News Of The Day

Northern Advocate, 28 April 1939, Page 6

News Of The Day

No Expenses. With a credit balance of £26 19/2 on hand, the Whangarei Centennial Committee has so far no expenditure. The credit balance has been received from contributions by two local organisations’ staffs and a private donation of £1 1/-. * ♦ ♦ • Flags at Half-Mast. Flags were flown half-mast at the Post Office and other Government buildings in Whangarei to-day as a token of respect for the late Mr E. J. Howard, M.P., who passed away yes-* terday at Christchurch. *•• . * Awanul at Town Wharf Carrying a cargo of some 100 tons of fertiliser and other general cargo, the auxiliary vessel Awanui/ berthed at the town wharf yesterday/ morning, leaving later in the day to return to Auckland. * • * « Kaikohe State Houses Preliminary work in the erection of the four Government houses in Kaikdhe is to be commenced next week, according to a statement made by the contractor, Mr. J. B. Walker, of Kerikeri. The houses are to be erected at the foot of Reihara Street, near the Recreation Hall. * • • • Social Security Payments Begin on Monday Social Security payments'begin in Whangarei as from Monday, May 1. The Money Order Office at the Post Office will cease pension payments on that date, and in future all payments will be made at the office of the Social Security Department, James Street. i? * * * Pig Experts Wanted in North “That the conference recommend that arrangements be made with the Department of Agriculture, Massey College and similar institutions for ■the services of pig husbandry experts and research officers to lecture and demonstrate to farmers during the winter months,” was the text of a remit carried at the annual conference of the Northland District Pig Council yesterday. ♦ • • • Bay Power Poles. A consignment of 1300 power poles for the Bay of Islands Electric PowerBoard is being unloaded from the Korowa, which vessel berthed at Opua deep-water port this morning. Unloading operations commenced at 8 a.m., and the poles are being placed direct on to 30 railway waggons foxdistribution to Maromaku, Towai, Kaikohe and other centres throughout the board’s district in connection with the | reticulation of the Bay of Islands.

Coal For Whangarei Railways. The motor-vessel Kartigi is due at the Railway Wharf, Port Whangarei, from Auckland and Westport, early on Saturday morning, with' a cargo of 450 tons of coal for the Rjulways Department at Whangarei. The vessel will commence discharging at about 8 a.m., and operations will continue throughout the day until about midnight. The following day the Kartigi will return to Auckland, * * ...» . Paihia-Waimate Road , Good progress is being made with the grading and repairing of sections of the Waimate-Paihia highway. For several days the graders have been working, and as a result the surface has shown a decided improvement. A small culvert, about five miles from Faihia, which has been damaged far some time, has been repaired, and in a few days the road wlil be in excellent order. * * • • Improving Waiotira Hall. . Civil servants in Waiotira have been instrumental in building up the funds required for improving the local hall. On Friday night they organised a most enjoyable vaudeville show, as .a result of which abqut £6 10/- will be handed to the ftall. committee. A good attendance put in an appearance both at the show and at the dance which followed.-- Supper was served by wives of the organisers. . ( ; ; ♦ * * * I Pig Council Seeks High Standard “We are looking forward to the time when our produce will be as good as any going on to the British market,” remarked Mr. H. W. James, chairman of the Northland District Pig Council, at its annual meeting yesterday. “We have everything in our favour from every point of View, and all that it requires is a little education on the part of the pig-breeders so that the best quality produce may be secured.” <• H * • ' l Shipping Activities in Bay. Two coastal vessels visited the Bay of Islands yesterday. The Otimai, which is temporarily replacing the Clansman, discharged over 30 tons of general cargo at Russell before «proceeding to Opua, where further inward and outward general cargo was handled. The Parate, after discharging general cargo at Kerikeri, proceeded to the derrick, where a small quantity of butter from the Bay of Islands dairy factory was shipped for Auckland. Both vessels cleared port in the afternoon.