RUAKAKA NEWS.

Northern Advocate, 23 July 1923, Page 2

RUAKAKA NEWS.

DEPLORABLE ROADS

It is generally acknowledged that patience is a virtue all too uncommon

in these times of stress, but all avail : able patience is required theae days when the sun is scarcely visible from qne week to another. We have had almost as many wet days in July as we bad in June,. although the latter month was supposed to be a record one for rainfall, storm and'flood.

The main roads are worse than usual on account of the neglected drains, and a large mob of cattle driven Ajicklandwards last week put the finishing touches to them.

The One Tree t*oint road at, the Ruakaka end is in a . sorry state pnd should not have been Opened up for traffic until the Crowni land adjoining

.is drained. I THREE WEDDINGS.

*•}c , 1 ■ ' There are several- lotfal weddings to report this wek. On July 4Mr W. H. Raymon, one of our, oldest residents, was married in Auckland to Mrs Martin, of Ardmore Road, Herne Bay. The happy couple were merrily tincanned on the first evening of their arrival here and responded generously.

On Tuesday, July 17, Mr Reg. Fleet, of this district, was married at the Waipu Presbyterian Manse to Miss Corbett, cf North River, Waipn. After the ceremony the bride and bridegroom left by motor for Maungaturoto to catch the train for Auckland.

On Thursday, July 19, at One Tree Point, Miss Helen Chetham, only daughter of Mr W. H. Chetham, launch proprietor, was married to Mr Fred Wright, youngest son of Mr and Mrs John Wright, late of Buakaka, but now resident at Waikaraka.

There were a great many friends and relatives present at the last-nam-ed ceremony and the bride was the recipient of many useful and valuable presents. Mr J. W. Martin, from Mangapai, was the "officiating minister and the newly-married pair left by steamer for Auckland, where the honeymoon is being spent. INFUENZA COLDS. A great deal of sickness has been reported in the district lately, colds and a form of influenza being very prevalent. The wet and <sold weather no. doubt has had something to do with the severity of this most disagreeable malady* Very many of the 1 " children are absent from school on this account. STORM GIFT. The nor'-easter which continued the most of last week and terminated in a fierce gale, brought up great quantities of deep-sea mussels or scallops from the ocean on to the beach. On ; Wednesday icrowds of people might bte seen going Aut, armed with tins, billy-1 cans,' baskets and. knives to gather* fish.' THE SOCIAL SIDE. The basket social in aid of the Presbyterian Church funds was a great success, considering the bad roads' and cold, wet night. Athough many who were expected to help did not turn out, the hall was pretty well filled and all seemed to enjoy themselves thoroughly. Some also who would have assisted were laid up with influenza, As the result of which the programme was considerably shortened.

In a report of a school concert at Ponsonby I lately noticed an item or two by Charles Valentine, ventriloquist, and recognise our local Mr C. Beasloy, junior. We mis 3 the ventriloquial items from the programmes at the local concerts, but wish him.

every success rim his new sphere.

Last month four tests of wells in Napier were made, one at high' and one at low water and two between, the approximate average being 45,000 gallons per hour (says the "Daily Telegraph"). The month's rainfall has varied over nine days, the total being 4.19 inches. The meastfre was in the vicinity of half a million gallons over the same period of last year, but when Compared with last month, when there wns double the rainfall, a decrease of four million gallons was shown.