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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17185, 8 November 1926, Page 6

Lord .Stevenson, left £,113,000, states a London cable message. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand opens at Wellington on Tuesday. The Aorangi arrived at Auckland yesterday, and her English and. American mails will be delivered in <msborne to-morrow.

Wanganui streets are at present being branded with arrows. The idea of these arrows is to dispense with silent policemen. The City Council has decided that motorists will pay more attention to white street markings than to mute traffic cops. The new system of arrow indicators has been found most effective in other cities.

During th<- visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Wellington in March next a grand naval and military tattoo will be held at Newtown Park on a scide not previously attempted in New Zealand. The uniforms, costumes and effects have been specially hired from London. Tlio naval ;dTd military authorities are. giving combined co-operation.

The floods in the Manawatu district have disorganised the mail service Ihrough the Gorge, and all mails which ordinarily come north by that route are now consigned by the Wairarapa line. This means a delay of about half-a-day iii thecase of Auckland mails, but the. southern bags are not affected.

An interesting ceremony was performed at Holy Trinity Church yesterday morning, the Hags of the local companies of girl guides being dedicated by th*o Bishop of Waiapu. Despite the inclement weather, there was a good muster of the three troops, comprising Mangapapa and Gisborne 5 and 2. The flags were presonted by the late Commissioner, Mrs. K. M. Ounn.

A farmer at Raurimn district, while going around Ins stock, noticed a two-year-old colt with something white in its mouth, tossing it about playfully (says Iho Timaru Herald). On closer inspection the white object proved to be a lamb. On seeing the fanner approach the horse dropped its victim, and then snatching it in its teeth again careered across the field. Needless to say the lambi was dead and the horse was promptly removed.

"There is plenty of room for a National Museum in New Zealand," said Dr. J. Allan Thomson at the museum conference at Wellington. "Such institutions in America and other countries are supported by Governments, and they employ large staffs of specialists doing research work. Much of the work is of no great value from a purely museum point of view, but from a * scientific point of view the work is of great importance. For this reason a National Museum is a needful institution:"

On Saturday afternoon an unfortunate mishap befell an Auckland motorist, who has. recently taken up residence in Gisborne. In company with a friend,- he took , his car out to the Hole-in-the-wall, and while bathing in tho river, they were astonished to observe smoko and flames issuing from the machine. Hurriedly quitting the water, they attempted to extinguish the outbreak, but were too late, and all that was saved were the tyres and some of the tools. The owner was doubly unfortunate in that the ear, which was an expensive'one, was nor insured.

The press dinner, held on Saturday evening, was a pronounced success, the attendance indicating beyond question the good feeling existing among the printing staffs of Gisborne. Those present included members of the mechanical and literary staffs, and the proprietors were also represented. An excellent repast was served, and a number of highly enjoyable musical and elocutionary items were rendered, the artists including Messrs. \V. Lighton, W. Chrisp, T. Shone, L. Houlahan, D. Turbitt. D. Lee, and R. Thomson. In tho course of the evening the chairman, Mr. G. FJtringham, expressed the pleasure of the committee on the success of their efforts to promote harmony between the employees in the various firms, and the hope that that harmony would continue. Several interesting speeches were made, and a list of appropriate toasts, including that of the " Old-timers." honored.

Reference to tho cost of fertilisers in this district was made at the Farmers' Union meeting on Saturday, when Mr. J. C. Field said the Poverty Bay farmers were really being charged fess for their manures than were the farmers in the Auckland district. The cost of production had been reduced as low as possible and the only way out seemed to be to get tho Government, through the Consolidated Fund, to subsidise the cost of production. By this means the cost should bo spread over the whole of the Dominion. The freight rate from Auckland to Gisborne was high. The cost from Nauru Island, which was 15 Says' journey, was 22s 6d a ton, but the cost from Auckland to Gisborne was 32s 6d a ton. If (he Government subsidied the cost of production, it would get the money back again through increased production. At Tauranga be had visited the White Island fertiliser works and be was impressed with their 1 product. It was decided to write to the secretary of the Royal Show at Auckland suggesting that consideration should be given to the Government subsidising the cost of production of fertilisers..

The population of the four chief centres of the Dominion as disclosed in the latest returns is as follows : Auckland city and, suburbs 173,632, Wellington city and suburbs 117,986, Christchmch city and suburbs 98,935, Dunedin city and suburbs 84,131. Total for four centres 474.684. Ike Robin, of Hawke's Bay, heavyweight champion wrestler of New Zealand and Australia, has been challenged .to a match by Stanisans Zbyszko, the Polish world"? champion, who is at present, in Australia. The Hawke's Bay champion will probably accept the challenge if he can get fit in time for The match.

A painful injury above the left eye was suffered by Mr W. J. Jordan, M.P., while he was inspecting an orchard! at Avondale in company with the Minister of Agriculture. Mr Jordan was examining some fruit on a tree, when he was accidentally struck by the point of a knife carried by another member of the party. A cut* about an inch in length was inflicted.

