ONERAHI NEWS

Northern Advocate, 13 June 1929, Page 8

ONERAHI NEWS

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

PERSONAL. Mr and Mrs Horn, accompanied by the Misses Horn, returned 'home last week after a very pleasant fortnight’s holiday in Auckland and its environs. Splendid weather prevailed throughout and a happy time was spent in visiting their many friendis.

General regret was expressed at the departure last week of Mr and Mrs W. J. Qrr and family for Whangarei, where permanent residence will he taken up. Their going will create quite nr void in social matters in the township, both having played an active part in community affairs. Besides taking a keen and helpful interest in church matters, Mrs Orr, since its inception, has been a valued member of the committee of the Girl Guide movement, Mr Orr, too, has done yeoman service for some years as chairman of the School Committee and a valued commissioner on the Town Board. It. is hoped that with the return of summer they may see their way to renew their Onerahi allegiance.

Mrs H. M. Brown, postmistress returned home on Saturday to again take up duty after a really delightful month’s holiday. A few days were spent with her daughter in Wellington, and she then left for Sydney and a round of visits to friendis. Pine weather prevailed throughout and Mrs Brown had a very jolly time of it in the sunny city. The voyage back on the Manama was exceptionally rough. The Tasman, was in ugly mood the vessel being 14 horns overdue and only six of. her passegners appearing at meals and on deck diming the greater part of the run.

Mr and Mrs J. T. Mason, of Whangarei, fmiie down last week and with their family are in temporary occupation of .the old foreshore residence. As former well-known residents there are many warm friends glad to welcome their return. FOOTBALL. The conditions on the King's Birthday were handily conducive to picnics - and other pleasure expeditions. Except for a few adventurous souls, who proceeded down harbour per launch or sailing boat, the holiday was mostly passed in doing odd jobs and chores about the house. It was grand football weather, however, and our local schoolboys seized t)ie opportunity to stage a match on Hie Domain against a team from Portland School. Keen interest was displayed by the assembled spectators who barracked .heartily for their respective sid.es. Flay was fast and strenuous and though Portland played up well and put up a. notable light, it was clear, from the start, that the Onerahi lads had the game in their hands. Young Fyfe, for the home team, did yeoman ■service, proving a host in himself and the friendly contest closed with victory tor Onerahi by 13 points to nil. OXi:HAilf v. HIGH .SCHOOL B. Again grand football weather on Saturday accounted for a large and enthusiastic crowd of spectators to watch the above match on the Domain grounds. Both teams were in splendid

fettle and the clever play <m both sides evoked keenest interest. Time and) again High School's determined attack was only defeated by Onerahi’s clever tactics in defence. It was an exciting and strenuous game throughout, the contest finally closing with victory to Onerahi by IG points to nil.

ONERAHI v. PARUA BAY

Onerahi schoolboys are certainly proving worthy scions of their sires, in carrying on Ihe football tradition. In a match, arranged against a 'team of youngsters from the Parua Bay School, on Saturday, Onerahi secured a splendid win of 39 points to nil. ■ PUBLIC ACTIVITIES. Town Board workmen are busy clearing away the growth of gorse and weeds on the roads and generally effecting a. clean up before the coming of 'the rains, A work that will prove of great convenience to the pedestrian public is being undertaken in the formation of a shelled footpath down the steep of Park Road to the foreshore, where it will join up with the footway along Beach Road. Dwellers on, the foreshore using the route will appreciate the innovation as owing to the slippery nature of the soil and abrupt declivity the negotiation of this bit of road has in rainy weather been much in the nature of a glissade. A fence with a turnstile is being run across the road from Ormiston’s boundary to the edge of the ravine to prevent ingress on to the footpath by wandering cattle and the work is in the capable hands of Mr H, .1, Handfortli.

NEW RESIDENTS. Cordial welcome is extended to Mr and Airs Ale Naught on, who recently arrived with their family from Alangapai, to take up residence in Onerahi. It is understood that Mr Ar.eNaughton has leased Mr J. Colbert's late residence, on the 'Whangarei-One-rahi Road. After a sojourn of some months in the township Mr and Airs H. Hill, late of Whangarci, have decided to take up permanent residence among us and with their faultily have taken one of Mr G. A. Hawke's houses in Domain Road. As future citizens, Onerahi is glad to extend a hearty welcome. A WHIRLWIND. A rather terrifying experience befell the dwellers on. Air Beasley Jnr’s farm among the hills last week. It was a perfectly still day and not a breath of wind. Thunder muttered in the distance. Suddenly there was the roar of wind from the distant range. It drew nearer. The noise was deafen|ing and before you could wink a shelter belt was struck. Great pine trees, snapped off or uprooted were caught into the air like ninepins and carried j along as the whirl cut. a swathe across I the land. A heavy carpenter's bench, [weighing five or six cwt. was whirled away like a straw, -while three sheep were blown away, carried some distance and dashed to death at the hot- i tom of a. neighbouring gully. The track of the whirlwind missed the house by a. ban- at) yards, but had it been struck, it must have meant destruction to it and the inmates. It was ,a nerve-wracking experience.