NEWS FROM WAIUKU

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 251, 27 November 1914, Page 1

NEWS FROM WAIUKU

The many frierdn of Mr and Mrs J. R. McElwain, of Gler.brojk, w:ll be pleased to hear that they have safely returned from their tip (o England, after an atsuncc of about eight murths. Naive orrment by Mr ulass ti his political meeting at Waiuku when touching on finance, after explaining that he had got his figures from Mr Myers, M.l\ "I am r.ot going to read them over, because you won't understand them any more than I dr."

The long-talked-of proposal to erect a hall at Waipipi seems still far from realisation, 'the committee elected last Febiuary to make the preliminary enquiries, etc , hss now decided to call a meeting tf all subscribers and get a decision as to what further action Bhould be taken.

A question put to Mr Giass on Monday night, in the couisa of his speech, was; "Do you rr.can to S3y the Huntly men were bstoned ti work?" "J am not tilkirg about that," replied the candiJate. "You surely don't understand me." And the audience smiled approvingly. Eev. J. C. Fuffell, L.T.H. at present vicar of Morrinsville has been appointod to succeed tho Rev. C. A. Vaughatn the Vicar of Waiuku. Mr Fuffell and his family oxpeet to arrive in Waiuku early iu tne New Year. "If you were not in such a flaming hurry we'd get some sense out of you. I Em not talking about defence."—A retort by Mr A. G. C. Glass in his political speech at Waiuku on Monday, when dealing with the Dreadnought gift, to an interjector whu said: "What about the Expeditionary Forces?"

In the course of his address at the dedication service of the new church at Waipipi on Thursday last, Bishop Averill made a stirring appeal to the corgregation to put forward their best efforts on behalf of the distressed Belgians. He pointed out that Britishers were greatly icdebted to the Belgians for their gallant resistance to the enemy, and that all this country could do (and the people were giving splendid(y), was a matter of absolute justice, as Britisheia could never repay what they really owed to the brave Belgians.