LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 9 April 1931, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A meeting held last night decided to form an Old Pupils' Association in connection with the Dargaville High School.

The Whangarei Harbour Board's grab dredge has finished operations at Wiggs' Wharf and is now dredging the berths at the Town WlTaYf.

-The : -Donnelly's Grossing Sports Club did not hold its meeting on Easter Saturday on account of the weather. The sports will take place on April 18.

The recent rain and humid conditions that have prevailed for the past few days have had the effect of causing a quick growth in mushrooms. Many of the paddocks surrounding Whangarei have been productive of this edible fungus.

The humidity of the past few days has brought many mosquitoes from their lairs to pester light sleepers. Hitherto this year Whangarei has been little troubled with these insects, on account of dried-up breeding places and bright sunshine. ’

A peculiar cannon caused amusement among those who saw it at the North Auckland tennis tournament yesterday afternoon. A hard-smashed ball cleared the protective netting round the court, struck a High School girl spectator, and rebounded over the High fence on to the court again.

In the course of his address on Tuesday night, Flying-Officer Owen commented upon the keenness of the Siamese in aviation matters. When he was at Bangkok they were using rather old French machines, but since then some new British planes had been obtained. Tho Italians also were very keen, and at Rome they were distinctly up-to-dato in flying matters.

The fast approach of the winter sports season is indicated by the numerous annual meetings of various clubs that are to be held shortly. The Whangarei Hockey Association meets tonight, the Rugby Referees tomorrow, and the Public Schools Rugby Football Union and Whangarei Rugby Union shortly after. Many football clubs have already held their annual meetings and are preparing for the new season. The Old Boys’ club will hold a practice on Saturday.

It is likely that the recent flood in the Hutt and Akataora Rivers will cause heavy easualitics among trout. The flood waters spread over so great a width that trout have been left in pools and ditches very far from their original home; in fact, it is stated that a large iish was scon in a small and quickly disappearing pool by the main road near Silverstreara. Opinions differ as to the percentage of fish that are killed by a flood or by those persons who find them after a flood, but the flood toll of the trout is probably considerable.

Under a resolution of the Main Highways Board, dealing Avith the constitution of Nos. 1 and 2 highways districts, the Northeote borough has been transferred to the latter and all matters relating to tins area will now be dealt with by the Auckland office of the Public Works Department. Originally, Northeote and the other districts north of the harbour were embraced within No. 1 main highways district, with headquarters at Wl?angarei. This arrangement was subsequently modified, the Auckland office undertaking the inspection of maintenance work, although the annual estimates for both construction and maintenance proposals were dealt with by the No. .1 council at Whangarei. In future Northeote and adjacent districts will be completely under the jurisdiction of the No. 2 council at Auckland.

Only address of J. W. Dobson, wellknown Piano Tuner: —4 Banff Street, Phone 192.

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Gate receipts at the Ma'ungakaramea sports on Easter Saturday were £lB as against £2B in the previous year.

As applications are steadily coming in, it is hoped that shortly Auckland will possess the first girls' brass band in New Zealand.

It was decided, at the annual meeting of the Whangarci Miniature Rifle Club last night, that the Defence pattern foresight be adopted on all club rifles.

The annual meeting of the Whangaroi Miniature Rifle Club last night, decided that a representative of each team be on the committee conducting each team event.

The Whangarei Golf Club season was officially opened by the president, Mr R. G. Hosking, at the Mt. Denby links this afternoon. After the opening ceremony mixed foursomes were played.

Mr T. Phieox, an Auckland trained pilot, will fly from Auckland to Wanganui’today in the Wangauni branch of the Western Aero Club's Moth aeroplane. He will be accompanied by a passenger.

Visiting teams from the Whangarei High School will be permitted to use their own rifles and ammunition in invitation team events on payment of the levy. This decision was made by the Whangarei Miniature Rifle Club at its annual meeting last night.

Other people’s motor ears and yachts seem to have an attraction for a certain class of the community in Auckland, as quite recently two yachts were purloined and during the past 48 hours two ears have been stolen, one a Single Junior, and the other an Overland.

The Auckland centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association made a profit of over £3O on its recent provincial championship meeting. The executive unanimously decided to forward the whole amount to the Auckland City Council as a donation to the Earthquake Fund.

A fracture of the jaw was suffered by Mr Joseph O'Connor, a waterside worker, aged about 60, of St. James' Square, Auckland, when he was struck by the shafts of a hand truck while working on the steamer Mahia this morning. He was taken by the St. John ambulance to the Auckland Hospital.

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