WAITARA.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1920, Page 8

WAITARA.

(Prom Our Own Corresppndent.)' October 30. The death occurred <*i Thursday night at the New Plymouth Hospital of Mr.! 010 (Charlie) Bernsten, his remains being j interred in the. Waitara cemetery on' Sunday. Deceased was an old resident; • of Waitara, and much respected. He : landed in Waitara 33 years ago, and was : with Messrs. T. Borthwick and Sons for j 29 years as chamber foreman. A widow ; and family of six are left to mourn the loss of a good husband ?-!)d father. I The Knox Church Guild held their an- j nual tea and concert on Thursday even- j ing last. The ladies had made big pre- j paratious for a large -udienec. and theyj were not disappointed. After the inner j man had been fat : stic«, patrons were re- j galed with an exc-Uont concert. A party | from Now Plymouth, consisting of Mes-! dames Frederi", P;i;mtree. Miss Cocker, 1 and Jones, Mc? c '>. Frederic, Sanders and | Cooper, contriii-..<yi various items. Other j items were given 'by the school children j (trained by Miss Merriman); mandolin i solo by Miss lA\n?.; tint? solo by "Mr. i Whitti'ugton: w? by Miss Parry, Sadie ! Bullot, Mrs. Blair, and a recitation by. Mr. flouhl. 7'he accompaniments were played by M:-s. P. J. Allen. The Labor 7>iy .'-ports, postponed on ; account of i.b.c weether, have been set I down to fair" y.'ncn on Saturday, fith j November. It is to be hoped that 'the | postponement will not materially affect I the success of rV gathering. j The flood 'i ■.':.:■ river on Tuesday and j Wednesday n:!ii"rmined part of the j whan", and a subsidence has occurred, | Oft to Sit in extent, in one particular j spot. No damage, however, has been | done to the wood facings, and the dam-1 age can soon be rectified. A start has been made by 'the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society i it: the shed recently occupied by Messrs. . Vi'-'ci and Co. during the wool com'.mandecr. Carpenters are busy fitting up ■ the interior 10 suit for the Society's business. 1 A Tikorangi farmer is the loser of a j number of sheep, having just shorn jirior to the deluge, j The s,s, T.eitrim arrived in the roadi stcft.l r.t m M-day on Friday, and is tak- ! ing in :;7.n00 carcases, l/'.fiOO of which [ will be railed from the Smart Road i works. At present the s.s. Wetere is | engaged tow-in? meat to New Plymouth • to he pieced aboard the Mamari. j ft was a relief to read that the Board '. of Trade are going to let loose white j sugar next month. Fur weeks now the i brown article has. been the only stuff ohj tainabie. The grocers have been getting an amount ennalling six bags of brown to one of white, and are getting stocked up with brown, it being hard to sell.