SECOND EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16378, 28 June 1927, Page 6

SECOND EDITION.

Sydney. June 28: Arrived at. 7 a.m Marania, from Auckland.

Her. James Barr, M.P. for Motherwell, Scotland, who i.s visiting Australia, is expected to arrive at Auckland from Svdnov on July 28.

Mr. T. Lindsay Buiek (Press Association) has been re-elected chairman of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, and Mr. It. 0. (!. Weston (Evening Posti has been reappointed vice-chairman.

Dr. Alexander Goldstein, who is touring the world in the interests of the Zionist movement, sails for New Zealand on .Friday, after a. successful mission in Australia.—IJ.P.A.

The hull of the old steamer Wanaka was towed on Saturday by a tug from Auckland to tlis cast side of Groat Barrier Island, near where the steamer Wiltshire was wrecked, and was sunk with explosives.

The Hamilton borough engineer.' has been instructed to complete'the details of the cost of the building of a. high level reservoir of 1,£00,000 gallons, having the .same top level as the present water tower.

Good progress is being made bv the Pailway Department with the erection ol the second flood-light tower in eon'noelion with the scheme of lighting the Greymouth wharf by electricity. The second tower will lie fitted with three .1000 watt lamps, while the first is equipped with two 1000-wntt lamps. The towers, which are constructed of steel, are Soft in height.

"It never rains hut it pours” ha.s been literally exemplified during the past week, and as an indication that: the ground is now well soaked, the rivers throughout Central Hawke’s Bay were all in flood during most of the week. Farmers would now welcome a succession of warm, still days to encourage grass growth, but are more likely to get heavy frosts. —Hastings Tribune. '

According to present indications there will he n large attendance of Maori delegates to the conference called for tomorrow at Arohanui pa, states a Wanganui exchange. It is hoped oil this occasion to launch the movement definitely, so as to comprehend the whole of the West Coast electorate. Meanwhile Arohanui continues to be in course of improvement. A beautification scheme is in progress, a large number of ferns having been transplanted from up-river. An up-to-date bathroom and conveniences i 1 also under consideration.

Decently citizens of Tinm.ru were .awakened to the call of art by a stranger who hailed from the south, and called himself an artist, promising tc give lessons for a substantial fee (states the correspondent of the Christchurch Press). Apparently his call was heeded by many, but they are Jeft lamenting, as the artist has taken up his easel and disappeared. He has Jeft an elaborate sign-card' in the bands of the police, who believe that lie has left to make himself known in the north, as he has already exploited the South Island from Invercargill to Timaru.

‘‘l lyive been given to understand Hint a serious blight is attacking the artichoke," stated Mr, J. McFarland, at the monthly meeting of the Wellington executive of the New Zealand Dairy Farmers’ Union in Palmerston North, when the question of breeding pigs was being discussed. He explained that so severe had been the damage wrought by the blight that many farmers had come to the conclusion that the artichoke was the hardest thing in the world to grow, and consequently they had given up the idea of feeding the pigs on this valuable foodstuff. It had come to hi.s knowledge that a, spray had been used in the Nelson district to some advantage, and he considered that the matter should he. brought to the attention of the Agricultural I)e partment.

Some time ago Mr. Kleemnn, manager of the To Kalia buffer factory, decided to leave that fertile part of the Opotiki district, having accepted a position in a similar capacity at a dairy factory further afield. During his stay in Te Rah a Mr. Kleeman was the possessor of the only car that had graced Te Kahn land, and on Saturday last arrived with Mrs. Kleeman, the car, and four Pomeranian dogs, at the Te Kahn beach, preparatory t„ embarking aboard Mr. W. Walker’s launch Waihau. Eventually the car was manoeuvred on to a bullock dray, the launch wak brought as close to shore as possible, and after very strenuous work, lasting nearly all day, the ear was ultijnajqly placed on board the launch. The vessel eventually arrived safely with her strange cargo at the Opotiki wharf. j Opotiki Guardian.

The difficulty recently experienced )>y cars on the Mapier-VVmi'oa road in being held up at the Tangoio stream by the flooded watercourse has raised a popular outcry arnong motorists using the road, for' the bridging of tins particular stream. Motorists point out that the ■ stream is notoriously wellknown aS one that riges dangerously wilh the least fair of rain, and a bridge across it could be erected that would obviate all the danger and inconvenience concerned with the Hooding, of the stream. One motorist stated that the present concrete ford was all right in the days of the coach and Horse, but at the present time, when a Hooded magneto is a simple thing, more modern methods were needed, in the meantime the complaining ones are not inactive and a strong petition, representative oi a great number of the motorists who use the road, lias been handed in to the Hawke’s Bay .County Council, praying that the stream should be bridged. It is understood t hat- the matter will be discussed at the next meeting of Ihe council.—. Napier Telegraph. The executive of the Southern Hawke's Bay Fanners' Union at its meeting last week carried a resolution in favor of supporting the DaylightSaging Bill. Hitherto the measure had not received support from this branch of the union, and its action still leaves it open to doubt whether the body of farmers behind the executive will approve of its decision, since ihe meeting comprised only IT members. The president, Mr. J. Livingston, who is it sheep-farmer, professed himself as easy on the matter, holding that the scheme if put into effect would not materially affect him, but he thought dairy farmers might find it inconvenient to get their milk to the factory an hour earlier, and their children ready for school at the advanced time. Major (Takapan) moved that, the union support, the measure, arguing that a dairy farmer started work at daylight anyway, and went on till the* work was done, so that advancing the clock would really make no difference to him. Mr. lb 8. Chadwick, a retired farmer, said he considered the measure a decidedly common-sense, one, jind could never understand the opposition to it. Ho though it was ridiculous for a man to lie in bed when the sun was up, and then fool about in the dark. Mr. Gregg pointed out the system was adopted in France and England as a par measure, and had been found to work so satisfactorily that the old system had never been reverted to. The motion was carried by nine votes to seven.