OPUNAKE.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1916, Page 3

OPUNAKE.

(From Our Own Correspondtnt.) Last week wn s on« of farewells, on Wednesday evening the Presbyterians presented Mr. and Mrs. Greig.'with a purse of sovereigns. The Rev. R. Welsh made the presentation. Mr. and Mrs. Grcig will be missed from the Presbyterian Church choir of which they were leading members. On Thursday afternoon the Kgmont Cursing Association, at a garden party held in Mrs. Rogers' grounds, bid "goodbye," to Revs. Welsh and Tinsley, Mesdames Knell and Grcig, and Mr. Knell. The Ladies' Guild of the St. Bnrnaby (Anglican) Church presented Mrs. Knell with a Cathedral prayerbook, and the office-bearers of the same church presented Mr. Knell with a small token. Doth Mr. and Mrs. Knell were prominent church workers. The staff of the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand presented Mr. Knell with a handsome suit ease, Mr. Alex. Stitt, on behalf of the staff making the gift. The Rev. R. Welsh preaches his last sermons here next Sunday night The Methodist harvest thanksgiving service wa s held on Sunday, when the Rev. B. Tinsley preached an eloquent sermon. The church was prettily decorated with flowers and fruits of the harvest. The Rev. H. Pnpakura, the newly-appointed Maori missioner to this district, sang ''Nearer, My God to Thee." J

The imputation from Auckland that the sea beach had something to do with infantile paralysis lias had an effect on the attendance at ihe Opunake beach lately, mothers with their children having i|iiite deserted it. There is need for active recruiting in Kgmont county. There are plenty of voting fellows at the dances, but, very, very few are enlisting. The meeting on Thursday to rouse up eligiblcs may stimulate a few? If they are not prepared to come forward I do not think anything less than conscription will bring them out. There was n big yarding of stock at the Farmers' yards on Monday. Prices were good, but a little on the decline compared with previous sales. The splendid crops of turnips and maize this season kept up the milk flow wonderfully strong during the dry spell. The closing down of the local'timber yards means that no such convenience is now in Opunake. There was a time when we had two timber yards and less mills. However, Ido not mind betting that a timber yard will be again in vogue ere long.