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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17152, 30 September 1926, Page 11

Lytlelton: Arrived, 2.30 p.m., Kaliika from (Hisborne. Bowlers tlmnighoul Napier and Hastings are eagerly awaiting the arrival of S iturday. for this <lay marks the offii ial r.peniiig of the season by the laist : Coast Bowling Centre. St. Leonards green, at Bastings, has been selected for Hie opening games, and it is expected that there will ho several rinks from Hastings, Napier, Uavelock North, j Waipiwn, and VYaipukutsui engaged. The main highvav bridge at; Kupit ; is being built at the Public Works Department's workshop at the Mount, Taurang.;.. On the arrival of the expected steel the big swing span for this bridge will he fabricated. The completion of this important bridge will be a further creditable performance by the Public Works Department's staff at the Mount. Keen vigilance on the part of the motor-man on a Wellington city-bound iramcar detected an old rail lying across tlie track in Wadestown, (near Orchard street, recently. It is thought that the rail was placed, there by some larrikins, as several disused rail's had been left lying on i the. side of the road. 'Clio tramcar was not travelling fast, otherwise the obstruction might not have been noticed until too late. There is n fairly steep grade iu the road at the ■place where the rail was found. There were re.eenlU landed ai Tan rauga two largo pasteurisers for the Bay of Plenty Dairy Co., reports a corrcspendente! the Tauranga Times. These huge drums weighed each about- Jivo tons and required a special dermic for lifting them fiom the steamer Uv the railwirt* truck's. They were branded •• Made in Ormauy," which gives one much food' for thought. One eannol entirely blame I lie dairy companies for dealing in Gcrnian goods, in view of unemployment in Britain, owing to the companies being themselves victims of an adverse economic condition. A brief discussion took place at the annual meeting al Ohristchureh, of the Mouth Island 'Motor Union regarding the blowing of whistles by of engines on railway trains. A motion was carried asking the Government to I make more adequate provision in this | connection. In seconding the motion, S Mr. l'\ W. Johnston expressed the view ' that a great deal of good would be done and many accidents avoided it i engine-drivers ' were to renew tluiir I blasts 200 yards and. 100 yards from crossings. A normal condition is revealed in the vital statistics for (lisborue for Sep | tembor. there being a slight increase in deaths, and a slight decrease iu births.. The figures are as follow, those for the corresponding month last year being "iveu in parentheses for comparison:—Births, 45 (49); deaths. 16 (13); marridges, 12 (12). In the statistics for ' j hi'" nine months, an increase of 14 is ; shown in the birth registrations, while an j increase of 32 is revealed in the number Lf deaths, and' the births exceed the j deaths lev 249. The lignites arc: Births, 412 (3031; 'deaths, 163 (131): marriages, , l/o (127). | About the middle of October, (ho i Hon! A. 1). McLeod, Minister of I.amis I and Valuation Department, intends to | visit the To Ivui.ti district to investi- . gate variation matters and follow uj) I his inquiries into the best methods s of j bringing back into produclh ity the deteriorated hinds in thai disl net. * Tiio Under-Hccretary for Lands (Mr ;i. .!',. Thompson), who is chairman of I the Dominion Revaluation Board, and | Mr. Llodgei', a member of the hoard, ! are present in Uawkc's Hay in connecj tic-n with the final revaluations of the I properties of soldier .set Hers. They left ' Napier yesterday to visit some of the settlements in this district.