The Waikato Independent TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1936 NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3421, 18 February 1936, Page 4

The Waikato Independent TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1936 NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

Little Boy’s Conditon. Russell Wright, son of Mr and Mrs Wright, of Horahora, who suffered a broken leg when he was run over by a lorry on Tuesday of last week, is now progressing favourably in the Waikato Hospital.

French Pass Road.— According to the engineer’s report read at the monthly meeting of the Matamata County Council last Friday, the metalling of French Pass Road is now well in hand and it is hoped that, given favourable weather, the whole of this road and part of Te Miro Road will be surfaced before the winter.

Work in Te Koutu Park.—Repairs are being carried out to the Hooker Path in Te Koutu Park, where damage was done by the recent storm. The large pine tree which died out last year is in the course of being removed. Show Entries.—Good entries are being received from the « Waikato Central Agricultural Association’s 33rd annual show to be held at Cambridge on March 4 and 5. Entries for horses, cattle, sheep and pigs will now be received up till Saturday, February 22. Cambridge Bread Prices. The prices for bread in Cambridge are unchanged and local bakers have not reduced the selling price in line with the decision of the Auckland baking trade. A reduction will later be made, however, probably at the beginning of March.

Result of Insect Bite.—Probably as a result of a mosquito bite, James Jamieson, aged 14, son of Mr and Mrs W. J. Jamieson, of Horahora, has been an inmate of the Waikato Hospital for the past six weeks, suffering from poisoning caused by a germ entering the bite. An X-ray examination was taken last week. King’s Death and Floods.—A remarkable coincidence associated with the death of His Majesty King George V. and the recent cyclone which swept the Ohinemuri County is noted. In the year 1910, which was the year of the last severe flood in that district, the death occurred of His Majesty King Edward VII., and in 1936, the most severe flood in Ohinemuri since 1910, His Majesty Ging George V. passed away.