NEWS OF THE DAY

Northern Advocate, 10 January 1948, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY

PROBATE GRANTED The Supreme Court has granted probate to the Public Trustee of the wills of Edward Russell, of Whangarei, retired farmer, and William Ralph Cochrane, of Whangarei, service station employee. ROAD CAMPAIGN The campaign to have the WaipuWaipu Cove-Lang's Beach road declared a main highway continues to meet with a good response. Mr A. Y. Provan reported today that he had received promises totalling £SOO, to be paid when the state takes the desired action. The campaign will close on January 19. HEAVY TRAFFIC Travel south from Whangarei has been very heavy over the past week, and transport services have been booked to capacity. Two southbound expresses left for Auckland yesterday with 570 passengei's between them, and for some days past, three or four additional cars have been added to all trains. Another heavy express will leave on Monday. The New Zealand Railways Road Service has all buses booked out for several days ahead. BUS STOP Despite the publicity given to the restoration of the bus stop opposite the Post Office in Bank Street. Whangarei. motorists still persist in parking between John Burns' shop and Rust Lane corner. Pedestrians, through force of habit, continue to cross Bank Street where the white lines used to be.

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