MANGAKURA NOTES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 8 May 1912, Page 3

MANGAKURA NOTES.

, (A Correspondent.) . t The following weie elected as a school committee at the recent election —Messrs R. W. Buckton (chairman],. Kenneth Segallies (secretary and treasurer), G. Ogle, Thos, Saunderson, and A.Peterson. ' ' ' , ■

A farewell to Mr and Mrs Stevenson is to be held shortly, prior to their depaiture to the Auckland suburbs. Mr E. Stevenson, who has Jupt been married to Miss Williams, of Kaip'ara Flats, having taken over his father's The shooting season has brought a large number of shootists to the district, but no large bags are reported The pheasants are hot plentiful, owing to the hawks, weasels, and wekas^ getting the young. Quail are plentiful, "while duck are fairly so, but it is difficult to get at them on the river. Telephone communication could be considerably improved here if it was connected with Helensville, via Glorit and Makarua, instead of having to go round by Auckland through Warkworth. This would only need about 15 miles of line laid along the railway, which would enable the railway officials feo get into connection with the Helensville Railway Station,