HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 385, 20 June 1928, Page 2

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

FORMED AT NEW LYNN The New Lynn and District Horticultural Society was formed at an enthusiastic meeting of gardeners in St. Thomas’s Hall last evening. Mr. G. Lawson presided, and the management committee was elected: Messrs. H. J. R. Cutler, R. A. Jeffrey, G. K. Gilliam. W. W. Edgerley, N. McAndrew, R. Wright, P. Munro, G Lawson, R. E. Holbrook, C. I + Nelson, G. Oak, and Mrs. Parry. Mr. P. Munro was elected secretary, and Mr. R. H. Jeffrey treasurer. Various prominent residents of the district are to be asked to act as patrons to the society, which promises to secure everyone’s support. The committee will immediately pi*oceed to formulate rules, and to draft a schedule for the summer show In November. It is intended to have industrial classes as well as those for flowers and vegetables. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS MR. WILLIAMS VISITS OHURA At the Ohura County Chambers, on Monday, the Hon. K. S. Williams, Minister of Public Works, received a number of deputations affecting affairs in the district. Mr. W. S. Currie, county chairman, presided, and complimented the Minister on the interest he shewed in back-blocks works. The! settlers were completely satisfied with the treatment they had received at his hands. A deputation urged that a low-level bridge should be erected over the Ohura River giving access from the Turoto Road to the Kopuha Road, as a more preferable site than the one formerly selected. Mr. Williams indicated that the engineer would go into the question with the settlers on the ground and choose the most suitable site. The Waitaanga Settlers’ Progressive League sent a deputation urging that the Tongaporutu-Mangaroa Road be declared a subsidiary highway. The Minister said he would forward the representation to the Highways Board. Mr. J. Roche, representing the residents of the Ohura Township, again approached the Minister regarding a better water supply. The cost would be about £4OO, and if the department would grant half that amount, the settlers would find the other half, which was the utmost they could on account of the already heavy rates. Mr. Williams said the department had been prepared to do the work if the settlers j found the £4OO, but when he had some definite indications as to whether the. I settlers would find £ 200, he would | reconsider the matter.