Local & General

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1937, Page 4

Local & General

Companies Act. ’ The name of the Kaitaia Bargain ' Stores, Ltd., has been struck off the • registrar of companies, and the com- ; pany has been dissolved. * • Horse Shied; Rider Thrown. I When riding at Matapouri yesterday, } lan Ferguson, aged 17, was thrown when his horse shied. He fractured his . left collar-bone and was. admitted to the Whangarei District Hospital ■ early last evening. Extraordinary Rubbish Collection. Having reviewed the extraordinary • monthly collections of rubbish, the 1 Whangarei Boi’ough Council-Tast night decided to continue the service. On , the recommendation of the works committee, collections will take place 1 during the second weeks in April and ■ June, and that, commencing from , August, the usual monthly collections be resumed. Laying The Dust. The engineer reported that, as a dust preventive, the Graham Street roadway had received an application of ; MCI bitumenous" cutback, at the rate of half a gallon per square yard. No : special, preparation was given to the road, and, if this treatment was sufi ficient to withstand traffic and weather, it would be a very cheap one. The cost of approximately 6d per square yard could be reduced if larger areas • Were treated. Fish Returning. ' : The fish seem to be returning to the harbour, as Onerahi fishermen are reporting good catches. Amongst one of the hauls brought in by Mr W. Drake (on holiday in the district), was a large-sized schnapper, which turned the scales at 15£lbs . Although the sharks seem to have left the swimming grounds, they are still plentiful in deeber waters. A party fishing off Manganese Point! last week > : caught three and sighted several others. First Aid For Municipal Workers. “Do we providfe our workers with adequate first-aid facilities in case of accident?” was a question asked by Cr. A. T. Brainsby at the meeting of the Whangarei Borough Council last i night. The engineer, Mr H. W. Cormack, replied’that the council, as an | employer of labour, was bound to provide iodine, bandages and sticking plaster on every work of any magnitude. Cr. Brainsby was glad to receive this undertaking, having been told of an accident where, it was stated, a man was obliged to go into a private house for a dressing. “Gaieties” For Whangarei. At the conclusion of the Auckland season, which commenced on Saturday night, Stanley McKay’s “Gaieties” Vaudeville and Revue Company will visit Whangarei. The company has been in New Zealand since Boxing Day, having already played seven , weeks at Christchurch and a lengthy : season at Wellington. It has done splendid business everywhere, and < will be the first overseas company tovisit Whangarei for some years. ; gesture of farewell. ,

Flood Prevention. Understanding that it was intended to widen the Waiarohia stream, Mr J. Dowd, the owner, offered two houses and a property in Railway Road to the Whangarei Borough Council last night for £2OO. The widening and straightening of the stream would necessitate removal of the existing wall and portion of the property. A sub-committee, comprising the Mayor and Crs. Finch and Tibbits was set up to ascertain whether the Whangarei Dairy Company., which in the past has been affected by flooding, would contribute. Cr. K. N. James ascribed the flooding to works done on the other side of the stream, deviating it from- its natural course.

Native Trees In Borough Streets. On the recommendation of the parks committee, the Whangarei Borough Council last night decided to purchase 250 native trees, and to plant the Tikipunga Deviation Road, from Lupton’s gate to the concrete culvert with mixed sorts. Cr. A. T. Brainsby said he would like to see a proposition brought down requiring 1000 to 2000 trees, but that the council should go about the work of planting systematically, first preparing a schedule so that various places might be considered in their relative importance. He doubted whether Tikipunga Deviation should be one of the first places planted. Cr. J. Donaldson said that the trees there would be planted on top of a side cutting, so that they could not affect traffic or visibility in any way. End-of-season throwouts at Henry Wilson’s. Fifty per cent, off' all cotton and marocain frocks; 36in. prints, 5d yard; tea towels, 6d; pillow cases, 6d; white kabe crepe bloomers, 1/3; boiling silk nights, 3/6; cotton fuji bloomers, 1/-; silknit slips, 2/11; nights and pyjamas, 4/6; and fully fashioned silk hose, 2/3.