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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 8

tile Norfolk arrived from Waikokopu at 12.10 a.in. to-dav. At Y\ aikokopu the vessel loaded 3600 carcases of lamb, 4000 carcases of mutton, and 546 quarters nf beef.

The roads on the northern portion of the East Coast are in ‘fairly good older inow. and cars have no difficulty in getting through to Buatoria. From Ruatoria to To Araroa, {he service is maintained by coach, there being several had patches ’on the road that would block 'cars getting through. With the improvements that are to be effected during the coining season it. will be possible to get through to To Araroa by car all the Year round.

Speaking to-day with reference to ihe present session of Parliament, Mr. W. 1). Lysnar said it was; generally exported that it would conclude on Thursday or Friday. Mr. Coates, who was at- present in Auckland, was expected back hi Wellington on Wednesday or Thursday morning, and he would be leaving for England next Tuesday. Prior to bis departure. -Mr. Lysnar lias arranged to have a private meeting with him to further discuss the proposals for the Napier-Uisborne railway being put through on Ihe inland route.

Farmers on the coast are anticipating a good season, and conditions so far liave been practically ideal. Around Huntoria and Tc Araroa the lambing is now well advanced, and docking will be storied during the course of the next week or two. A fair amount of warm weather lias been experienced and there lias been an appreciable growth of feed during the last week or two. t attle have not wintered as weli as sheep, and there is still a shortage of suitable cattle feed, much of the recent growth being 100 soft.

A party of 'Gisborne residents who bad proposed motoring through to Wliakatnne to-morrow, in order to witness the Hay of Plenty-Poverty Hay Rugby m.itcli, found on enquiring that the condition of the read, near Kakautoa, will not permit the passage of cars. The Otoko hill, which at one time was considered Hie one serious barrier to an all-the-yeai’-round motoring road 1o Opotiki. has now been re-graded and metalled, and presents not- the, slightest ditiiculty to ears, hill near Rakauroa, at a spot opposite Mr R. J. Jline’s house, the clay road lias broken up in two places, and the neighboring homestead is frequent] v called on for assistiiiiui in gelling hogged cars out on to tIn 1 solid again.

Sympatlictv interest in the Roy Scout movement was shown by Rotarians at their weekly luncheon yesterday, and it. was announced by the president that if had been Iccitled to collect books suitable for boys, to lie allocated to the vari mis Seoul companies to form, the nucleii of libraries. Rotavian Charlie Adair had icoiisented to receive the books handed in. It was pointed out that it was a good thing to encourage hoys to take an interest in literature, and that in many homes there were doubtless .hooks which, without any great loss to the owners, could be passed on to so! deserving a cause. The proposal is not contined to Rotarians; everyone in sympathy with the Scout movement is invited to help, and Rotarian Charlie, has a big box ready in which to place the gifts.