DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 215, 20 December 1910, Page 7

DISTRICT NEWS.

RAHOTU. (From Our Own Correspondent). The recent rains have had a very beneficial effect on local pastures, which were looking rather dry after the spell of fine weather, and, as a result, the milk supply has gone up. 'Local housewives also welcomed the rain, as the tanks were getting very low. Some timber has arrived on the site of the new post office, and the contractors intend making a start early in the new year. The annual meeting of subscribers to the Rahotu Public Library was to have been held on Wednesday evening last. Only two or three besides the librarian (Mr. J. T. Campbell) had sufficient interest to turn up, and the meeting was adjourned sine die. Rahotu possesses a fine library for a country town, but all the work is left to one or two enthusiasts.

It is rumoured that a Church of England Sunday School is to be started here shortly. Tennis is now in full swing, and the two lawns that our township possesses (both privataly owned) are fully occupied. A match may shortly be arranged with one of the neighboring townships. On Friday last the school broke up for the Christmas holidays, and the children have commenced their six weeks' vacation. This is a sign that Christmas is close at hand. In our school days, three weeks to Christmas seemed a long time. Now, however, Christmases roll along with monotonous -regularity, and one hardly seems to have disappeared into the past before another comes into view. With the warm weather, moonlight picnics on the beach appear to be much in vogue. Sea bathing is also popular. TIKORAXGI. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The quantity of milk received at the local factory continues to show a large increase over previous years, the output of butter for November being about two tons above the figures for the corresponding month of last year. The average test for the month was 3.88. It has been felt for some time that a ■bi-weekly mail is now quite inadequate to the needs of the district, and at a meeting of settlers to consider the question, which was held in the hall on Saturday evening, it was, after discussion, unanimously resolved that the time had arrived when the interests of the district required a more frequent mail service, and that .the postal authorities be requested to provide for a daily mail from and to Waitara; also that a money order office be opened at Tikorangi. The chairman, Mr. D. Alexander, is forwarding the resolution to the Chief Postmaster at New Plymouth, and it is sincerely hoped that the request will be acceded to.