DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1921, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

KAPONGA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Th© tmonthly meeting of the Kaponga Town Board was held on Tuesday, the 18th insU It was decided to supply ah electric light in the passage way between the billiard saloon and the boarding house, Mr. Elgar to p&y for current. Cemetery Road.—The foreman was instructed tb Widen same at the rubbish tip, by means of spoil from neighboring bdnks.. Western Stock Boad.—This 13 to be graded immediately; the metalling to be postponed until autumn. The main roads are to be systematically patched in lieu of the biennial coating of tar. Street Lighting.—lBo c.p. lights are to replace the present 50 c.p. ones. Permission was received from the telegraph engineer to erect a further light on the Manala Road cornet by Clough and Harris’s. Waste From Mangatoki Branch Factory.— It is proposed to discharge this into the electric light pipe line if practicable. To do this whey will have to be pumped into a tank eleven feet high to bring it above the level of the intake. The town clerk to obtain quotation for ejector capable of doing this work. x Cementery.—The foreman reported a distinct improvement in the care of graves, although there are still graves of friends of residents needing attention. Ladies’ Rest Room.—Ttls to be fitted up at the rear of the Town Hall, in one of the dressing rooms. Reading Rooms.—The librarian pointed out that all magazines placed in the library were imunediately stolen. Visitors to the township are thus deprived of what should be a find collection. KAPONGA FOOTBALL CLUB. A meeting of the management committee of the above was held on Tuesday, the 1 Sth inst-. Mr. M. B. Fearon presiding. The secretary read a statement of accounts, wlieh showed that the club finished the season’s play witil a deficit of some £3O, this of course, owing t« the altered conditions under Whirfl matches were played this year.

The committee decided upon a self-reliant policy, and immediately set to work to arrange a imonster ball to take place on Thursday, the 27th Inst. A committee of ladies consisting of Mesdnmes Casey, Fearon, Lyall> Hislop, Ryan, Priest, and MiSft Kissick, was set up to attend to those arrangements that sc speedily put mere men "offside.’’ Ah added attraction at the Ball Will be the presentation of the Casey Shield won by Kaponga In the seven-a-side tournament, held in connection with the Athletic Club’s Sports early In the year, together with several medals. It ift safe to prophesy that, with the hefty Kapbuga footballers behind the movement, arrangements will be pushed along to bring the function to a successful issue.