DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 115, 12 June 1909, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

RAHOTU. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Another of the series of euchre partics in aid of the Hall Fund took place on Wednesday evening. There was a. very good attendance. Thirteen interesting games were played, and, on counting up, the winners proved to be Miss M. Bowers and Mr. Orr, with 11 games each. Mrs. Bowers was presented with a fancy china teapot and Mr. Orr with a silver butter-knife and jam-spoon. After supper, daweing was indulged in to music kindly supplied bv Mrs. Orr and Miss Sole.

A euchre match took place between teams of sixteen a-side, representing Rahotu and Pnngarehu, on Wednesday evening. The match was very close anil exciting, the isstie being in doubt until the last game was played, Rahotu inquiring to win this to make a draw, -but they failed to uphold their supremacy, losing the match by 21 games to In. The visitors were entertained at dinner by the local team at the Rahotu Hotel, Host Hood providing a spread up to his usual high standard.

lire <|uict serenity of our peaceful city wa.s riiik'ly disturbed on Tuesday by the sound of two rifle-shots, ami the citizens made a hurried exit from their houses with Visions of murder or at Irast suicide, ,!mt their fears were quietly allayed on >eein<r n group of men down near the salcyards, One of whom ivih ruefully ? ,zin s on the ruiiw of a biaml-nmv hard hat, whilst another held a still smoking gun. Explanations shov.-d tii-.it one of our leading snort* had doubted the prowess of a \ v < ]].' known New Plymouth man with the I aforementioned gun, and recklessly ,y. fered to wager drink* for a crowd of i about a dozen that the Xew Plynioutn man could not Mt his (the local 'sportVi hat if he threw it in the air. Me is now it safder and wiser man, as with the first barrel his hat was riddled, a"id with the second its ruin-was •eompleie. In addition, lie had to pay almost the price of another new hat'in fulfilment of the other condition of the wager.