TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12214, 2 August 1910, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Napier: Sailed, at- 3.20 p.m., Fanny, for Gisbnrne. A number of the local buildings used for public entertainments are liable to be closed at tiny time, owing to the annual fe c not having been paid to the Borough Council. The following have booked passages by the Hauroto to-morrow morning lor Auckland: Misses Fisher and Milner; Messrs Craig, Renshaw, K. W. Evans, Casey. McMillany, and Coleman. The question of the Tauwhareparae leases was again the subject of a Committee meeting of the (tisborne Harbor Hoard yesterday afternoon. ]t is understood that Ihe lessee* intend taking the matter to the Privy Council. The Government .Meteorologist forecasted to-day : "Light and variable winds, but easterly moderate to strong prevailing ; expect unsettled and cloudy weather at times, and increasing haziness; glass little movement, but glass fall slowly after 16 hours ; tides moderate ; sea moderate." Sir George Reid, who delighted the guests at the New Zealand dinner with a witty speech m his happiest vein, told them he would not trouble them with arithmetic of any kind, "because," said he, "long ago I lost the only figure I ever had." Mr Pember Reeves capped the joke neatly by remarking, "I am m. terested to know that figures are lost by addition as well as by subtraction." News lias . readied Newcastle of the loss of the Norwegian ship Winnipeg, which left Table Bay on April 24 for Bunbury via Kerguelen Island. No details are to hand. The ship and her master, Captain Jacohsen, were well known m the Commonwealth. The Winnipeg was an iron ship of 1479 tons net register, built m 1884, and owned m Norway. Her principal dimensions were:— Lenor<h, 243 ft; breadth, 38ft 9in ; and depth, 22ft 4in. The good record of the work being done by the dredge Maui has been considerably hampered during the past month on account of the weather. The Maui was unable to work for four days', owing to the barges not being able to get away with the spoil. Some difficulty is still being experienced on account of the rough sea at the entrance to the river. Despite the drawbacks, the dredg? is making steady progress down the channel. Recently the dredsre has been operating on very hard papa rock between the slip and the groyne, but there has been no difficulty m dealing with the material. It is an evidence of the efficiency of the dredging 1 machinery that although it has been m use for about three months m the excavation chiefly oft papa rock, it has remained m excellent order all the time.