LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1925, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Plymouth Harbour Board decided yesterday to call for tenders for the supply of 50,000 tons of stone for use on the breakwater extension. ■

On the grounds that the tide-computer in Wellington is at present engaged in computing tide, tables for the port ot New Plymouth, the Marine Department has requested the New Plymouth Barbour Board to furnish it with details of recent soundings taken in the harbour.

A countryside white with frost was the sight upon which residents of New Plymouth awoke yesterday morning. The night was the coldest experienced this year, the thermometer falling to 26 degrees or six degrees below freezing point. A telegram from Christchurch reports that the severest frost of the year was experienced, there yesterday morning. The thermometer reading was 17.2 deg, or 14.8 degrees of frost.

In addition to the awards published in yesterday’s paper in connection with the poultry show at Palmerston North, H. McNeill, of New Plymouth, was also awarded the New Zealand Game Fowl and Game Bantam Club’s trophy for the best game bantam exhibited by a member of the elulb. The same bird was runner-up for best bird in the show, the winner being a barred Plymouth Rock. Specials were also won by W. Scott (best black Orpington hen), Miss T. Betts (best bird in children’s section), and A. P. Dieter ((best Indian Runner duck or drake).

A man named C. Wonnacott, employed as a shunter at the New Plymouth railway yards, received an injury to his foot yesterday afternoon, necessitating his removal to the New Plymouth Hospital. Last night he was reported to be comfortable. Wonnacott was engaged in turning « car on the turn-table at the Morley Street yards, when his foot was jammed between a portion of the stationary rail, and the instep of his foot was gushed. The injury i*s not considered serious, however, and it is anticipated that he will be about again in a few days.

“In connection with the loading of Home liners with frozen meat and dairy produce, it has been found that the work can be performed more expeditiously and with a minimum of shunting at the Newton King wharf. I would be glad therefore if you would kindly arrange to berth the Home liners there whenever possible.” This convincing testimony to the value of the new wharf at the port of New Plymouth was received by the harbour board yesterday from the stationmaster at New Plymouth.

KREISLER Rides in a Chrysler. Fritz Kreisler has been described as the most remarkable musician of his time. In addition to his mastery of the violin he is an accomplished pianist, and has studied both medicine and art. During his stay in New Zealand he rides in a Chrysler car —the product of another genius, Walter P. Chrysler. That the names are both prononuced the same, viz., Cry-sler, is a coincidence; that Kreisler should ride in a Chrysler is only as it should be. No ordinary car could be intimately associated with a violinist whose playing has brought the whole world to his feet. Local agents: Percy J. Douglass, Devon Street, New Plymouth.