PATEA COUNTY AFFAIRS

Taranaki Daily News, 10 June 1931, Page 8

PATEA COUNTY AFFAIRS

INCREASE IN SUBSIDY GRANTED. MANAWAPOU BRIDGE WORK. At the annual meeting of the Patea County Council yesterday the chairman, Cr. W. G. Belton; thanked members for the support they had given him during the year and the staff for the capable manner in which they had carried out their duties. Last year had been the biggest as far as work wag concerned in the county's history. The ratepayer:, he wag sure, considered that their interests had been adequately looked after. When the Highways Board had been in Patea the council had asked for assistance in shouldering work and as a result the subsidy had been increased from £2 for £1 to £3 for £l. That was most gr-tifying. The ordinary monthly meeting was also held. The engineer was given permission to take levels for improving the playing fields of the Patea school. engin er stated that he proposed using relief labour in improving the visibility at the Manawapou bridge. The bitumen might be widened with advantage. There were other points more dangerous on the road, and there was little excuse for a collision. The chairman pointed out that on a £2 for £1 subsidy basis the shoulder work on the main road would have cost the council £833, but with the rate of subsidy increased to £3 for £1 this would be reduced to £625. He suggested that extra shoulder work be done with this amount. This was agreed to.

The engineer, Mr. L. F. Rowe, reported that the contract for repairs to T ,in’e; track and. the erection of t)ie e spenision bridge had been completed. Repairs to the abutments of the Stony creek bridge and repairs to two culverts near Ngamatapouri had been carried out during the month. The shell rock metalline of the Ruao section of the Lower Valley Road was completed. The grant metalling on the Wereweraonga Road was completed and a section of Beach Road near the Waitotara railway station had been metalled. The section of road between the Waitotara Hotel and the school had been repaired and. new hi.lai laid where necessary. A section of new metalling had (been laid on the KoJii Road. The deviation on the Tower Road was practically coin-, pleted and would be metalled at an early date. The decking of- the Otautu bridge had been repaired and new deck plank<s had also been fitted on the Patea bridge. Two sections of metalling had been completed on the Kakaramea Road, and a section of Pearce’s Road was being metalled with local pit metal. The°Upper Taumaha Road had been repaired between the main road and the railway. ' The steep hill on the Manutahi Beach Road was being re-graded and widened by relief labour. The widening on the main road between Waverley racecourse and the Whenuakura hill was completed. Those present were: Crs. W. G. Belton (chairman), R. J. Watt, W. H. Watkins, J. Lupton, R. G. Seown, W. Bach, C. E. Johnston, A. J. Gibbs, and J. Peat. TO-DAY’S HOCKEY TEAMS. SOUTH TARANAKI PLAY. At the Manaia Domain six teams -will participate in the games, which will commence at 1 p.m. with the Otakeho v. Manaia seniors. At 2.15 the Tokaora ladies will play Manaia, and at 3.15 the Otakeho and Manaia juniors will take the field.

Hockey teams for to-day’s South Taranaki matches are: —

Alhambra seniors, to play Oriental seniors at Hawera. —Keliely,' Butler, Johnson, Simon, Carter, Kendall, Cruickshank, Ryan, McGlashan, Watson. Dowdle, Lewis and Shaw. Oriental. —Stevens, Thomson, R. Clark, Brough, Duncan, F. Clark, Percy, Corbett, Moloney, Foy and Windle. Alhambra juniors, to play Oriental juniors at Hawera. —Fredericks, Clement, Parkinson, Sargcson, Hamilton, Evans, Eby, Westwood, Lovell Bros., and Syme. Oriental. —Murtagh, Lay, Carter, Tullock, Thomson, McFadyen, McDonald, Badcock, Fredericks, McGlashan and England. Seniors. —Curran, Symmans, Bennett, Abbott, Walker, L. Budd, Payne, Berry, W. Budd, Davis, Winter. Juniors. —Maddock, Vernor, Hill, Budd, Scannell, Davis. Wclliam, Sutter, Yarrow, Young, Johnstone, Duncan (2), Walker. LADIES’ MATCHES. Tokaora. v. Manaia, Opunake v. Auroa, Ramblers v. Pihama. Ramblers team. —Misses X. Shannon, N. Adams, T. Clement, V. Healey, P. ■McNeill, N. Davis, A. Johnstone, E. Goodwin, M. Woolliams, F-. Woolliams and B. Donaghue. Emergencies: Misses E. Dahl and E. Mcßeth. Manaia.—Misses Adlam (2), Wilson, Gopperth, Rei, Cos-grove, Barkla, McKay, Bennett, Hartles, Putt. MEREMERE NOTES. EUCHRE AND DANCE. On Friday evening a euchre tourney and dance were held in aid of the school funds. The winners of the prizes were Mrs. C. Radford, and Mr. M. Kitney, the consolation prizes going to Miss G. Murray (after a cut with Mrs. Foreman) and Mr. C. Radford. The music was supplied by Mr. W. Murray, extrah being played” by Mr. Radford and Mr. J. Bloor. It was decided to hold the dances fortnightly in future. HAWERA ENTERTAINMENTS. OPERA HOUSE PRESENTATIONS. In presenting “The Desert Song” cn the screen all of its original numbers have been retained. The score is played by the Vitaphone symphony orchestra of 100 musicians. It was the intention to make an even more imposing production of the musical comedy on the audible screen than did its original producers on the legitimate stage. The screen has this advantage, all of the desert scenes can. be taken out in the open. “The Desert Song” shows at the Hawera Opera House finally to-night In addition to a cast including John Boles, Cartolla King, Myrna Loy, Louise Fazenda, Johnny Arthur, Marie Wells, Jack Pratt, Robert E. Guzman, Otto Hoffman, Del El- • liott, the production features a chorus of 100 voices. “The Green Goddess,” starring George Arliss of “Disraeli” fame, commences in Hawera with a matinee to-morrow at 2 p.m. Reserves are at Miss Blake’%