DISTRICT NEWS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 8, Issue 476, 28 October 1919, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

PAPATOETOE. "OLD BU*7iRS " SCC~*L. The Old Buffer in *he Town Ha'l on Wdneeday Is* was nrt&v 1y out on it" ov">, for there wps a recorl attendance, a pe:."cot flcor, the music was buperb, and the vcH it ms worthy of the occasion. Everyone had be?n wondering how a lot of baldheads were ever going to run a £oi«' by theirselves m 'thout the help of the ladies, but the doubters bal b acknowledge tMt tor r<H-./ing a soiia l through ba successljl finish the old buffers would be hard to beat. There wes a v'm and a go about the whole programme which is o'jniei lacking, but irom trirt to fin'sh there was not a wasM moment. Dance, t ing, recital fo n owed each other in qu ; ck t.icoe;i !on. Voce' it inn were given by M r s M'Uer, M : ss F.'ckett and Mr S abn, who wero : n tplondid voice. M* A'm McElwain, in bis humorous recitals, captivating the audience. Mr Ar'hur Ha'', on behalf of the Old Buffers, welcome 1 the retinae 1 boys in whose honor the sc?i«»' was held and w'shed them a' 1 f he bnt of luck in their Mature careers The chiperones for the evening were Messrs J. A. Brae I !.'re 3t, E. C)le9, B. Stones, H A Swaffield, F. Waters It is b be fnred they noglecbd their duties as the s*a f s r<::eml for them on the were never occupied, and when want 1 those chapr>ne3 bad to ba sought for among the dpneers. Tiie M's C were Meisrs D. Burnside, W. Johns' >ne, V. McDonp'd, 8. McCo''ough, workf 1 hf-d and a ft."eat deal of the taccess of the eveirig was due to thei* exertions. To decci'.be the 1 lile*-; would nee 1 a more versa'le i n * , nn mine. It n enough to say t v at there were many which ir'ght have come straight "t'om Paiis, they were co becoming. It is no wonder some of the Old Buffers lost ''ieir heads or perhaps it was their hee s ? and thought themselves young agrn. One of the Old Buffers in eomtri.ttea nid the idea was to make the social go with a jump from the start. I tbi»k I can descilbe it in three words : Sw'«h ! Crash ! ! Bang! ! ! W.C.T.U. Ine monthly meeting of the Papatoetoe branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held in the Methodist Ha I ', on the af'oui )n of Tue lay, Octaber 7th The meeting, which was we'l attended, took the foim of a social. Stui'ing end moot interesting addre.- les with reference to the prohibition is3ue at the forthoir'ng elv > tions were given by Mrs For car (Fr.;ident of »be Up'on) and the ifav. F. Sou stir. Reference was made to the work that M'.j Halbcri/ (treasuror) had done dn - °*ig the pa >t year and regret was exprc. .1 at her departure from the dist.ict. Several musica l items wei j renderc d and aiierocon t:a was seivcd. A collection in aid of the tom[ rants work among the Mioi's was t.ken up, aft r wbuh the meet:~>g clorl with prayer.