TENUI NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4398, 20 April 1893, Page 3

TENUI NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent,)

On Friday last, ; in splendid weather, tho Whakataki school In Id its annual picnio. It iB usual for the Tehui and Whakataki schools to. give invitations to enoh other, and several.

scholars of the former accompanied by. tbeir parents, friends, and teacher; Mr. Joplin, attended. The Committee:— 11 essrs McHutchon *■'' (chairman), Murray, Dunn, Holmes, and Stewart were ably assisted by Messrs.Southey. (Tenui) and Joplin in providing games and races, etc,, for the youngsters, who thoroughly enjoyed' tliemsnlves. Tho largo store, .kindly lent by Mr Holmes, manager ; of. Castlepoint Station, was utilised as a re-

freshment room. It was tastefully docnmtprLwidufgiiia and flowers .by ' thWHPBREer, 1 Tho;Jl isscs Owen trom Tonui,; F. •' MoEutobon, Fellows and Pottier, assisted by Mesdames Follows, Brown, Sohofield, Mangnuson, Dunn , find other ladies, handed the good things round, of which there was a plentiful supply, to the youngsters,'who quiokly found room for them. In the evening, old and young, natives and pakehas, danced merrily until the'morning to the strains of a piano (kindly lent, by Mr Holmes) and a violin. For some unknown reason the prizes were not to hand) but they will bo distributed ;at an early date. At the recent school' examination tho following passed Standard VII;. —Elizabeth Dunn, Standard-Vl. Maud Holmes. Standard V.—Alice Pottier and Jno, O'Kano, - Standard IV.—Agnes Dunn and Wm. Fellows,' Standard lll,—May Fellows. /Standard ll.—Lucy Pottier. Standard I,r-r Fanny Power, Bertie Pottier Matthew Dunn. The [ prize was awarded to Fanny McHut. chon, and tbo Sewing prizes to (1) McHutchon, (2) Fanny Power;

Highly Comnr /led, Alice Pottier and Man,-} Holmes. A accident befell Mrs Ste« Wirt, r JffijKMataki Hotel, as she was retunfflptam tho. abovo men-

tioned dance. Her horse—a very tricky one—bolted and jumping sideTrays over a fence, camo over on its side, throwing Mrs Stewart violently to the ground. The nnfortunatelady {ell on her head, and was unconscious for Borne time.

The County Council have metalled the Tenui-Alfredton Road , near :Mr Cameron's, and now should. :plant pillows at the bend noar -Mr .George'a to prevent the road slipping away;. .. The holo near the blacksmith's Bhouldbe filled in before the wet weather sets in, or it will be necessary to have a'horse always ready to hitch on to unfortunate people:; who get bogged. It may be a cry of "Mud, mud upon the ground, but nowhere.cnn the man be found."