Producing a slip of paper about 3in, square on which was pencilled "I will be back in a few days," a petitioner in the Divorce Court at Wellington said that was the last news she had of her husband. "The most casual farewell to a wife that I have ever seen," observed His Honor Mr Justice Alper.s in granting a decree nisi.

The contractors for the erection at Waipukurau of the two BCCO gallon boiler-plate steel tanks for the storage of petrol in bulk have nearly finished this portion of the work. The tanks have all been electrically rivetted. The building in connection with the distribution scheme is rapidly going up, and it is anticipated that in less than two months benzine will be on sale in bulk to the residents of Central Hawke's Bay.

The total amount of deposits at the Post Office Savings Bank for the first six months of the current financial year was £15,501,272, while the total amount of withdrawals was £15,445,090, leaving an excess of deposits over withdrawals of £00,182. In addition to this, £2,905,633 was deposited during the same period in private savings banks, and £2,550,831 -withdrawn, leaving an excess of deposits over withdrawals'of £354,802.

A meeting of the special committee set up by the Christohurch City Council io consider the representations of the port and city committee approved of a scheme for a tunnel road and alterations of the harbor at Lyttclton. It was decided to request the City Council to call a conference of all local bodies, commercial and industrial associations, in Canterbury north of the Rakaia with a view to considering the proposal and if it is approved to devise ways and means of financing it One or two things impress the visitor to Wanganui, remarks the Otago.Daily 'times. It is certain that the optimistic reports which have come south regarding the great success of the riverdeepening operations at Wanganui have not been warranted. Much money has been spent on this work, but the results achieved cannot be regarded! as very encouraging—they are not commensurate with the expenditure, and much water will have to run under the Wanganui bridge before the river deepening schemes can be said to have been justified. "The finest hospital I have, ever ever seen." This statmont was made by a Wanganui resident who paid a visit to the new hospital at Huwera. The new institution, which is nearing completion, is being erected at a cost of £SO,OOO. It commands an excellent view of the countryside, Mount Egmont looming largely on the panorama. Dr, Malcolm MeEachern, rhe eminent Canadian authority, who was in Wanganui this year, described the new building at Hawera as the finest constructed hospital he had seen in the Dominion,

Viewed casually from tho front approaches the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition buildings make almost as brave a show as ever (remarks the Danedin Star). Tho entrance structures stand as. they were. No. t (the British Court), No. 4 (the Canadians Court), and No. 7 (the Motor Pavilion) have not been touched by the demolishers. So the appearance from Union street is practically unaltered. The deception, however, is only skin deep. Past the faee everything is more or less in a condition of planned degeneracy. There is not much litter about, but the whole area has a back-yardy look, " finis " written large. There are great opportunities for the development of the fruit trade between Karotonga / and New Zealand, declares Mr. A. Howarth, of Wanganui, who has just returned from the Islands. At present the means of clearing fruit was anything but satisfactory, and the growers would be delighted to receive £d each for oranges that we in this countrypay 4d for. A good deal of fruit grown now never saw the market, and a lot of it shipped also went rotten. It was brought to the shipping place covered up, but it was understood that 07c> lighters were not covered, and once tne fruit got damp it naturally sweated away during the run across."

At a public meeting of farmers and townspeople in Helensville, Mr. J. Lambdei.'. chairman of the *;xcklandHelensville Concrete Highway League: stressed the claims of tho proposed concrete road to Helensville, principally on the grounds of economy. It was pointed out that tho cost of maintaining the present main road wa<* steadily increasing, and that the road as the result of growing traffic was steadily deteriorating. The Main Higlnvay Board was not yet convinced of the need for a concrete highway. The meeting unanimously approved of a concrete road, and set tip a committee to further the scheme.

An investigation of suitable methods for cultivating ■unoccupied clay land pumice lands of North Auckland is to be made early next year by Mr. A. D. McLeod, Minister of Lands, and Mr. 0. J. Hawken, Minister of Agriculture. Mr. Hawken said at Auckland that it bad been decided to make an exhaustive search for correct methods to be applied to make useful the large areas in North Auckland which were at present unproductive. Whether they would be successful he could not say. There wen 1 vast areas which required 1 tho closest attention, and it was hoped to find siime way by which this land could support .scttle-s at a price within the reach of the average farmer.

"Tho readiness with which Sequoia sompervirens, to give the famous redwood it:; proper title, has already adapted itself to the climate of New Zealand has excited great interest amongst forest y experts. The growth of redwood in the nonunion exceeds (hat of its natural Californinn habitat. For constructional and firiiiture purposes the redwood tree has no equal," sain Mr. W. .1. Keves, in a lecture at Auckland. "The redwood seems to have been designed by nature .to resist every destructive agency The forest authorities have actually proved that the redwood can resist I're. This may. surprise many who have not made a careful study of the extraordinary redwood qualities, The tree lacks resin and possesses a great amount of moisture in its cells, and its bark is unusually thick."