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Evening Post, Volume LXII, Issue 86, 8 October 1901, Page 4

The Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Pahiatua, has consented to act as supervise.' of the scholarship examinations to ' be held next week in that centre. Another discussion on the bridge ques. tion took place at last night's meeting of the Hutt Borough Council. Councillor Whitta moved that the Council r«sume possession of land from Mr. Donnelly on the east side of the river, and! extend the bridge at an angle from thafc point to a point 2£ chains url-stream., Councillor Ward seconded the motion, holding that the proposed site ■was ths best yet suggested. After discussion thu motion was agreed to, the Mayor, Councillors Glen and Hayes dissenting. 1% was decided that Mr. Fulton, who had already prepared plans of the bridg©, should be informed as to the Council'o decision as to site, and asked to prepare a rough sketch showing grades of approaches, etc. It was also. decided tw | communicate with Mr. Field, M.H.R., requesting him to use his best endeavours to have the subsidy of £5000 toward* y the cost of the new bridge placed upo» the Estimates. The residents 'of Okarito, South Wesfc. land, have, during the past few weeks, been threatened with a famine owing to the suspension of the usual steamer service. The following, from the Okarito correspondent- of the West Coast Times, shows the- dangers connected with th» landing of stores at that port : — The Tutanekai arrived at Okarito on the morning of 28th September to land stores for th» district. The crew landed one load out the beach and then the second mate, Mr. A. Bassin, brought the oil launch over the bar. As the bar appeared to be workable, he attempted to tow. a surf' boati laden with stores, but -when the launch got on the bar, a Big wave struck it and strained the rope till it broke. Tho launch was capsized, emptying the crew into the water, and t another wave which followed filled the surf boat, which had become unmanageable, causing it to sink. There were then eleven men in the water. Several of the residents, including Constable Warneford, who was most active in rendering every assistance, brought a boat from the wharf •which is up the river about a quarter of a mile and crossed to the North Beach. When the boat reached them all the men had been got out of th« water and all were greatly exhausted/ two of the sailors, named Smith and Kearns, being to all appearances .dead. Active measures had to be taken to resuscitate Kearns, and it was not till he had been rubbed and rolled for half an hour that he came round and showed any Bigns of life. Smith came round soon after being rescued. Kearns was taken to Mrs. M'Bride's Hotel, where ho received every attention, and he has sinco made good progress towards recovery. An ordinary meeting of the Hutt. Borough Council was held last evening, the Mayor (Mr. O. Stevens) in the chair\ An opinion from the Borough Solicitor was read to the effect that while public roads must be at least 66ft .wide, rightu of way must not exceed 20ft. It was* decided to inform an applicant for permission to construct a right of way in front of certain cottages that the Council declines to grant the application 1 . The Treasurer reported the debit-balance at the bank as £751 17s 6d. Accounts were ?assed for payment amounting to £97 3s d. tt was decided again to call the attention of the Government to the manner in which the roading and drainage of the Epuni Settlement is being carried out, and to protest strongly against the drains being laid without either cementing or puddling the joints ; also io ask Messrs. Feild and Wilford, M.H.R.'s, Io interview the Minister of LandS" on the subject. Mr. Waugh gave notice to move that a deputation from the Council wait upon the Petone Council with a view of ascertaining the exact position izi respect to street lighting. The Committee of the Society' for th« Prevention of Cruelty to Animals met yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. S. Jameson presiding. A letter was received from Lord Ranfurly, stating that he would be pleased to preside at the annual meeting of the* society, to be held on the 13th inst. The inspector reported that six or seven cases of working lanle horses, etc., had been dealt with. It is stated that a member of the society who had been in the Taranaki district had seen' a large number of crippled horses working on the farms there. The Inspector said it was a very common practice here to hire a truck for £3 pr so and send it up country full of crippled horses only fit to be destroyed. Subscriptions amounting to £5 13s 6d were acknowledged as follows:— R. L. Levien, New Zealand Kennel Club, £1 Is each ; H. Jutsum, 10s 5 A. H. Miles, 10s 6d i Jas. Ashcroft," MM. Liugard, Rev. T. H. Sprott, Mrs. F. W. M'Kenzie, C. J. Hardy, 5s each; small sums, £1 6s. A special bank holiday will be observed in Wellington and at the Hutt to-mor-row. In view of the financial failure of the last> Summer Show held by the Horticultural and Florists Society, it is likely that the Society will confine its efforts thi«year to making h, success of the Autumn Show of chrysanthemums, fruit, vegetables, etc. At any rate, the committee has deferred the question of holding a Summer Shott in February until enquiries have been made as to the amount of support forthcoming from the public in the way of special prizes, etc. With fe« gard to the financial position of the so* ciety, the committee expresses its regreb that the prize-money due to the general body of exhibitors has not been paid for the past season, but it hoped that tha lack of interest displayed by the publia in horticultural matters is only temporary, and that some means will be suggested for making the shows a popular; as well as an educational feature in tha city. The society begins the season with a credit) balance of £1 7s Id (with a few\ subscriptions for last year still to coma in), and this has been supplemented by) special donations of £2 2s from the Premier, and of £1 Is each from Bishop, Wallis and Dr. Perry. Mr. E, M. Boul-i con "has been appointed Secretary in placet of Mr. J. B. Speed, who has resigned that office. The re-forestation of the pumice lands! at Waiotapu and Whakarewarewa I is proceeding with satisfactory results.. The successors to the old totara forest^ only the stumps of which remain, will ba American redwood, English larch, American pine, and Australian eucalypts.' Their suitability to the conditions 'is demonstrated by trial plantations coiiimeneed five years ago. The plantation at Whakarewarewa covers 100 acres, and that of Waiotapu 1200 acres. Three-quar-ters of the Whakarewarewa land has been planted, in the proportion of 2722 trees an acre, and the nursery has an annual output of 500,000 trees, which is to be increased to 1,250,000. The work at Whakarewarewa is in the hands of 53 Maoris, half being women and girls, and they have proved diligent and expert in the nursery and planting operations. Ati Waiotapu 25 prisoners take an intelli* gent interest in their work, which con* sists of fencing and clearing preparatory to tree-planting, , and they have planted shelter belts. v They have also been employed planting native shrubs in tha Hot Springs Reserves. Keep level with the wide-awake house* keepers, and always buy Black Swan Butter.- It is tha best.—Advt.