TAWA FLAT AFFAIRS

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 15

TAWA FLAT AFFAIRS

The annual meeting ol the Tawa Flat Progressive and ■ Beautifying : Association was held in the Tawa Flat School last Wednesday evening: There j was a very large attendance. The president, Mr. S. Duncan, read the annual report. The principal activities during the year were the setting up ,of a committee.to investigate the available supply of wafer from various streams which, could be harnessed to supply all Tawa Flat with fresh water for household purposes; having two dispatches of mail from the district instead of one; also the holding'•; of Arbor Day celebrations for the first time, when 250 plants and trees were planted. The following officers, were elected: —Patron, Mr. L. G. Lowry, M.P.; president, Mr. S. Duncan; vice-presidents, Messrs. R. Edgecombe, F. Larsen, and Mrs. E. Wickham; committee, Messrs. E. Hook, G. Turkington, P. Clerk, L. Nairn, Mesdames J. Hook, sen., and G. Turner; secretary, Mr. H. Cook; treasurer, Mr. G. Lightfoot; auditor, Mr. A. H. Carman; hon. solicitor, Mr. W. P. Rollings; publicity officer, Mr. W. Threadingham. It was decided to urge the Railway Department to do its utmost to have passenger trains running on the deviation sooner than April, 1937, as promised by the General Manager of Railways, Mr. Mackley, when a deputation of residents interviewed him on the subject. The Government is also to be asked to make it possible for people owning sections in Tawa Flat to obtain Government loans to enable them to build houses, which at present they are unable to do ■ . • .