WHANGAMDMONA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16722, 24 April 1920, Page 11

WHANGAMDMONA.

I'BOM OUU OWN COIUVESPONDENT. April 22.— At tho residence of Mrs. 11. 'V . iiovis ou Friday last airs. Rotter, who is leaving for ivmva Jvaua, was ontu tamed at iiitcrnouil lea by the ladies of WJifiiigaraoinoim. Lining Uu> al Utruooli Mrs. Boris, ou heliali of those ji'resent, presented tii£ guest ivitii a beaniiial Handling, al. Hie same, time relerrnig; in ieelnig leruis lo the Umcii.v and willing manner in which Mrs. i’orler has assisted at .id ! unctions for 111;’ social advancement <il I lie township, iier generons Jiel|i lo ail iu times nl trouble ami sickness, and expressed the hope ilmt nappiness and prosperity would lie in'-r lot in tlie far no; 111. Mrs! Boner briefly returned thanks. * Kainlall lias iieen spasmodic, a rim (if sunny days, iheu a deluge; lull according in local observations Sunday's eiiort, IMfl inches, eclipsed all previous downpours. Slips are mime; oils ami the Holiokura tunnel is badly blocked. ’Die noun train ou Monday bad not been idiroiigii many minnies beiore liie sill) 1 clashed onto the 1 lino; probably ihe j vibration of l.lio train assisted the fall. 1 til addition there is a bad wa.-heiil, the mils and sieepei.s hanging lee about a chain, 'file railway autlion'iies do not I expect the line dear hole,re cantiiinlay. i i tie telegraph w ires are also down and I the post olhce, officials are sending mes- j sages on the railway wire, which is for- j innately intact. Mails arc being ialien | by mat! lo and from Hoi.okura .station. | There is some discussion —at present certainly of a very desultory character — ; among many Sinners of S'Tiaugarc.nniona [ Jfoad in favour of a metalline: scheme, j It is remarkable (lint icntlers have put • nil witii tim inconvenience for so lung. ! for up to the present the position of many is somewhat paradoxical; iiiey cannot enjoy .summer for. thinking of winter —and the mud. Probably Ifliw is a desire to emulate the comity iu North Auckland which grow tired of hearing the expression. “(hiadio-.-' North,” and incidentally of waiting ler. Government grants, hat borrowed ihe! money with the determination to enjoy ; the comfort of goad roads. If the Minin'- i gamomona Hoad settlers are ready iu'i earnest it 11 certainly a -very eonnuend-i aide example of public spirit, the iniln-| cnee' of whicli will have a stimulating I, effect upon the whole of the county. ! No doubt .some of the settlers have an ! eye lo increased values, and from a sell- j in ft point of view, for it is' sometimes 1 said that the prospective buyer nwv-a-diyys looks more carefully at the road,; he doesn’t forget this is the “motor age.” _ _ j The Minister of Public V/orks, Hon. J. G. Coates, is at present making a j tour of inspection, visiting the various district works in progress, both road and railway. Yesterday evening (Toes-: day) the Minister received deputations in the. Council Chambers. The matters brought forward were of the usual “hardy 'annual” variety—TaranakiAnckland railway and its speed of construction; road subsidies; medical aid, etc., etc,; and voiced by the game little band of enthusiasts. It cannot bo all joy being a Cabinet Minister; listening to speeches on the Stratfovd-Okahukura I railway at every place from Auckland j to Now Plymouth—it must become tire- j .some, oven Ur the most sympathetic of Ministers. The Hon. J. (1. Coates has certainly madam good start. It is not! every Minister that attempts a first- | hand knowledge so early in his career, ! and this may be taken as a good angurv I for the future. * 1 That tho lion, gentleman will be sym-