KING COUNTRY NEWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 800, 22 October 1929, Page 7

KING COUNTRY NEWS

The first official inspection of the Taumarunui St. John Ambulance Brigade was conducted by staff officers from Auckland. Mr. C. J. Tunks, Commissioner for the Auckland district, and Mr. A. W. Probert, district officer, were welcomed by brigade officers and members of the local association, and the brigade paraded for inspection under the divisional superintendent, Mr. 11. E. Pain, and the ambulance officer. Mr. L. Young. The commissioner complimented the brigade on its progress, and presented an ambulance station flag to the divisional superintendent. and later gave an address on the origin and history of the Order of St. John. Later the various officials were entertained to supper by Mr. and Mrs. H. Seddon Hills.

The now' water supply sj'stem for the Ohura Town District is rapidly nearing completion. A special meeting of the board confirmed arrangements made w'ith the Public Works Department, to which authority the sum of £2OO is to be paid forthwith as agreed upon. Permission is to be given to all ratepayers wishing to connect with the supply «.o do so, all work to be carried out at the ratepayer’s expense, and under the board's supervision. * * * The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Owhan«o Cricket Club;—Patron. Mr. D. Gardner; president, Mr. W. Hartley; secretary and treasurer, Mr. A. Sharpe; captain, Mr. I. Hill; vice-captain. Mr. S. Kerr

Despite the fact that a number of roads in the Central King Country are in urgent need of completion, comparatively few men are reported as having been engaged on such work during recent weeks. However, the arrival of several batches of unemployed from the North has livened things up a good deal, as several parties of 50 or more have been sent out to various localities. Fifty men from Auckland were sent to a point on the Te Kuiti-Bulls main highway, and a greatly increased number has been settled at the Waitonga camp, in the Ohura district. In this case the men are engaged on improving the main road to the coast, which will undoubtedly become an important route in the near future. Up to the present it is not possible to gain any information as to the exact number of men engaged by the Public Works Department, and nothing is available for publication regarding work allotted for the unemployed in the King Country.

The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of the Kaitieke i’ricket Sub-Union, over w'hich Mr. W. Edwards (Kaitieke) presided: Patroness. Mrs. J. F. Waldegrave; president. Mr. W. H. Edwards: secretary and treasurer. Mr. H. B. Hill: sole selector, Mr. H. B. Hill; official umpire, Mr. H. C. Wedde.