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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18204, 27 September 1933, Page 11

Such is the enthusiasm for the drama hat it is related of one lady performer -a farmer’s wife—that she had to travel 2 miles to attend each rehearsal of the day in which she appeared in' Wallingon on Saturday. In the opinion of Mr. W. G. Jarvis, liairman of the Hawke's Bay Rivers Joard, the modified diversion scheme irepared by the Hawke's Bay County vill not affect the inevitable completion I the comprehensive proposals o divert the Tutaekuri River. Instead, ie believes the county seeks only to do he work in two sections, giving prefernco to the sector between Redclyffe and Iroakfield’s bridge, as this would give he greatest return from the county's ontnbution. fo the cost. While British manufacturers can hold heir own hr the manufacture of the ligh grades in pencils, there are lifficnlties in theiff way that prevent hem from keeping up with foreign cometition in the production of cheap penile such as are used in schools, and nlefs the duty is removed or substanially decreased there is no chance of be British product being sold in New [afllunfi at one penny. That was the ontpation of Mr. Douglas A. Adams, Mumjfaeturers’ representative, who gave vidince on the subject before the Tariff iompission at Christchurch. “At preBnilTsaid Mr. Adams, “is is impossible a MB Britisn' pencils here for Id hrown the ordinai-y channels. I took he m atter up with the manufacturers t Horn*, thinking thnfc their association rts.ft little, arbitrary. I received a spiff at which it was pointed out that iritiah makers could not compete with le foreigners in the cheap grades,”