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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 154, 30 June 1913, Page 2

Land slips more or serious in extent occur in and around Wellington from time to time, tbc trouble being due to the soft clayey nature of Che. soil. Tlii<. in. effect, was the staiement made by an enirineeriniT expert; in evidence in a crrnrpejisation case at the £-npreme C-ourt. The ■witness added that the slips were not only experienced in places where "the soil was -distonbed by drainage installation operaikme, but very often, where there was a-ppa-reirfcly nothing to canse the breaking away of t"he earth. He attributed tiie reason to the fact that the trees amd wirioh bound the soil together weTe gradually DHir.j removed, the slips occuii'mg in ennsenuefcee.

An unusually severe frost was experi-1 enced at Tatmrarunui on Monday night. ) (in Tuesday morning water taps had burst in all directions, and the services of tbe local plumbers were largely in demand. Miik was frozen in the jugs in tie houses, and tie window panes .were crusted with ice. It' is expected that th e worfc of Te . laying the tram rails in Queen Street -will be completed by the third week in August. The Sue is helping on the contractor-, and tfie progress being mado is as rapid as possible. The coiTot Sw section between Customs Street ai>d tfas iinad. of the wharf was fin'shod io-isy.