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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 October 1928, Page 2

Tin 3 chief tailless Te Puea Herangi, of iNgaruawabia, lias been working hard, to raise funds for t'iie erection and support of a hospital for her people. For this purpose she organised. a concert party which toured the North Island, hue Government has always taken a kneii and sympatellitic interest in the scheme, and during a visit to the Kimi ivimi pa the Prime Minister promised financial assistance. As a result a Government grant of hiooo has been made to the fund. Sir Apirana Ngata recently visited Ngaruawahia and produced plans of the hospital. The building is well designed for the purpose, and will be decorated by 'Maori carving. That there must be some wonderfully efficient pirating depots on the Continent of Europe a Dunedin firm has learned to its cost. This firm imported a case of Swiss watches, the case being railed from Geneva, to Havre, whence it was shipped to New Zealand. The wooden case was of obloilg shape, about three feet long, two feet deep, and one foot across _ the top. When it arrived in Dunedin it looked in sound order, securely nailed, and wired with wires carrying seals. It was so .strongly nailed together, indeed, that it required more than ordinary strength and labour to open it. On being opened however, it was discovered that the tin lining at one end had been neatly cut round and that about 14 dozen, of the watches had been stolen of the 30 dozen in the box Why any were left is a matter of conjecture. There is no suggestion that the theft took place on the boat, as it would have been practically impossible to carry it out on shipboard in the clever manner in which it was executed. It may' be added that the seals were quite intact when the case was carried into the merchant’s store.