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Taranaki Daily News, 28 July 1915, Page 8

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XEWS AXD NOTES, (From Our Own Corespondent). . At a, iwcll-attcmled meeting of the Eghiont 'Patriotic League, presided over by Mr. W. C. Dudley, it was decided to hold a two-diiys' <janimil in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund on August 17 and 18. There will be no queen carnival, 'but wmethinjf more like an old English fair. On the 17th at 12 noon a procession .will be formed, and, headed 'by the. 'Darktown Band, .will march to the Recreation Orounds, where sports ar.il various sideshows will be 'held, concluding with 'a. {rift auction of stock, otc. On Tuesday afternoon a grand cliildren's fancy dres-i partv will 'be hold, and in tile evening a torchlight procession and l'uller'ri vaudeville concert. The 'ball will (be on that evening, aftei' an hour or */, -ow»rt. which will take the form of "Paddy's Murfcet." The secretary ,ol the carnival is Mr. Blythe, and the eoiiven'nW «f tlve various conrmittees >Ro\% Tinsley, Messrs Russell, Des l'Yrges, \Mns. A. Cla>rke. The convenors of the various roads were appointed as follows:—Gpunake: Mrs. W. C. Dudley .and 'itrs. Ifcrkes; Arawliata: Misses Sutton; Opua: 'Misses Cross; Eltlrnm road to Taungataira, .Airs. Warner: Waiteika, Miss Malcolm ; Main road, Mrs. C. Malcolm.

It would not Ibe customary if I had not an ouUbre.nk of lire to chronicle since last notes. Mr. Ch'as. Lyttle's garage had a narrow escape from lire. A lady passing 'by (going home from a dance) happened to be g'oing along at the right time and gave the alarm, enabling a bucket Brigade to put the fire out. At the time there nvere six locally-owned motor-oars in the garage. T-lve "bucket brigade saved tlie insurance companies a few ipoundis. Tlie -newly-appointed foremen have now taken .up tliedr duties throughout the county. Mr. Collins and family leave here on Wednesday for Manaia. Mr. Collins, who has 'been in charge of .t'he county machinery plant, Ims obtained a more congenial and higHer-salaried position ds fitter in charge of the Waimate county pflamt.