DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 June 1919, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

I wwwizam. J (lEfßSß><tar,'Owni Con®paaasnij) test, 7th inst, caitoay>'to)--aft Sshirdiy nitwits 111 this. district, ai t&B&b tpc£ pteco, ax SoxfoQc luwwi SchtXfl,. prodding &e< neeessass music aodi SgjV W. Mursiiatt. ailing tbe, portion of M.C. pnto yoGBK f(Ji of thet locality had decided to sire a friendly farewell to Hisses Alice and lEtiiel Bjkhen and. Miss IL M. Stevens, wiio ar3 about to, igcre? this district, and found that so Gihi;T : ortaiiuK could conrenimUy be chosen ttial Wu'jllJ jwb caus& thia tm&i to clash With some ollrer gathering of quite equal interest t», eumundinji settlers. Tlie night was clear, cold and brightly moon-lit, most suitable for Ihe occasion, and there was a very good g&thjering of young andi old, dancers and onlookers. Shortly before the supper interval, Mrs B. E. Tliouiiii claimed the attention of the room, and said that she had been asked by the committee in l;e their mouthpieco, to wish their guests of the meiiing farewell and prosperity in their ne.iv homes. She thought that possibly the (committee had' come to this decision so as to give the poor women, what they seldom set, a .'chance to have a say, and on that assumption ;abe would say that she thought the young men i&ronnd must be a bit slow letting three young ] ■ women like these leave the district unattached, lit was her pleasing duty to make to each a i small presentation which, she hoped, they I would accept as expressive of the wishes of their Sold time friends and neighbors for their future i welfare and happiness, and 'hat they would be [reminders to the recipients of the days they 'bad spent here. Mrs Thomas' speech was 'greeted with hearty and deserved applause, the , committee being commended on having selected so capable and appropriate a representative, j Musical honors were accorded to the three | young ladies, and after Mesdames J. Brown land R. Stevens had responded for their daughters, dancing was resumed. Tbe monotony of (the evening was relieved by songs by Mr Willis tEarp, which were thoroughly appreciated and heartily applauded. Another variation to the usual routine and a pleasing one, as well as a reminder of the days when piano music was not always obtainable but when music of some kind to dance to was imperatively necessary, was given by Mr J. W. Burgess, whose accordeon solos controlled the dancers' active feet for two numbers. It was a suitable night, a good gathering of willing dancers, but Saturday and midnight saw the end of a happy, kindly and neighborly social function suck its Norfolk Road is justly noted for.