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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 270, 11 November 1908, Page 7

Thr smashing of a pile- by the s.s. Wairuna on Monday, wlir-n the. vessel was bring herihcd. at the Railway wharf was officially reported [v the Harbour Board yesterday by the Harbour Master (Captain Dudei). The report stated that the ma-strr of the vessel had been advised by letter (.0 wait until slack water or near it l.ofore berthing, but bad undertaken to do ?o with two hours flood, when the. tide had attained good strength. Mr. -T. H. Bradney said that this occurrence was only a fore-runner of the future. He wondered that there was not more damage done. Lt was difficult to berth a. vessel there at all. "I can. tell you," he concluded, '•from my own experience that the tide starts running out there before it has finished aonring in." The suit for saving men is the readv-to-wear. Attractive patterns, first-rate cloth, a_nd half the price of tke tailormade article. Try one. Geo. Fowldt. —(Ad.) The all-round, dressy hat for discriminating men is the black bard hat. You v ill ijet the best here. Geo. Forrtds.—