PAPAKURA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4778, 10 March 1877, Page 1 (Supplement)

PAPAKURA.

.CBiCKETjia.at present more-absorbing even the hanging up-oftHe.Gountiea Act. Wairoa.has . started.a Cricket. Club, as. also Valleys, is'beirig arranged between these Clubs'loir tte : if'th' finst.'! .Thoj Papakura. and.Papakiira. Valley Clubs had a on tlio 2-itli \ ult., when ,the ; were.defeated. ./This was -[gXßected.,. .The v -Vt^lley,,Club has been but, recently -formed .under IjUisi* auspices of the' :,Broihere;Chery,'jwtio' ? are. but. reopntly come .tb.s'ettle Lin the [Valley ; aiid, this their, maiden.' matcli..'j i Ma'ny;',of.'the..yalley i Clnb !: r.were quite "afraagera ,t6 ,the cncket'field/ahd' tfie' earnestness, With, which. some of them . went, on theuj "knees to : stpp 'the ball, was . commendable,, tHough not appreciated.. The. scores were.Papakura,, Ist . inning's,'B9 ; r ?ndj, 74J . Papak'uri Valley,' ;isfe innings, 55 / J Papakura. winning, ,by "'99 runs.. . After the'gatae' was oyer, and some, of the „Papakura..:plub > had . gone/' Mr.' . Lewis prowess as'a rim-'' neVr. if ino,,cricketerij challenged, any of/tie jPapakura ..Club'' t'o,.'ruii f',him." t Messrs.' , and MarteUi took up the the | satisfaction. Jof seeing 'the ..face", from a considerable dis--Itarice behind^l/'I, j ; " ! ;V_'Papakura ,is\ in ' .the- highwiay' jdiijtrict 0J.,; Psfpakuraj,it',''!ha» "a./chairman, a? secretary, .. rate , collector, 'and 'all etceteras of a-Road Board,Jjut the members pf ( thejJßoad Board allow the main'road,to ttei' 'qhoked up. with' gorse.' f Tti6 gorse is'six : and ,spjen feet high, a narrow: barely , the width, of a trap,, being all. the 'find that is being lessened by the growth of the f tirza • .Some ask how ; can r the,'Board Compel "th'eownerato "clear tlie" 'r6ad. - .Verysirnply",.. .tbink. Clause the-Pfibiic! Works' Act, 1876", meins ;' ( and jpublic . convenienceshould be paramount' \o interest of . the land Some step? shquld'be'takeri; to '*stop' | this ; gorse " nuisance., jThe ''Wairoa 1 if bad', is' becoming" impassalpfe by-the 'gorse? ujion it, and a'trustee i Hying .close; 1 db4s not appareritly think it'hisdutyto .thelowner of. the land from which' the mis-p chief springs o£ the nuisance, and cause 1 it'to.' Belstopped.' It'-would be as .well'for- the' 'Hunua Board, whil'e'tlie weather is fine,'' % see to their, bridges." ; Some of them arevery •sensitive j • the' o'ne ! 'on' Hay's' qreek,,Hun«a road, so much with a foot passenger' aa to causa some hesitation in taking a cart - across it. rr {r"'. I ''"'' 1 i s" I ""':','','; 1 ,!?■ file Papakura Mutual Improvement Glass,' held' its' first ' last Friday. .Mr. ,C. reads 'a. paj}er;on''.' The Present' - ' Cen'"t'ury;" at its meeting on Friday, 9th inst;' j ; ' J "T. -.Nbrrie'gave'a reading in'aid' tte'Presbytenan 'Sunday school funds,'on 'theI',lst1',Ist inst.) wfiicli 'was 'fairly- attended; 1 'The children', sang'some hymns at intervals 'diiring th'e reading. '/ '' '.' j .""'Mrr George' Cook is to give a lecture'on '/ "'Chemistry,on tti'e 7th"i illustrated by experi- ; merits witb .oxygen -gas"; and a grand pyro-' : technic display.—[Owh Correspendent.] '•