URUTI NOTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8153, 10 July 1906, Page 3

URUTI NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) Although a wet day ou Saturday the Onaero footballers played the third match with Uruti. Owing to the rough day the Uruti team did not expect their visitors, and when they rode up there was only about half the local team to meet them. However, with a bit of bustling round, Uruti managed to strip a team of fourteen players. Great interest had been taken iu this game on both sides as it was the third match, and before this each team had a win. Play had not started long before 11. llooper crossed the line for Uruti, and D. Mcliellur kicked a pretty goal from a very bad angle. From this right through Uruti had the better of the game. The Uruti score was four tries, one goal and one penalty goal, against one try for Onaero, secured by I'ukcri. Among the losing team 11. liichard, I'ukcri, and Mabin (who played a rattling game) were the pick, and for the winners D. Mckcllar, Joll, llooper, ]!. Aron and Page. Mr A. J. Miller acted as referee to everyone's satisfaction. After the match the two teams ad-

journed to the hall, where an ample repast was done justice 10, after which the Onaero team departed for home, inviting I'ruti to meet them again at I'renui in a fortnight's time, hut I do not know whether this match will come off or not as both Piikearuhe and I'renui are anxious to p'.ay Trnti, and I think it only fair to give them a game. I forgot to mention that Master Joe I'ott played full-hack for Cruti, and the way he took the leather ami kicked would have done credit to many an o'der player. Next Thursday a farewell social is lo be given to Miss Durehell, who is leaying the district and returning to her home m Australia. Miss Burehell has made herself very popular 111 Trult, and her many friends will be sorry to lose her. At a meeting of the Hall committee it was decided to hold a concert ant dance about the 281 h inst., and with i good programme, it should he a sue cess as several outsiders have offeree te assist with songs and music,

The effect of our bog is still feltOnly quite recently Mr Bruce Joll, while struggling through, went luto the ditch, horse and all. The Uruti road is very little better at present having, forty chains of County puddle to put up with. This stuff is put on under the name of " sand stone " ; but I am afraid there is very little of the stone m it. I think to call it "sandnmllock" would be more appropriate. Ido not know how on earth contractors get -such stuff passed for sandstone. I am pleased to see that several scltiers in the Wliangauioinona district are advocating the opening up of the Moki toad. The only way to get this done is to keep donging at it and we will get it in the end. At the prepresent time the Moki road at this end is very dangerous at places, but the engineer seems powerless to do anything to it although his attention has been drawn to it by several who have to regularly use the road. There are places now where it is not safe for pack horses heavily loaded to get past, aud unless something is doDe very soon settlers will have to pack their their goods on I heir backs. Land buyers arc still visiting this way, but settlers are beginning to find out that they are not in the worst place in the world when in Uruti, and are raising the prices of their farms, and some who would have sold a tew months back have withrawn their land from the market altogether.