OTOROHANGA NEWS

Waipa Post, Volume 46, Issue 3299, 7 March 1933, Page 4

OTOROHANGA NEWS

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(Ov/n Correspondent.) . The Otorohanga A. and P. 'Society will hold its annual show on the 14th instant, and indications point' td another successful exhibition i: of 1 live stock and keen competition in albghe compettive events.- The genergjMrerage of entries constitutes a nWHK; Retailers versus Kio Kio, at" tifeorohanga, on Saturday, provided an interesting cricket match, the. fbrmer scoring a two-point win by a margin of 61 runs in the first innings, Kio Kio batted firsit for a total of 30. For Retailers Craig took 2 wickets for 13 runs' and Wilson. 7 for 13. Retailers scored 91 Tuns for 0 wickets’ L. Cameron 11,: J. Craig 47 (retired); and D. Wilson 10. " " - n Kio Kio versus Natives resulted in a drawn game, the match' being unfinished. Otorohanga defeated. High School staff, gaining a 2-point victory'on the first innings. A Waitomo cricket team visited Otorohanga and met a combined town team. Waitomo, batting firtd, scored 6 runs—Trainor 31 and Tinetti 20. The combined team replied with 198 runs —K: Cameron 23, F. Reyling 24 (retired),'L. Cameron 32 (retired), Faarbrother 15, F. Frazer 31 (retired), Liddy 24 (/retired), and Jonkers 17. Four rinEs of 'Te Kfuiti bowlers played here dh iriter-club contests. Otorohanga and district friends of Mrs Toki Anderson, daughter of the late Mr Walter Searancke, of Kopua, will regret to hear of her death at the age of 48 years. She is survived by her husband arid daughter, wife of the Rev. W- N. Panapa, of Mangere; also her brother, Mr Charles Searancke, of Kopua. Deceased was a blood-relative of Princess te Puea, of Ngaruawahim •• ■ _ . Th,e Otorohanga County Council is-; meeting to-day. The'number of men engaged at present under Scheme o is 177, of which 111 -are men-from Auckland, and 66 axe local men. Most.: of these are still engaged, clearing ragwort on district faifms, others are.clearing gorse and blackberry from county roads. - Contractors have fousd progress difficult and numbers of road riiaintenance contracts have been at a still owing to the wet weather. A small bridge on Turoti road, in the Honikiwi riding, has collapsed, and the road is now closed to all traffic. ' ; The committee let the following metal supply contracts: —600 cyds metal chips for Wharepuhunga highway, W. Sniiale, 6s per cubic yard; 300 cyjds river shingle for Honikiwi highway, A. Adamson, Is lid' per yard; 150 cyds,’- metal chips for Piron-gia-Kawhia road, W. . Smale, 7s per cyd; 200 cyds do for Ngahape road, J. Thompson, 8s 6d per cyd; 100 cyds river shingle for same road, A. Adamson, 5s lid'per cyd; 150 cyds for-Otorohanga-Piixongia iroad, 5s per cyd; 200 cydsffor Kawa-Ka-whia highway, W. Smale, 4s .per cyd; 200 cyds at county yards, A. Adamson, Is 6d per cyd? 10(K-cyds for Otewa road, A. Adamson, tS: 7d : per cyd. The Pekariui road metallingwas iet to H. Boggiss .at £2OO. -