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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14571, 5 April 1918, Page 3

The Board of Trade wilt sit m Anck- j land this .week to inquire into the -high \ cost of horse feed. ] Visitors from North Auckland speak \ of the devastation caused by the xecenb 2 gale which swept the North Island with j such terrible results. One gentleman m- < formed a Star reporter that the storm i was so fierce at Cape Brett that the $ spray was carried over the tower of the j lighthouse, which is over 200 ft. high, i Stones the size of cricket balls were lift- i ed from the bejich to a great height, i [The tram rails near the lighthouse were i 'twisted like wires. At Peria and Vie- 1 i toria Valley huge pine trees of great ] girth and 40 years old were torn from ' their roots along the side of the road ] and pitched like matches into an ad^ joining paddock. Very severe sufferers ] | were the Maoris, whose crops of maize -, were m most cases levelled to the < ground. Rings, Bracelets, Brooches, and Gold Chains re-modelled m new designs at . prices to suit.— Gordon, Jeweller, opp. ' Bank N.Z.* At noon to-morrow Mr Fred Gray will i hold a sale of horses, and at 2 p.m. he- i will hold a general sale. i The run is on "No Rubbing" Laundry ' Help— Murray, Roberts and Co. 3 Ltd.,. Wholesale Agents for "No Rubbing."* i Eighteen -carat Wedding Rings and ] Engagement Rings, also Signets, m artistic, design; large selection. — Gordon, the ' reliable jeweller.* ' A solid oak Dining-room Clock, which rffoes eight days and strikes the hour and ' half-hour, at 35s} is a useful wedding ; present. Grieve, Jeweller, for Wedding Present*.* * . » _. . . r