OHURA NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 17, 20 January 1914, Page 8

OHURA NEWS.

. o (From the “Advocate.”) The president and his colleagues aro , busy getting the necessary buildings, etc., erected on the show ground. Wo j understand entries are rolling in fast I and there will be plenty ot outside competitors. Good bush burns in the district dur- | iug the week. Mr S. E. Meredith has received the following letter from the Secretary of the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce, New Plymouth J-^-Sir, —-1 am directed by my president to inform you that ho with a party of seven of our members will have the pleasure of starting on a visit to your district on Sunday, 2oth inst. (weather permitting), proposing to return to New Plymouth not later than 2Sth ius. The first motor car to come through the Tangarakau Gorge reached here on Wednesday afternoon. It contained representatives of Mr Newton King, with the object of making inquiries about the supply of large sized bullocks from this district. We understand tins line is at present very scarce throughout Taranaki. We were pleased at the end of last week to notice that a good number of men wore working in the Main road between Mahirakau and Matiere. Formation work was being done and the report is current that the Department will shortly have the road pumiced light- to the site of the Government brick works at Warren’s. Pity that papa contract other side of Matiere could not bo let at once, then there would be a good chance of a decent road from the latter township to the railway this winter. We would like to draw the attention of the resident P.W. officer to the state of the watertables and culverts between Nilio Niho and Waipu. The oher day Mr Tom Moore nearly lost his famous horse “Haldy” through the animal putting its foot through one of the culverts. In the entanglement “Baldy’s” neck received a severe twist.

To the Editor.—Sir, —Could you enlighten a few of your readers, who are not in the know, what became of the petition they signed for the construction of a telephone? Was it ever presented to the County Council? If so, what did they do about it? Also, what lias become of the Waitewhena metalling scheme?—Yours, etc., Tasman S. Hickman. (We understand that implies to correspondence in connection with both these matters will come before next Council meeting. The Councillor for the riding has not neglected either of them.)

The Taihape paper has a very congratulatory notice of the wrestling performances of Mr Percy Xeilsen, of Ohura:—“Of the many interesting events in the sports programme on -Yew Year’s Day, the attention of the grater part of the spectatorial element was centred in the wrestling bouts, for which six entries were received. The first to draw thdkapplause of the crowd was Xeilsen, a nimble lightweight, wjio threw man after man in fine style despite the obvious handicap of lack of weight. In the final he met a bigger and heavier man in the person of H. Harvey, who had had no trouble in winning his bouts. The tussle was easily the best exhibition ever seen in the district. Time after time the bigger man got the advantage, only to lose it again, and time after time it seemed that ‘David’ would yet vanquish his ‘Goliath.’ When the struggle had lasted 30 minutes, it was seen that Xeilsen was gradually tiring, and 17 minutes later he gave in, after a plucky uphill light that any wrestling man might bo proud to emulate. He, of course, received an ovation from the crowd.”