WAIAU PA

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 349, 1 February 1918, Page 1

WAIAU PA

With Waiau Pa fast developing it is surely time that the name figured in the published sailing lists of the Northern Steamship Company. Not knowing the locality an Australian intend ng to v'a't Waiau Pa last week booked from Onehunga to Waiuku and travelled the >:ull distance before he found that the boat had called at tbe Waiau wharf en route. Delays in shipping at Onehunga are causing no little irritation to farmers. An enterprising settlor howeyer, on finding last week that deliveries were delayed had some 40 to 50 tons of lime railed to Patumahoe and thence conveyed by Messrs Andrew and Andrews motor lorry on to his farm at Waiau. His satisfaction was great when he ascertained that the charges he had to pay were less than they would have been by water, not to speak of the more rapid transit that resulted. It is hoped that the County Council will before the good weather breaks execute the temporary repairs to the roads in the district that are so badly needed, especially on the Straight Eoad where a big washout exists. Last year operations were left until late in the season and the sequel was a deplorable sea of mud in the winter.

The many meetings and social gatherings that take place in the Public Hall testify to the utility of the building and to appreciation of its provision by the local settlers Such ten tef-titins t« the loresight of thi.se p»-i>o s who were responsible fo pniimtlDg t» UeCtlOU.