Notes of the Day

Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 277, 23 November 1945, Page 2

Notes of the Day

Detective-Sergeant A. N. Harding, now at Lower Hutt, is to revert to the rank of sergeant in the uniform branch and is under transfer to take charge at the Feilding .Police Station in succession to Sergeant E. H. Turner, who has retired.

Following an inspection of the Oncpuhi bridge, the condition of which was adversely reported upon at the last meeting of the Oroua County Council this month, the controlling authority, the Rangitikei County Council, has now closed the structure to all vehicular traffic until further notice.

The following is the Feilding Cricket Association’s draw for games this weekend: Senior: Kimbolton v. Colyton at Colyton, Feilding v. F.A.H.S. at Kowhai Park No. 3, F. 0.8. a bye. Junior; Feilding v. F.A.H.S. (A) on Kowhai Park No. 4, F. 0.8. v. F.A.H.S. (B) on Kowhai Park No. 5. School draw: Bunnythorpe v. Ngakaunui, Kia Toa v. Kauri, Whirlwind v. Kangaroos. Feilding Old Boys juniors: Hay, Black, Cook, W. Rfcid, W. A. Reid, Elgar, Robinson, White, Guy, Carter, Bayliss, Hind. Kimbolton: Yoeman, Harding, Holmes, Neal, Fitzpatrick, Thevenard, McGhie, Hickford, Nash, Clapham, Myers, Martin, Murdock.

Mr. R. Girling Butcher, Inspector of Fire Brigades and Mr. H. R. Brown, of the Fire Service Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, visited Feilding yesterday and met at short notice the members of the local Fire Board and Borough Council. The visit was for the purpose of discussing the proposed reorganisation of the Dominion’s lire fighting service as set out in the report of the Select Committee on Local government. So far as the Feilding Fire Board is concerned it is anticipated that no administrative changes are likely. The visitors discussed generally the recommendations of the Select Committee as affecting Fire Boards and answered a number of questions. The automobile association organisation of New Zealand has become an institution in the lives of the community. Patrols are often called upon for a variety of services. At the meeting of the Wanganui Association on Wednesday evening a patrol reported that during the storm over the North Island late in October when the highways became blocked and the main trunk was blocked just north of Taumarunui he had received an appeal from the Railway Department to provide a route through to Taumarunui for railway engineers. It was an urgent request for information and despite the stormy weather conditions the patrol was able to provide a route at 10 o’clock at night enabling the engineers to get through to their destination.