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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 85, 5 January 1926, Page 7

Air. C. I. MacKenzie, Assistant Engi-neer-in-Chief of the Public Works Department. accompanied bv Mr. J. R. Marks, District Engineer for Otago, returned to New Zealand yesterday after a trip to America and Great Britain, taken with the idea of keeping np to date on all phases of civil engineering most needed in this country. Mr. MacKenzie has been inquiring into tunnelling methods and machinery, highway construction, and systems in vogue for regulating the competition between tramways and motor buses. Mr. Marks learned a good deal about irrigation works in California, and was also interested in modern construction of highways. During the election campaign in November much was made by certain candidates for Parliamentary honours about New Zealand being bankrupt. They told us the country was in pawn and that there was no money to redeem the tickets But the totalisator returns fot Boxing Day indicate that there is still a little loose change lying about (remarks the Auckland “Star”). There were eight race meetings last Saturday week. including trotting. At the eight meetings the money put through the totalisator amounted to £324 269, made up as follows: Auckland Racing Club, £145,969 10s.; Maliawatu, £57,795; Taranaki. £30,561 10s.; Dunedin, £35,18'2: Westland, £8508: South Wairarapa Trotting Club, £3217; Gore, £16,386; Ashburton. £21,617.