River winds its way through Putaruru streets – in mural
FROM THE ARCHIVES Every week the South Waikato News delves into its archives to see what was making the news 10, 25 and 50 years ago. This week we found stories on an artist’s 50-metre long mural, solvent abuse on the rise in the South Waikato and a baked
10 years ago
River mural wends its way through Putaruru March 26, 2003 The famous words ‘‘ Water, water everywhere nor even a drop to drink’’ could not be truer of Putaruru shops as they prepare for the festivities this weekend.
A river mural along shop windows by local craft store owner Wendy Arnold already covers most of Princes St and is likely to fill the shop windows along State Highway 1 by Friday.
The mural will be 400 metres long when finished and have taken about four weeks to complete.
Ms Arnold said most shop owners she talked to were keen to have the mural continue along their fronts, but some of the chain stores and banks were not allowed unique window dressing.
To expand on the river theme, Ms Arnold has been working with Emmanuel Centre youths on about 20 onemetre long fish that will sit on posts down the middle of the main road. 25 years ago Solvent abuse fears August 30, 1988 Incidents of solvent abuse are on the rise up again in the South Waikato.
Tokoroa Police Senior Sergeant Gordon Glossop said
raises yesterday that it appeared for some time that the problem had died a natural death - but a couple of incidents recently show it hasn’t.
Mr Glossop said a 15-yearold juvenile may have died last week but for the prompt attention of householders at a Tay Street address where the boy stumbled to.
‘‘He arrived on the door on the doorstep of the address unable to walk and grossly intoxicated,’’ Mr Glossop said.
The boy, who had been sniffing a paint solvent lapsed into a state of unconsciousness as police and ambulance services arrived.
He was rushed to Tokoroa Hospital and discharged after sobering up. 50 years ago Fly found in cake: firm fined October 17, 1963 Robbies Cake Centre Ltd, Tokoroa, was fined two pounds, 10 shillings, ( one pound, 10 shillings for costs) and ordered to pay five pounds, five shillings in solicitors fees by Mr Stewart Hardy, S M, when the firm pleaded guilty in the Tokoroa Magistrates’ Court last week to selling a cake containing offensive matter.
The prosecution was brought by the Health Department, represented by Mr V R Jamieson (Hamilton).
Mr E A Oxner appeared for the defendant company.
Mr Jamieson said that a cake containing a fly had been included in a batch of half a dozen sold from the firm’s premises on April 8.