DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1921, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

PUNGAREHU.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

Lovers of music can look forward to a real treat on Friday, September 16, when a parly of New Plymouth performers will give a grand concert in aid of the memorial fund. Their kindness is very much appreciated by the residents of Pungarehu and the committee in charge of the fund, and they look forward to a bumper house on that occasion. The concert and the plain and fancy dance to follow will be advertised later.

The committeo regret that the two functions will take place on the same evening, but they are anxious to close this fund at the end of September, as many other matters, all Important, need time and money. It is hoped, therefore, that patrons will endeavor to put up with any little inconvenience'that may arise and will try t 6 make the dance, which l is timed to commence at 10 p.m., the success it deserves. The concert needs no boosting; that New Plymouth singers are coming being more than a sufficient guarantee of a real treat.

A rough estimate of the cost of the proposed memorial is to hand, and it is hoped the necessary money will be raised. A public meeting to discuss “form and site” will be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday evening,September 1, in the hall. Will all interested kindly endeavor to be present? It is a regrettable fact, that Pungarelu has' no hall committee. Things in connection with this place sadly need attention. Soipe time ago the secretary of the old hall committee advertised no fewer than three times that a. meeting would be held to form a committee, and three times the attempt, failed. Conse-i quently it was allowed to laiise. One has only to glance at the hall to see how necessary a real live committee for a public building is, and it is expected that sufficient Interest will shortly be aroused to form a committee.

The concensus of opinion regarding the ball which was held at Warea on the 20th ultimo is that it was the function of the season. It has already been reported In detail. Suffice to say here that Warea does not do things by halves, and the secret of their success is to be found in tt?e fact that their social committee works amicably together, a statement which can rarely be made of committees in the country. Too often the one half of the members wants something altogether different from the other half, and the secretary needs to possess a big amount of tact to please all hands.

The health of the residents of this district at present is good.

Tl:e weather, too, Is all that can be desired as far as the general work of the farm is concerned, but a warm rain would be welcomed by formers to coax the grass into growth. The factory Is running every day, and the rumble of the milk waggon is to be heard in the early morning, and farmers are anticipating a good season.

A list in connection with the memorial fund has been left at the Co-op. store for the convenience of intending subscribers who do not pay a dally visit to the post office. With the present slump in the market for prime stock, and the /acE of America getting on to the English market with meat so that New Zealand has Armour’s to compete against in the disposal of her frozen meat, the opinion held by those Interested is that calves will not be worth rearing, and as a consequence most of them in this district have only a very short life, killing being general. It is hoped that the hide market will remain firm, and some little remuneration In this way be afforded to farmers. Certainly, in a district where cheese Is the article manufactured, it seems the wisest course to purFortune is a fickle jade, and we who live in the country and are engaged in the dairying industry, know it only too well. That we still have much to be thankful for is certain, especially in the winter, when one half of the townsfolk do not know how the other half lire. Our firing, milk, and vegetables are assured if we are thrifty, and although .our holidays are few and our pleasures mostly of the one type, we are satisfied we are better off in the main than our city friends. Even with the present slump and the fluctuating market, we are prepared to face the music of long hours of toil, and who fears but what we shall come out all right. The Memorial Committee request the loan of a piano for the concert on tlje 16th, the hall piano not being at concert pitch. Which of our residents will be sport enough to lend one? The meeting of ratepayers advertised for August 24 has been postponed indefinitely.