The Waikato Independent WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1940. TOWN AND COUNTRY

Waikato Independent, Volume XL, Issue 3765, 2 October 1940, Page 4

The Waikato Independent WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1940. TOWN AND COUNTRY

Mr Coulter and Bowls. —“For a number of years I have been intending to play bowls, but I have thought that I was too young, but I am getting on and I think the time is just about ripe for me to join up,” remarked , the Mayor of Te Aroha, Mr R. Coulter, at the official opening of the Te Aroha Bowling Club. Dead Stock in Waihou. —The objectionable and growing practice of disposing of dead animals by throwing them into the Waihou River has been reported, and is causing some concern among settlers on the lower reaches of the river. Even carcases of cows, it is stated, have been found Stranded at the water’s edge, while dead pigs and particularly calves are a frequent menace. A. ‘Constable Assaulted.— During the week-end, Constable O. S. Rice, officer. in charge of the Taneatua police station, and formerly of Cambridge, was violently assaulted by a Maori, who had been arrested for drunkenness. Constable Rice was locking up a second Maori at the time. The Maori, Tuhoe_ Mahaka, was. later sentenced to one month’s imprisonment and to make’ good damage amounting to £1 10/-. In Football Parlance.— The parlance of the fotball field was used in a letter from England to a relative in New Zealand, describing the military situation. The letter is from a Lancashire woman, and it says: “The French have defaulted, and we are now in the final, and it is being played on our own ground. We have never* been beaten on the home ground. England is winning.”