NEAR NEIGHBORS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 48, 28 October 1913, Page 6

NEAR NEIGHBORS.

OHURAITES VISIT WHANCA. Whangamomona was in gala spirit last week-end, the occasion being a visit from Ohura residents, the visit being the first made possible by tlie running of a coach between Ohura and Whangamomona. On Friday a team representing tiie Ohura Bide Club arrived, having ridden through. A match was fired with the local Bide Club on tne Taliora range, the visitors winning by seven points. The Bide Club's ball was held at Kohuratahi in the evening, the visiters being present. TheV returned homewards on Saturday.

On Sunday three coaches came through from Ohura, the first being driven by Mr Torn Moore, who recently decided to establish tlih coach service. They brought about , twenty people, including eight members of the Ohura \Town Band, and the clerk and chairman of the Ohura County Council. They left Ohura at 8 a.m., reaching Whangamomona at 7 p.m. The roads were very muddy. On arrival they were entertained by a

committee of townspeople. - On Monday a cricket match was played, the home team winning by twenty runs. In the evening a social and dance was held. Mr F. W. Court, in welcoming the visitors, stated that Whanga intended to repay the visit. The chairman of the Ohura County Council (Mr W. Sandison) suitably replied on behalf of the visitors. At 9 o’clock this, morning the .Ohura people set off homewards to the strains of the band, something of a novelty for Whangamomona. To sum up, deponent put it thus: “We had a ‘large’ time!”