PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 27 May 1907, Page 4

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondents), STRAT FORD. 'l'he Catholic social held here on Wednesday evening was a great success. Rinnor his it thai a great sensation is awaiting the people of a town not a hundred miles from Stratford, in which a number of prominent, peonle have been, and presumably will be. taking a lively interest. .IT seems there are olfier places besides '-Home, sweet home*' ili.it are pleasant, and those other places often lead to trouble. Well. I. am informed. the tire has been started, and if the llare is to lie as large as rumor has it. then the sky will be illuminated for miles around. Hovers for land are still with us, and eoniing. anil all along the line can lie heard of changes. Mr. Clias. Midland of til:' .Maniili Road, has sold to hi.> nephvw at the satisfactory price of C2II per acre: .Mr. 11. .lakes of Lowgiii'ib. has also sold. Mr. K. Carroll, of Whsngainoiuuiia. li.is sold 1 o Mr. ISrvant. .Mr. Tho;. Ila-'.tie lias soid out of his Puuiwhikau properly, and still lliey come. Mr. Tlios. Kirkward has disposed of his interests iu the Club Hotel to -Mr. D.'iiis Moyniiian. late of Wellington.

W.\!!l'.\. Til' fi-r 1 nightly ciiihre party in aid of lliv 11- 1 ) I fund.- w.e, Irdd on 'Thursday. The attendance was fair. The sue essful winu'Ts were: Gentlemen. Mr Hugh Stanton; ladies, .Miss Ruby Corkill. The i'ooiii was cleared for dancing about 10 o'clock, and proceedings were kept going until earlv hours.

Tli'.' weather lins lieeu exceedingly cold lately, u cold south-easter, with rain prevailing. The milk supply at the lac tory his gone oir considerably, and the factory is now running every other day. While the Hon. .1. Carroll, the Native .Minister, was down the coast the other week, llie natives of Punilio went to him to see il they could get the schoolroom (which is a native school) for us.' for pubiic purposes. tie said l.iiey could not do thai, but if they liked lie would give a sum of Col) or U7o towards huiLlng a native hull, providing' it belonged i.o flu: pakolws ;»s wo 11 ;is I. selws. A meet in;; was held in the Oil Monday nighl to consider this question. There was a large crowil crowii present, Mr-Rangi Hamate lieiug in the chair. Mr W. Ilray, of Ok.ito, was present as .Maori interpreter, and explained the matter fully to the 11.1 live The following committee was formed:—t'hainiaiij Kangi Hamate; Henry liailcy, Poo, 1,. A. Hell, \V. Cibons, junr... W. .Stevenson and W. Greemvay. Mr W. (iray was appointed ateing-sec-retary. and was authorised to write to Hon Mr Carroll re the grant promised, catch the s.s. C'minthie at Wellington, ell Sir F. (lihhons left here on Tuesday to route to England, .where lie intends staring for a short time.