FOXTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 244, 12 September 1940, Page 8

FOXTON.

Foxton is experiencing a traffic problem. School children and factory employees converge on the triangle at midday, and the Borough Council fears an accident as a result of the congestion. It proposes editing to the Wanganui Educa- 1 tion Board to see if the school lunch hour can be altered to 12.10 to 1.10.

There is a prospect of a run of whitebait in the Manawatu River soon now, as bait has been caught at Otaki in good quantities. The Maoris always expect a run in the Manawatu River a rveek later. Four single and one additional doubleunit houses are to be erected in Foxton by the State. There is quite a building boom in the district. The wool pack factory is being extended, employing about 60 men, and two private residences are under way. Three single and one doubleunit State houses have already been erected. aiid another single-unit house is projected. The monthly meeting of the Foxton Beach Ladies’ Guild was held at the residence of Mrs 0. Wilson. Rev. J. Amos and Mrs Amos were present. The question of the monthly bring-and-buy effort was discussed and it was decided that this stall be discontinued for the present, members to work in the meantime for a more ambitious project, the bolding of an afternoon gathering in the ball reservo early in January. Mrs Lind is to be in charge of a bran-tub; Mrs Amos, sweets stall; Mrs Shortt and Mrs Western, cakes. The cash in hand from last _ month’s bring-and-buy stall together with the quarterly grant towards replacements at the parsonage were banded to Mr Amos. In place of the usual talk, Mr Amos read a character study of a type of worshipper to be found in most churches the unassuming little old lady of a generation ago. Mrs J. Stopforlh, of Wellington, who is staying with her parents, Captain and Mrs :J. Bald, is progressing satisfactorily alter her recent 'serious illness.