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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17088, 17 July 1926, Page 4

Mr. Tapper, senior, who was injured by falling on a bridge at Tuai, Waikaremoana, recently, is making good progress towards recovery. The contractors for the replacement of the buildings on the burnt-out block in Marine Parade, Wairoa, between Paul street and the bridge, have begun on the, excavations.

To the last meeting of the Otago Hospital Board a suggestion was made by Dr. Falconer as to celebrating the diamond jubilee of the present Dunedin Hospital, which opened on August 24, 1866. This matter now stands referred to the chairman, the medical superintendent, and the secretary to report.; A narrow escape from being burned as the result of his motor car catching fire through back-firing on the Silverhope cutting near Bruce Park was the lot of a Marton resident. It was only with difficulty that the owner could get himself and his mother out. An attempt was made to extinguish the names, but without success. The Finance Committee of the Otago Hospital Board has held over till next meeting a decision as to the Hon. M. Cohen's proposal to establish «a listen-ing-in installation at the Dunedin Hospital. It is said, unofficially, that the cost would be about £7OO for the children's ward and £IOOO for the whole institution. Prince Alfred Hospital, in Sydney, is facing an expenditure o! £9OO on a. .similar work. A few days ago a statement was circulated that" a N-ew Zealand firm, owing to an error in coding a cable, had bought 50 times- the quantity of woolpaeks that it. required. It is "now declared, that the statement is a gross exaggeration, and that so far from being loaded up with 50 years' supply, the firm anticipates that they will again be in the market for further supplies within twelve months. A Wanganui young lady had an alarming experience through being almost suffocated from the fumes of a gas-heated water califont. She was pte paring for a bath and had heated the c.difont, which was without a vent in the outer air. Consequently, when this door and! windbw were closed, the girl was overcome, and fainted. Her mother, alarmed by the silence, tried "the tlooi and then looked through the window, when she saw her daughter inert upon the floor. Neighbors were summoned and the door was battered in, but it was some time before the girl was revived.

Plans for the construction ;n the heart of Auckland of an hotel which is to.embrace the leading features of the modern hotels in England and America are now in course of preparation. The hotel is to have between ISO and 200 rooms, most of .which will have bathrooms attached. Spacious lounges, a winter garden, grill room, dining room and lounge bars are to be provided. Underneath the hotel there is to be a garage, while on tho ground floor will bo shops. Tha company has obtained an option over a license for the hotel. It is expected that the plans will be completed in about five weeks' time.

The prospects for the coming Royal Show in Auckland were reported upon in hopeful terms at a meeting of the committee of the Agricultural Association. It was stated that notifications of entries had been received from all parts of the Dominion, and when enquiries were made in the Sonth Island with a view to the appointment of judges, it was found 1 that many men who could have been invited to adjudicate could not bo engaged to act in that capacity as they were intending exhibitors. It was decided to erect sheds for sheep and pigs at a cost of £I2OO. A notification was received that the Roval Agricidtuiul Society would provide the championship ribbons.

The transfer of the Gisborne Harbor Board's signal station from the site near the groyne to a position on, tho Kaiti side of the river has now nearly been completed. The necessary foundations have been prepared on the Kaiti side at a point near the breakwater, and just above high water mark, while the station itself has bean removed from its former position on to the breakwater. It had been hoped to transport the building to its -new site early this week, but the operations were held up by the state of the river. The work, however, is to be completed as speedily as possible. Tn the meantime the signal station is housed in the old building at the bottom of Customhouse street.

Eminent Canadian and American engineers have been commissioned to device plans for preserving the scenic beauty of Niagara Falls. Prevention of destruction of the scenic beauty of tho falls is strictly and engineering project. according to one authority.. Officials declare that from the economic standpoint the value of Niagara is probably greater as a scenic wonder, attracting about 1,500.000 tourists nnnually, than as a. creator of electrical power. In tho engineering study the commission will determine the effect of diversion of water flow for commercial purposes, although there is seme doubt as to whether the industrial use of the falls has not contributed seriously to its scenic decline.