KAITAIA

Northland Age, Volume IX, Issue 47, 19 March 1940, Page 3

KAITAIA

In and About

Purely Personal Miss Olga Thornton left for Auckland yesterday morning. Mrs. Trask of Kaitaia has returned from a visit to Auckland. Messrs. T. Panther, C. Panther and Mrs. H. Panther left by service car yesterday. t Mrs. C. Northwood has returned from a visit to Auckland. Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Fyfe returned this week from a holiday spent at Whangaroa. Mrs. Athol Masters is spending a few days in Auckland with her brother, who is on military leave. Farewell to Trooper “Dick” Hawkins A very jolly evening was spent at Mrs. S. C. Puckey’s place last evening when Trooper Richard (“Dick”) Hawkins was farev/elled by about forty friends from the neighbourhood. Games and items were followed by a delightful supper. During the evening Dick was presented with an eversharp pencil by Mr. H. Hooper on behalf of the Young Farmers’ Club and Mrs. Powell, on behalf of the Manchester Unity Lodge, presented him with a fountain pen. Christchurch Wedding of Local Interest On March 14th, the wedding was solemnised at Burwood, Christchurch, of Mr. L. A. Goodman, only son of Mrs. and the late Mr. Herbert Goodman, to Miss V. S. Reaby. Mr. Goodman is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Stanton. Electrical Worker Injured While working on a transformer structure at Awanui on Friday, Mr. M. McLean lost his balance and fell to the ground, receiving injuries which necessitated his removal to hospital. Mr. McLean, who was working with Mr. C. Thorne and Mr. C. Jackson, had completed screwing up a nut on the top arm and had unfastened his safety belt when he fell. Landing on one foot on the pavement, the bone of his heel was very badly split from the impact and it. is believed that he will be laid up for at least three months, and also that he will have to be taken to Whangarei to receive specialist ti-eatment. Fishing Party’s Luck A party of Kaitaia fishermen went out from Whangaroa during the weekend, fishing off the Cavalli Islands. Prominent of the successes of the trip was the landing, by Dr. Simcock, of a 238 lb swordfish, after a spectacular display. Beware Snags ! Probably there is no piece of ground in Kaitaia that is so closely watched as the site of the Restroom and Library that is to crown or r city’s centennial effort, and signs of life around 1 <- rUe are sufficient to make it a lunchtime rendezvous for everyone about town. When, yesterday morning, men appeared and began to manipulate various items around the young drains which mark the site, interest rose, By midday it had reached almost fever heat, but mixed with it came a certain unsatisfied curiosity. The jobs being done still looked very much like preliminaries ; still the concrete mixer was idle. “The restroom—it is going lovely,” said a prominent citizen in reply to a question. “It is going lovely,” he repeated emphatically. But down on the job a workman mopped his heated brow. “Concrete,” he said with obvious lack of appreciation, “we’re waiting for it right now. Where is it? Snag in the Awanui River, and the cement boat got stranded on a mudbank. Did you say something about time and tide?” And his gesture indicated that of the day, the time and the vagaries of tides and snags in general he could say lots !