DISTRICT NEWS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 8 May 1911, Page 5

DISTRICT NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondents.* MAURICEVILLE WEST. The young grass is coming splendidly on the ground recently swept by lire. If the frosts only hold off the charred appearance .will give way to the green of new grass. Miss Thompson and Mrs Forsberg returned last Thursday from a holiday trip to Auckland. Two slight frosts, the first of the. season, put in their unwelcome appearance last week. The milk supply is rapidly decreasing at the local factory. About 35 boxes of butter is being turned out weekly. Skimming will very soon be di>;.e on alternate days. A ir.rge rata tree, from which the iv: s spread about six weeks ago, is sci; a red, glowing mass. Being situated at the top of a high limestone b' 1 !, it can be seen a great distance off.

PONCAROA

x\t the ordinary meeting of tlie Akitio County Council, held last Saturday, it was decided to rlter the date of meeting from the first I Saturday in the month to th* last } Saturday. It was dp-dded to strict!-- . I enforce the winter by-laws regarding Tvheel traffic. The Councillors have been holding meetings in the district re the loan, proposal poll on May 2Sth,* and it is expected that the poll will be carried, i On Wednesday, 3rd hst., a farewell .social and dance was tendered by the residents to Mrs W. Co= and the Misses Coe, who are leaving Pongaroa after sixteen years' residence, for the Auckland district. The gathering was- an clnquer* J -^- A "p-n-T- "t<> the esteem in which Mrs Cos is held by the settlers, ov?vr t<vo hundred " people being ■ the settlers, Mr J McT-rtyr~ sent-d Mrs Coe with 'an ill':—' -."■W , from the .'settle-*. ,-f--»..•-•-,-to what she had done ?-•- ""S b--' been to the district. Mr >T?\T~+.-"-> spok? of Mrs Coe as the of the place—tho ore to people naturally turned, in Ibe ~a:ly day.s of the settlement, for b-lp and advice. And this help' ar»d cdvic was never refused out of the wealth of Mrs Co?'s goodness and esperi- ! ence. Mr Mclntyre referred to Mr i Coe's good qualities qualities [ -which lie strove to show in somf I anecdotes— which nearly brought about his downfall. Mr Coe is already in the Auckland district whero he has taken up land. Mr Mclntyre then presented,' Mrs Coe with the settlers' tribute, a purse of sovereigns, wishing for them health, happiness, and prosperity. Mr P. R. Kent, replying for Mrs Coe, said that, being \

a son-in-law, he should naturally have nothing eulogistic to say about his mother-in-law. But in this oas? it did .not follow. He conveyed Mrs Ooe's thanks, and a hearty invitation to all. to visit Mr and Mrs,Coe at their new home. Miss Kelly then presented Misses Ivy and Dolly Coe ■ with bangles,from- tihe -girla of Ponga,roa, and spoke of how they would | be missed 'by their chums. Next Wednesday (May 10th) the Hockey and Social Club arf "titortaining the two y«ung ladies (Mipse? Coe), who are members of thnCiTb.

* The Ladips' Hotkey Club recommence olnv on Saturday.