TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13491, 21 September 1914, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

According to ;i Wellington engineering expert who recently went over the ground, satisfactory progress is being made with the Otira tunnel works. Dr. W. (4. Grace celebrated his 66th birthday recently by making a good score for the Klthain Cricket Club. ...s baitting is still excellent, but h? finds it necessary to havo someone to' take .the runs between the -wickets. The committee of the "Women's Patriotic Fund wish to remind lady helpers that there will be only one sewing meeting held this namely hn,^\Yoduesr ia^\ from"i(s.3o a.m/ to' s p.ni.'. /at -tlie ihiirch schoolroom, as before. There is U ill a good deal of work to be got through, and the committee will be glad if all tlie assistance possible. At the Police Court this morning, before 'ih- It.' 8. Florance, S.-M., Percy ritrnbiill was charged with failing tc orovidu maintenance for his illegitimate •hi ld. Mr Dawson appeared for the complainant, and Mr Arthur Coleman -or the defendant. Mr Coleman agreed to an order for the payment of 7s 6d per week, and £16 13s 3d expenses, costs 81 Is were allowed. Motorists avlio made the journey to Tokomaru Bay yesterday state '-that whilst considerable improvements have been effected on the Waimata-Aralqihi road the surface has been • "scored" by numerous channels where tho water has' flowed across tho road. These have to be negotiated with great care, to the danger of the springs. It is urged that the Council's surfaceman could remedy the matter m a few clays. , Auckland witnessed an interesting 'procession wheji ' twenty -twp> military waggon, 1 * left the premises of the builders. On the foremost waggon was the announcement : "Twenty-two military waggons made by Auckland coachbuilders m ten days." Twelve carriagebuilding firms co-operated m thif notable feat of producing m so short a time vehicles to the exact standard of the Woolwich requirements. A • High School boy named R. Perreau, 134- years of age, fell 'from a tram m Christchurch and tho trailer passed over his v leg, which was so severely crushed that' it had to : be am - | pntated. A large. party of cadets were returning from the rifle range, and it is stated that the-: lad jumped from the car m defiance of the orders, which I were that nobody should alight till the Square was reached. The marked increase m the volume of telegraphic business m New Zealand of late- years lias rendered it necessary , to make frequent additions' to : the departmental staff. In order to keep up a supply --of .officers, the authorities haye _ for a considerable time past., been training lads to. become operators, and a. batch of about 25 is being turned out of the cadet gallery m the General Post Office m Wellington every three months.' " Our. iron deposits at Para para, if they are not "worked, at least supply the Government Analyst with "a / certain amount of Work each year. The last report to hand says:— "The inspecting, engineer of mines submitted ii scries of samples of iron ore from tunnels m the Wash; bourn/ and ' Cadman blocks, Parapara! These had- an average iron content of 45 per cent., beirvg 6.4 per cent, lower than that obtained from surface samples collected m the same area by Dr. J. M. Ben-..--' Tlie Para-para district has also been*- prospected 'for magnesvi.ii limestone, wliich, if iron smelting and. refining .'.'tos undertaken m New Zealand, would .'bo essential for the lhr.ng of ba^ic st'Cel furnaces. Although no expensive and uniform deposit has been discovered, sortie of the results as shown by .-.naiysis are • encouraging, and -warrant " the . search being continued."