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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17185, 8 November 1926, Page 11

Including its extensive equipment r,ncl fittings, the new Auckland goods died for the Railway Department mil cost -ibout £50,(100. The contract tor the work has been lot. The department will » lilko ;i l '" iiral ,;t '! u, '' ur f Prom the old-tvpo tin sheds which have hitherto done duly. The site of the new lioildiii.se fronts Breakwater roa ,| a r. the ends of the passenger >dnti'orms. and will have an imposing front elevation of two storeys.

Remarks made bv certain members of (!l( , Nc]son Hospital Board dining a discussion on Ihc purchase of n- bottle of whisky for the Nurses' Heme were strongly 'resented by the nurses. A iiombw of Lh'o sisters and nurses, ineluding the acting-matron, accompanied bv the chairman of the Hospital Board. made representations to the Nelson Mad to (lie ofl'ecl that they considered that •m entirely unwarranted aspersion had "been east upon them by the remarks oi board members.

Henry Collett appeared in the Magistrate's Court at Wellington on a charge of failiutr to take proper precautions before going over a railway crossing. Mr. P. S. K. Macassey, who appeared for the Railway Department, stated that the fireman and engine-driver of the train had saidl that defendant passed over the crossing just 50yds. in front of the engine. Collett apparently know the train was coming, and .speeded up l'« gel over the crossing before it. .Just' after he got over the line the car crashed into a small bridge. Mr. K. Page, S.M., imposed .a fine of £5 and costs £1 Bs.

As a f'uvl slop towards providing n'oteelion ''or 11 u• dredge Tvorua, in ihc continuation of the diversion exit beyond high-water mark at the beach, a considerable c[uanti(y of concrete debris is being dumped at the end of the existing wall. A platform has in en built on the slipway side of the f;r,r, and' n I rolley-liue carried ah ng 111,, wnll to the lamps from which the concrete will l>e discharged into the moulds to form the new wall behind which the Kornn will work. Boiing operations on the line of the cut are being continued by the use of the stub ] mit.

The new regulations coming info force in 1927 under the Weights and Measures Act in* likely lo cause trouble for ;i. while, particularly in regard to Ik.(tics'. Most liquids sent out here are in pint and a-quarter bottles, there being six to Hie gallon. Six months alter the new regulations come into force all liquids must be in half-pint, pint,or quart Ixfltles. The object' of .the legislation is of course to ensure purchasers getting full measure. Under the regulations goods in tins must be in 2oz, 4oz, Boz, 12oz and 16oZ sizes. This will mean in many"cas€S manufacturers at home introducing new tins, and may cause inconvenience for some time,