TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Tho Christmas holiday fares on the New Zealand railways (single fare for return journey) will come into force on December 16.

Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd. ,on behalf of Mr Max Jackson, who has disposed of his ( property at Kaitaratahi, will be holding all unreserved sale on the property on Wednesday, 29th inst., arid special attention is drawn to the valuable brood mares and all farn\, implements t'iuit.ywiH.be.o'fe.recl. -v Tlie.^RrSnges*'.! liUlie '■ r lkjpUst , 'i , a.bcrJifcle to-morrow will be conducted by the Rev. T. Keith Ewen. The morning subject will be, "The Teaching of the Odd Sparrow," and in the evening at 7 the subject will be, "What to do in the Day of Trouble." Mr Crump, of. Wellington, .will render a solo. All are cordially invited.

A few night ago the steamer Wairoa, while en route from Nelson to Golden Bay ports with 27 passengers, burst a boiler tube. The furnaces were flooded, and as the fracture was in such a position that it was impossible to effect repairs, the vessel floated without steering way. About 9.15 p.m. the Hina came to the Wairoa's aid and towed her to Nelson.

Mr Leslie Reynolds has reported to the Waitara Harbor Board oil the matter of harbor improvement. The scheme i.«, briefly, to have a weir constructed, as an attempt to do anything at tho en< trance would mean tho expenditure of at loast £100,000. The effect of the weir would be to give a series of freshes equal to five times the normal flow, and tliat. too, as often as required. The , cost would be approximately £5000.

At the meeting of the Timaru Borough Council un Monday the Mayor IMr J. Graigie) said that on his visit to Gisborne and Napier he had been most hospitably received. At Napier the Mayor (Mr -J." Vigor Brown) had very kindly placed a motor-car at his disposal, and when he went to pay his board he found it paid, being told that he was the guest of the Mayor. At Gisborne he met with the same kindness, and he desired to publicly acknowledge his indebtedness to them.

On Monday Mr J. H. Ward, of Onehunga, was pushed bodily through a plate-glass window in his shop. ' An employee was backing a horse, getting too much way on, put the cart over the kerbing on to the footpath immediately in front of the window. Fearing the vehicle would go through the. window, Mr Ward rushed behind the cart, and endeavored to stop it. When >he found he could not do so he was unable to extricate himself, and was forced through the window. He was picked up in an unconscious condition, but quickly recovered when taken out of doors. * The window was completely demolished. Mr J. Craigie, M.P. and Mayor of Timaru, who recently visited Gisbowie to gather information regarding trams for Timaru, discussed the matter -with the Timaru Borough Council. ■ He moved that an electrical engineer be appointed to formulate a scheme to provide trams for Timaru. In speaking to the motion he gave the result of- his visit to Palmerston North, where they were going to put down 6t miles, of tram lines, to Napier, where they were putting down four miles, and to Gisborne, where (he said) they- 'aro going to put down four miles. From what he learn-

ed of the Edison storage battery cars, he would not recommend them for Timaru. Mr Craigie compared Palmerston North, Gisborne,. and Napier with Timaru to show that Timaru is far more favorably situated for trams than any of these places, or even than Wanganui. If trams were going to pay in the North Island towns he had named they would pay better in Timaru. The Mayor's motion was carried, and ti was further . decided

to ask Mr F. Black, who initiated the Napier scheme, to report.