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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1717, 25 January 1905, Page 64

The City Engineer is devoting timely attention to the crossings within city limits in order to bring them up to the standard of the wood-blocked streets and furnish presentable roadpaths to pedestrians—an urgent need during the winter months. Crossings in a state of disrepair are being torn up, and put down in wood-blocks which have seen service but are still sound enough for the purpose. Mr Morton does not approve the use of wooden culverts over side-channels, as the channels are continually becoming blocked with street refuse. "Wherever it is practicable he is insisting on blocked vehicle ways being sloped down to the level of the channel, thus obviating the necessity for bridges. Captain D. J. Watson lias taken up his duties as secretary to the New Zealand branch of the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia at Wellington. Captain Watson was formerly engaged in the New Zealand Shipping Company’s sailing fleet, afterwards in the steamer Fifeshire, and came out to New Zealand as second officer of the Rotokino, then a new vessel, in 1890. Since then Captain Watson has been successively second officer of the Oonah, chief officer of the Poherua, Te Anau, Penguin, second officer and chief officer of the Waihora, chief officer of the Rotokino, Wakatipu, Pateena, captain of the Kawatiri, Flora, Penguin, Wakatipu, Mahinapua, Kamona, and Karori. The latest advices 'from Australia state that the condition of. Mr O. C. Kingston is unfortunately in no way improved.