LATEST TE AROHA NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Ahoha, This Day.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2257, 24 December 1886, Page 2

LATEST TE AROHA NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] T e Ahoha, This Day.

At the poll in the Court-house yesterday for the election of a member for the Western Maori Electoral District only eight votes were recorded, Wiremu to Wheoro 7, Henare Kaihau I. The annual treat for the children attending the Waiorongomai school was held yesterday in Mr Baskett's paddock. Everything passed off excellently. There was a large muster of children, who were regaled with an abundance ot things. A concert in aid of the school funds takes place thus evening. Four now members of the school committee, Messrs A. Wallace, M. Cronin, M. Lovell and D. Wallace, have been elected to fill the vacancies caused by the resignations of Messrs Murphy, Lloyd, Muuro and Orr.

Onk of our well-known ti.iguduns, whilst starring the provinces, played an engagement at Cheltenham. He opened in "Othello," and after the play, being 1 in a hurry to join some old friends, lie raised n loud outciy because there was no hot water to take the colour off. When the man whose duty it was to look after such matters arrived he was met with a torrent of such reproach a.s fairly startled him. Some time after auolher star arriving also played Othello, and when lie had finished his pei formance, he sought, his room gasping awl out o? breath. .Scarcely had he done so when the old attendant burst into the room, and planting a huge can of boiling water on the floor, exclaimed, "There ! all right this time; you can take your confounded black off as soon as you like 1 " But again ho was startled with a burst of indignation, for the Othello on that occasion was poor Morgan Smith*, the coloured tragedian !