LOCAL AND GENERAL

Northern Advocate, 9 January 1936, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Building in Wellington, Over 100 important buildings have been erected in Wellington city proper in the past ten years. The total cost exceeded £3,500,000, or an average of £35,000 a building. Floor space aggregated about 2,640,000 feet, or roughly 60 acres. N.Z. Cycling Championship. The council of the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association has approved of the New Zealand championship meeting being held at Cook’s Gardens, Wanganui, on February 29. The track has recently been improved, and is now regarded as the finest cycling track in New Zealand. New LibraryA start has been made on the clearing of the site and shifting of a cottage preparatory to construction o? the new ■ Whangarei public library in Rust Lane. The structure, 116 ft. in length and 64ft. in breadth, will be constructed of brick, with a rein forced concrete frame. Messrs A. P Morgan, of Whangarei, and H. L. Massey, of Auckland, are the achltects and Messrs Kemp and Rennie the contractors.

Demand For Pigs. At this time of the year it is unusual to find much activity in the store pig line, but Walter Wakelin reports that his sale held at Kamo on Wednesday was one of the largest, and certainly the best from the price factor, since the spring of 1934. Over 900 pigs were yarded, and a complete clearance was made at excellent prices. The demand! for store pigs has been created by the spring-dike conditions of the season. A Travel Hostess. A new departure for Australia and New Zealand is the appointment of a travel hostess, Mrs L. Drexler, who represents the Victorian Government Tourist Bureau, and who arrived in Wellington yesterday. Mrs Drexler will leave for the south today, and later will tour the north. Her object is to increase trans-Tas-man travel, and while in the Dominion she will speak of the attractions of Victoria to visitors and, from her observations of New Zealand, where an extensive itinerary has been mapped out for her, Mrs Drexler- will tell Australians something about this country.

Thrifty shoppers should not miss the exceptional bargain days of Henry Wilson’s sale of Benjamin’s stock, Newmarket. Every line left over is being absolutely slaughtered to clear, and remnants, oddments, etc., are being sold regardless of cost. There are also bargains galore for men as well as women. Truly a veritable money-saving opportunity.