DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 November 1917, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

TARIKI. From 1 Our Own Correspondent. At a i "ecent meeting of the hall trustees it was decided to install the Alpha light ing, and, the installation being now ca, npleted, the illumination at the farewell social to Private F. Bridgeman on 'the 10th inst. should be of the best, and no Woubt there will be a large attendance.

TJie weather' is all that could be desired for work on the farm, but, in common with a Iher districts, the scarcity of labor is kei mly felt here. Fanners who have "fit" hoys away doing their bit at the front find that it entails their doing extra litth i bits here, and are inclined—at times—to envy those whose hoys have been turned down by the medical boards an d yet manage to do an occasional odd job on the farm. The Inglewood representative of the police force paid in \ a flying visit on the 13th ;nst., and.was .observed giving someono a "buekshee" j, ,)y ride on his homeward journey. It lis rumored that the administrative powi irs of the Military Service Act claim a. certain amount of credit for this pleas nit little outing. J. Stephenson, who recently sustained a broken leg in an encounter with an "Indian" at Waipuku, has been transferred from the Strat ford to New Plymouth hospital for X-:ray purposes, and I hear is making good progress. The state or tone af the musical instrument in the publvc hall was unfavorably commented on by some of the trustees at their last meeting. No doubt it has seen long and arduous service, and might well be pensioned -off. However, the problem of raising 1 lie wind for a new "grand" was still unsolved when the meeting broke up, but'; should some public-spiirtcd person fenl inclined to go ono better than the un known generous donor of the lining aiic\ lighting expenses, and make an offer of three figures towards the cost, of n new piano, I am almost sura the trustees would give it their careful consideration.