Manawatu Herald SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929. LOCAL AND GENERAL
The vital statistics for Foxton for July, with the .figures for the corresponding month of last year in parenthesis, were ns follows: Births, 5 (6); deaths, 2 (3); marriages, 3 (4); Maori births nil (nil); deaths 1 (1). Rain fell locally during July on 13 days, totalling 3.76 inches. The maximum fall 1.01 inches was recorded on the Bth, The ; coldest day was the 3rd, .34 deg., and the warmest on the 9th arid 29th with 50 deg.
The President of the:Foxton Racing Club (Mr. W. E. Parber) expressed the opinion at last night’s annual meeting that the recent heavy rains had been responsible for’ a subsidence of portions Of the track. 'These depressions had been pointed out by trainers and had received the attention bf the caretaker.
“Speaking broadly, '(says the Dominion, “it can lire said that Sir Joseph Ward has brought down a Budget which shows a. good deal of courage and some resource. It can also be said, to use a phrase in common use, that he has ‘come down to earth.’ Faced with realities the glowing promises of election 'trine show distinct signs of fading. The keynote of the Budget is bigger burdens for the present and hopes deferred.”
The Foxton Lunch Club continues to grow in membershii> as was evidenced at Thursday’s gathering, which constituted a record attendance. The monthly gatherings afford business men an opportunity to meet in social intercourse and at the same time listen to and participate in subjects of passing moment. The comfort of the room and the excellent catering is also an added attraction. We congratulate the iclulb on its vitality and with such an enthusiastic membership it cannot fail to acieojnplish much good in the community:’
The President of the Foxton Racing Club (Mr. W. E. Barber) expressed his opinion, in connection with motor cycle |rac!ijng on /the racecourse at last night’s annual meeting in no uncertain terms. Mr. H. Hughes asked if the President thought that motor racing was doing any material damage to, the course and his reply was emphatically no. He did not think motor racing cut the track up at -all or did any damage. The matter however, was not discussed, and apart from the President’s expression of opinion the feeling of the committee on the matter was not made known.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 3979, 3 August 1929, Page 2
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