OTANGAWAI.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 130, 11 February 1909, Page 5

OTANGAWAI.

(Own Correspondent.) > A a meeting of the Executive of the \ a. Obura Settlers* Association, held 1 on February fetfe, it was resolved to apply to the Commissioner for a post office reserve in Matiere township. ! Also to arrange for public meetings at ! Nihonthov Matiere and Otangiwai. to , elect ten members to a united Obura Committee to arrange fcr the enteri tainment ef some of the Cabinet Ministers who are shortly paying a visit to : this district. Nihenih© and Matiere each to elect three members and Otangiwai (Whenuakura. Mangafcabikatea and Waikafta N«n?th) fnur m«ftbers. The meetings are arranged for Saturday. 13th int. Mr M. J. Dunne will arrange for Nihenilw meeting and Mr L. Bicheno the Ptafismoi and Matiere meetings. We are pleaded to find that the whole district feel? disposed to act unitedly over this matter. The Chief Engineer for Reads (Mr Hursthouse) wrote intimating that he had given | instructions that repairing and pumicing the worst places between Matiere | and 13 miFe peg «ro the Main Ohura j Road should be proceeded with at once. j It was unanimously resolved to write t to Mr E. J. Early, of lh«> local Road ! Engineering staff, staling that this 1 Association represses great s&tisf&c- ' tion with the. able and energetic man- ■ ner in which be lately planned and ; supervised CEie various read works* of ! the Northern Obura during the recent ! unfortunate illness of Mr A. Sayers. | The Secretary intimated that owing to Association work taking up too much of his spare litre, he intended | resigning the position after next | general meeting. | The local creamery is once more in i action, and the regular procession of j carts and sledges of the suppliers gives j the valley quite a busy aspect in the ! mornings. : The local suppliers, who have signed | agreements with both factories, have j

been given notice to pay up to the ' Matiere factory for failure to supply, j or Court proceedings will be taken. 1 1 understand that a further test ca«»e is j intended. Owing to illress in Dr fSronte's* ! family, he has found it impossible t« j accept our offer as I'e originally in- | tended, bat as we have other offers j forthcoming, the Medical Committee : has decided to erect a suitable resi- | denre at the earliest possible dule. | Mr J. H. L >en has kindly given a sile of three acres oi hi;' Main Road front- i age. and we f» el sure that we •hall j soon be stbU* tt> chronicle tfru advent of i a capable prartitipner into this district, j The master's residence at Ihe school is n«w in cnurse of erection, end shortly the scfrnwt ;>rklitiwn will be : under way. aj the contract has been i let by the t>w» r 'l to Messrs Waite Br*.>s. This addition has been granted none too sot>n. a* there aire at present 19 on the roll and stift there are more children to come this year. As the building is only 17ft. by 18ft. 6in.. the ' stifling nature of the srbeol irt summer I weather may be better imagined thrn ' described. |