WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20317, 27 January 1928, Page 6

WAIKOUAITI NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) WAIKOUAITI, January 26. The weath2 E foT th- T Sdays has been P vf„d Ct ’ ifa TeaSUrThe^coultry and a great deal of hay has been cu . TELEPHONE BUREAU HOURS. Recently the required number of subscribers has been secured to obtain an extension of the hours of telephono seivice which are now from 7 a.m. till li pun.’, with an hour in the morning and one in the evening on Sundays. SHARKS. The necessity for watchfulness on the part of bathers was exemplified recently when two large sharks were caught on Hie coast just below Mr H. North s homestead at Omimi. They were hooked from the rocks, and after being despatched with a shot gun, were hauled ashoie. Cm Bft 4in. Several others were also seen in the same vicinity. TUMAI RAILWAY CROSSING. Work in connection with the overhead crossing at Tumai is now well in hand. A tremendous quantity of earth has been carted to build up the new mam roati, and also to form a new entrance to

Buddy’s road. PALMERSTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) PALMERSTON, January 26. The correct weight of the fat sheep at the Palmerston show was 20541 b. Mr o. A. Payne, Waikouaiti, guessed the correct weight, and received £1; 15s was divided between Mrs Pennington and Messrs S. Snushall and D. Cameron, with 2061 b each, and Mr J. Tunna, with 2051 b. The following will represent the i almerston Cricket Club in a match at Karitane on Saturday:—Brack, Bower, Kibblewhite, King, Black, Currie, M’Leod, Bills, Morris, Simpson, Wills; emergencies—

Ross, Adams, Chisholm. TUAPEKA CRICKEJ.

The Walker Cup matches were continued on Saturday in ideal weather. Edievale defaulted to Beaumont, and Miller’s Flat secured a two-point win against Heriot. On Saturday next the Tuapeka County eleven wil play a Morris Cup challenge match against South Otago (holders) at Milton. Th.s will be Tuapeka’s initial representative matcli. The following have been selected ho represent Tuapeka:— B. Rush, W. Ramsay M Rosanowski. C. W. Sinclair (captainl L Eckboff, V. Waldron, G. Sim, F Stuart. £ Caffel, W. Mel J Tilley; also R. Wood, A. Ottrey, R. Caffel. The match Heriot y. Miller s Flat was nlaved at Miller’s Flat. Batting first, the Flat scored 68, Rosanowski 29 and Eckhoff 16 making the best scores. Bowli„r for Heriot, Tilley (two wickets tor seven runs) and Graham (fi ve . G* 1 ’ secured the best averages. Heriot failed to pass the Fiat total, scoring 46, B. Ottrey 15 being the only batsman to reach double figures. Bowling for the 1 lat, h. Ferguson took five wickets for four runs and Stuart two for 16.