HAVELOCK NORTH

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 78, 14 March 1933, Page 7

HAVELOCK NORTH

NEWS AND NOTES. FISHING IN THE TUKI TUKI. Good bags have been reported by anglers who fished the Tuki Tuki during the week-end. Two of Havelock's most ardent fishermen worked the upper reaches beyond Kahuranaki, and one made a good catch of six fine fish, weighing over 201b5., the largest being a 4J-pounder. This is one of the best catches in the Tuki Tuki this season, and this in spite of a rather annoying upstream wind. The ordinary hair fly was used. A SPORTING GESTURE. There has been proceeding throughout this year’s swimming season at the Havelock North baths a series of races for the Scout Cup, the two principal participants being Alan Christie and E. Leicester, both nicknamed “Bub.” The form shown by both these boys has been surprisingly even and they have shared the honours of the various races, each in turn having a win, but then only by a mere touch. A fortnight ago the final race was swum, Christie winning the SO yards by the fraction of a second. Actually the cup then became his property for the next 12 months, but he very sportingly told his Scout-mate that the race was too much like a dead-heat and they should swim it again. This they did do last Wednesday and Christie again won, but this time by a length. It is very refreshing to see such sporting gestures from youngsters of this age and it is perhaps a lesson to many of us that “the game is still played for the game's sake.” FOOTPATHS NOT USED. In spite of there being a well-formed footpath along the Te Mata road from the village, pedestrians make more use of the bitumen roadway and this matter is one that occasioned some concern to the members of the Havelock North Town Board at its meeting mi Friday last. It was pointed out that the practice of pedestrians using the roadway at night was a most annoying one to motorists, but the board came no nearer to solving the difficulty, especially as one member stated that pedestrians had the right of the road. As far as children were concerned it was decided to write to the schoolmaster asking him to instruct the school children to use the footpaths. This the headmaster (Mr Rigby) did yesterday morning. ROADS GRADED. The heavy rain experienced yesterday enabled the Town Board to make good use of the grader and Middle road, Napier road and Te Ante road were all graded and brought into quite good condition again. WEDNESDAY HALF-HOLIDAY. In view of there being no application for the change of the half-holiday itt Havelock, the same day as at present (Wednesday) has-been gazetted.