WAITARA.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 September 1917, Page 3

WAITARA.

THE MALE CHOIR. To-night this combination makes an attack on Waitara. They are over ?0 strong, so it will be necessary to have a big contingent to meet them m the Theatre Royal. The first salvo rvili be fired by the whole artillery at S o'clock, or, to be more precise, after the National Anthem has been rendered. Amorgst the snipers are our old friends Gunners Day and Macdonald, who always hit the mark. One gutmcr we have heard a good deal of, but, so far, have not had a shot fired by him, is Chaplain Papakakura. His shots are deadly, and during his tours he has brought mar.y houses down. Two of the other snipers t'iat have won their medals are Gunn;rs Dunfttan and Webber. The machine-g'jn section is in the charge of Quartermaster Arnold 0. Sturrock. and td ht-ar him rattle off is something to dream aboii*. Then there is the much-traveiled aeroplan ist, Flyer Clarke. His evolutions generally are of the star order. As ? matter of fact he is "the" star elocutionist of the Dominion, and h-s item? nione are well worth hearing. The drili instructor is Bandmaster McLeod, ana everyone in Taranaki knows hi w he hits drilled the Citizens' Band to a stato <f perfection, his efforts in drilling the male corps being quite as effective. You siiouli come along and hear the bombardment. The funds are for patriotic purposes, and all are anxious to do as much as possible for the boys at the front, especially now as it has been deemed inadvisable to take the risk of giving tnem the promised furlough.

GENERAL. Much interest is being taken in the football match to be played this afterneon on the Cam]) Reserve, between teams representing the business and the freezers' babv committees. A good exhibition should result. The secretary ar.d members of ths New Plymouth Male Choir have enlisted the sympathies of motor-car owners to such an extent that a sufficient number of cars has been offered to convey tl.'« members to Waitara to-night f r ce of expense. Such an action is deserting of praise for the organisation and the car owners. The Mayor and member* of the executive of the North Taranaki Patr.otic League went to the station last evening to meet Private Spence, of Awakino. his Worship having just prior to the arrival of the train received word of his homecoming. The train duly arrived, but not the returned soldier, it is assumed he went on to New Plymouth. To say the least, reasonable notice liouM have been given by the department—not at eight o'clock, when the train wrs whistling into the station. BABY CONTEST. The number of votes received and shown at the Theatre Royal last veiling was as follows: Freezers 48.000; business '13,320: north countrr 27,360; west country 3600. No additions were made to either country babv total, but the freezers added 1(1.500 to last week'« reco'd, whilst the additional number of the business baby was 16.560 (?). The t---ta\ number of votes now recorded is 122.280. In cash this represents the sum of £509 | 103.