OTOROHANGA NEWS
TOPICS OF THE HOUR. ITEMS OF INTEREST. (Our Resident Representative). Whilst Archibald Cameron, aged 16, was cycling into town on Friday night he collided with a taxi, driven by Mr John Trapski, snr., and sustained a severed muscle of his arm, necessitating immediate medical attention.
The final of the junior ladies' golf championship on Saturday, resulted in Miss M. Corboy defeating Mrs Craig, 4 and 3. In the handicap tournament Mrs V. W. Simms (Otewa) defeated Mrs Austin (Honikiwi) 4 and 3. Miss L. Leatham defeated Mrs Hoston, 5 and 4. Otorohange was plunged in darkness at 6.53 p.m. last Friday owing to a fault developing the gear leading the power into the sub-station at Hangatiki. The power was restored at 9 p.m. The failure of the light caused consternation to the crowds assembling for the children's fancy dress ball.
The piles for the new bridge over the Mangapu river, near the borough, are now almost completed. The Native Land Court has granted an injunction restraining G. Elliott, sawmiller, from cutting timber on Rangitoto A, 39, A, 2A, and B. blocky asked for by Mrs Eraser, (Turimana Ngarahu), as trustee for three children interested in the area. The applicant stated in evidence, that Elliott had no authority to cut the timber, and she had not been a signatory to any document authorising its removal.
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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3354, 29 September 1931, Page 5
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