LOCAL AND GENERAL

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 163, 19 July 1935, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thanks Expressed The chairman and the committee of the Waipukurau Home and School League, in an advertisement appearing in the “Press” to-day, express appreciation of assistance rendered in connection with the recent lecture and concert. Circulating Library An annual general meeting of subscribers to the Circulating Library is ■to be held in the Council Chambers on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. AU those interested are asked to attend. Inter-Club Chess The” following Hastings chess team will visit Waipukurau to-morrow in order to play a chess match with the local club’s representatives;— F. Mintoft, M. Mason, A. Stevenson, G. Mitchel], W. Rose, L. Matheson, G. Douthwaite, J. Haines, C. Hobbs, C. Newton, J. .J. Orbell, C. P. Fowler. Position of Sexton Applications to close on Monday, July 29, are invited by the Borough Council for the position of sexton for the Waipukurau Cemetery. Car Goes Over a Bank At one o’clock yesterday afternoon a motor Car driven by Mr A. M. Oliver, Napier Borough Traffic Inspector, went over a steep bank in iSpencer road, near the Botanical gardens. Although 'the car somersaulted twice and fell some considerable distance, the driver was unhurt and the car sustained little damage. The accident is thought to have been caused through the steering gear locking. Improvements at Cape Kidnappers '' The track at the Cape Kidnappers sanctuary is soon to be improved anti on the beach, an area is to be fenced off and planted with trees which will provide welcome shade for visitors in the summer time. Members of the Cape Kidnappers Sanctuary Board are to visit the cape next Saturday to make an analysis of the work to be ' done. School Winter Holiday Term A recommendation that the present term school holidays held in May should be in June instead was carried by a small majority at the annual conference of the Women’s Division of the Farmers’ Union yesterday in Wellington. It was argued that the change would suit farmers and have the effect of eveningMTie length of the three terms. —Press Assn. True Friend to Maori People “I promise that while in New Zealand I will do my utmost to be a true friend to the Maori people, and I will in every way possible development schemes bringing prosperity to them,” said His Excellency the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, at a ceremony yesterday afternoon at Omahu Pa, when he unveiled a memorial to the late Taranaki Te Ua. There were present at the ceremony groups of Natives, numbering about 2000, from the Taranaki, Wairarapa, East Coast, Bay of Plenty, Wanganui, King Country and Urawera districts. Protest Against Licensing Poll A protest against the proposal to take a poll' within the old no-license boundary of Ashburton was expressed at a largely-attended temperance rally last evening. The meeting resolved that if, in spite of the protest, the special roll suggested should bo forced upon Ashburton, local nolicence votes should be taken in all other electorates in the Dominion at the next and all succeeding elections., The rally was addressed by the Rev.. J. R. Blanchard, president of the New eZaland Alliance, and Mr J. Malton Murray, secretary. For Coughs and Colds, never fails Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure