SECOND EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16491, 8 November 1927, Page 8

SECOND EDITION.

When it was announced that the petrol tax had become la.w some of the shrewd business people began to lay in reserve stocks before the extra 4d per gallon was applied. The (city inspector at Wanganui searched for some of these surplus stocks in ease the storage regulations were overstepped. He found what he was looking for on the premises of a Chinaman, who had taken good care to get in before thg rise. A prosecution will follow.

" And what- do you think of duyliglit saving?" asked a pressman of a local carpenter to-day. "Daylight saving," he replied. "Look, J'll show you what it hits done for me." Proceeding to his bicycle lie produced from his bag a pair of rubber shoes. " That means a little while on the bowling green of an evening after I knock oft work." Other workers spoken to said they were availing themselves of the extra hours to bathe on the Waiknnae beach.

Mr. Smart notified tlie Opotiki County Council last week that the settlers of the Upper Otara intend In approach the Minister of Public Works in connection with repairs to the Upper Otara road, and asked for the council's assistance. The engineer was instructed to make «nn estimate of the probable cost of the work. In this connection the county engineer reported that a portion of the road on the flat at the junction of the Tutaetoko and Pakiki streams had washed away, and traffic was »now using a. portion of Black's property. The ethics of broadcasting publicity items needs observing. The abuse and disparagement of >one portion of New Zealand in the interest of another is worse l than wicked—if is vulgar. On Wednesday, Mr. L. llayward, broad casting from 3YA, told .an incredulous and disgusted world that, ho had beer, informed that the scenery of the North Island, even the thermal region, soon palled; that the North Island bad nothing to compare with the s-'jenic attractions of the South, and much more gaseous emanation to the same effect'. There are glorious scenic beauties in the South, but why should they suffer from ill-advised chatter. They can stand on their broad mountain bases without being propped up by the cheap advoeacj of radio broadcasting devoid of tact or publicity judgment. There is n () need to decry tlie North to draw attention to the South. 3YA will be well advised to change its methods of propaganda and tune in with manners first.—Rotorua Chronicle.

"The Wainui road, providing a shorter route between Opotiki and Whakatane, must come. It only needs the push of the people at both- ends. The same applies to To Toko-Galatea and the Waikaremoana roads," remarked Air. P. Keegun, formerly of Whakatane. in a. letter to tin* Chamber of Commerce of that town. "It would he wi.se to call a-' halt with the railway and to concentrate on roads and short cuts. This was the intention when the authorisation of the Tauranga-Taneatua section of the railway was first sought. Since leaving Whakatane, 1 have been over most of the railways of New Zealand, and am quite convinced that all inland railways are fully warranted. The cast of roading to cope with/ heavy freights is altogether prohibitive. In places like the Ray of Plenty, where there is .such easy access to water carriage, further prosecution of unnecessary railways for the present can only be done at the expense and exclusion of the far more necessary roads. A concentration on the roading of the Pay, including the road to the East Cape, is needed. The only railway that is really warranted is the Paenga-roa-Rotonia connection. Low cost of construction brings it within the reach of, practical politics. It would be a great boon to all stock owners in the Ray through bringing them in closer touch with the Waikato markets. Good marketing facilities must add to the prosperity of all sections of the community. I am glad to see that your chamber is still very much alive, and still grappling with questions that are of vital importance to the whole community-."