COUNTRY NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 25 January 1907, Page 3

COUNTRY NEWS.

(From Our Own Cori'e-j.oiebiii-.) WAREA. A public meeting was hc:d in .«■ hall uii Tuesday night In consider ill' matter nf holding allilctic '. jkji-I:-. at. W'iiroa this yi-,u\" There \v.,. s ;i fair al.cndiiucc. ' ,\ e'ub was ri.ni:.'.! ii ed called "Jin-. Waiva Athletic Club." All present were ei-cl-d as menders of In-.' (.-hili, wit a power 1.. add Li the number. Tlie subscription was fixed at ■")-.). A rough jirogisismuc wis drawn up. Tlie spores will Ik- lie.d <m March liOtli. Otiicers were elected as follows.: —Patron, Mr T. .liiliaii, senior; president, Mr 11. Corbel!: vice-]iresidcnts, Mr V,'. Mcl.auchlau, 10. Avlwnrd and W. It. Clarke: lion. e"c il'r D. F. Paters,,n; n.-sistaiu m':«tarv, .1. Jxeugh; general commit tee', I!. A. Anderson. J. kcogh. I!. War uvt'.n, C. E. Julian. C. W. Cur belt. T. E. Larking, W. McUichian. It. .luliiin. C. W. Rcvcil, 11. Pi-rson. J). F. Patterson. A. Clarke and J. Burgess. opuxaki-:. The in.jiiosl on tin- Maori Maiiuiiui was continued on .Monday before Mr A. 11. -Moore, .1.1'., acting coroner, and a. jury of six. of which Air Sam Piosser was foreman. After hearing tin; evidenee of Biscuit (Hie native who was Willi deceased).. Percy Hickman. V. Hammond, Faulkner, and Waka. tin- following verdict was relumed: - That ihc deceased met his d.iilh l.v colliding with a telegraph post wlnl-i riding along the niaiii Smith, ron.l on January, 1!>. l'-Wi, and Unit (he jury is of opinion that the deceased was un der the influence of liquor. There i- a large amount of liaihing ..-„ii,.r on during til.- pre-cllt led uvnthcrat the haul heaeh. over sixli bathcrs indulging in n dip in ilu' l»i in>" - !■■ i< , (.-peeled' that wUi be, |-..r bathers 'shorlU. Then- i- no donht that when we get our long wailed for railway Opuuake will he the popular sea-id.• result of Taranaki. The autumn flower show i- l>, be held on February 1:1 th. and i- .'vat i lu . a good d-a! of interest. A special feature i'- a habv show for infants respectively under one year and two veins of age I under-t-ind a motor ear is l<> lie. provided for the judg.-. who will be giwu a fair -.art before tin- r,uit is declared.

Tli.' combined Opunake and Presbyterian Sunday schools held tl cir an uual picnic at I'ilianiii to-day. I'"' weather »'* perfect., and the child leii, with their adult friends had an en lovable outing. jlrK. Tfiv-li.r, the contractor for .In Ojimiake seiioi>l re»idcncc. has recommenced work on the structure.