Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 516, 20 November 1928, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE SUN’S Corroopondont*.)

OHAKUNE INTERESTS The Ohakune School Committee has received a handsome donation of shrubs and hedge plants from Messrs. Davis and Bennett, of Palmerston North. The consignment arrived in good condition and has been p'.anted. • * * At a meeting of the Ohakune Tennis Club, presided over by Mr. L. G. North, the resignation of the secretary was accepted with regret. Mr. R. A. Robbie has been duly elected to till the position. It was reported that the courts were now in excellent playing order, having been recently top-dressed. Several competitions were arranged and are to „be played at an early date. Good progress has been made with the reconstruction work of the electric lines in Ohakune. and the Public Works inspector when recently paying his visit of inspection expressed satisfaction with the progress made. ROTORUA NOTES The weekly luncheon of the Rotorua Rotary Club* was held in the Government Tea Kiosk yesterday. There was a srood attendance. Mr. J. M. Roberts presided and welcomed visitors from Hamilton and Gisborne. Mr. J. IT. Southwick gave a most interesting lecture on the value of vitamines. . # The Rotorua Fire Brigade was called out yesterday morning to an outbreak of fire in some scrub on Whaka Road which endangered property near by. The brigade soon extinguished the fire, and no damage was done. Mr. F. C. Bunyard, borough engineer, reports that a start was made yesterday with top-dressing the foopaths near the Ferry Company’s corner, Tutanekai Street. • WAIKATO PRESENTATIONS The locomotive foreman at Frankton, Mr. R. A. Walker, Was entertained by his fellow-employees in the railway service at a social on Saturday evening, prior to his departure on promotion for Auckland. Mr. Walker has been at Frankton for three years. He was presented with a wristlet watch, and Mrs. Walker received a similar present. A farewell has been tendered by the Hamilton East parishioners to the Rev. H. G. Sell and Mrs. Sell. Mr. Sell has been appointed vicar of Oxford, Canterbury. During the 18 months Mr. and Mrs. Sell have been in Hamilton East they have endeared themselves to the people. Mr. Sell has done excellent work among the parishioners. A site has been procured for a new church, tiie Sunday school has been established, and the ladies’ guild has raised £3OO. Mr. Sell received a well-tilled wallet, and Mrs. Sell was given a manicure set.

PAPATOETOE POSTAL IMPROVEMENTS Tn Owing to the large amount of Im.h, now passing through the office w? ” the postal and tele, hone depart,',,-Sr “ extra cadet has been appointed to r: *” Se^ e eli^y Ph of nt m2S hanße ’ ;uld WHAKATANE SHOW Whaka tune Horticultural Kh-v». was held on Saturday and was well 2? ffisnwv J h ro r A W! ?w an , l ’ xct 'PUonaUj & *l*l* b ea pansies and othtr seasonal flowers!" a feature of the show was the floral a»- A exhibited by \\ hakatane, Kangitaiki Taneatua. The Whakatane court the first prize. Rangitaiki was see™ i and Taneatua third. Only a small ot points separated each. The principal winners in the rose ** turn were F. R. Smith, J. Keeley andV G. Caisley. Keeley gained the chair pionship with a beautiful specimen, wtui Smith won the society’s rose bowl wi i an aggregate of _0 points. Keelev runner-up with 12 points. * G. Angel gained the championship in the caination section with a beaut»f»-i bloom. T. \\\ Thompson and J. KmK were the principal prize-winners In th’l pansy class, while Mrs. Withy, of Matauf gained the prize for the champion bloom’ Mesdames L. S. Hull, a and Allison the awards in the sweet pea elasßMTand m tne miscellaneous cut tlower class U-. principal prize-winners were .MesdamS Appleby. Clark. L. Lievre, Tattle n Smith, G. Hamill. R. Wilson, Dewar t Sr T a h n°d n T 0 &e^ nt0 "’ MANUREWA TOWN BOARD Mr. G. Gallagher, chairman of thr Manurewa Town Board, presided over a full attendance of members of the boar" last evening. Messrs. A. C. Fawcett and G. Osbornwere appointed delegates to attend th c next meeting of the Manukau Countv Council, to confer regarding the refund of drivers’ licences collected by local bodies from residents of the Manukau County, and also the allocation of the cos: of the bridge over the Takanini stream on the Great South Road. Mr. Friedlander notified his willingness to sign the deed of delagtion for the suhdivision road on his property, on condition that the board will furnish an undertaking that the road recently included in the town district is in accordance with the by-laws, and that no further demand will be made upon him. The chairman gave notice of*motion that he would move at a special meeting that the present by-law governing the hours which cattle can be driven through the main street be rescinded, and that the following hours be subsituted: B."A till 9.15 a.m., and 2.45 and 3.45 p.m., and the boundaries be altered to Halsey Road on the north and Meyers Road on the The Main Highways Board notified thathe amount expended on the maintenance of the Howiok-Manurewa Highway had exceeded the estimate, and issued instrutions that the board is to be notifk: before future estimates are exceeded. HAURAKI PLAINS CRICKET INTER-CLUB COMPETITION The Hauraki Plains Cricket Association’s first inter-club competition matches were concluded on Saturday in good weather. Three point win* were sfPcured by Ngatea, Waitakaruru and Orongo. At Waitakaruru the home team completed its first innings, making 11 runs, of which A. Kenny secured 35 (retired), and C. Stretton 31. Kopuarahi made 52 for its second inning*, bringing its total to 142, and Waitakiiruru made 49, winning the match by 2‘runs. Batting for Kopuarahi, C. * ; - Lawrence made 14 and T. McKay 1" while the bowling honours went to R. Green, 3«for 11, and E. Gill, 3 for H A. Christian, of YVaitakaruru, made 11 runs and E. Duffin and L. Berney 1" each, while E. Duffin took 3 wickets for 9 and C. Stretton 6 for 23. In the Ngatea-Pipiroa match the scores brought forward from the previous week were, Ngatea 29 and Pipiroa 36 for 2 wickets. On Saturday, the rest of the Pipiroa team was dismissed for nine and Ngatea closed its second innings at £9 for 8 wickets. Pipiroa secured 23 only, Ngatea thus winning the match by 59 runs and - wickets. For Pipiroa, H. Dalgety was top scorer with 8, while the bowling went to E. Lang, 2 for 9, and J. Knox. 5 for 50. In the Ngatea team 8. Phillips made 29, W. O’Neil 21, N Boyne 16 and F. Nicol 11 not out, while the bow'ling honours went to S. Phillips, with 5 wickets for 1, W. O’Ned. 1 for 1, and F. Hunt, 3 for 14.