LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1927, 28 October 1926, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A party of three anglers journeyed to Horahora and Airapuni during last week-end and had the satisfaction of landing fifteen nice trout. Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., has bieen appointed to relieve Mr IF. W. Platts, S;M., in this judicial district, following ttie appointment of Mr 'C. R. OrrWalker, SJMi., to Timarui. Radio .ijclospliion was good locally last evening and several amateurs listened in with great, satisfaction to_ programmes broadcasted' front Dominion and Australian wireless stations. The wireless demonstration and concert ajti tha 'Parish Hall, though nolt so wlell attended by fibre gishbral public a s was hoped for by 'the promoters, proved very enjoyable. ITlre iN'ew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency 'Company has reclelved the following cab!gram dated 22nd instant, from its London house: There is no change in 'the frozen meat market:. Latest quotations a're: Lamb, average price, 9gd pieir lb; mutton, wether and maiden ewe, light GJd pier I'b, heavy 6d per ilh: ewe, light 4Jd per •lb, heavy 4«a per ib. lM)r C. Parker, of Hairini, has purchased the four-year-old bull, Owlett's Neat by the imported sire Majesty Oxford Quintan from a prizewinning daughter of the imported bull The Owl’s Victor Neathead. The bull should prove a fine addition to the Jier&sy stock of Te Arwamutu district, and Ithe optimal is due to arrive in Te Awamutu at 'the end of this 'week. The annual tvazaar and sale of work in connection with St. Patrick’s tfiiurch opens to-day and continues each day and evening 'this week. The Town Hall should therefore be a very busy place each afternoon and evening. On Saturday a spsdia'l attraction will be a baby show and several special prizes have been provided for the best babies under two years of age. The line of twelve prime fat bullocks referred Ito in our last issue were duly shipped '.to Taumarunui on Tuesday evening. A man well versed in estimating weights of c.attle gave his opinion that the whole twlelve would average out at 10501bs. dressed weight, adding tihat it was a long time since he hadi 'seen a similar dozen bullocks off the paddocks. Occasionally specially-fattened bullocks of greater weight are exhibited at shows, but to secure a dozen such off cue falrm was exceptional. The executive of the teachers’ summer carn.p ihais issued an illustrated pamphlet in re the next summer school, to b'ei held at 'Cambridge from 10th Ito 22nd January, 1927. The booklet contains details of thei camp programme, together with interesting reminiscences of last year is camp, the beauties and attraction's of ‘Cambridge •being emphasised. Several nice il.lus(traltlions are includled. The pamphlets are distributed among the school teachers of lth e whole of New Zealand.

A Te Awamu'tju; 'fishing enthusiast informs us (that several .strangers have been attrackecli to Arapuni as a troutfishing resort this season, and he forecasts Ithat •wlhen the lake is formed the locality will be one of thte most favoured fishing grounds in the whole Dominion, for it li,s very centrally situated. It is probable! that 'the acclimatisation authorities will each year liberate mods and more trout fry in the streams flowing into the Waikato above Arapuni.

“I don’t like word ‘control,’ ” comm, suited one of .the audience at' the public meeting on Tuesday (evening to hear views in favour of establishing a Fire Board in Te Awamutu when Mr J. ‘McKinnon had been 'referring to better supervision of the firp brigade and equipment under a Fire Board. T|he humoroluls reference to dairy affairs 'paused a good ripple of laughter. With the prevailing warm weather ill will be noltjcid with Interest that the Te Aiwamiujtu 'Swimming 'Club is holding its annual me'eiting next Saturday evening, when it iis hoped that all interested will show their appreciation of the club’s efforts iin thei pas A t by at(kinding 'in force. The . coming season promlistjs fo be a very successful one in view of the pos'slible visit of the two Australian ladies in December, and a targe attendance at Saturday’s meriting would be welcomed 1 by the present officials.

An accidenlt occurred on this 1 Kihi-kihi-Te Kaiya road on Tuesday afternoon, Mr J. W!. 'Thomson's motor loirry going over a bank between ;the Puniu bridge and the menjta'l hospital turnoff. The vehicle was beiUg driven towarc'Js Tp| Kawa. between 4 and 5 p m., an'dl jusjt what caused the accident has not transpired, bult it is under stood Thomson had with him a man named Garmonsway and two natives. The lorry was laden with empty cream cans. . I't U .timed a 'complete 'somersault, coming to r|e,st, bight side up, in a patch of swampy ground. The cans wi-ire strewn in all directions, and thig lto'p part of the lorry wa. s somewhat damaged. Though the men were somewhat shaken, it Is believedthey all escalped without serious injury.