SHIPPING

Patea Mail, Volume XLVI, 22 August 1923, Page 3

SHIPPING

POET OF PATEA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1923. PHASES OP THE MOON August. August 19 —First quarter. August 26 —Pull moon. TIDES. High water to-day, 5.39 a an. and 6.7 p.m. To-morrow, 6.52 a.m. and 7.5 p.m. DEPAETUEES. .Kupuni and Waverlcy left yesterday for Wellington. POET OP NEW PLYMOUTH. Karawa due to arrive from Onehunga on Friday, and will leave at 7.40 p.m. on her return trip. Opihi due from south to-day. PACIFIC MAIL STEAMEES. Maungunui, at San Francisco. Due Wellington September 8 and Sydney September 14. Niagara left Vancouver August 3rd for Sydney, via Auckland; due Auckland about 24th inst. Niagara due Auckland August 24. IXTEECOEONTAE SERVICE. Uiimurua, loft Sydney August 18 for Wellington; due August 22. Marama due Auckland to-morrow.

PATEA SCHOOL COMMITTEE Tilc ordinary meeting oi' the Patca School Committee was held on Tuesday, the liev. Win. Watson presiding. Messrs King, Hemingway, Moore and Carey were also present. Correspondence was read from the education Board, notifying that the architect had been instructed to rebuild the shelter shed. The board also wrote, notifying that the resignation of Mr T. A. MacMahon had been accepted. Mr King reported that he had visited the school, and found that the tanks needed repairing. Some firewood was also needed. 'The latter was left to Mr Moore to attend to. Mr Hemingway undertook to draw the attention of the architect to the matter of the tanks. 'The matter of the school concert was left in the hands of the headmaster to arrange for. The matter of disposing of the potatoes was left in the chairman’s hands. Mr Watson was appointed a Visiting Committee for the month. Accounts were read and passed for payment, and the committee rose.