News of the Day

Northern Advocate, 29 March 1938, Page 6

News of the Day

Town Wharf Shed. Good progress is being made with the additions to the Town Wharf ! goods shed, and the framework for the building is now almost completed. The floor is of concrete, but the walls and roof will be of iron construction. * * * * Power for Onerahi. A start was made yesterday by the North Auckland Power Board with the erection of poles to carry power to Onerahi. The main line will reach Onerahi via Whareora, coming from Kamo. * ?.i i « * Harbour Board Picnic. The weather was perfect to-day for the annual Whangarei Harbour Board picnic. Three vessels, the Kumi, Haeremai, and Mr Jack Mason’s launch, from Onerahi, carried full complements of pleasure-seekers when they slipped away from the Town Wharf bound for Marsden Point. « is * * Chariots Go For a Ride. The Roman chariots, vehicles of so much amusement at the Whangarei Stock Show, were packed on to a plebian lorry this morning and dispatched to Dargaville, where they will be employed in the carnival week commencing there on April 4.

I * <1 * • i 25 Engineers apply. Twenty-five applications were received by the Whangarei Borough Council for the position of engineer, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. H. W. Cormack, to take up an appointment with a private firm. These applications have been reduced to four, and a final selection will be made at an early date. * . * • * » Pears and Apple Blossom. Possibly thinking that* because of the long summer, spring is once more upon us, a number of fruit trees in the j Whangarei district have burst into bios $ som. On the Waipu road, just past the* Oakleigh railway crossing, thei’e are | a number of pear trees in full bloom, i while on the Kiripaka Road apple | trees are flowering px’ofusely. Old re-1 sidents state that this summer has been $ one of the longest in memox'y. Usual-1 ly by the end of March the atmosphere j has cooled considerably and minor t frosts are not uncommon in early | April. *

Kamo Road Bump. The Whangarei Chamber of Commerce, at its last meeting, decided to ask the borough council to consider the removal of the railway lines lying under Kamo Hoaci, and formerly leading to the old coal mine in the vicinity. The fails caused a bad bump. The council is to investigate the matter. « * * • He Got Away. Paying a good-night visit' to her poultry, a resident Of Shortland Street was surprised to spy a hedgehog sheltering in the coop. Knowing the pro-) clivities of the spiked gentlemen for eggs and chickens, she contemplated assault and battery. She relented, however, and the intruder was allowed to scuttle off. ¥ • •.r • * -•- ♦ . \ Newspaper Auction. A newspaper auction. That’s a new one! But it is to be a daily feature of this column until Saturday. Donated by Miss Rosaleen McCready, Pakaraka, two drakes in excellent table condition (still,living, by the way!) are to be auctioned through this paper, the proceeds to go towards the building of an orphanage at Tikipunga. The scheme is detailed in the Young Northlander on Page 2. Read the announcement—then "speak” up. Any advance on 5/? w * ♦ • Park Football Grounds, The Whangarei Rug*by Union asked the Whangarei BOrough Council v last night to allot to the union grounds No. 1,2 and 3at Kensington Park, for this season. The parks committee .recommended that consideration of this matr ter be held over in the meantime. Cr. H. N. James considered that the union should.be given some reason for the' decision, and the Mayor, Mr W. Jones, said that the council was only waiting to see what other applications would be received. He did not think that sole possession of No. 1 ground should be given to any code. Cr. Donaldson: It has always been understood that the council can resume No. 1 ground at any time.