TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16042, 1 February 1923, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

There is still a. keen demand for houses to rent in Wanganui. Austin Hands, aged 11, and his sister, Beryl Grace Hands, 12, were carried out by a strong undertow while bathing at Freshwater, Sydney last week and were drowned. Other bathers narrowly eslaped.

About sixty members of the Auckland Automobile Association left on Saturday morning under ideal weaher conditions for. a motoring run to North Auckland, whiclT will culminate in a great sports meeting on the far Ninety-mile Beach, Appreciation of the services of thclato. Mr. L. C. Allen, of Te Karaka, as a director of the Kia Ora Dairying Company was made at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders to-day. It was decided to send a letter of condolence to Mrs Allen and family. A motion of condolence was passed in silence, all present standing. Reference to the proposal to establish a butter pool was made by the chairman of directors, Mr. G. R. Moore, at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Kia Ora Company to-day. He stated that the directors had opposed itThe pool had fallen through. If a ppoi had been established it would have been detrimental to the company. Mr. Moore asked for an expression of the meeting whether or not those present were in favor or not of the dairy pool. Air. E. P. Roberts moved that the meeting makes a strong protest to the Government at the proposal of establishing a daily pool.—Mr. Gallagher seconded.—The motion was carried.

A road roller, marathon was the first official event of the Nelson Mardi Gras, and thousands watched the race up and down 'Trafalgar street. The greatest hilarity prevailed. There were two entries for the race, the Nelson City Council’s Wairoa Belle, driven by Driver Amos Taylor, and the more modern Waimea County Council’s Sasanof. Wairoa Belle weighed in at 121 tons and Sasanof at 10 tons. The preliminary gallops were watched with interest, and each machine had its warm favorites. The course was from the Church Steps to the Post office and back to,; .i * starting point. One part of the johrnej had to be made on the reverse gear. -' .