LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXIV, Issue 125, 28 October 1930, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Motor traffic through the borough of Waipukurau was fairly heavy yesterday morning and again last night, but in between times the streets bore a very deserted appearance. The heavy showers of rain at frequent intervals prevented local residents from venturing very far away from shelter. Retailers’ premises opened for business at Waipukurau this morning after •having been closed since Saturday night. The first stock sale for a fortnight was also held to-day and this, no doubt, accounted mainly for the largo number of people who were about the streets, the mam street being lined on both sides with motor vehicles. During the past twenty-four hours there has been a further heavy fall of snow on the Ruahine ranges, which have been obscured by mist during the greater part of to-day. The westerly wind which has prevailed has made conditions in Waipukurau to-day almost reminiscent of mid-winter. When in the vicinity of the National ; Park yesterday morning, the Auckland--1 Wellington express train struck a i boulder which rolled on to the line ; after the limited had passed. The i cowcatcher was damaged, but after a i short delay the train resumed its j journey and arrived at Palmerston i North an hour and a quarter late. — j Press Association. I At the annual rifle shooting competii tions for the Coleman Shield and the i Coleman Belt, held at the Roy’s Hill I range, Napier, yesterday, three Waipukurau. competitors experienced various measures of success. In the shoot for the Coleman Belt, Sergeant F. Rendle made an aggregate score of 98, whilst Sergeant Burgess compiled 93 points. Shooting with the cadets for the same trophy, Corporal J. Lee was ! sixteenth on the list with a score of ' 86 points. The weather in Waipukurau was i very unfavourable during the week-end I but between showers some of the members of the Waipukurau Bowling Club managed to get off a few games with the following results: Rowlands, Cassidy, Turner. 24, Noedl, Shrouder, | Kemp, 23; Haycock and Smith, 20 % ; Carpenter and Moore, 18; Major and ; Burgess, 21, Cutforth and White, 14; i Cowper and Hepburne, 20, Rood and I Richards, 18; Gibson and Lourie, 26, j Clark and Brown, 23. At the conclusion of Mr J. A. Brailsford’s ’ address to the members of the Waipukurau branch of the W.E.A., at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Friday night, a dainty supper was partaken of, and the members gathered together in social discourse. Mr Brailsford has now concluded his series of twelve ! lectured on the “East and West,”

and occasion was taken to express genuine regret that the very interesting and instructive scries had come to an end, and at the suggestion of Mr W. G-. Cook, Mi* Brailsford was accorded a hearty vote of thanks and appreciation.

The rumour that was in circulation in Waipukurau and Waipawa on Friday evening to the effect that a ’plane had crashed at Tamumu and that the two passengers had been killed, was the cause of a good deal of concern and anxiety to quite a number of people. The rumour ,of course, was entirely’ without foundation and it is difficult to know just how it originated for no ’plane was actually’ in the vicinity’ of the locality r mentioned. The deliberate fabrication of such a tale can only’ be designated as the work of a thoughtless idiot —one with a distinctly warped idea of what is humorous.

Unseasonable weather over the weekend necessitated the postponement of all outdoor sports, practically throughout Central Hawke’s Bay. The weather lifted a little on Saturday afternoon, and the members of the Waipukurau Defence Rifle Club were able to get off .their class firing on the Mt. Vernon Range. Cricketers, and tennis enthusiasts were unable to conduct their respective opening days for the new season, as both court and pitch were rendered unplayable. A high water level, with the river dirty and discoloured, prevented anglers from indulging in their favourite sport in the Tuki Tuki. The river is now at its highest level since the commencement of the season, and it is almost impossible to fish with any degree of success.

Two shillings in the pound discount. For the month of October we are offering a special discount off all our exclusive stocks of model gowns and millinery. Including French model 2 and 3 piece suits in crepe de chine and Floral Ninons in black and white and all new 'colours; and right at the beginning of the season our stocks are being discounted 10 per cent, at Mathewson’s Ltd., Emerson Street, Napier.