GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 79, Issue 7146, 16 December 1949, Page 6

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

Cribbage Tournament The Kawhia Tennis Club held a wellattended cribbage tournament in the Womens Meeting Room on Wjednesday. last. After a series of interesting and closely-contested games the winners were Mirs A. J. Goodwin and Mr Bert Vaughan. Visitors Expected W’ith the closing of the schools today a large influx of visitors with children is expected. All the baches have been booked up for the holidays, and inquiries received indicate that there will be large numbers “under canvas.” ' Heavy Rainfall Kawhia experienced very heavy rain early on Thursday morning, the °ffi' cial gauge recording a fall by 9 a.m. of 1.36 inches, which is the heaviest fall on any one day since 16th February. The rain was followed by a violent gale all day, the wind at times reaching fifty miles an hour. Bananas in Kawhia About ten years ago Mir Ron Morrison, the well-known settler of Lake Road, Kawhia, planted on his farm a banana tree, regarding the matter as an experiment to ascertain if it would be suitable to the district. Since then the plant has come away and thriven splendidly, so much So that several bunches of well-formed fruit have now made their appearance. It is hoped that during the ensuing summer months they will reach maturity. Te Rau-a-Moa Riding Roads In the Te Rau-a-Moa Riding of the Otorohanga County 336 cubic yards of metal was used to patch up roads and the grader was employed for over 67 hours. Expenditure on the Pekanui Road from the Ist April to the 31st October last amounted to over £BOO. Part of that represented normal maintenance which cost £143 in the 1948-49 period. The County Engineer stated in his report to the Otorohanga County Council last Monday that a further expenditure of £l2OO would be necessary to enable the road to be kept open for hea'vy traffic next winter. Sailing Boat Capsizes A .thrill of excitement passed along the- waterfront on Tuesday afternoon when it was noticed that a ten-footer sailing boat had capsized in the harbour. It appears that the boat was being sailed by Dr J. B. W. Roberton and his son John, both good swimmers, and wearing life-jackets. When turning the small craft capsized, precipitating the occupants into the water. They immediately got hold of the boat with the intention of bringing it ashore, but Mfr Tom O’Connor rowed out to their assistance and helped tow them in. Neither was any the worse for his “ dip ” in the harbour.