MAUNGATUROTO.

Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 176, 16 December 1892, Page 6

MAUNGATUROTO.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The Annual Ball in connection with the Ancient Order of Foresters, Court Queen of the North, was held in Davis’ Hall on Friday evening', December 2nd. The evening was very fin 0 but still the attendance was not so large as was expected ; the number present was between sixty and seventy. There was no trouble in obtaining the necessary number of couples required tor the different dances, and as the Hall was not too crowded one did not hear so much of the usual complaint made on such occasions viz that the place was insufferably hot. The Hall was tastefully decorated early in the day by a number of young men, members of the Order, who were appointed a management committee, together with the kind assistance of several young ladies. Soon after eight o’clock the Hall doors were thrown open and dancing commenced in earnest. Mr Leslie of Waipu was engaged to provide the necessary music for the evening, and Mr W. Rowsell, one of the members of the Dodge, performed the duties of M.C. At twelve o’clock a sumptuous supper (provided by Mr C. Davies) was announced, to which most of those present did ample justice. Supper ended, dancing was resumedjand kept up with spirit until the early hours. The Foresters’ Court here is steadily gaining strength, the number on the roll being over forty ; it is also in a good linancial position. On Saturday evening the 3rd inst a largely attended public meeting was held in the schoolroom to consider the question of a certain deviation made on one of our main roads. It appears that on that portion of road leading from tbo central part of this settlement to the Wairau creek landing, a deviation of considerable length lias been made and also a considerable amount df money expended upon the new line, and every one supposed that the old road was closed until quite lately, when some inquiries made at the Crown Bands office revealed the fact that both the old and the new lines were still legal roads, and ns is too often the case in country districts, a difference of opinion then arose as to which road should be maintained, although the new line is a fir bettor grade and has had money spent cn it in putting in culverts, ditching etc., aud it was clearly shown that only oue property would suffer by the closing of the old one. However, after some boated discussion had taken place, resolution was passed by the majority of those present, that the members of the County Council be requested to go over and examine both roads, and that they should decide which should be adhere! to and improved. The matter at present appears likely to cause a good deal of ill feeling in the district, but it is to he hoped that public benefit will not be sacrificed for personal interest.