INGLEWOOD NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 344, 21 March 1910, Page 8

INGLEWOOD NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Inglewood, March 19. Despite the glorious' weather recently experienced, Inglewood lias been suffering, in conjunction with numerous surrounding districts, irom an epidemh' •>» influenza. The worst, however, appears to be over, and now we hear of noth- ' iug but convalescences. On Thursday afternoon last a garden liparty was' held in Mr S. 0. Spurdie's | grounds in connection with the Wesleyan Church. Favoured with a glorious day,, the afternoon proved even more successful than was expected. A small charge was made, and tile proceeds go to start a fund for a bazaar. During the afternoon tea was handed round, and Mr Cottier's orchestra sup- | plied sweet music from the lawn. The afternoon passed very pleasantly, and the organisers are to be congratulated on the resutt, both financially and socially. Saturday, being ipay-day for the farm- | -ers, saw inglewood in a state of more than us'ual bustle, and the business people can have no cause to complain of. the business transacted. The following amounts were paid out for butter fat by surrounding dairy companies:—Moa Dairy Co., £3384; Maketawa, '.£1396; Tariki, £1158; | Lepperton, £639; Waitui, £387; TaI rata. ■ £324. I I understand that an Inglewood I company, financed by Inglewood capital, has (purchased ta entertainment. Under the style of the "Loyal Picture Company" they intend to travel to such outlying districts as Egmont j Village, Kaimiro, Kaimata and also :o show locally, at intervals! Enterprise is what is needed here, and I wis'h the promoters every success in their I new venture. ' I We all join in heartily congratulating Mr D. H. McDonald on his successful candidature f<>r the Hosni+il ! Charitable Aid Bmrd election. Mr McDonald has been with public bodies of all descriptions for some considerable time past, and is without i doubt eminently fitted for t'lie position.' ' i INQUEST. ! On Friday last, before Mr H. B. I Nichols,'as acting Coroner, the inquest was held on the remains found oil Mount Egmont recently. In his evi- j dence Mr Morris stated that he was caretaker of the Mountain House in May, 1905. In that month Sir Frederick George King stayed for three or I four days at the House. On the 15th [ May he (King), despite the warnings of Morris on account of tlie threatening nature of the weather, left tlhe House to ascend the mountain. When he did not return that night his absence caused some uneasiness 1 , and in the morning a search -party set out. For a week search parties patrolled the mountains, but no sign or trace could he found of the missing man, unit' the Search was abandoned. A water-bottle and alpen-stock found with the remains were identified by Morris as those lent to King before he set out. A pair <f lesrgings' and a brown sac coat, with a white stripe running both ways', the only remaining articles of clothing on ■ the remains, were also identified hy Morris as those woth hy King on the day he set out. In gw'ing his evidence, Constable Fitzgibbon stated that, accompanied by Mr Ryan, the present caretaker of the Mountain House, he had aft'eended the mountain and recovered the remains on the 16th. The remains were found about 500 feet from the' top, down from what is known as the' Western Gap. The oniy articles of clothing on the remains were a pair of leggings and a brown sac coat. A water-bottle and ahien-stock were found' alongside the remains, which were conveyed down the mountain to Inglewood! The jury were quite satisfied as to identity, u.ud brought in a verdict that "Tlie remains found were those of Frederick George King and that lie came to his death by misadventure." with a rider that "Mr Thomas did hi 3 best under the circum-, stances." j

TENNIS. A team of Waitara tennis players journeyed to Tnglewood on Saturday to try conclusions with the local club, hut the locals carried too many guns for then. The following are the results, Tnprlewood being mentioned first in each case;— —Ladies' Singles.— Miss Thomson fi, Mrs 1 H. Matthews 4. Miss-Curtis fi, Mrs Lund 5. Miss Hamerton fi, Miss Purdie 0. Mrs Gibbs 6, Mis's Bayly 3: —Gentlemen's Singles.— Crombie 7, Harrisonfi. Law 7, Passau 4. v liurnacki 7, H. Matthews 4:. Hamerton 7. Smith 5. Buckley 7, Baird 6. Moody 4, Litts 7. —Ladies' Doubles.— Mrs Thomson and Mis's Curtis 6, Mrs Matthews and Miss Purdie ft. Miss Hamerton and Mrs Gibbs 0, Mrs ,Lund and Miss Bayly- 4. —Gentlemen's » Doubles.— Crombie and Law 6, Harrison and Passau 3. | Burnacki and Hamerton fi, Matthews'; and Smith 4. Buckley and Moody I, Baird and Lett G. —Totals.— Inglewood, 8S; Waitara-, 61. Owing to the failing light and want of time the combined' doubles were not abl'e to be got off. Waitara had a ; somewhat weak side, several of the "B" team being included. . CR'iCKET. The local Saturday cricket team defeated the High School by -between 50 and 150 runs on Saturday.