PROVINCIAL NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 12 March 1907, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS

J- roin Our Own Correspondents | OrUNAKK. The monthly meeting of trie* Egmoiit Ci inly Council w»s held on Friday, (h\ Fleming presiding. The report 01 l ; ,u ' Countu's' Conference held ut Slratford was received, and it was resolved that the Council favor* the recommcu dations with reference io valuation roll, native rate::, aud noxious weeds. *md, further, thai this Council consiu m llu - 'oLhor in : ters should he Ui\ w:.ii the Counties' Conference at Wei lt }}f}? n to deal witli. Tlie sum ol . Lf> (itl was received from the \ a.nation Department as subsidy. ,| Lawn was granted a slaughtcr-houM license at J>uuiho. Balance-sheets foi tne year ending Maivh illst, ]<){)<;. ;jn , t half-year were receive;! from the Auditor. for meUlling approaches to (luri bridge were received as fol lows:—Keheley Bros, (only tender, accepted), ,C2J.—lt was resolved to ea . to.ders for Ihe three bridges for which a loan was raised, The 'MM'-ncer's re ports and foremen's reports were iv mved. The Dog Kegisirar wailed on tin- Council and asked for assistance in letting a case in winch a farnies in Ihe County registered dogs in another cu tin Iy. It :was 'resolved to guarantee expenses ii|> to'XI. ' U.-ual accounts were passed for payment. f /t'lH' usual monthly meeting of the town Board was held 011 Thursday.' 'I hi' action of the committee re bathing shed was conlirmed. 'The lighting question was further discussed, and n. was resolved to g«L further iiifonnalien. It was aNo decided to aseer taiu tho cost of laying water in a |->i i: pipe to the township. A meeting was held in the hall on Thursday 'to endeavor to're-form the Opunalce Mounted Ililles, Tlieie was a good attendance of about 30. Sergt. Major Dodds was present, and explain-' ed the matter, and it was decided to ve-torm. A further meeting is Lo bj •held next week to arrange details. J-here is a good deal of enthusiasm displayed over the matter, and 1 think there is no doubt but what a corps . will be raised that will be a credit to the district.

ihe schoolmaster's residence is now almost complete, whilst the school it self is being renovated. .Mr L. Seeley, who is employed on tin; mountain Intel; hero, met with a very painful accident, on .Friday morning. He was cutting a track when lu« axe caught in some supple-jacks, and struck him 011 the head, intlictin;.' a very severe gash. ]Je was taken into Opunake and attended to by a doctor. .Despite the recent dry weather, the school gardens are looking well. i Saw some splendid cucumbers over 21) inches long which were grown there. This shows what attention can do. WAREA. A number of calves were inoculate! at Mrs Judge's yard on Wednesday by Air Brittain, Stock Inspector. A largo mob of fat bullocks passed through here the 'other day for the Waitara freezing works. They came from the Waimate Plains. Mr Joseph Lawn is proceeding with his slaughter yards, having most of the concrete work finished and the boiling-down and other arrangementnear coinpletiou. One of the fanners here has decided to instal a milking machine for next season. The levels were taken the other day for a water race by llr Porteous, and proved very satisfactory, it being found that there was enough water to drive two machines or more and it could be harnessed with very little trouble. OKATO. At a general meeting of the Okaio Hibernian Sports Club, the officers and committee of the club were duly elected as follows:—President, Mr J. S. Fox; vice-presidents, Rev. Father Cognet, 11. Kothcry, T. Doyle, junr., T. Doyle, senr., W. Staite, Mrs little, X. King, Dr Walker, Dr Home, (;. Andrews, P. O'Siillivan, C. Arden, J. Duggun, Oil), (t'ibbons, J. Lawn, Jiimgi, U. AUwood, Ilinty. A strong eommilUe was appointed, of which A. Richards was elected chairman, W. ,1. Jloyce lion, sec., and D. S. Fox treasurer. It was 'decided to hold the Sports in -Mr T. Doyle's paddock 011 Tue-dav, j April 9th. This permission was oniv granted by Mr Doyle oil condition that Ihe committee keep a strict watch upon people carelessly leaving glass bottles about the paddocks, as two years a"u Air Doyle had a valuable horse injured through carelessness of this kind. The programme of events will be advertised at a later date. On Monday, March 4th, a sa:e of produae left over ii'oui the hawest thanksgiving iu connection with the Ohurch of England, was held in the Hempton Hall. For the first hour the Itev. FHrcr entertained the audience with lantern slides of the sights of London. For the next hour and a half Mr Boyce was called upon ito auction the product', which brought, satisfactory price;. After the auction refreshments were handed round, and the proceedings terminated with a short dance.

