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Northern Advocate, 20 June 1925, Page 4

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Knvoy Philips is to visit the Wha- : i"■ i Sn\;ifcion Army tomorrow. He . .•! mati travel, acquainted with 1 of life, and lie tells of ex- , .M S-mU'ps the sea, in the padded cell, . , ••,1 <:lsewh"re. He will speak at 3 >i. tomon'r.v in the Y.M.C.A. The engineer of the Wlnuga rci Ifar-s-.-n* Board. Mr. W. M. Frnsor, reports i '""i 1 the s'v-tion' dredge is working ,• ; '-: <, :!etor'l-- at the proposed .-dimvty site. A n -antity of slu^g. -1 "a r 'e r: in , v-,«;vnsion *rom the town wharf basin ,r>tions "itli the suction dredge had lodged in the channel near the ' Bluff and f'is is now hpifig removed I>v the grab dredge. Tlie woil known locnl launch Lady ! I'vn, has been fitted with a funnel To ■ | carry the exhaust from the sprrsi-Dicsel j engines aloft. Previously the exI ha list, was on the water line under the | stern, and the oily black exhaust in i addition to dirtying the paint, often j caused a nasty odour wliv-h vvas a dis- | comfort to passengers. The new arj rangenient should eliminate the trouble. j The plans of seats for the two productions of the oratorio "Elijah" i'l Whangarei, oh .Tune 30 and .Tilly .1, were opened at Blanshard's this morning, and a number of inquiries was received. The dress circle and front stalls' tickets arc 3/3 each, this inI eluding tax, and there is no extra charge for booking. The inclusion of a Whangarei representative, "Bunny" Finlavson, in the All Black Kugby team has quite placed "Whangarei on the map so far as Wellington is concerned. A Wellington writer in the "Dominion," expressing | the hope that the 1924 and 1925 All I Blacks will meet at Wellington, remarks that '' the game should be worth [ coming from Whangarei to watch." The New Zealand Meat Producers Boavl has been negotiating with the i shipping companies in respect to the ! j freight on general cargo from freezing j works, and it has now been arranged ! that the shipping companies will carry general cargo by direct steamer to j Italy at London rates. It has also been arranged that as from October .1 next the shipping companies will caFfv cargo for the Havre-Hamburg range at j London rates whether delivered direct j or by transhipment. J It was decided at the meeting of ; the Whangarei Harbour Board yeter- | day to urge upon the Secretary of the j Marine Department the desirability i of an officer being stationed at WliaJ ngarei whose duties would be to look j after the local fisheries, disposal of j sand and shingle, licensing of fishing j craft, controlling passenger launches, j • and to carry out the duties generally | jof a port officer. In the event of such I I an appointment being made the Board ] I wo.uld undertake to rent one of its. offices for the officer's accommodation. Yario.us trial surveys for extension lof the North Auckland main trunk j railway from Rangiahua to the Mangamuka River are being made by I engineers of the Public Works Dei ° i rartment. One camp has been esj tablished at Okaihau, where preliminary arrangemtns are being made in anticipation of arrival of the first batch of men from Kirikopuni. Unlike, the old-time railway camps, the 1 camp at Okaihau is being made comj fortable, with a plentiful supply of j water laid on and is such as will i enable the men to work under satisI fying conditions. The photographic copy of a monotone brush drawing of Whangarei in 1564 which has been'presented to the Whangarei Harbour Board by Mr. J. D. McI Ivenzie is of particular interest and is ! J probably the oldest view of the place |in existence. At that time Cameron ■ Street had not been made, and from the town wharf Walton Street ran without intersections to the old Langham House fronting the Triangle. Bank Street and Maunu Road were the only other thoroughfares. Langham House at that time was occupied by the late Dr. Preston. The view shows a small school which was built near the base of Lookout Hill, and which was the first school in North Auckland, with perhaps the exception of a native one at Tangiteroria which was controlled by' the late Sir Walter Buller. At the close of the tenth week of ■ the Auckland Poultry-keepers' Associj ation's egg-laying contest at Mt. j Albert, a team of three White Leghorns, owned by Mr A. W. Bradley, of Whangarei had laid 124 eggs. They were eighth amongst 44 teams the leading trio having laid 143. One of Mr Bradley's hens had laid 52 eggs .j which is the third best individual perj formance of any hen in the White j Leghorn section. A team, entered by Mr N". Dickey, of Wlfangarei, was j 10th with 114, one of the trio having the second best individual total of the section, 57. Dr. Walker's team j is equal 18th with 104. Amongst 49' ; teams of . Black Orpingtons one owned by Mr W. TJ. Timewell. was j 21st, having laid 145 eggs'las 'against j 17fi by the; leaders, 1 and Mr J. M. j Sfrednian's " team is • 37th with 112. J There are seven teams in the Fawn and White Indian Runner duck section. Mr Timewell's being second and [ Mr B. P. liawken's third, with two eggs between the scores. Cameron's famous plants now on snle, including Cinerarias, Pansies, j Carnations. Callit psis. and Antirrhin-j inns, all at 1./fl doz: Cabbage and LetI luce Plant®, (hi: Cauliflower Plants, j !>d bundle. +!pv- plant is j . now and the p'aco t n them is Ros- j jcoe's, tlie O'-ocer, Cameron St. 250 :