NEWS ITEMS

Taupo Times, Volume I, Issue 46, 26 November 1952, Page 2

NEWS ITEMS

The St. Andrew's Chtlrch of England Ladies' Guild held a farewell function. on Friday last when nearly &11 the members of the Guild asbembled at Mrs Stott's home to bid farewell to Miss Mayne prior to her departure for Christchurch. On behalf of the Guild Mrs J. Taylor made a presentalion to Miss Mayne who suUably repiied. ★ The Madhatters Dance held last Friday at Rickit's Hall was mosifc successful. During the evening the bats were judged by Messrs R. Casson, G. Suther.land of the Ministry of Works Camp, Port and B. jones. First prizes were won by Mr T. Murphy with a typical mad topper hat, and Miss B. Willis with a fowl vard hat. Secon.d prizes went to Mr G. Bonner with a fowls nest complete with eggs and Miss L. Davis with a straw hat with bottles, glass and opener affixed. The music was very ably supplied by the Huka Boys. ★

There was treasure trove at the bottom of the Huka Falls* the other day when young Hendon Reid, of Taupo, went exploring during a period when the closing of the gates at the Lake had reduced the flow of water at the Falls. The treasure was a set of false teeth, and judging by the plastic edses. of fairly recent make. How the teeth got there is anybody's gniess, and people can go guessing until the owner, if hy any chance this paragraph is seen, turns up and tells the storv. There is a story told of the late Chief Librarian of the General Assembly Library in Wellington (Mr Charles Wilson) of an experience he had when returning to New Zealand from a holiday overseas. On the last night of the voyage, on retiring to his bunk — the top one near the porthole — and in accordance with his usual custom, he took out his false teeth and put them in a dish; in another dish he haJ a collection of cigarette butts, which he regularly threw out of the port-hole. Alas, absent-minded on this occasion he threw his false teeth out of the porthole instead of the butts, and didn't discover his loss till next morning. ★ It is very gratifying to see the systematic progfress that is being made with the programme of street improvements now being carried out in the thoroughfares adjacent to Tongariro Street. Especially appreciated will be the improvement to the footpath along the waterfront road from Tongariro Street to Ruapehu Street.