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DISTRICT NEWS.

NoRMAXBY. (From s>ur Own Correspondent.) A sift salt' was held Iktc on Wednesday last in a : 1 of the wounded soldiers. It was well patronised, though rain fall In torrents. The gifts, for the most part, consisted of trees and shrubs, valued at about tMO, donated by Mr. .1. Revell. of tiie Eltham Nurseries, and various contributions of produce from local source-. The sale realised' CM, and a dance held in the evening provided another Clfl. This, in addition to £r>o already in hand, furnishes the very satisfactory sum or £'.)"> for the fund, and there is still another £lO to come in from subscriptions and other sources W. SOOTT, in:-' ts of the sale, in which Mr. Stibbs. of the firm of King and Stibbs. of Eltham, gave gratuitous seri.ee with the. hammer. A rural postal delivery is about to be instituted here, and the prospect affords the community very general satisfaction. It is a fairlv lung wav to tb'j railway station, with which the post office is associated, and in the prevailing weather the journey is anything but a pleasant one. The proposed postal delivery will effect a very needful and desirable reform. The Nornv.inby branch of the National Reserve Pom- are applying themselves to drill in real earnest. Out of a membership of 411. the average muster '<■■•> IS. Under the command of Captain Kimball, the men hold weekly drills, and the manner in which the various evolutions are performed Is notably creditable, seeing that the corps has onlv been five weeks in existence. Many of the members are very young men. who bave, for various causes, not been accepted for . active service. Veterans there are also, > but veterans alive enough to scale tie) heights of Sedd-eflßahr. or take a turn in the trendies if ever such an untoward extremity should arise. The flooded condition of the river is giving the men at 'the electric, lighting power house an extremely strenuous tine. The great body of water which operates the machinery is diverted at a right angle into a tunnel, at the mouth of which a huge screen is placed to hold back dead ' wgetatioii. The silt and grass, howevt r. combine and form a mat against the face of the screen, thereby causing the water to percolate slowly, and the force is lost. . Yesterday the spectacle of the engineer, up to his waist in water—and icy cold at that -.villi a long pole removing debris from the face of the screen was one wkidi '.he s;»:C' tators viewed without any feeling of surprise. Considerable regret was exper'n-n /ed on Mondav las! when it became kuowi that Mrs.'f'. Hill had pissed away ilei rclal'ves were not. hove" or, unproparu for the sad even*, m she had sid'oro. tor ;!.e past three ye.i' ■ from the disoas, which ultimately prevailed For tin past fifty years she had resided in Nor raanby. and a kindly and generous dU position bad made her many friends One of her sons lives in Xormanby, an. another is in business in Hawera. Mr T. Dill, butcher, of.Otakcho. is anothe; son. while a married daughter reside: in Auckland.

KAPONC.A. I (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tin' monthly meeting of the St. Join.'- Brotherhood uas held in the Oddfellows" Hall on Sunday. July, IS, the Rev. Jilair presiding over an at- j tendance of twenty-three members. Af- j tor partaking of tea, the debate on: ' " What Moral and Spiritual Effect the War i* having on the Nations,'' was proceded with, most of the members present taking part. At the School Committee meeting, there were present: Messrs. G. Death (chairman). J. JVnnic (secretary), Signal. Ilitl and Mills. A letter from the Education Board, regarding Arbor Day, wa- left in the headmaster's hands'to arrange for a suitable function. It was re-oked that twenty fruit and rose trees should be procured. Mr. Guy was elected to the vacancy caused by Mr. Carter's resignation. !*' having left the district. Accounts passed for payment amounted to £4 17s Hid. The committee of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund met on Monday evening, July lib The exiicutive reported that strong committees had boon formed at Awatuna and Rowan to work in this cause in conjunction with l"7ic local committee. The Band Committee also attended, and it was decided to form one committee by the amalgamation of tie two executives. Canvassers were appointed to work the district.

The rontrt in aid of the Wounded Soldier*' .Fund "ivon by the ITnwora Patriot?, under the auspice* of the band, was well attended. Advantage was taken of this function to present four of oip- local lads, who are home on I leave from Trontham—namely. Privates A. V.. Mellow. S. Cameron. TT. Faull and : 0. Harris—with a small memento from the citizens, Mr. 0. V". Tietts. chairman of the Town Board, makins the follow- , »i,a presentations: P>iv:>te Mellow, smoker's eompan'on- Prvato Cameron, wallet: Private'TiiTil. ViTTi'tv razor; Pr'-1 rate TTsirri*. wallet, and Private Faull also received n wristlet watch from the members iof the l>and. Mr. fluy making the presentation. After the ceremony, three ronsiti" cheers, were nivon. The .suhsequeut dance was well attended and enjoyed, the music hemp supplied I>y Miss Wi'liams piano, and Mr. Woods, cornet: Messrs. Pirrtie and Preeee carried out the duties of M.C.'s. in their well-known capable manner.

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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 3

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DISTRICT NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1915, Page 3

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