One of the most pleasant gatherings that lias been held here for a longtime took place in the Ilempton Uaii on Ihursday evening, 28th February, when a farewell social was tendered Miss Potts on the eve of her departure from the Okato school to t.ike up a position on the staff of the West lOnd school. By 6.30 'clock, the h-i'l was crowded with school cluldr ta, their parents, awl the outside public. l>'or the first hour and a half children's games and dances were indulged in. Attenvards the adult dancers tripped it merrily till 11 p.m., when supper was handed round. Immediately nfman of the school coinmitte, in a few sensible and well-chosen remarks, referred to the spontaneous enthusiasm that had brought such a crowd together I.o_ bid farewell to Miss Potts.' lie said that as chairman of the committee he knew for a fact that Miss Potts waa one of the best teachers in the service, and that never once fining Ill's term of ollice had he had a single complaint iigainst tojrj '-'and th'V.V said Mr Andrews, "us saying a great deal for Okato." He referred to the loss of Miss Potts' services in matters outside school affairs, and in saying good-bye and wishing her success and happiness asked her to accept a handsome travelling bag as a token of goodwill from the parents and publ'c ot Okato. Messrs W. J. Gray and W.

li. Robinson also spoke in eulogistic terms of other phases o.f Miss Potts' work. After these gentlemen had finished. Miss Kate Eustace, on behalf in' tlie school children, expressed in | sympathetic terms the sense of loss felt by the children at losing one who bad been so kind to them, and one who had done so much for their welfare. In remembiance of the happy days spout with the Okato children, Miss Potts was then presented with a crescent-shaped gold brooch set witli rubies and pearls. Mr Boyce, in replying on behalf of Miss Potts, said that he would rather have spoken on tho other side than have to reply, as he, before everyone else, had been in a position to know how faithful had i-een .Miss foils' service, and how hard she had worked for all that pertained to the welfare, of the school and the community. He said that Miss Pol Is felt, somewhat overwhelmed by the kindly expressions and valuable tokens

I of good-will, ami that it wis a pleasinjr foaluro of n toucher's wnric In meet thus. chiMion, parents nntl pulilie, and receive such positive proof that honest work was appreciated. Continuing, lie saMs "Miss Polls vil] ever hold in fond memory tlu< lit it' Children with whom slw had spenl o many happy hojnrs. ,|„. fjoes she will never make more stp.nlfast fiicn.l- than those in Oka to. Site thanks you for the sponinn-'ty IV gathering and valuable present > nc,! hopes in the future to lie occasional!'.nlill' ;io .attend "somel of void 1 ■ civil attees." Three cheers were then cl\

tor Alias rotta. n?i<l Uhic rtsr ranI timiod till 2 a.m. Mr T). Vaters -n I supplied ilic music for the dance, and fcoujjs footworn! tho dauci woiv coutvifoutwl foy C!nV(lo;i and 1U - lous, "Mrs (Mherl ami Mi-s Lti'v A' drows. "McF'srs .T. Power and T.. A^l- - nctcd as Tli ; s. on■» <>i tho vocord ffafliorinjrs !ndd liorc. end" I with tho Whole company joinin- h n ! and -in«sin«f "Auld T/m-f Sy»w"