DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1917, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

MOKAU. (From Our Own Correspondent). A meeting of the- Mokau Patriotic Committee was held on Tuesday last. Correspondence was read from the Uorth Taranaki Patriotic League with reference to the Baby Contest, and notifying the Mokau Committee that Baby '\Villi- | son had been selected as the North Country competitor. It was "decided to forward £ls of the funds in hand to the secretary of the League,. Waitara, to j purchase voting tickets in, support of | Baby WiUison. Tho final allocation of the amount forwarded was fixed as follows:—' To the Y.M.C.A., £7 10s; to the Salivation Army, £6; to the Church of ij England Fund, £2 IOs; total, £lB. : : The secretary was instructed to' aslc I tho league for a few books of Ait ifeion tickets, and hy means of raffles':the' committee would endeavor whatfurther money it could in aid of the' contest. ••; i Iti was decided that a wristlet watch, be forwarded to Mr. Lennox on behalf of the people of Mokau and Mohakatino, along with a covering letter expressing regret that a joint farewell could not have been arranged for him before leaving for camp. ; , ' : wi'':*?si' , i9'' l ' I ' A hearty vote of thanks was accord- | ed to tho ladies of Mokau for their organisation and conduct of the "Cap and Apron Dance" and to the people of Mohakatino for their active co-opera-tion. A cap and apron dance was held on September 1, Messrs H. Maine and J. Terrill acting as Ms.C. The dance was organised by the ladies of' Mokau and district, primarily for the purpose of showing "mere men" how a dance should be run —to make money. And they made money—the sum of £4, a record for the season. The drastic economies they effected in the making of it were unique. Ask their husbands. It was most unfortunate the night should have been so stormy> wet and miserable. Had it been otherwise a far greater success would have been' in store for the promoters, for quite a number of people had promised to come from Awakino and without doubt—more even than did come —Avould have come from Mohakatino. Just here it is fitting a word or two of appreciation should be uttered in praise of the people of Mohakatino, and their energetic secretary and treasurer, Mr. Horace Ennis. These people, despite roads undreamt) of by town dwellers—veritable seas of mud—a dreary ferry to negotiate on the journey both coming and going, and the weather, bo what it may, yet contrived to be present at practically every function held in Mokau for the benefit of the soldier at the front. Of tho dance itself your correspondent cannot say much, being a missing word on the occasion. He Imb been assured, however, that most of the gentlemen dancers upon donning the caps and aprons of their partners, looked not bnlv fearful but wonderful. "Solomon in all his glory." etc. The ladies who made such a success of the function deserve all praise and your correspondent is afraid to mention them by name, for fear of leaving perhaps two or three unsaid —an unpardonable sin. Ho thinks, however, there can "oe no harm in staling that Mrs. Christrjferson and Miss Duncan ably presided at the piano. The net proceeds amounted to over £4.