RANGITIKEI.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 210, 6 August 1931, Page 12

RANGITIKEI.

MARION. Aonr. i. The ccolr.--.-7 it -Bareri.o??att anc _ Mil faces ara ad print- a _ . arjoshara, to the mconrer.iar.ee of trani-c and dtreiiare on ViSclc couetr-7 road.-. Kaatcir.g the-a c;aar is giving useful arnplcreoent to gangs ot relief -corka-re, ar.d fa.rxn emploree-s. are 'tir.ir.g in the -cork. The hiiiy Kuntarviiie district has stmared the most. Chubb:La Hill, on the Otairi Road, if. in a dangerous condition, rtavteg sucaided in a aerie-, of steps vchich require careful negotiation. Mangahoe Road is completeiv blocked, as well as Rangatir-s Road. A slirj which buried part of Mam Truro railway line north of Mangaweka on Sunday night delated the north-hound Limited express at Mangaweka for four hours. A goods train nesariv ran into the cueerta earlier in the evening, the driver appJvi.cg the brake* just in tirne. The cutting where the slip* occurred is situated between Mangaweka and Utiku, about a rni.’e irons the Mangaweka viaduct and not ;ar from the scene of the slips which occurred last winter. On Monday, strong _ westerly winds freshened into a gale which last night uprooted many tree-.. Mortality hsf been fairly'heavy among young calves and lambs. The Rangitikei and Taihape Rugby Union* have agreed upon Wednesday. August 12, as the date for the_ Pownall Trophy match, postponed from Saturday. Wainui-a-ma Rugby Sub-Union has written desiring a match at Marton, and Rangitikei has suggested Wednesday. August 26, as the date. Wednesday, August 12, has been suggested to To Kav/au f.'niori aa a date" for a junior match at Sanson, while Taihape thirds will probably visit Hunterville to X j -- Z y Rangitikei on Saturday, August 15.