DISTRICT NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1922, Page 2

DISTRICT NEWS.

WAI-TOI-TOl—■ URENUL (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kaipikari residents will note with satisfaction that upon the recommendation of the senior inspector (Mr. J. A. Valentine) the Education Board have decided to apply for a grant for a movable school in this district. The many friends of Mr. G. Graham, teacher of the Okoke school, will regret to learn that he is still too indisposed to resume duty, and has been granted further leave of absence by the board. Very general sympathy will be felt in this district for Mrs. E. Julian (who for many years, together with her late husband, Mr. Edward Julian, was a resident in Urenui) in the loss of her son Verner, who died of typhoid nt Opotlki on Sunday last? At his usual fortnightly meeting in the Mimi schoolroom on Friday evening last, Mr. Kedgley announced that divine service would be held by Mr. Smith in the schoolroom' on the third Sunday in October, at 11 a.m. The frosts and the absence of rain experienced during the late winter and early spring months have had a most disastrous effect on tree-planting In this district, and many failures in macrocarpas and other seedlings have been reported. Th‘is is the more to be regretted, as more general interest in aforestation (owing, no doubt, to the efforts of the department to impress upon settlers its advantages) has been evinced this season than in previous years. Mr. D. O’Donnell, who for a number of years carried on the business storekeeper in Urenui, and who recently retired owing to ill health, is at present paying a visit to the township. One of the features at the pictures In the Urenui Hall on Saturday evening last was the successful community singing carried out under the leadership of Mr. Abel Rowe, who also contributed several solos, which were well appreciated by the audience. The coming visit of .the English cricket eleven will no doubt b,e. the means of creating a larger amount of interest in the game this season than usual, and the Jiope has been expressed that the association will be successful in the effort l ? to secure a ihatch for Taranaki. The matter of forming country and town divisions, with the winners of each' to play* off for the championship, which was brought up at the recent meeting of the association, is causing some little discussion locally. This course has been mooted before, although up to the present no direct action has been taken, and provided a sufficient number of country clubs can be relied upon to carry the competition through, the scheme should prove workable. The very impartial leaderette published in Monday's News on the proposed control board for dairy produce, and the information contained ■ therein, pjaces quite a different complexion on the scheme, and it is fairly safe to assume that the majority of those present at the meeting held in New Plymouth on Friday last were unaware of the main features of the proposal, more especially as to noncompulsory clause. Had the matter been originally given more publicity, and the objects placed clearly before dairy farmers, probably a large amount of opposition which has been manifested would have been done away with. Mr. Connett’s remarks at the meeting should give much food for reflection amongst those interested, more especially ns they seem to express an earnest desire to improve the present state of affairs, not only as regards the disposal of our produce, but also in the matter of shipping facilities, which no one will deny lea.ve much room for improvement. Ideal weather conditions have prevailed during the past few days from the dairy farmer’s point of view, and the frequent, warm showers that have been experienced will have the effect of causing a much-needed flush In the pastures, and a consequently increased milk production. OAKURA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) It is not often we are given an opportunity of listening to such a programme of musical items as that organised by Mr. Fredric, of New Plymouth, for last Wednesday evening, at the district hall. The concert opened with a chorus by the company, followed by a. pianoforte solo, rendered by Mr. Fredric in excellent style. Songs were afterwards contributed by Misses Cooper and Harper; Messrs. Trehey, Bellringer. Brooker, Holder and Andrews; violin solos by Mr. Murphy; flute solos by Mr. Bosworth, and a duet J>y the two lastnamed performers. The reception given to the various artists may be judged from the fact that all were recalled and had to respond to vociferous encores. Mr. Holder’s rendering of “Seeing the Doctor" and “The One-armed Man” evoked loud applause. After the concert, it dance was held, in which a large number of couples took part. Mr. Fred Boulten supplied the music. The only drawback wa9 the weather, but even this did not' prevent those who were inclined to have a pleasant evening, from attending. A really good supper was put on at the conclusion of the- concert by a number of ladies, who spared no effort to make their part of the evening's enjoyment what it was, a complete success.