MANGAWEKA NOTES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLII, Issue 11476, 2 March 1918, Page 4

MANGAWEKA NOTES.

From Our Own Correspondent,

A tremendous laud slide occurred on the Cliff Road to Kawhatuu on Thursday last, and is probably the largest slip that has Liken place at this spot, though some huge slides have happened in the past. The cliff slipped away not far from the Mangaweka Town Board’s power house, and it is reported that so great was the amount of mullock hurled into the Rangitikei River, that its passage was blocked for sometime. Many Kawhiituu people who happened to be in town were forced to remain in as no meins of getting past the slip h- d been fixed up that ilay, though willing workers were scon on the job, and doing all that was humanly possible. There is probably no more dangerous portion of the King’s highway in New Zealand than this death trap on the Kawhatan Valley extension. Every winter brings its harvest of accidents and narrow ecapes, and even this latest slip very nearly overwhelmed a motor lorry loaded with sheep for tlie Taihape Ram Fair, and driven by Mr F. Noble. It has been decided to hold a-Uan-gaweka District Day for the assistance of the coming Y.M. C. A. War Funds Campaign, on the 2Sth March. The Girls’ B lia-ago (Tub is organising a grand concert to tsko pLco that evening, snd'a public meeting to-be held on the 7th iust., will discuss ways and means of carrying out the day's proceedings. The usual Patriotic Shop will be held and other ways of furthering this great laudable “cadge” will be involved. Something in the way of surprises is promised. The Bandage Club’s concert in the evening will he a fitting wind-up to the day’s business, and a full programme of the best offering is pledged to patrons. Remember the boys at the front, and the Y.M.O.A.—their “homo away from home.” Two rinks from ’ the Mangaweka Bowling Club spent last Wednesday afternoon at Hunterville, where a match was played against local howlers. The Mangaweka team suffered defeat through good play was indulged in.