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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1911, Page 6

The annual olei-lion ot* membcis o£ the Harbour Board will bike place on the 26th April. Three hundred lons of utils, orOercd! by the ChrisLclnireh Tramway Board some mouths ago, were aboaid th« steamei" Aotea, wrecked off the coast oj South Africa. A proposal is on foot to imprc--»o ths road leading through the Ngahauranga Gorge. Two motions n ill be b roughs forward at next meeting of the Makar^ County Council by Councillor F. T. Moore^ as follows: (1) "That plains and t>sti-i mates be prepared showing the com! o£ widening and replacing in con.uete th« old timber bridges aasd half bridges oni that portion of the Ngahauranua Gorqe<. road between the Hutt-road and i-ha Raroa Estate"; and (2) "that n special rating area, compiising the pi.jpcrtiea fronting this length of road, be defined^ and the owners of such properties in-i vited to sign a petition enabling that Makara County Council to raise that money required to carry out this work,, and that the Government be asked t<n subsidise the oost of improving this inn portant arterial thoroughfare. !> An Otago Daily Times reporter on} Monday visited the premises of Messrs A. and T. Inglis, and was shown un-» mistakable evidence of the pilfering to) which cargo is subject in transit by) steamer. Among the goods which tha firm received from England by the s.s., Piimtitaka on her last "voyage ' were two) cases — one containing boxes of children's shoes and the other "boxes of velveteen., From_ the fiist ease three boxes (ea-clii containing a dozen pairs of shoes) had been taken, and another box had been,' cut open with a knife, bu^ the content^ left intact. From the other case four boxes of velveteen had been stolen, one box being taken away altogether, and] the other three left minus the contents. Tho thieves had worked by candle-lighfi —probably in the darkness of the ship's hold — judging by the daubs of greasa on the inside of the cases, and they succeeded in closing up each of the cases so neatly as to escape detection until they were opened. Writing to the King Country Chronicle, a- correspondent draws attention 'to the large tracts of country up north ab present lying idle. Ho states:— "On the south-east side of Aria all the land; belongs to the natives, and is locked up.. Go where you will in that part of tna King Country, a block of native landl is usually somewhere blocking progressl and being a burden to the settlers. Close to the factory is a block of 2000 acres with roads all round it. It contains some of the finest dairying country, it is possible to see. It is millstosas such as these that keep districts baok.i Blackberry, gorse, broom, and ragwerS are all infesting this area. When land] containing weeds like these is permitted) to remain in tho midst of hard-working 1 pioneer settlers, enhancing its value byt their money, labour, and industry, it is. truly a sad state of affairs. Yet there ib is plain to be seen — an eyesore and % disgrace. All this block should ba carrying settlers, all of whom would un* doubtedly be milking cows." At the Harbour Board last evening ' the chairman (Mr. R. Fletcher) report* ed that the special meeting was held iui compliance with the regulations gazetted by the Governor-in-Couneil tor tha election of members of Harbour Boards ; that a list had been made of all persons,, firms, and companies known to hay« paid to the board the sum of £10 and upwards during the year 1910; thab the list had been duly advertised aa being open for inspection; and frna* there were no applications for addition^ to the list or objections made to it. H/» moved that the list be approved and! signed by the chairman as the roll of electors (being payers of dues) for that portion of the year 1911 up to the data of the first election under the new Act. This was carried. Subsequently the Wharves and Accounts Committee recommended — "That the board suggest to the Marine Department that a municipal borough be selected and appointed as the principal authority in each, combined district to conduct elections to the Wellington Harbour Board under the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910. '' A well-known Ta&nanian authority; ion fruit-growing_ who is at present on a' visit to Nelson is (reports the Mail) favourably impressed with Nelson from a fruitgrowing point of view. It i? thought by many that Tasmania is nob ■trooblfid' very much with blights and pests, but the visitor says they get them all there with the exception of tha woolly aphis. This, of course, is a large exception. "I think," he said, "growers here made a big mistake in the large hedges many of them have round theiu orchards. They are simply breedingplaces for blight of all descriptions, which blow off on to the fruit trees in a, hundred different winds. I feel perfectly; convinced that growers would find their troubles with blights greatly lessened j? they would destroy many of their hedges aud the grass, weeds, etc., that! are generally allowed to grow up them.i Nelson orchards are not so clean-lookingi as those in Tasmania. Some are, of course, but the majority are not. L mean the weeds, etc., growing up be-i tween the trees. Of course, the soil in some of the orchards is richer and tha weeds grow more freely than in the drier Tasmanian fruit soils." A joint letter from ten Navy League branch and sub-branch secretaries in New Zealand is being sent to Commander Crutchley, R.N.E., who is *etiring from the general secretaryship of the league after a considerable period of useful service. The letter reads :—: — "Dear Captain Crutchley,— We, the honorary secretaries of the Navy League branches throughout New Zealand, have recently learned, with considerable regret, of your intended retirement from the general secretaryship of the league.. At the same time, we fully realise that after your sixteen years of arduous and valuable service you are quite entitled to a well-earned rest. We should like you to accept the accompanying small memento of New Zealand, in {lie shapeof a greenstone paperweight and blotter, as a slight token of our esteem and regard. Although a number of us hay« not yet had the privilege of meeting you personally, we have most of us been. 111 fairly close correspondence with you for some years past. Perhaps, in the not too distant future, you may deride to again visit New Zealand, and wo might then have the pleasure of meeting you in person. Wishing you and yours the best of health and happiness for the future, we are, dear Captain. Crutchloy, yours very sincerely." The much-travelled letter bears tho signatures of ten secretaries, from Napier and New Plymouth iv the North to Invercargill in the South. The greenstone memento beais a handsome gold shield suitably inscribed. Why fetter yourself with baggaga when we cheek it free to your destination ? You've no bother. v Baggage ar-< rives soon as you, and you pay only, trifle for express. New Zealand Ex-* press Company, Ltd. — Advt. For the next fow weeks two rival inter* ests will occupy practically every house* hold in the Empire City, viz., Summot Holidays and Summer Sales. Even the mere man will ho more or loss affected thoroby, while the ladies, of course, aro deeply concerned with both. The Sal» that stands out above all others for th« value and variety available will bo found , at the establishment of C. Smith, Ltd., Cuba-street. This house- has a great and well-earned reputation for value, and two Special Lines of Sunshades now on offer at 2s lid and 4s lid will enhance tha Erestige of the store. The^s goods oannoti c described, and they aro soiling too fast for any list to remain accurate. See then*^ without delay,— Advt.