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Taranaki Daily News, 15 October 1931, Page 4

The casual tourist may be attracted to the Dominion by a variety of reasons. An unusual one prompted the visit ot Mr. W- H. Whitten, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Tuesday. “I happened to be cataloguing a meteorological library 30 years ago,” he said, “and I came across several books dealing with New Zealand. They interested me so much that I then determined that I would visit this country. Now at last, having persuaded my firm to release me for six months, I am redeeming the promise made to myself so long ago.” When he visited Pasadena, California, last year, Archbishop Averill was much impressed by a statue erected as a memorial to the pioneer women of the “covered waggon” days. Describing it in an address at the old colonists’ reunion at Auckland on Tuesday, the Archbishop said the figure was of a noble-looking woman with a little boy clinging to her skirts, a baby on her arm, a stick in her hand and a bag upon her back. It was named, The Madonna of the Trail.” “It made me hope that some day we in Auckland might do likewise,” said Archbishop Averill. “I feel we should erect a grand monument to our pioneer settlers, preferably somewhere near the waterfront, where they landed.” “There are few openings in England for boys who desire to lead the open air life,” said Dr. H. N. Stevens, a visitor from England, who arrived at Auckland from Sydney on Tuesday. Dr- Stevens has come to New Zealand with the intention of establishing his four sons on the land, probably in the Otago province. The doctor, who is accompanied by his wife, said it was probable he would also decide to settle in the Dominion, concerning which he had heuid highly favourable reports from relatives here.

From time to time models ,pf more or loss fineness of workmanship are produced in the Supreme Court to illustrate the locality and surrounding circumstances of a motor accident. A particularly artistic and accurate scale model made use of during the hearing of an appeal at Auckland on Tuesday led Mr. Justice Herdman to comment that it was the finest piece of work of the kind he had seen. It represented with a wealth of exact detail an area surrounding cross-roads near Dargaville. Mr Meredith, who was appearing in the case, said a tremendous amount of skilled professional work had been put into the model by the civil engineer who made it. It was absolutely to scale to the smallest possible detail, even to the heights of the trees.

When accepting a tender other than the lowest for work on a highway, a local body is iiow required to obtain the concurrence of the district representative of the Highways Board. An instruction to this effect has been issued by the board, which points out that there may bo good reasons on occasions for departing from the usual practice of accepting the lowest tender, but when it is proposed to make such a. departure in the case of highways it is necessa,iy that the board’s representative be informed.

“Until this year little difficulty has been experienced by pupils in finding employment, ’/he general industrial depression has left fewer openings and many of these have been taken by boys and girls who had already been employed,” remarked Mr. W. H. Paul, chair? man of the Board of Governors of the Hamilton Technical High School, at the annual meeting of the board. During the last month, however, there had been a steady outflow of pupils in preparation for the new farming season, Mr. Paul added. Last year over 48 per cent, of the boys who obtained employment took up farming as an ocupation. The opinion that the effects of, the slump were just beginning to be seriously felt on the property market in Dunediu was expressed by a land agent to the Daily Times., His view, he added, was shared by a prominent conveyancer. There were a few buyers coming into the market in the hope of securing property at ridiculous prices, but they were being disappointed. The passing of the Mortgagors Relief Act had be6n primarily responsible for keeping the prices of property at a reasonable figure. He was convinced that had the Act not been pased values would have slumped very heavily. After 31 years the Rocky Nook Bowling Club, Auckland, still has as its patron Sir George Fowlds, who was appointed to the position when the club was launched in 1900. At the opening this season Sir George was one of five original members present. He said that the site of the greens was originally part of a dairy farm, and that cows were also pastured across the road ou the slope of the Arch Hill gully. Mr. Ellisdon said that the club had paid £3 a foot for its property, with a frontage of 150 ft, and values in the locality were now about £l2 a foot.

Men’s and young men’s sports coats and trousers in dandy new patterns are on sale at Melbourne Ltd. at prices to meet the times.' The firm is also showing, some fine pleated serge sports trousers in a popular shape, and last, but not least, the new Keystone trouser, braceless, a la Espagnol, and reminiscent of the late Rudolph Valentino.*

Customers and the public generally have shown keen interest in the complete new stock of drapery offering at Robbs’, Devon Street, New Plymouth. As notified elsewhere Robbs’, have reopened their premises for 'business with a wide range of bargains.*

The work of the Sudan United Mission will be illustrated by, means of Lantern Slides by Mr. J. Priestley, the Dominion Secretary, on Monday next, October 19, at 7.45 p.m. in the Baptist Church, New Plymouth, and on Wedl nesday next, October 21, at 8 p.m. in St. Andrew’s Hall, Stratford.

Lissaman’s Mammitis Paint. Southland farmer cured every cow affected with hard quarters last season. Lissaman, chemist, Box 63A, Kaponga, and all stores, ss. 6d. post free.