INTERPROYINtIAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12931, 13 December 1912, Page 5

INTERPROYINtIAL

i(Per Press Association.) i AUCKLAND, this day. i , To-day's sharemarket business: Victoria, 7^d; Waitangi, lldj 10£d; Grand Junction, 22s 3d; New.Waitaia, Is 3d; National Insurance, 41s 3d. NAPIER, this day. A swimming carnival, arranged in connection with the visit of the Australian^eam (Solomons, Hay, and Riddingj ton),-was held in the municipal baths last evening 'under most favorable conditions. Solomons swam exceptionally _.'■ well, and put up two new records for ' New Zealand. The 50 v yards was covered ! in 25 1-5 sec, the previous record being ' Fordham's 27sec. The 100 yards was [ traversed in 60 2-ssec, the previous best * being Cavill's 61sec. and Champion's 63 j 2-ssec. The visitors left s by the mail ' train for Wellington, en route to Christs church. J i EKETAHUNA, this day. ~*{ A special meeting of the Eketahuna . Chamber of Commerce this morning re- : solved, "That the chamber desires to record its most emphatic protest at the action of a few Pahiatua business: and professional men at the meeting on Wednesday evening, as per Press Association report yesterday, nn endeavoring to j create an :mpression abroad taht the e GoVernihent was favoring Eketahuna, •-and the whole facts favor Pahiatua for '- tho Pongaroa mail sjfepvice. Such is absolutely contrary to fact, and a grave injustice to the Government. The states ment that a few big landowners on the Eketahuna-Pongaroa route influenced the i Government is absolutely unwarranted and supremely ridiculous. The Eketa- . ; huna route will serve far more small r I settlers and townships, and when a j short stretch of road is metalled the q j route is far superior to. the Pahiatua, y! and offers greater facilities to Pongaroa j I and intermediate districts* Pongaroa g ' will get close train connection and eara Her principal mail from Wellington. u Pahiatua acted without consulting Pongaroa, in which a big majority favored Eketahuna." ' O ' mmmmamamam —■—i