In and About Kaitaia

Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 15, 12 January 1934, Page 1

In and About Kaitaia

Work has started on the building of the Native School at Manukau. * * * *

The new house that Mr. H. Gibson is building at Takahue is nearly completed. * • * *

Heavy shipments of wool have gone from both Awanui and Mangonui to Auckland during the past few weeks.

The four-roomed bungalow that is being erected for Mr. Charlie Masters at Pukepoto is nearly completed.

The Kaitaia Town Board workmen were employed this week in effecting improvements to the tennis courts at the Hospital by way of tarring them.

“I think that all those who earn their living from the land should hang together or they will hang separately.”—Mr. H. M. Rushworth, M.P.

Houses for renting are at a premium in Kaitaia, and there are at present families desiring to settle in the town unable to do so, on account of the house shortage.

“The Union will have to take a stand and assist the smallholders by all the means in our power.”—One member at the Bay Farmers’ Union meeting.

The surface of roads throughout the Mangonui County are now in first class order, due largely to the effective use of graders and are being very favourably commented on by tourists.

“The evidence is very clear that once foot and mouth disease is introduced into New Zealand it will be practically impossible to exterminate it.” Mr. J. W. Jones at Farmers’ Union meeting.

The Town Board will shortly commence work on lowering the grade of Church Road, and also the widening of the road from the Kaitaia School gates to the bridge in order that a footpath may be constructed.

The influx of tourists who are proceeding to the beautiful Northern resorts, has now commenced in earnest, there being scarcely a day passing in Kaitaia without cars of campers going by, en route to the Ninety Mile Beach or Houhora.

The annual New Year's dance was held in the Waiharara Hall on Saturday December 30th, when there was a large attendance, and an enjoyable evening was spent in plain and novelty dances. After the supper interval dancing was resumed until the usual country hour.

At a meeting of the Presbyterian Church Committee held on Wednesday evening it was decided to proceed with the building of the Manse on the section acquired on Dominion Road, Kaitaia. The successful tenderer is Mr. Short of Auckland, and work will commence before the end of the month.

A heavy pall of smoke hung over Kaitaia and the surrounding districts on Tuesday, this being due to peat fires in the Kaitaia Swamp. These fires can only be checked by heavy falls of rain, of which there is little or no likelihood as tlie hot summer days usually experienced in January and February, seem to have definitely arrived.

A sitting of the Kaitaia Court was held this morning, Friday, Messrs L. A. Mclntosh and W. H. Atkins being on the bench. For breaking and entering Mr. T. S. Houston's store at Ahipara, and the theft of various articles valued at £4, Mei Rimu was committed to the Supreme Court for sentence.

Messrs J. E. Bellingham and Co. erected tiiis week a small temporary crushing plant at the quarry at the Double Crossing, this being in order to supply any urgent orders for lime. It is expected that the plant will be running at the end of tiiis week. Already the Dairy Company lias received a satisfactory number of orders from farmers who are taking advantage ot this undoubted benefit to the district, and when the main plant is operating in March, it is anticipated that it will have to cope with a large number of orders. * * * *

Takahue is at present the centre of the I busy industry of hay and ensilage makW j n g. Contrary to the operations of past when hay formed the major of the winter feed, the ever

increasing popularity of ensilage has caused it, this year, to be made in amounts equal to that of hay, in Takahue. However in some other parts of the County, in antithesis to Takahue hay is being made on a larger scale than ensilage. Taking the County as a whole it is found that in this season, the storage of food for the winter is much greater than in the past.