DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 222, 26 February 1915, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

LEPPERTON. A very lal'gfi and representative meeting of Leppcrtah residents was held in the hall last Friday evening to promote a fete in aid of the British and Belgian Belief Fund. It was decided to hold a big picnic and - gift auction sale oil Thursday, 25th March, followed by a concert and dance iff the evening. The affair was most enthusiastically taken np bv those present, and, from'a general committee, the following sub-committe«.'S ,wer e appointed:—Gift auction committee: Mrs Culpitt, Messrs F. W. Atkinson, F. Crowe, T. Paul, and H. B..Leppcr; sports committee: Messrs 11. Eustace,] N. Sampson, N. Lepper, E. Hellier, T.' Baker; refreshments committee: Mesdames Cartwright, Payne, Culpitt, Misses Openshaw, Stewart; side-show committee: Messrs Openshaw. Tuson, Wheatley, Hinge, Kilpatrick, Wright; concert committee: Mrs Paul, Misses Paul, Stewart and Openshaw, Messrs Stewart Brown. T. Openshaw, Bernard, W. Hellier. Already, I hear that the gift auction committee have, secured promises of l stock, etc., totalling over £3O. in value. In view of the general canvass that is being made of the district, Messrs Brown and Roberts, who hitherto have been collecting monthly donations towards the' Bri'ish and Belgian Relief Funds, have decided to sus-iend their activities for a month or two. Since writing the above, I understand our Huirangi friends hare most "onerously decided to forego .their annual settlers piemc, an institution of over 40 years' standing, so as to help us'with our Picnic. Needless to say, tlieir action has been most favorably commented on and we anticipate that the Lenporton-llui-rangi-Sentry Hill picnic will be on- of the biggest affairs ever held here. It -s proposed to hold the. picnic on the Wiitara racecourse, opposite the Lepnorton railway station. < -Harvest thanksgiving services wore held in the Methodist' Church on Sunday last, the Rev Reader, of Stratford, being the officiating clergyman, at well attended services. Several paddocks of wheat grown in , this district have been secured in fine, , condition. Harvesting operations in | general have been most successful this autumn, owing to the fine weather T understand thtat Mr E. Harris h-'s disposed of his farm to Mr HoiK-s of Stratford, at a substantial figure.^