TOKO NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1914, Page 7

TOKO NOTES.

Our Show. [li'ROM OUK OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thursday is the day that the first annual Show takes place, and if the weather keeps fine the attendance will )e the largest in the history of Toko. The committee have the final preparations well in hand. The horticultural part of the show is hold in the hall, uul the poultry section just along >ide the hall. •The cattle will be penned in the sale yards, Mr Newton King having kindly consented to the use of the yards for the occasion. The sheep Avill also he penned alongside. Hie horse events and dog trials takes )lace in Mr Were's paddock just in ,'ront of the station, which is very convenient. Mr . Elder, Stratford, is running a luncheon booth on that day. Paddocks for horses and vehicles have ilso been arranged for close by. The School. The Toko School Committee are arauging for a sou-side picnic, to take )lace at the East End beach, New Plymouth on Tuesday, March 3rd, and the iiildrens>re looking forward to having ! dip in the briny ocean, donkey rides nd several other attractions. No 'oul.it this excursion will be well patonised, judging from the good time pent at the beach last year. To avoid he crush at the station on the morn;ig of excursion, tickets may be proured at Mr Bain's store the night >efore. At the last School Committee meetng Mr 0. L. Allen, headmaster, relorted last year six pupils gained first-, lass certificates, having never .missed day. Two pupils, Norman Downs, >nd Harry Johnson, gained proficiency ertificates and are now attending the Stratford High School. One pupil ;ained a competency certificate in ■tandard VI., examined from Standid V. class, A'."! one pup" gained a Standard ,V.; competency. Master Lesie Allen, r who passed the scholarship, ■oing first of all the primary schools i New Zealand, is now attending the echnical School at New Plymouth. iv Allen deserves great credit for the tanner in which his pupils are processing. The committee had a working bee ast Thursday pumping out the school aths withl a California pump. Mr T. V. Lees, member of the committee, rought afternoon tea along, which was inch appreciated, and to.which full ustice was done. Picnic and Sports. Oil Tuesday evening last, the Toko ettlers' Picnic and Spprts As'socia- ' ion held their, annual meeting in the 'pronation .between, thirty .and irty. being jireseut, Air ,H- Cern|ioeSr presidina;. f T()e ba.an'ceAsheet, which • ' '■•■?-'. . •i.Viiii" '. ■ ■,■'> (j ' V' ■* ; ,;is .very saßsfaqtoi'y, 'wax 'read and lit; gliojyedv' trliat sanded over tp p\S'f)owmn Boafd for Tiprovemell*3"*' 'iX> 1 'which - r as [much ineefl'ed," !and'•there' instill. •ft a-.-reserve'..fund if©* - the comUig . ea.r<jto.wQrk ion.-, tyijq&s decided l to ( •..old the picnic,' ia<idilispor.ts; as l usual. "he date was fixed for 2nd April Mr I. E. Bocock was re-elected secretary. •posters will' be outMiv a"fyw , "days. General. A milk supplier | \vho ) Js,J'arming on '• small scale got a shock recently .hen his 'test drapped from 3.7 $.Q/ lie made it' his business to interview 'lie .liahager,'arid asked what accountd for. his test being down to such an •xtent: "The manager, replied "That s best known to yourself." Supplier: 'I only put in the usual quantity of ~rler:'' vhh ■"'" .*' lj *\ Mr L. Hevell met with a nasty acei'lent'last week. It appears he was engaged raking hay with a horse-rake, vlieu the animal started kicking, and iroke Mr Revell's arm. He is now aider the doctor's treatment. Mrs and Miss Norma Maxwell, who save been away pu two months holilay in Auckland, being the guests of Mr and Mrs Cameron, Prince Arthur Hotel, arrived back last Wednesday. The Misses Hine, who have been uvay for a holiday, have returned to Toko. Miss Cudby, our local milliner, has decided to give up business, and is leaving Toko shortly.