Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 80, 25 June 1927, Page 10

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUN'S Correspondents.)

LITTLE GIRL’S ESCAPE A little girl riding a bicycle had a miraculous escape from death in Cambridge yesterday afternoon. She was struck by a motor-car and thrown througr the windscreen. She was badly cut about the feet and face, but escaped fatal injury. DAMAGE TO STREETS Morrinsville Borough Council is much disturbed by the action of the Piako County Council in using heavy motorlorries to cart shingle through the streets of the town. It is said these lorries weigh when loaded 13 or 14 ton, and considerable damage has been done to the bitumen surface. It has been decided to hold the Piako Council responsible for the damage. PLUNKET SOCIETY A meeting of the Plunket Society, over which Mr. Fred Harris presided, was held in Huntly on Thursday. The headquarters of the society, which have previously been at Ngaruawahia, will most likely be now transferred to Huntly owing to its central position and the local appointments and quarters being more satisfactory. A big driving function is on the cards for August in the shape of entertainments, etc., to augment the funds. The impression that the society had benefited by a £6OO donation from the Returned Soldiers’ Association was denied, it being explained that the money had been given to the municipal authorities for endowment of a library and rest room for women.

TRAVELLING FARM SCHOOL The farming community is showing a very keen interest in the local sessions of the Travelling Farm School, which is visiting Taumarunui under the auspices of the Fields Division of the Department of Agriculture and the Taumarunui A.F.P. Association. The morning lecture on Thursday was conducted by Mr. T. H. Patterson, instructor in agriculture for the Auckland Province, who dealt with the subject of “The Establishment and Maintenance of Grass Lands.” In' the afternoon, Mr. G. W. Wild, 8.G., dealt with “The Making of Hay and Ensilage,” Mr. J. W. Woodcock. M.D.A., with “Roots and Fodder Crops,” and in the evening, Mr. J. E. Jenks, agricultural instructor in the King Country, lectured on “Manures and Top-dressing Under Local Conditions.” All the lecturers were accorded hearty votes of thanks. The school will be continued in the district up to the end of the week. ANOTHER. OUTPUT RECORD Still another Waikato dairy company has broken records for output this year. For the 12 months ending May 31 a total of 3,367 tons llcwt was manufactured. In 1925-26 the output was 2,832 tons. This increase is entirely due to the good season experienced, as no additional territory has been added to the area covered by the factory’s operations.

OLD MAN’S SUDDEN DEATH An old man named Alfred Edmund Cosgrave, aged 73, died suddenly last night at the home of his son-in-law, Bennett Beasley, farmer, Parua Bay. The old man complained that he was not well during the evening, and about 10.30 called suddenly from his bedroom. The family attended him immediately, but he expired a few minutes later. An inquest will be held this afternoon.