TOA GROUNDS

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 April 1939, Page 4

TOA GROUNDS

o ON SHOAL NEAR FLAT ROCK RIYEIi NOV/ HARD TO WORK Tin; great need for a heavy ileou in tne YV hakatare riwr to ciear civ- a> the sandbanks obstructing I'voc working of the port w :i; ; shown again on Thursday at midday Avhen the Xoi thern Steamship Company's Toa grounded again near the Flat Rock. Th« Toa touched the b;;r as she came through the entrance but tifis did not check her. However, though it Avas h'gh tide, she touched a shoal which lias formed lurcher in and grounded alongside the groin.. For an hour Avith th: ai;] -of the pilot launch .efforts were ninde to re. float hier, but it Avas not uiitij the tide -was ebbing that she earn.? off This ay as probably due to the thr. t tlie churning propcl'ors washed the obstruction, away. No damage was done to the Toa. 2LUB FOOTBALL Ray of Plenty footballers Avil] be introduced to he;'r that follow' ng :he lukewarm enthusiasm of other tnions in the Thames Valley, the Fe Aroha Rugby Union has had no ilternative but to postpone the a*, enipt to the Taranaki vstem into football there. The 1 Aaihi Union has rejected the pro. 1 >osal possibly not Avithout reason; rom a parochial A-iewpoint, and a £ uggestjon .that such a competition hould be played between To Aroha nd Paeroa met AA'itli the opposition f the Hikutaia Club's delegates, dth tlie consequent abandonment of he scheme by the, Paeroa Union at ;ast.