DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 May 1917, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

OPUNAKE. (From Our Own Correspondent). It is expected that when all returns are made the Catholics will clear £SOO from the-recent bazaar, which is a record for bazaars in this district.

Anzac celebrations were very quiet here, the only service being held in the Methodist Church ontMonday evening. The Seaside Society are promoting a Life Saving Club for operation on the Opunake beach. The secretary has been authorised to procure a reel. * Rome few months ago a Msngatoki gentleman donated £lO towards life savin" improvements. °

There is a good deal of interest taken in tlio lhaia road loan proposals. The top end settlers arc in need of better road facilities, and have promoted a £7OOO loan for making good road, instead of an apologetic one; the settlers who live dose to Ommftke are being well served and are not particular about „u back-block struggling settlor when it comes to assisting by a small rate. More Britishers attended the pictures on Monday night than were present at the united service commemorative of the New Zealand soldiers fallen at Gallipoli. A noticeable feature was that the service was attended by parents and relatives of soldiers buried on Gallipoli penin • sula and who have sons and brothers in the Mew Zealand Expeditionary Forces. Mr. R. Malcolm, who received severe facial injuries in an unaccountable way recently, roturned from Manaia private hospital on Monday. It will be some 'days before he can resume work. The Ladies' Guild continue to hold 'regular weekly mart sales in aid of patriotic purposes, and tea rooms are 'opened at the Farmers' Co-op. sales. The Opunake people are making preparation to welcome home Private Douglas Des Forges who arrives with the next batch of invalids. COURSING CLUB, i The annual meeting of the Kgmont Open Coursing Club was held in Walsh's Hotel (Opunake) on Saturday evening. Mr. Woolford was in the chair.

New members appointed were: Messrs. P. J. McGrath, J. Pentlow, Rev. Father Doolaghty and Mrs. Walsh. The annual balance sheet showed a credit balance of £lO 14s 7d; the amount of stakes paid was £22 ss; members' subscriptions £7; the total receipts £3;" i 4s fid, and expenditure £24 9s; balance from previous year was £'l3 lis 6d. The. officers appointed were: Chairman, I Mr. C. Woolford; secretary, Mr. Evetts; committee. Messrs. J. Fenner, A. 0. Walsh, P. Walsh, ,T. Hickey, F. Rowlands, A. Macfio, R. Fleming, G. Dobbin, with power to add. , It was decided to open the the second Saturday in May with a maiden sweepstake; 'moefc to be at Pimgarehu. The Club decidc«i to affiliate with the New Zealand Coursing Club. Judges appointed were: Messrs. J. Fenner, C. Woolford, J. Jenkins, and C. Evetts. Slippers: Messrs G. Dobbin, J. Hickey, R. Fleming and R. Gardiner. It was decided to hold the "Booker" meeting at Okato on June 3. if the Association agrees to the date. '£, l was added to., sweepstake. The question of Mr Evetts winning the Booker Cup outright was submitted to the New Zealand Coursing Club for decision.

Tho usual votes of thanks terminat-.i the meeting.