Happenings At Rangiputa

Northland Age, Volume 27, Issue 52, 2 December 1927, Page 5

Happenings At Rangiputa

(Contributed) Mr Millar was the first to take advantage of the opening of the Rangiputa Road to motor traffic, by trying to reach the beach at Doubtlesa Bay via Waingakau. He got through to the edge of the beach but found the place where he struck the coast, difficult to manage and as the fishing did not promise too good that day he returned. Had he followed the track the Rangiawhia natives use, he would doubtless have succeeded. Nevertheless he has made it easier for the next car to get through. A few days later another car passed through but took the route from the Kawakawa Trig to the Tokerau telephone office. Rumour has it that this was Mr H H Thompson's, Government Engineer, car on his way to the laying out of the bridgees and road work to be done by the natives at Karikari. His car found a soft place jn the road which held them up for a time, but that passed, they seemed to fly along till lost to view. Doubtless, when Mr Thompson has carried out his plans there will no longer be any trouble for anyone to motor down to “the beach ot the Eastern sea.” “Te One Tokerau” bide William’s Maori Dictionary. This name has been chosen fer the telephone office now opened near the Northern end of the beach which is an ideal holiday resort and in this age of motor cars, must become very popular in the future. There are trees, grass, flats and slopes, a smooth wide fiat beach to the south and a rocky shore to the east. Headlands crowned here and there with the beautiful pohutukawa. Fish to be caught with line or net. Two streams of fine water and an abundance of firewood.