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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 4

The week's course of instruction a! present being undertaken by the signal sections of the Ist llawke's Bay and W.K.C.M.R. regiments is being taken by Second-Lieut. \V. Hutchison, assisted by Second-Lieut. R. I. Crafts.

Approximately one-sixth of the candidates for motor drivers' licenses in N 7 apior fail to pass the lest, at the first attempt. An average ol 30 drivers are tested by the Napier City Council's officers each month.

The unusual stop ol conferring life membership upon a woman was taken by the Hawke's Hay Rugby League at it's annual meeting 'in Napier. The recipient of (his honour is Mrs, IL .1. Fulford, who was staled by various speakers lo be one of the staunches! supporters if the code in the province.

While discharging cargo at Tokomarn Bay recently the Rukeko broke throe if her mooring ropes and continued her voyage lo Gisborne with six or seven tons of Tokoniaru Ray cargo still in her holds. There was an exceptionally heavy well running al. the. time. The ship completed unloading two days later when on her way to Auckland.

Sheep-worrying by stray dogs mis developed to serious proportions in some parts of the Poverty Bay districts, the trouble being attributed by many stockowners to dogs allowed to run free from Maori pas. On one property within the past few days 60 sheep wore killed by dogs. 40 being lost on one night and 20 >n another. Efforts to identify or capture the marauders so far have boon without effect, but drastic steps are lo be tukon by stock-owners to protect I heir flocks.

Although the weather is wot at Wairoa to-day, it. is still intended that .the Harbour Board should proceed to VVaikokopu to-morrow lo meet, the members of the Gisborne Harbour Board and discuss the combining of the two rating districts. The object is to carry out the plan proposed by Mr. D. Holderuess, engineer to the Auckland Harbour Board, while possibly some other scheme to provide a deep water harbour at Waikokopu, so that overseas vessels may lie at the wharf and load from the railway trucks, may be considered. The Wairoa Harbour Board meets this afternoon to arrange the data to place before the combined meeting.—Special.

The Hawke's Bay Rivers Board's poll for authority to raise, £60,000 to carry out the Ngaruroro River conlrol scheme for the protection of land against flooding was carried. The whole scheme is to cost £IBO.OOO, of which the. Public Works Department and the Unemployment Board have each agreed to contribute one-third', leaving the ratepayers of the district £60.000 to find. The work envisaged by the scheme includes extensive stop-banking and widening of the channel, as well as the provision of a special overflow course to carry such water as cannot find its way down the main course in time of flood. The scheme is a complement, of that by which Ihe Tutackiiri River is being completely divertod and on which work is to bo finished on March 31.

Observations of clouds made at (he Kelbill'n .Meteorological Observatory in the last, few days have shown remarkable wind velocities al grcal altitudes. Although il has not been windy at the surface of the earth, whore light southorlios have been blowing, high up there has been a tremendous westerly current. On Tuesday morning, al. a. height of about. 7)0,C0OfI, the wind was moving with a. velocity of 140 miles an hour, and dining (be afternoon the velocity increased to 170 miles an hour. On Wednesday afternoon the speed was over 90 miles an hour. Such high winds are not as common in this part of the world us in others, although similar speeds were recorded about six weeks ago. The phenomenon is thought to be associaied with the cyclone that was to the north of New Zealand.