DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1918, Page 3

DISTRICT NEWS.

LEPPERTON. (From Our Own Correspondent.,. A very pleasant evening was spent here last Tuesday evening, when a complimentary social waß tendered Mr. and Mrs \V. Roberts and family, by the members of the Lepperton Methodist Church. Rev. G. B. Hinton, of Waitara, presided, and visitors from New Plymouth were present. Apologies for absence were received from Messrs Perkins and Murray, of Waitara. A good programme of songs, recitations, and instrumental pieces had been arranged. Mrs Clark gave a violin solo, accompanied by Miss B. fiiddy. Miss Harvey played a pianoforte solo, and songs were given by Mrs White and Miss Harvey. Mrs. White and Miss Tielibon sang a duet, and several recitations were given in fine style by Miss Tiehbon. In the course of some remarks, the Rev. Hinton said he hoped it was a welcome home, not a farewell, to Mr. and Mrs Roberts, who, he understood, had some thought of settling in LeppertoD. It had been said no one was indispensable to a place, but they all felt that, in Church affairs at least, that Mr. and Mrs Roberts could not well be dispensed with. Of their generosity, every resident of Lepperton, and indeed of a wider district, could bear testimony, and Mrs Roberts' hospitality was proverbial. On behalf of the congregation, Mr. Hinton then presented Mrs Roberts with a handsome fruit dish and Mr. Roberts with a set of books, intended to assist him in his work as a lay preacher of the Church. Messrs Brown and Grave also referred to Mr. Roberts in eulogistic terms. Mr. Roberts suitably responded, on behalf of himself and Mrs Roberts. A service has been arranged for Anzac Day (next Thursday) in the Lepperton Hall, and representatives of the local denominations will officiate. The service will commence at 7.30, and special hymns have been printed for the occasion. A collection to defray expenses will be taken up. A second time the meeting to elect a hall committee lapsed last Saturday evening. True, it was a dirty night, but "your own" has seen the hall crowded on as bad an evening, but then it was a ball that was the attraction. Some of those who are ready enough to roll up to dances and euchre parties in the hall are not there when it is necessary to do something to keep the place going. I understand from the chairman of guarantors of the hall that some interesting developments may be expected soon, which will, perhaps, awaken the public to a sense of its duty by one of the most useful of our institutions.