EKETAHUNA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3185, 22 April 1889, Page 2

EKETAHUNA.

'"(From Our Own Correspondent^ A petition is going ture prayingthe Govßirnjcaßfrtb the Inspeotof ■; ■ .of;'. Measures, to come here, the petitiqners'p guaranteeing;; the expense-; of; inspection/- x^-^'-?'* ,; s : ":■■ The"J.Q.GiT.'s treated us to bheif % their enjoyable 'concerts, oh : Weones-W day evening.'; There was a verylarge'f' attendance, \ ffie"school bemgerowded ■'•;'; in:all parts, '.l'must Baythat.lv enjoyed andif f£' Imay, jiidgefb'y'ite orderly Iconduot of );' thVaudience, ■ tßeyf There was a very large'. : number; of §, juveniles present, who now and then'S: felt inclined to.be rusty,' but; a frown;! ifrom'pir respected % constable > (who-! ! ; • took up his'statio'n inside' teddor)s;''' was enough for them. Mflfjphamyy Bayliss occupied; the. chair. Mrs,;:?; Stewart, who presided at' the' piano,:,;: deserves great, praise.for the able;!'; manner in whioh she'accompanied v' tho various singers; The firstitemS on the programme was a by. Mr Kerr; Miss Morris, song, very X: pleasingly, rendered; .Mr'; song/c6mioV:Mr' ; .Bayhßs,;yeadiiig;:;;; Mr D, Stewart,; song, Jmi i;;in : S response to an encore gave an Irish 'song that; pleased the.audieuce;.Mr White,;i; reading.;. Mr gave first a short- 3 address' to topers', after' whioh,a Bong;;': Mr Stewart,;song, "Nancy, Lee," v encore song,- "Trafalgar Bay;" Mr;T Cappy, recitation, in response-tb '■■> encore,"Sam Johnson's dog;" Mr i D'Aroy, song,'.'.' The Parson and the'% Clerk,"'; in-iespOnse■ to : encore,;;?;! " Breach of Promise;'.' Miss Morris! 1 ;' song; this-lady received a. strong' : encore; Mr Morris, song ;ffi Subnet i sbng;:;Mr .Stewart,,,song. -Aftera£ short addressby the: Chairman, : 'who; ? mentioned : that a box would be placed - in the ahterbbmfor those willing;to v contribute towards purchasing a;. piano, the concert closed by &and-. : ingsinging "AuldLang 8yr»" I ; : do not thow i?uo/i8 at the- fiead/ipf;.' affairs, so cannot mention names;, but, whoever they aro, they deserve.:: credit for the 'manner in which the '■'.. programme was carried out, being a decided.improvement• on:some of;' their former ones. I trnsjfliyvv,, will.; give us plenty more. A large number of people passed ; through here on Friday, a great many stopping.here for the shooting, >, On Good Friday a picnio was given .'-.■ to the Sunday School children in ; Mr / Jones' the youngsters ',• seemed~to s onjby themselves greatly.. • In the evening there waß a distribn- . tion of prizes to : the. children in the church; there was a grand muster of children with their s parents No • doubt there .would have been more but that tlie evening was very wind,, half a gale blowing. A .short prayer'"; was given by Mr Bayliss and a hymn : sung by the children accompanied on the harmonium by Miss James. Mr Futoher, was voted to the.,chair. Mr Bayliss delivered a speech to '•'•'. parents and children in whioh he mentioned that it was, nine years "since the"Sunday School was started;, with nine children, now they numbered 50, That Sunday-tfAools have a great moral. indulgeon . future life, now espeoiajjfo that Scripture was* ; f6rbidderflß'''day schools, but it remained for parents to_ instil moral precepts in their ohildren at home, or Sunday School : teaching was nullified; After some, further remarks he called oh Mr e. titewart for a recitation, " TheTruthful Boys." v Mr. Jones, a previpus to distributing the prizes, gave a ■ short address that he prefaced by ; . remarking that he was a very badspeaker in public. He gave some: excellent advice to parents and child*' ren. For a first speech it was a good one, I have heard very little better';" here, if at'all. Mr Jones is such a retiring individual, I did not think' he could have made such a speech, ~ in faot we were all eagerly surprised, Ho told the children that he gave, the prizes to encourage them to come > to Sunday School, and also to encourage others to come, that, nodoubt, some of them would expect to get better prizes than was given to them, but that the prizes were given according . to their marks. He would call on Miss Marie Scharman to receive the first prize. Every SundiitfSchool scholar . then .received fa- pnize : according to their marks.' j 4 ; SQUgj was then given by Mr StewtWj the' children afterwards sung a hymn very nicely; A vote of thanks to the Chairman was carriedjby acclamation and the proceedings. olosed with prayers.

The wind lulled about midnight, and rain commenced to fall with every appearance of its continuing rather rough on the shootists.. I notice that an ex-Masterton man has opened in business here as .successor to Mr 11. T. Betty, in the Eketahuna Boot Dep6t. 'lf he acts up to his motto. "Cheapness,, durability and despatch" Mr Hansen should,command a. fair share of the trade of the district',''