HAURAKI NEWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 390, 26 June 1928, Page 2

HAURAKI NEWS

Rapid progress is being made k. recently reorganised Turua Tom, i.”’ and members are being enrSJf 1 ' Quickly as instruments become u able. "KIn the past few weeks 27 bov« i joined and over £BO worth ot h. ments have been purchased. drives to the monthly stock ** being organised to pay for the ments. and £27 odd was securw this manner from cows and p£f ' at the last sale. p l °x Mr. R. H. Cameron, who for therm live years has been overseer f» » Hauraki Plains County Council h, 41 nection with its bitumen roadin* * was tendered a farewell by the c» payers of the Turua and the NetherT ridings at a largely attended daiy? tho Turua Town Hall last week * In making a presentation of a * filled wallet, Sir. P. R. Henrv ckcV man of the Good Roads Co'mnitt ' said that on the carrying of the !ta* for bitumen sealing of the roads nr cern was felt on account of the that there was no one in the Jw with a knowledge of that da* c roading. Mr. Cameron was brought* from Taranaki, and he had quvvc shown that he was the right tm the right place. 1 Mr. J. C. Miller, ex-county chainsand Mr. P. Basham, county ensue,, also spoke of Mr. Cameron's good *oit and pointed out that he had proved* the Public Works Department that bitumen roads would stand on tin Hauraki Plains. The Hauraki Plains Tennis tion’s annual ball and presentation *' prizes was held in the Turua Tovj Hall last week, there being a good a;, tendance considering the state of th, weather. Mr. A. H. McClean, president of the association, remarked on the sooc progress made in the past six yean The number of affiliated clubs had Is. creased from five to nine aDd thee were now over 250 mejnbers. -p, association provided tennis at ”t cheaper rate than any other associate: in the province, and its trophies yen equal to, if not better than, the bos provided by any association. The pro gress of the association was in a vsy large measure due to the work oi :j secretary, Mr. A. R. Vowies.' Mr. A. M. Samuel, M.P., congratslated the association on its progres and then presented the trophies as follows : The R. A. La id law Cup, for A grade inter-club competition, to tb Turua Club; the W, G. Haywar. Shield, for inter-club B .grade compe tition, to the Turua Club; and the Howell Williams Memorial Challeng Shield also to the Turua Club. The association's annual tournamar prizes were as follows: The "Hauroi: Plains Gazette” Cup, for the ladle, championship singles and replica ft the association, to Miss B. Duffy, & Patetonga; the A Ford Cup and association replica for the champions!::singles, to Mr. S. Coppins, Xcadcups presented by the association l ladies’ handicap singles, to Miss t Duffy, Patetonga; ladies’ handier doubles, to Mrs. F. Clotworthy and Mia M. Clotworthy, Turua; mixed doub.a to Mrs. C. Bertelsen and Mr. A I Ludlow, iNgatea; championitr doubles, to Messrs. E. and Coppin,Ngatea; handicap doubles, to Messrs. T. McKay and D. Candy, Kopuarar. and championship singles, to Mr. it O’Connor, Patetonga.