MOTOR SPEED RECORD

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11981, 23 February 1932, Page 3

MOTOR SPEED RECORD

BEACH NOT READY

Electric Telegraph—Press Association NINETY MILE BEACH, ■ r , . . , Febrvary 22. Hie win J has veered to the southwest and the tides are getting bnger. If the wind stays in'the present quaiter it should assist materially 111 ironing a few washouts anc! corrugations which have reappeared dur‘,lle last day or two Thu kino* tieje is due on Thursday but low water m the late afternoon. However, there will be sufficient daylight for Smith to make l:i s run dmulct tlie beach be right. Meanwhile, other officials are noticde. Post and Telegraph officials ■ ound it a long job as soon as they arrived on Friday, mending the cable used tor the timing apparatus jr was cut, evidently, with a spade or sharp instrument but the' postal engineers cannot say that the cut was deliberate'. It was a long task locating the fault but it was remedied am. the cable is now right.. Other members of the party are busy erecting three short wave radio telephones for inter-communication along the beach, one stationed at ch.e timing apparatus and the other two at a dump which is located at each end of tlie track. They will sn\ e time, and the worry in knownw when Smith is leaving.