ELTHAM.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 March 1918, Page 3

ELTHAM.

i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Eltham, March 4, The Egmont Licensing Committee consists of Messrs. E. Parratt, W. C. Clement (Eltham), T. P. Hughson (Rahotu), McNeill (Auroa) and R.- W. J. O'Brien (Opunake). The Mata school picnic was held in Mr. Joseph Boo.tten's paddock on Friday, ' and all Mata made it a "day out," consequently all enjoyed themselves thoroughly. Races for children formed this chief items of interest, but there were : also races for adults. The thanks of i the committee and parents are due to Mr. Bootten for his grounds. , - ! A collision at Te Roti between - Mr. Sharp, farmer, in a ear, and Robert C. (jlass, a carpenter, Hawenif necessitated the latter laying up in.tile Hawera hospital with a broken ltg. Mr. Sharp was coming down a short by-road to join the main road, and here he met Mr. Glass, The impact threw the latter to the ground, causing the injuries stated abovfcAfter rendering first aid, Mr. Sharp Motored the man to Hawera hospital. Another motor-cyclist wJrtS has been ' obliged to lay up <or repairs is Ernest Arthur Osmond,. J&St week, while- on the Elthftrti—Qrif lna ke road, he came into contact jjj/i* ,i sheep, and in a moment thee pgd l9 * found one had entangled itst'lf \Vith the front wheel. Mr. Osmond'was violently thrown, and had a leg broken, while his machine also requires attenti6n. He is now an inmate of the Stratford hospital.