LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1929, Page 5

LATE LOCALS.

Owjng to Kiwis being unable Jfcp‘ field a full .earn jri-.tKeir lanatch with Uniteds at Greymouth, they have decided to' default.- V* J > r, %' r .J Messrs .M. Houston, and Co.) direct attention to a. _6pecia-L entry,.,oT dairy rtock to bo sold at Ai'ahura. Yards on Monday, recommended, as a good line. The price' obtained by .the- Maoris for this year’s crop of tobacco ranged from 6d• -to :Is- 9d- a : pound.' ;' This:- is not quite so good as was expected, says the Rotor pa Chroniqle,”, but ,must -be considered, satisfactory in view of. itd : being the first. year, and of the experience gained. Even at these prices, when averaged, the''.return runs into something like £BO an acre; which is sufficiently encouraging to continue operations and increase them. A part of the initial expense will he set aside from the year's, return.'

If a tree falls on a high tension oower line and the result is that some oerson is killed, the owner of the tree is responsible for the damage. 'This statement (reports ... the “Chronicle) was made to the Wanganui-Rangitikei Electric Power B>ard at its meeting this week' by .Mr Morrison, who, with Mr W. S. Glenn was a member of a committee to investigate the danger 'threatening"the- lines -in the district between’ Wanganui and WaVo.rly with, a view to .inducing settlerg to co-operate .With the plantations removed, Mr Morrison said that the responsibility on the owner was;‘"not generally known.

Rather an unenviable experience be-'. Pel some - workmen . 'engaged ;on the railway bridge . at .Orowaiti during the early hours' of Sunday.' morning, says the Westport “ News ” The foreman, standing on a loose plank which received •an unexpected knock,; was precipitated to the. iev depths, below. A workman immediately .jumped, in with a rope, but was unable to render the necessary * assistance, necessitating a third party having an early plunge. However, all' i.f well, that ends well, and the' three early bathers were conveyed by car. to their homes in a shivering condition. ■