“Gazette” District News

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4430, 21 June 1922, Page 3

“Gazette” District News

WAI’t'AKAIHJRU. FOOTBALL DANCE. A very successful dance was held by the Wajtakaruru Football Club last Wednesday evening, when a large number of dancers, took the floor to the music of Mr. Hunter. Mrs. Potter obliged with extras. Mr. G. Coxhead was M.C. RURAL MAIL DELIVERY. The opinion in Waitakaruru regarding the inauguration of a rural mail delivery between Pokeno and Ngatca appears to be unanimous against the proposal, as it will mean the dosing ofj the local post office and a great deal of inconvenience will be caused thereby. There are also-ob-jections against the system it would be nun under. It, now appears, by information recently gleaned in Waitakaruru, that the proposed scheme will net now be entertained as a result of the feeling which exists there. NGATEA. THE BAKERY. Mr. W- Montgomery, who recently opened a bakery at Ngatea, reports that he is obtaining the whole-heart-, ed support of the settlers in the surrounding districts and is doing considerably better than the optimists who encouraged him .to start there thought he would do. STOCK SALE. There was a big yarding at the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s stock sale at Ngatea on Friday. There was an over-supply of heifers, the prices for which consequently suffered. • The cold frosty weather and the consequent shortage of food is partly attributable for the shyness of the buyers in this respect. The .store and beef cattle were sold, but at very low prices. A line of advertised cows averaged £ll. The fo - lowing prices were realised: Dairy heifers £6 to £lO. dairy cows £7 to £l5 beef steers £5, good beef cows £3, store cows 15s to £1 10s, calves 255, and up to £2 5s for grade Jerseys. Hoggets realised 13s. 1 KEREPEEHI. PERMANENT ROAD SCHEME. When the Pekapeka Road set,tiers met the county engineer and Cr. Harris last week the settlers ipdicate-1 that they were prepared to rate themselves for the construction of a bitumen macadam road to extend along the Pekapeka road on the county boundary. The settlers would be agreeable to this scheme providing the machinery loan is carried and the necessary machinery is available. The engineer promised to erect the first metal hoppers at Pekapeka Road, and if possible lay tramlines for the transport of the metal instead of having heavy drays cutting, up the road. COMPLETING A ROAD. The Lands and Survey Department has been approached by the settlers on the Kaikahu and Makumaku roads with a view to obtaining the completion pf that section of road between the now almost completed road and the Makumaku and Pekapeka roads. The distance is about three chains, and the settlers concerned have offered £3O towards the cost of formation i*. an immediate start is made with the work. The settlers have every reason to believe that the work is soon to commence. - There are factory suppliers milking about 800 cows along the Pekapeka and Makumaku roads, and the formation pf this portion will enable the cream cart to convey the cream over this route via Kerepeehi to the Ngatea butter factory. TELEPHONE LINES. Eight settlers on the PekapekaMakumaku road are about to erect private telephone wires tp connect with the Kerepeehi post office. The settlers realise that it is of little use being members of the veterinary club or other institutions if they cannot summon aid quickly in a case of urgency. NEW BUTCHERY. A’ butcher’s shop is at present being erected at Kerepeehi for Mr. R. Connor, who will soon open up his new business.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Kerepeehi School Committee was held during the weekend, the following attending: Messrs. H. D. Jamieson, W. Herkt, and L, A. W. Bagnall, secretary. In the absence of the chairman Mr, Jamieson presided. It was decided to approach the Education Board for the lease or purchase of two acres of land for an addition to the school grounds. July 7 was fixed as a date for a school concert. It was stated that the headmaster, Mr. J. Twist, was already preparing the children for the concert. It was stated that the large pine trees surrounding the school grounds were too close to the school and were dangerous in the event of one of the trees being blown over cn to the schocl. The piping on the building was also clogged with the p ! ne needles. It was suggested that the Education Board be approached to give permission for the cutting down of the trees, but further discussion of the matter was deferred to a later meeting.

"They call me a ‘wowser,’” said the Mayor (Mr R. A. Wright, M.P.) at the annual meeting. o,f the Bible Society at Wellington the other nigh,. “ I tell them I do not know what the word means, but I am sure it is something good, or they would not use the term. If it means a man or woman that stands for the things of God, then we are ‘wowsers’ every time, I have no time for the man or woman that is ashamed of his colours, whatever they may be. They do not realise or understand their position in the community. We admire men that stand for what they oelieve, although they may be wrong. But people Who are everlastingly wobbling. with no more spine than a jellyfish, who run at the first sign of criticism, are net worty of consideration.”