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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16297, 23 March 1927, Page 11

Dense smoke, .which appeared to b*) 'premeated with ammonia and other such things, caused those who entered the threatened freezing chambers at the fire at Nelson the greatest distress. The manager of the works, Mr. J. Allan Mitchell, was helped to the; doorway, suffering, it seemed, from all the pulmonary ills the flesh is heir to. He scon recovered, however. Great work under very trying conditions was done by all' The tramways committee of the Gisborne Borough Council met this morning to give further consideration to the conducting of bug services with the vehicles recently taken over from Mr.. Coham. 1 The position was again fully discussed, and it was decided that services should be run to Kaiti and Valeria township. It was pointed out, however, Hiat considerable work would be entailed before a start could be made, and the necessary action was left in tlie hamjs of /(.he executive officers. "The less the Government has to do with the purchase and development of land the bettey for the country," said a member of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce. "There was a case in Gvsborno the other day," he continued "in which the Government offered a b'.ock of land, and they could not get one man to make an application for it. 1 have seen such a lot of humbug and waste by the Government that I am sick of seeing them take over land—sick of seeing them dabbling in business of any kind. A suggestion that the Mohaka block be submitted to the Government for development under the Hon. A. D. McLeod's waste lands development sheme was made by the Wairoa Chamber of Commerce to the Hastings chamber. Mr. A. J. Kirkham suggested treating the proposal sympathetically. The land used to carry vast flocks of sheep", he said, but now that it had gone back to the Maoris it li-'jd deteriorated tremendously. It was a pity to .see such land lying idle. Tho meeting decided to support the Wairoa chamber,