CAUGHT IN UNDERTOW

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20695, 4 January 1939, Page 2

CAUGHT IN UNDERTOW

TWO RESCUED AT RAGLAN VISITORS IN DIFFICULTIES Prompt action on the part of two men averted a possible tragedy at Ocean Beach. Raglan, yesterday when a young woman and a hoy of 10 caught in a strong undertow and carried out from the shore. The boy got into difficulties first and the young woman tried to help him ashore, but she, too, found herself being carried out To sea. Their cries, however, attracted the attention of men on the beach and one, Mr Bernard Gibson, of Te Awamutu, swain out while the other sought fur- - * ince. Mr Gibson, however, managed to bring the boy ashore and the young woman then reached the beach unassisted.

PUBLIC NOTICE COUNTY. COUNCIL. Notice is hereby given that the Waipa County Council proposes to raise a Special Loan under the provisions of “ The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926.” The purpose for which the loan is required is for providing a water supply for the Norton Water Supply Special Rating Area. The sum proposed to be borrowed is £3300. The proposed security is a Special Rate of twopence and seven-tenths of a penny 2/7-tOd) in the pound on the rateable (unimproved) value of all rateable property in tlie Norton Water Supply Special Rating Area hereinafter described. It is proposed that the loan or any part thereof, together with interest thereon at the rate of three pounds ten shillings (£3/10/-) per centum per annum, shall be repaid by equal aggregate annual or half-yearly instalments extending over a period not exceeding 25 years. It is proposed to pay out of the loan the cost of raising the loan, but not the interest and sinking fund for the first year. NORTON WATER SUPPLY SPECIAL RATING AREA.

All that land in the Parish of Pukete in the County of Waipa bounded by a line commencing at the South Eastern corner of Lot 3 on a plan Deposited in the Land Transfer Office at Auckland under Number 19495; thence south-westerly to and across Norton Road along the north-western boundary of Forest Lake Road to the south-eastern corner of Lot 3 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office under Number 16184; thence across Forest Lake Road to the northern corner of Lot 7 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office under Number 4458; thence south-easterly along the northern boundary of the said Lot 7 to the WaitewhiriwhirL - strp.ftm thence in a southerly and westerly direction along the northern bank of the said Stream to the southern corner of Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the Land Transfer Office under Number 12962, thence along the south-western boundary of the said Lot 1 to Forest Lake Road; thence easterly along the said road to the westernmost corner of part Lot 3 of the last mentioned Deposited plan; thence by a line across the last mentioned Road to the southern corner of Lot 40 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office under Number 12268; thence along the north eastern boundary of Waimarie Street to the north-western corner of Lot 111 on the last mentioned deposited plan; thence north-westerly by a right line to the south-western corner of Lot 66 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office as Number 9234; thence along the south-western boundary of the said Lot 66 to Dominion Road; thence easterly along the said oad to the north-western corner of Lot 59 of the last mentioned deposited plan; thence across Dominion Road to the southern corner of Lot 74 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office as Number 9235; thence along the south-western boundary of the said Lot 74 to the southern boundary of Lot 2 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office as Number 10909; thence south-westerly along the boundary of the said Lot 2 to the south-eastern corner of Allotment part 63, thence north-westerly along the north-eastern boundary of Allotments 63 and 63A to Norton Road; thence north-easterly along the said Road to the northern corner of Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the Land Transfer Office, Auckland, as Number 5148; thence across the said road to the western corner of Allotment 49; thence along the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of Allotment 49 to and across Te La pa Road to a point at right angles with the northeastern boundary of Jhe said Allotment 49; thence northerly and easterly and southerly by the boundaries of Lot 1 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office as Number 16377 to the south-eastern corner of the said Lot 1; thence by the southern boundary of the sa»d Lot 1 to a oint 10 chains from the intersection of such bounuar,. w.tn the Te Rapa Road; thence by a right line through Allotment part 4 5 on a plan deposited in the said Land Transfer Office as Number 16377 to a point in the northern boundary of Allotment 44 ten chains from the intersection of the last mentioned boundary with Te Rapa Road; thence south-easterly by a right line to and across Mitchern Avenue to the north-eastern corner of Lot 10 on a plan deposited in the Land Transfer Office aforesaid as Number 18669; thence easterly to the western boundary of the North Island Main Trunk Railway Reserve; thence southeasterly along the said Railway Reserve to the point of commencement. Dated at Te Awamutu this 4th day of January, 1939. By order of the Waipa County Council. S. C. MACKY Chairman. T. GRANT, Clerk. Pursuant to the provisions of “ The Local Bodies* Loans Act, 1926,’* 1 hereby give notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Norton Water Supply Special Rating Area will be taken at the Norton Hall, Norton Road, Frankton Junction, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on FRIDAY, the 3rd day of February, 1939. Dated at Te Awamutu this 4th day of January, 1939. S. C. MACKY, 40 Chairman.