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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1933, Page 4

In a sheltered position in the open air in front of the old factory the suppliers of the Oxford Road Dairy Company held their eighteenth annual meeting yesterday. The cordiality of the meeting was in keeping with the sunny conditions. The travels of Marco Polo, the famous Venetian traveller who crossed Asia on a visit to Kublai, the great Khan of China, in the thirteenth century, were related in an interesting address given by Mr. J. Burland to the New Plymouth Round Table Club yesterday. Parts of the route followed by Marco Polo had been visited by Mr. Burland, who mentioned that many of the things mentioned by the traveller in the record of liis journey were still to be seen. The raising of the school admission age to six years continues to raise queries from parents. The 1 question has been asked whether a child who attains the age of six years during the vacation at the end of a senool term can be enrolled during the first four weeks of that term. The Education Department yesterday advised the Taranaki Education Board that the vacation did not form part of a school term and consequently a child becoming six years of age during the holidays could not be enrolled until the beginning of the next term. On going to work on Sunday morning the staff of the Omata dairy factory was amazed to find the wh-le factory and yard inside and out buried under a sea of water about two feet deep (states the News’ Hurford Road correspondent). A hurried investigation revealed a burst flood-gate at the head of the dam, which had emptied the water into the factory. A gang of men was organised and temporary repairs were made, but it was several hours before the water had subsided sufficiently to enable the staff to work. The only damage done was a deposit of silt all over the floor, and the loss of about one and a-half tons of coal, which was swept into the river. The yard was also badly scoured out. The depression is apparently fast fading into history. The proprietor of a restaurant at New Plymouth told a reporter yesterday that he had had- over 100 persons in to lunch that day. Though he recognised that the big meeting of farmers had made a difference, he said his experience was that conditions as far as he was concerned had greatly improved lately. During the past five or six weeks business had been as good as it was in 1927-28, though the returns had not been as large owing to lower prices. Had the prices been the same as in 1927-28 he would actually have taken more in the period mentioned than in the corresponding period four or five years ago. Every garden in Taranaki must have shelter. Go to an expert who has had a life-long experience and will guarantee results. Describe your conditions and let him advise you. Trees are available for every position where there is soil and moisture. This advice is . offered free by Messrs. Duncan and Davies Ltd., Westown, New Plymouth, who have had over a quarter of a century of progressive experience,”*