MORRINSVILLE NOTES

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1004, 21 June 1930, Page 15

MORRINSVILLE NOTES

Extensive improvements to the Tau- : liei hall have been completed, at a -ost of about £2OO. and the reopening of the liall will be celebrated by a iance. The whole of the interior has 1 been lined, which will make the hall much warmer for winter entertain- j merits, as the exterior is of corrugated ; iron. There was a large number of members and visitors at the Morrinsville | Orphans* Club’s second function of the I season *ou Tuesday evening. Bro. | Vice-President J. S. Caulfield pre- j sided. Appreciative comment was made on the performance of the or- j chestra recently organised by Bro. A. Gifford. Members were invited to visit the Cambridge Club on July 3. The Cambridge Club will pay a return visit to Morrinsville in August. “We have had twice as many calls for loans as we had last year,” states ■ Mr. F. W. Seifert, chairman of the Morrinsville Co-operative Intermedi- I ate Credit Association. was grati- *• lied with this, as it indicated that ; more Morrinsville farmers were realising the benefits of the co-operative credit system. This is the second year the association has been in existence - A party of about 30 North Auckland j farmers visited Morrinsville on Wed- ! nesday morning, *in the course of a • fortnight's tour of the North Island, which they are making under the direction of the Railway Department. On arrival by special buses at Morrins- | ville they were met by Messrs. G. H. ■ Pirrit, J. W. Clark, and J. L. Faulkner, representing the Morrinsville branch ; of the Farmers’ Union, and travelled up the Tahuna Road to Mangateparu, round the loop road and back to Morrinsville. The street lights in Morrinsville will not be turned on in future until 7 p.m. This is intended by the Thames Valley Power Board as a means of reducing the peak load between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., and also of impressing on people the necessity for economising in the use of power while Arapuni is out of action. * * * 1 Damage to the extent of over £l5O i was caused by a fire which destroyed a whare on the property of Mr. E. C. ' Old, at the corner of Starkey’s Road i and Scotchman's Valley Road, KLiwitha.i A waggon, harness, fencing tools, and a practically new motor-cycle were in or about the whare, and were burned. The occupants of the whare left the fire alight while they went to visit a neighbour, and apparently the wind fanned the embers and the contents caught alight. Mr. A. Groves, of Piako. who has i sold his farm, is leaving Morrinsville shortly to reside in Tauranga, As an instance of the number of loans being granted by the Htate Advances Office, Mr: F. Lye, M.P., stated yesterday that when last in Wellington he had sent nine telegrams to applicants in the Morrinsville district telling them that their loans were going through.