DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 198, 30 November 1910, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS.

TARIKI. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The Tariki Ladies' Guild Fancy Fair, which was 'held in the Hall on the 24th and 25th inst., was a great success, the gross takings amounting' to over £SO. Had not the second afternoon and evening Ween wet, there is no doubt this sum would have been considerably bigger. Amongst the stall holders who did a flourishing trade were: Mrs. Coutts, [fish ponds and bran tubs; Mr. Eason, post cards and stationery; Miss D. E. Coutts, sweets stall; Mrs. Eudkin, fancy I goods (assisted by Mrs. Eason and Miss I Therkleson); Miss Isabel Therkleson, ; doll stall; Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. J. Therjkleson, plain clothing*, etc.; Miss Coutts, I Christmas tree; Mr. E. Hancock, shooting gallery. The refreshment department was run by Mrs. E. Hancock, Miss , Jemisort and Miss Ruby Coutts, who I with the able assistance in the evening of a well-known Government official, did a very brisk trade indeed. The ladies' nail-driving competition, after an exciting contest, was won by Mrs; W. H. Fenwick. The men's nai'l-driving competition was also very keenly fought, the final rounds being between father and son. Two rounds resulted in ties, but in the third, after a ding-dong go, Mr. Therkleson, sen., cleverly knocked Mr. J. Therkleson, jun., clean out of the ring, and was declared winner amid applause. The bed-making, competition created a lot of fun; one competitor, who far outclassed the others, and would have won hands down, on the completion of his task finished up by putting himself to bed, and was promptly disqualified by the judges, who finally awarded the prize to Mr. Allan Brown. At the shooting gallery two young ladies, Miss Brown and Miss Eason, were particularly deadly, and fairly j wiped the eyes of the male competitors. The organising committee, which consisted of Mesdames Eason (secretary and treasurer), Coutts, J. Therkleson, Hancock, Eudkin, R. James, W. H. Fenwick, Trewin and Bailey, are to be congratulated on the management of the fair and the splendid results which attended their efforts. There was a beautiful assortment of work, plain and fancy, contributed by the ladies of the Guild, which are quite beyond the power of "your own" to describe, but the macrame. work by Mrs. J. Jemison deserves special mention and realised excellent prices One of our local fishermen reports a j great morning's sport. The river was in I flood. His first nibble was a ten-pound i eel, which he failed to land, breaking J his rod at the first joint in the attempt. Nothing daunted, he went to work with the two top joints, without a reel, and in a short time bagged two fine trout, one over 41b. He then hooked a big rainbow. There was a heavy strain, a snap, and the top joint gave up,' and—well, any fisherman knows what happened then, and can guess the single short word that might have been faintly heard above the roar of the river.