POUTUTU NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 958, 3 August 1903, Page 2

POUTUTU NOTES.

'(From Our Own July 30.

i It is raining very heavily here to-day, I and the rivers are showing signa of there being a flood. , Messis Birrell and Bolton passed through on their way to the Motu, to address the settlers on the great question of the day, “ The timber resources of the Motu,” but I am afraid the wet weather will greatly interfere with the attendance at the meeting. ’ The settlers of Poututu enjoyed a very novel and unique kind of entertainment one day last week, in the form of a concert on the telephone line. Songs were contributed by Mr and Mrs Riddell and Miss McCredie, and a whistling solo by Mr Riddell. Pianoforte selections from “ San - Toy ” by Miss Campbell, several selections on the gramaphone by Mr J. McCredie, and a banjo duet by Messrs E. and N. Thomson were also given. The entertainment, which v/as thoroughly enjoyed, was concluded at 11 o’clock by everyone ringing off. Miss McCredie and Miss Campbell, who have been spending a week at “The " * Bend,” returned to town last Wednesday. I hear that Mr Peddle, who has sold his property, intends having a holiday to see his friends in Australia. The lambing season has started, and several lambs are to be seen on the hills.