TOWN EDITION.
Work is m progress on the Custom House street pumping station. The bricbwoi'k over the manholes of the tanks is being built up to provide for the pumping plant which, is to be installed m place of the septic tank as originally designed.
Owing to the telegraph line being interrupted on the Napier side of Wairoa, telegraphic communication between Gisborne ond Napier was considerably delayed to-day, but by about 3 o'clock this afternoon the delayed telegrams had been despatched and the rush of "work had ceased. *
A start was made to-day with the lowering and forming up of the southern, end of Ormond road. The spoil from this locality, together with that^ fiom Whitmore and the lower end of Clifford street, is to be carted down to provide the filling m the approach ' to the new Waimata river bridge
A batch of a dozen wooden huts, constructed ' at the Public Works Department's workshop m town, were despatched to the railway worlds at Matawai to-day. The "huts, which have a measurement of 9ft by 7ft, ai'e built m sections, and are intended for the use of married people, who are allowed to take two if desired.
At Wootton's rooms to-night another euchre party will be held m aid of the furnishing of the Children's Home. Play commences at 8 o'clock. Handsome prizes axe being presented to the winners. Supper will be provided. These gathering have been attended with much success, and it is confidently expected that to-night's party will be no exception to the rule. ,
Whilst some good braces have been procured, it would appear that wild ducks are not so plentiful this year as was anticipated by somel shooting enthusiasts. The cause for £he scarcity, it is suggested, was the drought experienced m the district early m the year. At the Tiniroto lakes, where ducks are usually plentiful, there are very few. It is reported from some quarters that the shooting is not being confined to ducks, as specified, but that pheasants have also been shot down. , :
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13092, 4 June 1913, Page 6
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339TOWN EDITION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13092, 4 June 1913, Page 6
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