TUAKAU SOUTH.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 238, 29 December 1916, Page 4

TUAKAU SOUTH.

Owi'g to au eriJemic of measles the attendance at the sclo I dwindled down to nil just a dcy or two before l Making up time. I'ractic . liy every family had one or more members hid up. However, the examinations were over for the yt;.r. Toe results hive been, as u.-ual, exc llent. Tfaoueh working i a si gle room with all ckssra at 'irfe, and in spite of a poor averse attendarca through sickness, every pupil who was pre=rr.ted for nrofieie r cy passed, and nasseJ well. The marks obtained averaged from 75 per ctnt. to 83 per cant, of the total, Uuricg th? jeir t e stsrf has been nauced lo s!:o tage of teachers tlsevhir?.

Businefs is very frisk on the river at present, and the ntwlvformfd Shipprg Company can hardly core with the amount offering. Large cargoes ol herzine and kerosene continue to arrive through the Heads, and it will orly be a matter of time when all tte petrel and oil consumed between tte Heads and Kotorua and Taumarunui will come up the river. Ire late rains have caused the liver to riaa again, and a good many of the low-lying swamps are inundated.

'The fiaxmilla have closed down for the holidays and will resume work about the 2nd January. Ihe shipping problem ia getting so acute now that some of the merchants think that a lot ot mills will bave to suspend operations before the winter. As there will be no storage room and owing to the number of boats sunk by submarines less and less ara coming to the Dominiun every month. Those that do come will take cheese and meat for preference if they have refrigerating space. A number of people who visited the old Redoubt at the unveiling ceremony expressed the opinion that they had no idea of the splendid view and the extent of Tuakau till they saw it from that eminence. The view from passing trains is very circumscribed. The district looks well from the the old Redoubt, and it only needs the vacant Maoii lands to be cultivated and brought to the stage of productivity that obains on the Tuakau side of the river to make it one ot the finest pastoral outlooks in the Auckland province.

The river, both as a scenic resort and for the shipping trade, is going to be a big asset, though as yet most people don't appreciate it at its worth.