DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 151, 5 October 1910, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

TARATA. (Prom Our,(Own Correspondent.) The social inaugurated by the Tarataj Hall Company's committee was well attended on Thursday evening last. Num-| erous visitors were-present from Ingle-,' wood, Purangi and Matau. For dancing, which was the main source of amuse-, ment, the floor was in splendid order, and Mrs. A. George's orchestra provided (as they, always do) excellent music. I The-prasramme was opened by the Misses <M. and C. Paterson, who gave aj pianoforte duet in a very pleasing man-' ner. A waltz played by the orchestral followed. Mr. John Paterson, our cap-, able M.C., by assiduous attention to his duties and a judiciously arranged programme, coupled with the evident intention of everyone present to have an en-, joyable evening) soon had things going at "top," whjch standard of enjoyment was well maintained until, well' into the morning 'hour's. , Songs were contributed during the evening by Miss Litehwark, Mr. Walter Matthews and Master D. Paterson, Mrs. A.' George and Miss Paterson playing the accompaniments. The ladies of the district responded liberally to the call to provide* Supper was handed round during an interval. The Misses C. I Paterson and Fengere and Mr. Johnson } played "extras." Before breaking up, Mr. • F. J. Virgia,,;on.:behalf of the committee, thanked all .'present, who, by their presence there that evening were helping them to effect the necessary improvement to the half .building, also those who had , contributed, songs, and especially Mrs. A. George and', helpers for their kindness and liberality, in coming out to/play for the! occasion, a]t.-the, minimum cost of bare| travelling; <Hf!s H ,The building fund will benefit to, ; tne. ex.te.ijt of £5 as a net re-1 suit Of the : sociaJ t ,,.. (From Our Own Correspondent.) i Last week' witnessed the burial of Mr.' Peter tu^dei'B, i ;ofg)en'bigh road. The oldl gentleman, -who was 77 years of age, had beerioH'tHe'Road for several years past, and : was' hfglfly respected by all who • knew'ihim.' . Thtf Midfilrst Dairy Company have been' erfefctmg '« edal and store shed, in which to -kees go'pds, such, as vaseline, etc"., ■witieh 'ttey,Supply to their shareholders,- S->>t'* ' Mis. JMail'-S^t'present on a visit to.' Auckland..;,.:, , ; ;- .-., „. In.the jfew Zfcalandirimes voting contest, .I', the name of Mr. 0. E. Sebright-, our worthy statiomnaster, is neat thewtpp in the list of competitors. . Mjdhirslfi: people join in wishing "Charlie!?; tie. best of luck. The danaing. classes, which have been 'held in the* Oddfellows' Hall during the ■winter, rmoaths,; will be closing on October f>. •; ; ;.., . ... .. i.v,;-*—h —i— ... <j. •'wahea. ; (Foom. Oun Own Correspondent.) . ; Mir.T.'E. Larking, who has been! away for some twelve months or so upi ( in the :j ßxf of Plenty district, returned ; home last ,L weeki ; ' The milk supply at the local factory ', is. still, increasing daily, the largest sup- ' plier taking (dose on fourteen hundred j of milk a lAbout seventeen boxes of butter'are made daily, which is four -more than at this time last year. i ( Fish, oh!. All alive, oh! is the cry, that can be - heard now at all hours ol|! the day.//A; New Plymouth fisherman j| has rented, and a piece of laadi. in the district) and is getting fresh fish i out almost, every day with the motor waggons, and he travels the district and ( all down the coast with his little fish cart. He seema to be doing good business. Until latey salt water fish was , a luxury. # , We were sorry to learn from Friday's , Daily News that Mr. Joseph Thompson had been lost overboard the s.s. Rarawa|. on her trip down from Onehunga on Wednesday nigiht. Mr. Thompson, who was well known and respected on this , coast, milked on shares for Messrs.] Greenway Bros, for a number of years at Puniho. At the end of July he left , here to go on a farm of his own at i Morrinsville, near Hamilton, Waikato.' Mr. Thompson leaves a wife and two daughters, one being married to Mr. V. 1 Adlam, aad is living on the Warea road.', The other daughter, Miss Gertie, is liv-j in<r at home with her mother. There are,. also two sons, the younger of whom is at (home, while tie elder only came down here from the north to work about afort-| nWit ago. He returned again by Fri-. day's boat. Much sympathy is felt here| for Mrs. Thompson and the family. i.