KING COUNTRY NEWS
At a meeting of the Taumarunui Beautifying Society*, held with the object of resuming the societ?’’s activities, Air. A. G. Riches presided. The secretar?*, Air. A. J. Langmuir, reported a credit bank balance of £sl 10s. Among other matters it was resolved to seek the co-operation of th? Borough Council in improving the camping ground for tourists. Th© Alanunui Football Club -won thsenior cup in this year's competitions. Th© Athletic juniors (Taumarunui) secured the junior cup. The Alanunui Public School won the Peters Cup. * * a During recent heavy rains sever. 1 bad washouts occurred in the Taringamotu district. A portion of th© Okahu-kura-Taringamotu Road was completely carried away, the gap endangering a part of the railway line for a day or two. Repairs were quick!v effected. Near the Taringamotu railway* station a washout occured of such dimensions that the road was closed for several davs. •* • • Afr. D. Wilson's Prodice won the Alanunui Homing Pigeon Club's race from Alarton Junction, with a time of 1,082.9yds a minute. , • » • Dr. R. V. Ritchie has been appointed assistant superintendent of th© Taumarunui Hospital, under an agree - j ment with the board that permits him j to treat all his own patients at the 1 institution.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300828.2.54
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1062, 28 August 1930, Page 7
Word Count
204KING COUNTRY NEWS Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1062, 28 August 1930, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in