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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 996, 12 June 1930, Page 12

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WHANGAREI SUB-EXCHANGE ' From Our Own Correspondent WHANGAREI, Today, j The new telegraph exchange at Waiotira was opened at 9 a.m. yester- | day, with, about 60 subscribers. This | finally settles a very keen controversy i between Waiotira and Waikiekie as | to whicfi should have the exchange. j The Whangarei- Auckland road is 1 still impassable to motor traffic. The i Mangakahia route to the Xorth. a porj tion of which was flooded, is now i negotiable. The Hon. A. ,1. Murdoch, Minister of Agriculture and Alines, returned to Whangarei by the delayed express yesj terday. He will be the guest at a comj plimentary dinner at the Settler’s ! Hotel this evening. ; Mr. L. E. Haines, licensee of the ! Settler's Hotel, will relinquish his posiI tion about June 23. prior to sailing i on July 1 from Auckland for Canada, I where he has accepted a business position. Mr. Haines will be succeeded b” 1 Mr. F. Johnson. ' The funeral of the late Mrs. A. E. ! Wright was held yesterday at the Ketenikau cemetery before a large • mimbor of mourners. The Rev B p Williams officiated. Trains were running again as usual yesterday from Auckland. The lOOvds of the permanent way that was torn I up was soon repaired, but the express [due in Whangarei at midnight did not ; arrive until 3.45 next morning. The weather in Whangarei was bitterly cold yesterday, with a strong breeze. Rain held off in the morning bur fc]* in heavy showers in the after-