WAIPUKURAU NEWS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 100, 8 April 1936, Page 12

WAIPUKURAU NEWS

4000 Sheep Have Long Trek From Our Own Correspondent. WAIPUKURAU, April 7. A mob of some 400 U sheep from East Cape, 140 miles north of Gisborne, passed through Waipukurau to-day. They had been eight weeks on the road and have still some distance to travel before they reach their destination, Aohanga, which is about 40 miles south of Porangahau, in the Akitio district.

A green Vauxhall car, with wire wheels, was stoleu from Linton near Palmerston North, last night and ’ie believed to have been seen about 9.30 this morning at the end of Farm road, about .14 miles from Waipukurau. Those in the cur told a settler that they were travelling to Hamilton. The estate of the late Andrew Taylor, Wakarara, was put up for auction at the Waipukurau saleyards on account of the Public Trustees. The property consists of 5u2 acres 3 roods and 20 perches and as no bid wus made it was passed. ’ During the week-end a team representing Southern Hawke’s Bay (Wednesday competition) played Central Hawke’s Bay (holders) at Waipukurau for the Pickard Shield. ' The weather was perfect and the wicket was in good order. Central Hawke’s Bay, batting first compiled 80 runs (Smales 27, Hill 21Harris four for 21, Chapman four for 14, Schwab two for 29). Southern Hawke’s Bay made 58 runs in their first innings. Harris was top scorer with 27. Hill took six for 22, Smales throe for 30 and Luke one for none. Central, in their second innings, scored 102 (A. Smales 23, Monteith 20, Travena and S. Smales 18 each). Southern lost five for 93 at stumps (Culiford 27, Schwab 24), Central won by 22 runs on the first innings. , A large audience filled the Municipal Theatre, Waipukurau, last night to see the first appearance of J. C. Williamson’s Gilbert and Sullivan opera “The Gondoliers,” in Waipukurau. The audience was fully satisfied as was proved by the hearty applause.