aylward, romp; Miss McCarthy, Swiss ! girl; Miss B. McCarthy, Five o'clock tea; Miss Dickey, winter; Miss M. Dickey. Japanese lady : Miss (Jleeson, Home Rule ; W. Uleoson, ruination: Miss Wright, night; Miss Maekey. housemaid. Gentle- j men's dresses were: Jas. Harvey,

' Holler Mill llour; H. Funiiss, sour., clown; J. I'. Keogli, Uuclo Nam; I*. Keogli, niggor ; L. Flivell, Assyrian Iniwkor : W. Micliio, Pierrot; L. W'alsli, Troltiug jockey ; M. Cliiplin, Ko.l Indian; W. McCarthy, seur., Woary Willie ; T. McCarthy, cowlior: J. Westliuwl, I clown ; J. W. Micliio, ninno'-wiir sailor: J. Aylward, ji'itclios; I'. Aylwanl, cadet; A. Fuvniss, lmtchor ; ,R. Furniss, cadet; K. Wallace, cook ; I). Jonus, territorial; 1' (Jloo | son, Groat Northern Brow cry ; .las. Short, clown; K Walsh, jockey ; 11. May, nigger. Amongst the ladies jires lit in ievening dross were: Mes.la'iies 11. ! Bnmaliv, 11. Harvey, \V. Watson, 1, lverlis, J. McDonald, W. Wright. M. Ivoog'i, J. McNaiuara, ltowe, 1 McElvy, and the Misses Walsh, j Grimmer !2 , Lockie and McGrogor.

MAUKU. FARM ENS' UNION MEETING. The monthly meeting oT the I Farmers' Union was held in the | I'atumahoe Hall on Monday (ith inst., ; when 8 me .'SO members w re present to listen to an address by the provincial secretary, Mr A. Schmitt, and to consider other branch matters. A resolution was passed disagreeing with the suggestion ti hoi I the provincial conference at dilTcrcrit centres, and approving of Auckland as the most acceptable place. Mr Schmitt addressed the meeting on Farmers' Union matters. He referred to the wonderful progress j the harmers' Trading Association was making, the membership now being over 1700. The turnover fur ihe past year was £114,000. Mr Schmitt dealt with railway, immigration and other matters, showing what a watchful eye the Union whs keeping on Government proposals. The executive at the present time was considering a request fiom the Civil servants' Association that th 3 Farmers' Union net as their buying agency. As Ihi i Association had a msmbership of over 59U0 m?mberit it was a big question. Personally, he thought the nearer the producer* and the consumer could be brought together the better. The Co-operative Auctioneering question was r,ot hcing lost sight of and there was a probahili'y that arrangements would be male to secure members a rebate frrm an existing firm. This would net nu well as starting a company of their own. Mr Schmilt intimated that he pro- | postd investigating all the markets in both islands, so as to enable farmers to place their produc* at a moment's notice. • Air Schmitt answered a number of questions, and wai accorded n hearty of thanks for his Interesting address. The following new members were propo-ed: Messrs H. C. Hay, D. Nobbs and E. Rowe. ST. BRIDE'S VESTRY. » The quirterly meeting of St. Uridi's Vestry was held on Tucrday evening, the vicar, Rev. C. A. Vaughan, presiding. The proceeds of the concert were placed to the credit of the general account. An extension of the lease of tho church grounds for a further term of three yesra to Mr S. Howe, junr., was sanctioned, at the end of the term the land to be left in grass. The vicar stated that since their last meeting a Sunday School had been successfully established, and a hearty voU of thanks was due to Miss Hay for her work in connection therewith.—Carried unanimously. A hearty vote of thinks was also accorded to Mr Gutry for his past servicss as lay reader and Messrs l'llgrim and Cutfield were requested to wait on him and express the I views of the vestry, with the object j of again persuading him to tike up the good work. CREAM CARTING CONTRACTS. An alteration in the arrangements in connection with the cream carting contracts for the Waikato Co-Opera-live Dairy Company has taken place ' and everything has now been completed with Mr Dazeley, of Puni, |to pick up both Msuku and Puni cream. The cart will leave Puni and proceed through Mauku via the Union and Creamery roads, thence along the Tramway bßck to Puni, taking the main road into Pukekohc. PATUMAHOE. CADETS' BALL. The annual ball fHd by tha territorials and senior cadets of the F ConiDany, Kith Waikato, took place in the Patumahue hall on Friday evening, and as is usual with thesi toys nothing was spared to make ths evening an enjoyable one. The hall locked very gay with its decorations of nikau pilms anil brightly colou ed bunting. A fair sprinkling of uniforms were piesent and thes?, interspersed with the attractive drc-<i?s worn by the fair dancers, made a pretty and animated scer.e. During the evening Mr Cain and enter gave a charming exhibition of tho bell room lango. Excellent music was supplied by Messrs Reid (piano), Bree (violin) and Eisenhut An appetising repast was handed round, ths catering having been done by Messrs 'P. Henry and Sons. The secretary, Mr F. ''owie, can be comD'imented oi< the successful function, and ths M.'sC., Mrssrs C. Howard and A Rnbinsan, for tho vim with which tli2v kept things Roitig.

OTAUA. DKAINAGE BOA It I) MATTERS. A well-attended meeting of rata* payers to the Otaua Drainago Hoard was hrld in the Mull on Tuesdiy evening, July 7ih. Mr Went presided and explained that the meeting was called partly aH an outcome of an informal meeting held hist month and tu get the Tecliig of the district as to whether th2 settlers should do the work themselves for the ensuing year, or whether tho Hoard should strike a rate high enough to pay oIT t'ie overdraft and da the work as well. The latter courja was finally decided on. CREAMEUY HOGIAI,.

The annual creamrry social was held in the hall on July iind, and proved an unqualified mccess.

ARTESIAN WEI.I

The Messrs Neadham are still in the district boring artesian wells, They have just finished a 'veil each for Messrs Percy Denize nrd It. Neil and are at present engaged boring on Mr C. .1. Bailey's farm. Several mure settlers intend having wclla put down.

PUXEKOHZ EAST. FAKMEES' UNION. At a general meeting of t ; m PuVkohe East Branch of tho Farm iV Union held in the Public Hall on Saturday, July 4th, it was decided to support tho idea of holding the annual Provincial Meetings in different centres. Two new numbers were elejted. A euchre drive and dance has been arrange I. PUKEOWARE. KOAD IMPROVEMENTS. Mr Fi?her, a*sistant engin er for the County Ccuncil, spent Friday and Saturday laying of new work in connection with the gradimi of the Waiiangi cutting I understand the new proposal will greatly reduce the grade on this objidnrable hill. The alteration will ako necessitate the raising of the bridge at the foot of tbe hill. Residents will view these improvements with pleasure, as the hill is at present in very bad order.