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Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1930, Page 8

The difficulties which contractors have to contend with in Wellington in building on reclaimed land are illustrated at. present in Wakefield Street, says the, Dominion. In order to get foundations a considerable depth has to be excavated in the comparatively loose ground that was formerly the approach to the old To Aro railway station, and to do this work a continuous fight has to be waged against the water that seeps through, though the harbour is a hundred yards away. Pumps are employed to drain the area, and so well do they do their work that the whole of the footpath and half the roadway is flooded each day by water unable to get away in the two sumps available in th® vicinity. In conversation with the Manawatu Standard’s Raugitikei correspondent, the clerk of the Raugitikei County Council, Mr. Harold H. Richardson, mentioned by way of contrast that prior to the advent of the motor-car the cost of maintaining the road from Bulla to Turakina was £5 per mile per annum, the work being let'on contract to a setfler.. In those days the road was very little used by other than ratepayers, the main through traffic from the north and.south using the coach road via Marton. The cost of upkeep of the road to-day runs into £2OO per mile P« r ? car ’ a . that large expenditure does not, in the . opinion of some users of the road, meet the conditions now prevailing. An innovation at the Taranaki trots to-day that should do much to popularise the sport and will be approelated by patrons is the broadcastingby means of loud speakers of particulars of the various horses as they parade. In addition each race will be described by an expert as the horses are in action. Th© fond speakers will bemused to keep the public au fait with the proceedings throughout. Very live interest is being taken iOs ; the utg-of-war and lazy-stick tournament that opens in the Rahotu Hall OB -j Monday night in aid of the Croquet Club Tho presence of a heavyweight team from JSltham is creating additional interest, and the local teams are determined that the visitors will have to be at their best to take the honours, from the coast. Following on the controversy at Easter in England concerning the Resurrce-, . tion, it is the intention of the Rev. • B. Gosnell, to discuss the question a the Fitzroy Methodist Church on Sunday evening, he subject being What proof is there that Christ rose? Negro spirituals will ‘bo sung by Mr. J- • Macpherson and the choir will sing anthems. On Thursday evening at 8 p-“-entertainment will be given by lowing at the St. Mary’s Church chry santhemum show: Piano solo, Mary Mould; violin solo, Miss > Dowling; song, Mrs. Martini; humorous one-act play-reading, Mrs. F. AT cher, Mrs. Nelson Hill, Mr. L. L. Knig and Mr. Eric Robbins.

The Melbourne Ltd. is busy opening o little girls’ coats for winter, wear. 1 coats have been advantageously purcbasea by the firm’s London representative, an comprise a nice variety of warm velour m plain tailored styles,, andi with fur trim* mings. Colours are aIL nice > and bncnt. Prices, 19/6 tn 39/6