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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10572, 25 January 1906, Page 4

During the New Zealand Native football team's tour ol the. Old Country tho most prouric scorer was a well known hall back horn Utago, who notched & tries. Hunter, oi' the present team, has been over the enemies' line on o'( occasions. A l (l mich paper 6puaks seriously of "liie Mussrs CauipbeLl and Baunerman who have lornied a coalition." Ihe sauio idea suems to have been m the mind oi tlie l'lench writer who, while we were all discussing whether 0.8. would go to tho Lords, announced this admirable solution: — ".Messrs Canipbell-Bauuerman," he said, "will lead the Commons and the Lords respectively." Hawera impressed the Mayor of Christchurch as being one of the most up-to-date little towns he has seen m 2s cw Zealand. It has gasworks aud au electric lighting plant, obtaining water power for the latter irom the vVaingougoro river. It is a small installation and is owned by a company. It generates 65 ; kilowatts, aud tliere is a iall of water of 40ft. It seems to bo doubtful if the project will pay, one reason for that, ho thinks, being that tho current ior lighting is supplied at ridiculously low prices. During the pasti few months (says the Oamaru Mail) upwards of 160 men havo been sent from this district to co-oper-ative works m. various parts of the colony, mainly to the North Island. Of thoso hi tho North several have taken advantage of opportunities to acquire small blocks of clieap bush land m the vicinity of their -work, and these holdings they spend all their spare time m iuiproviug ; doing, the work assigned to them during the day and working for themselves . m the evenings. Thus through sheer perseverance and toil men who, but 12 months ago were out of work, are now building up homes for "themselves and their families. According to a notice just issued by the authorities of the New Zealand International Exhibition, the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company and the New Zealand Shipping Company have agreed to carry exhibits from. London one way free of charge, and the Union Steam Slrip Company and ffuddart, Parker and Company have agreed to extend tho same concessions to exhibits from. Melbourne, Sydney, and Tasmania. The total charge for transport from the ships' slings at Lyttelton to the Exhibition grounds, including wharfage, railage, receiving, and delivering, will not exceed 8s 6d per' ton on ordinary goods, charged oil the same basis as the freight. Heavy lifts will be transported at special rates. ... ■ j