TAUMARUNUI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15012, 6 June 1912, Page 4

TAUMARUNUI.

; KING'S BIRTHDAY CELEBEATIOKS. . The King's Birthday was celebrated here : by a fairly large gathering. Notwithstanding the bad weather the territorials and senior .cadets went through the military, ceremonial. " The ' new band rotunda on the Tamarunni Recreation Ground was formally opened. A programme of children's sports was gone through. A shooting match with inanimate birds . was i" arranged by the .Gun Club,' Messrs. Walton ; and: Winger proving the winners. " Many of ; toe settlers of the Marinui Block, opened last , year, 1 and fronting.l to. the Wanganui River, some 22 miles from , Raurimu, are already on - their sections. • ' They are encountering the usual ; (lisabili- , ties—want ;of roads and school, /etc. One i of these families numbers 13, and comes , from the south of the South Island. 'i A third sawmill is shortly to* bo • estab- , lished at Raurimu, on the Oio side.' - ; Buildings of a greatly improve*} charac- ; ter are being erected, and there is ever? , indication of ,a forward movement on the ; part 'of the I townspeople. , " i There is now ; a necessity for improved station accommoi dation, as the waitingroom "is 1 sometimes so blocked with luggage that . passengers : cannot use it. , • i The railway platform at Owhango is being enlarged, so as to cope with the in- ' creased. traffic.Vi;7 v ''V:! : '