OKAUIA.

Matamata Record, Volume VI, Issue 348, 22 February 1923, Page 1

OKAUIA.

A VEHICULAR ACCIDENT. I PARTY CAPSIZED FROM GIG. I A party which was proceeding in a | butterfly gig towards Matamata had jan uncomfortable experience on ! Thursday. It. appeal's that the vehicle j had jus! crossed the bridge over the j Waihou rive)' and was proceeding up j the hill leading from the opal spring j when one of the wheels of the gig I went into one of the deep holes with j which the road abounds. The horse, in trying to extricate the load, pulled i so hard that if broke th -> trace, and , the harness becoming detached from j the shaft the light two-wheeled vehi- | cle tipped up backward,'throwing its 1 occupants upon the road with great force. The seal and one of the splashI hoards were broken. The party, consisting of two ladies and a gentleman, who belonged lo Te Aroha. received a severe shaking but did not seem .to bo otherwise hurt. In the meanwhile the horse had pulled itself fyc { ' of the ill-starred gig' and careered up the hill, at the top of which it was caught. After the vehicle was righted and temporary repairs effected the horse was yoked up and the party proceeded on its way voicing strong opinions regarding the state of the roads of Matamata. INFLUX OF VISITORS. "Driving through Okauia on Sunday afternoon one was struck by the number of picnic parties, tourists and \ others who were patronising the opal ! and other springs. The accommoda- j lion house at Ramaroa (the opal i

! sprinv.) is proceeding apace and when j I completed should supply a long-felt j I want. ' PLEASING PROSPECTS. j A very large and fine crop of swede I turnips was noticed at the top of the | hill on the Matamata side of the i river. In fact, with regard to Okauia at present it might he said that | j " every prospect pleases and only i ' roads are vile."