OKATO NEWS.
(From Our Own Correspondent.) ! The business part of the district is to beinoressed by the addition of another, shop. Mr George, of Inglewood, is preparing to start as a hairdresser,' tobacconist, and statiouer. | On Saturday a football match was played between Oka'o and Warea. If a few would meet together and take an active interest th«ra is material in the district to make a good fifteen. !
The local cadets have earned the Government c pitation, and the money has been forwarded to Wellington to purchase glengarry cap? and waistbel:s is supplied by the Education Depart-1 ment. An effort is beii g made to get jhi ir uniforms by " Empire Day." Much sympathy is felt for Mr. Ashley, who is still in the hospital, and it is reported he is not yet out of danger.
As the winfct-r comes on apace the state of the roads and bridges become a matter c-f common observation. Quite recently at the approach to one of the latter there was a hole large enough to let a horde's foot through. On tli3 deck-planking of another there was a hole wide atd long enough to let the wheel of a light vehicle down and give it a nasty wreccb. As for a cyclist in the dark it cpel'ed disaster.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 122, 25 May 1903, Page 4
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215OKATO NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 122, 25 May 1903, Page 4
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