MINING

Evening Star, Issue 17637, 16 April 1921, Page 8

MINING

MINING RETURN. Rising Sun; 220 z 6dwt, 132 hours. Mails which left Wellington on March 2, per R.M.B. iMarama, via Ban Francisco, anlved in London on April 30. The operations carried out in hate years lor the re-establishment of oyster bods in Whangaroa Harbor have proved entirely successful. The young oysters have urown and multiplied, and spread to such an extent that there is reason to hope (says Auckland, ‘Herald’) that within a year or two Whangaroa. will contribute on a liberal scale to the Dominion’s oyster supply. Tho overcrowded state of the 5.23 tram from the Exchange to Normanby last eveniu" was the cause of some caustic comment among the male passengers (numbering about 25) on the rear platforms. Particularly between 5 p.ra. and 5.0 U .p.xn., when all workers are striving to get home, the service .is inadequate. Many of the passengers on tho particular car 'mentioned alighted before reaching the Gardens, while many Valley people had to wait ten minutes for the next tram. It is understood, of course, that ■the tramway authorities are doing their best with the limited number of oars at their disposal, but a better service to Normanby at the time of ceasing work seems to -be an absolute necessity 7. The Government Commission now taking evidence upon proposals to amend tho Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act 1809, will sit in Dunedin about April 25. ’ The order of reference includes Gov eminent contributions, foes for maintenance and treatment, the establishment of paying or private wards in public hospitals, representation, and many other questions of importance. All interested bodies and private persons are invited to notify tho local Department of Health at onco if they desire to give evidence. The commission prefers evidence in writing in'the first place, witnesses attending for cross-examination on their written statements. Particulars are advertised in this issue