DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 231, 18 February 1913, Page 6

DISTRICT NEWS.

1 (From Our Own Coiiresponde'nt)'. 1 ! TAUIKI. . i_, " The .piircha.-e q£ unblock .of lpi'l. <IU. the Ross road bv the OoVernment should 1 greatly benefit this locality, and will (1 >ll b(loss increase the " nTfITT "slipply""to the cjlieese factory. . The l.apd, is fine leVel icounlry. and is well suited for cutting ; ii]i into small areas. The, sooner this i;s done the better, so that intending setthp- will have timi' f'o'get their sections; into shape for season'. ' ' • There was a good' iitteiidanec ! at tlif"' opening of tin; Tennis CluVViit Mhe 'Otli irtst. ; Tn addition to the s'ehotil' eofitt. Mr. -t, Therkleson placecj his grass' court •at : tlie disposal of the cbmfnitte'e; alHl a very j pleasant afternooji Was spent, by all. t Interest in tennis seeiMs to 'he reviving;, and as we hear that Kaiinata have started a club an 1 envleavour will he nude to arrange mulches- before' the end (if the season. • '' ■

The price ( £2O per h.ead) realise*! for .Mr. ijieri. Feiiwick's «oii(l ( especially considering the time of year, did not create much sensjitiorj Jo■eallyi, where the merits of-the breed are so generally recognised. , : Mrj .F.emviek's herd's record at tlu 1 Midhivstr faftpry wa.s ;a very fine one. and; the;.purchaser of tlie herd lias secured,a -bargain. ; Air. W. A", [Tartness ha's valuable laddition to his well-kiiowp pedigree herd, having purchased the' fampus. Flora TI.. a Whangarei cow, and champion at the .last and several previous Auckland shows.

Several social functions arc .looming in tlic near future. The young people ItavO arranged a dance for the 21st inst. in ajd of the lmll funds. ;ind another is to lie held ou the 27th in aid of the Horticultural Society. The annual show is to be held on Mnri'li 13. and ihe secretary (Mr. IT. Ruirtball) and the committee are now hard at work, and nn'paiiis will be spai'cd to make the show as successful as it has been in previous years. Of the polar disaster much has been and will be writ-ten. Five of England's brave men have been called away, and, unknown to us. have for nearly a year been resting in the silent, distant itomb. Memorials to these brave men will probably be raised in all parts of the British Empire. Where in Taranaki would be the most fitting spot to erect a monument in memory of these heroic explorers? The thought occurs that the very summit of Egmont's snow-clad slopes would not be an inappropriate site for such.