PUHOI

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 11 December 1929, Page 5

PUHOI

/Our O-.iJi Correspond.©^)

The weather has been rough and unseasonable duriag the past week and ia causing a lot oi tiouble to Laymakers. On Saturday the strong wind played a piactical joke on Mr J E. 'X'itford, tlie local bootmaker and wa»idler, {ftkiug hid ear hoax iv from of his aUop aud lauding it in the deep gutter; near by. It cook tj« united eifoits.of ten men with the assistance of au eudless chain to undo the work of oue puff oJ: air. The cur was aoue the worse tor the mishap. Tue liev. Father Dooley acted as parioh priest tor the week end, Father jJore still being on the sick list. Mr Kay Lister's daily cur service betwwwu Puhoi and Aucklaud is receiving btroug support from the local /people, who are only beginning to realise how handy Puhoi is to the big city. JBy taking advantage of this jiarvice oue can leave Puhoi at 7 a.m. »peud six or seven hours in Auckland, aud be home in Puhoi again at 7 30 p.m. A very- convenient service indeed and a foretaste of what me advent of real]y goeyd roads will m^ati to the district.

Pakiri failed to turn up f«»r the torinis match against Puhoi air mg«d ior Saturday, 7th ina't., and it-wc* just as well because heavy rain fell in the middle of the afternoon. Th» Puhui Tennis Club has decided to hold-a handicap tournament for local players on December 27th and 28th.