NGAKAWAU NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 19 February 1927, Page 7

NGAKAWAU NOTES.

(Our Own Correspondent). line weather still holds good round here. Indeed there are a few who arc hoping that it will rain owing to the water supply getting short. Mr T. Learmont, mining engineer, together with his stall of assistants, arrived here the other day and left next 1 morning for the Charming Creek coalfield, for the purpose of laying off the site of a dam and doifig other developing work in connection with the new mine to be opened up in that locality. A, movement is on foot for a quoits team from Ngakawau to visit Seddonville next “back” Saturday to play a tournament with a view- to making the game more popular.

On Sunday last, a tennis tournament was played on the Hector courts between the Hector-Ngakawau Club and Millerton Club. The latter won by a majority of games. A good dcaj of surprise was felt in Ngakawau when it was found out that the local bakery had closed its doors. Several persons were faced with a temporary shortage of bread. However word was sent to town and Mr Sime quickly rose to the occasion, dispatching his van out with enough to relieve the situation.

The West Coast District Council held a. meeting during the week-end to dis cuss the proposition put by the Stock ton Union re working eleven days a fortnight, instead of ten. It is stated, on reliable authority, that the proposi tion was turned down.

There were quite a few of the Ngatawau and Hector residents who paid a visit to Granity on Monday night to listen to Mr Clarke, who was speaking on the coming revolution. Some of his figures and statements were a surprise to a lot of his hearers, and the next day one could hear him discussed from different viewpoints, but they mostly agreed that if what he stated were true then things were getting into a bad way.

Things were busy round the Com pany’s power house on Monday last the reason being the inspector of boil ers was round.

The fishing smack was unable to go out during the past week-end, owing to the rough state of the surf, but there were some fairly good catches of herrings in the river, which helped to relieve the fish shortage.