WAITARA NEWS.

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

WAITARA NEWS.

(Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Most people fondly imagine that telegrams are, a means of quicker communication than postal delivery, but often such is not the case. Some time ago a. telegram despatched from Waitara to New Plymouth before the departure of the 9.45 train reached its destination, New Plymouth, after the sender himself arrived there. Again on Saturday last. a letter was received here from NewPlymouth, and some fifteen minutes afterwards a telegram arrived advising the posting of the letter. The telegram too kan hour to come from New Ply-j took an hour to come from New Ply-' Speaking of telegraph matters re-j minds one again of the impossibility of telephone bureau communication at the local post office without letting passersby in the street know one's business, i Very frequently it is necessary to pitch the voice in a very high key to be 1 heard, and persons passing along the street can hear all that is being said. This is not as it should be, and better facilities for sending telephone messages! should be provided. ° j At the School Committee meeting held on Monday evening the headmaster's report was read, showing a roll total! of 311, with an average attendance of 275. The master also reported that the roof and some minor repairs had been attended to. It was resolved to call the Board's attention to the want ofj light in the children's room and ask them to supply ■ three new clocks, the old ones being past repair. Messrs. Wheatley and Kettle were appointed a visiting committee for the ensuing quarter. Accounts amounting to £5 18a were passed for payment. The annual report of the Cricket Club showed a credit balance of 3s lOd. The Bowling Club's annual meeting was to be held last evening. Thwe is a fairly big order paper for the Borough Council meeting to-night.