THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915. Local and General

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 14 May 1915, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 1 P.M. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915. Local and General

The Reverend Mr Heron will preach at St. Paul’s Church on Sunday evening.

Excursion trains will run to Rotorua and Te Aroha to-mor-row (Saturday, May 15th.)

Tender® are called in this issue by the Huntly Road Board for ■carting 1200 cub. yards of metal.

We are informed that the football match, Huntly versus Taupiri at Huntly, to be played in June, will be a Benefit Match for the Belgian Fund. The footballers are giving a good lead to other organisations.

A committee meeting of the Huntly Poultry and Keunel Club was held an Wednesday evening last. Permission having been granted to hold an art union in connection with the Show, It was decided to get the tickets out forthwith.

On Sunday afternoon a special service for men will be held in St. Pauls Church. The service will be of evangelistic character and the subject of the" address will be “ Religion and the present Crisis.” All men are cordially invited. The service will commence at 3 p.m. At the meeting of the Huntly Rifle Club, held the other evening, a very interesting fact was disclosed, namely, that out of a normal membership of thirty, nine members have volunteered for service and are now with the colours. This is probably a record for this part of New Zealand.

The District Commander (CaptBennett); was here on Thursday and informs us that a commission as Seoul.master has been issued to Mr Owen McCabe, who is forming a Huntly Troop of Dominion Boy Scouts. Capt Bennett will take an early opportunity of visiting the Troup to swear them in. In the meantime there is nothing to prevent the Troup getting to work in learning their duties. The extraordinary rapidity with which the river fell after the recent rise has been commented, on in many directions, and various reasons have been given for the phenomenon. However it seems that the explanation is a simple one. The fact is, that most of our flood waters come from Lake Taupo and the Waipa Valley. From reliable sources we learn that the recent rains did not effect these places at ■< 11, that Lake Taupo is still several feet below ordinary summer level and that the Waipa did not rise. The river therefore was required to carry off only the rain which fell locally.