TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13327, 5 May 1914, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

The Te Hapara post office re-opens from the 7th inst. Twenty-six trains were employed on Friday for the conveyance of 4000 territorials to the Takapau camp. The cost of tlie new Anglicun Church m Masterton, including the ground!*, furnishings, etc., was £10,312. A meeting of the Poverty Bay Freezer*' I. 'n ion's jociaJ committee ia conveived for 8 o'clock to-night, at the Royal hotel. The "Bridge of Terror" programme at the Opera. House continues to be a great attraction. It will be shown for the last time to-night. The winners of the Burton Cup at the M'ecent bowling tournament- at Napier will be entertained at a social •evening' by the President (Mr lan Simson) at the Cosmopolitan Club to-night. A team of local cricketers leave by the s.s. Tarawera to-morrow morning for Tokomarn Bay. They play a match ' against the Tokomarn Club, and return to Gisborne next Sunday. Mr T. Harle Giles, Conciliation Commissioner, and Messrs W. J. Jagg,. B. • Bullen, and W. Moxom, who came to Gisborne m connection with the tailors' dispute, return to Auckland by , to-mor-row's steamer. No further information has yet been gleaned to throw any li.jht mi the matter of the lifeboat that- has been washed up on the Tapuae .rocks. It is suggested that as no name could be seen, it might be a private boat that has been washed down one of the coast rivers. Says the Dannevirke News : "After returning to the paddock at the conclusion of the Welter Handicap at Ellerslio, Kaween started couching, and eventually brought up a hard > piece of mud. The mare probably swallowed the mud during the race, as she surprised her rider on one occasion by faltering and almost stopping dea-d. That little piece of dirt may have cost her the race, as when she got going again she simply buried everything for pace.' The post, however, was too close. At a meeting of the Druids' "AllRight" Nights' Social Committee, held at the Cosmopolitan Oub Inst eveninjg, a sum of two guineas was passed to the Greek national fund m aid of the sufferers m the recent Balkan war. Full arrangements were made m connection with the fourth of the series df "allri/rtit" nights, to be held m the Masonic hall on Thursday next. A bij** success is anticipated. It was decided, m order not to clash with th** 1 ball at Ngatapa. to postpone the visit to Patutahi nntil a later date. By 4 o'clock this afternoon more than half the wool cargo aboard the stranded lighter Matuku had been salved. Splendid work was done at low water this morning with the aid of the sledge, when 1.10 bales were brought ashore between 6, a.m. and 9 a.m. When the tide rose the raft was again resorted to, and 20 bales' had -been , brought ashore by this means by the hour stated. It is expected that the discharging will- be completed to-morrow, when the aid of a dh-er will be obtained. The boat, which appears to have suffered comparatively little damage, will then probably be hauled up for repairs before relaunching. Saturday night's storm served as an excellent test of the stability of the breakwater' extension work. The con--1 tractors are engaged on the capping, and the. work was not damaged m the slightest. Some of the timber framework! was washed away, but the concrete work was not affected by. the heavy seas. The effectiveness of the extension as a protection to the river entrance.was clearly demonstrated, and the lightermen aver "that there was a distinct improvement on the old order of things, when, under conditions such as existed on Saturday night, it would have been almost impossible to enter the river. Professor T. H, Laby, of Victoria College, returned to New Zealand by the Aorangi. having come out from England, via America. One of the main objects of the professor's visit Home was to arrange for a- party of members of the British Association, the conference of which takes place m Sydney early next year, to come across to New Zealand. It has been decided that 35 scientists out of the 120 -who are to attend the congress will visifc the Dominion. The New Zealand Government will give them free passes on the railways, and Rotorua and other scenic resorts will be visited. , The party will spend two days m Wellington and two days m Christchurch discussing- scientific*' matters at the. Scientific. Congress. At this a large number of scientists wul be present, including fifteen prominent Americans and Canadians.

In an article m this month's issue of the Journal of Agriculture on "Ground Limestone its Value m New Zealand soils," Mr B. C. Aston, F.1.C., says :— "In America the importance of liming with cheap limestone, is year by year becoming more generally recognised. The fact that ground limestone is obtainable m America for 2s 9d per ton may seem surprising, but I believe that a coarselyground limestone could be obtained m New Zealand just as cheaply. It should be remembered tliat much of the limestone m the North Island is very easily reduced to a powder. Even m the process of quarrying) much fine material is produced ; and it would bo possible by merely screening the quarried stone to obtain a coarse dust good enough for liming the land. By choosing a suitable site for a limestone works, by using modern machinery and labor-paving appliances, by avoiding handling as. ranch as possible, and by loading m bulk into paper-lined trucks, it should be possible to supply a material at a price approximating to the American price, and then the farmer -would rea.n the full advantage of the hundred miles free railage."