URUTI NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8125, 2 June 1906, Page 2

URUTI NOTES.

(From a Correspondent),

So far this winter wo have experienced a good deal of light raiu, but no particularly heavy downpours. ] Frosts have been few in number, owing, no doubt, to the warm showery won- ( tlier. Our roads are in a particularly bad state at prcsont, due principally to ■ the County Council endeavoring to carry out contracts which should have been done months before. We have one of the most beautiful quagmires that one could wish to see, situated about a mile and a half past the Uruti store. Everyone who passes that way cannot help remarking on it. Several hats have been found on it, and, on one occasion, an overcoat. Whether the owners are down below is a question I cannot answer. Perhaps, having dropped the same, they dared not attempt a recovery! All the talk here last week was about the coming football match, mar. ried v, single, which resulted in a win by six to nil for the single men All through the first spell the married men a little more than held their own, but after half time the singles exerted themselves, and scored two tries. The married team was weakened by the loss of W. Oxenham, who was hurt and had to retire early in the second half. For the winning side, the most conspicuous were Day, R. Aroa, C. Davis, D. MeKillan, and W. Lash, Amongst the losers, A. G, Crawford, Chas. Musker, ■ F. Aroa, and Hooper played best. A . dance in the ovening terminated an en- , joyable outing. [ We are expecting a team in from , Onaero next Saturday, to give us a . friendly game, and the two Uruti , teams combined should give a good account of themselves.

Game is fairly plentiful hereabouts

this season. I have not heard of any very big bags, but all sportsmen haye got some for themselves and a few for a friend, so they cannot complain. Co-operative laber is all being stooped on the back roads. Contracts are being finished, owing to there being no more money available. This is a great pity, as we are getting close in touch on the Uruti Eoad with Matau, and, in the Moki, with Whangamomona, and the settlers in these baekblocks were in hopes of having an opening through the Moki to Waitara. Where is King Dick's big surplus? A little of it would be wolcomo now to keep tho work still going in these two iuiportunt outlets. Thcro is to be a gathering on the beach on Monday next. The attraction will be a match of £2O a side between Mr C. O'Sullivan's horse, " Prince Charlie," and Mr McKoy's Tongaporutu mare, " Fairly Lass." This is the

outcome of the recent races held on the beach. Mr O'Sullivan's horso was a popular winner thero.