INTER PROVINCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14282, 24 August 1910, Page 5

INTER PROVINCIAL.

Per Press Association. KAURI PU.M. AUCKLAND. August 23. What is orebahly li: piece of kauri i_'Um yet hro:--;:; ;. : i: : do was unherween Panakura and Ardmore. The the surface '<". 'the or, v.ml Wi-hed V-<-M,s. and ii required the sti i-nirrii of three men t-o haul it <■ 111- of its re-tiim cil nearly 2ewt.. I>i:r mi hciuo; cleaned ami scraped its weiir'nt v. as reduced id that stared. It is stated tiiat the largest piece of ltii!;i pr.-riimsly =eon was a specimen erdfhitod at tlie last Auckland Exhibition by Mr Patterson, we'jrhinp; 121 lbs. DRAINAGE SCHEMT} AVOODVIULK. Ail". 23. An :nllnonrial nipciijijr of ratepayers last nipht discu-M-d .tlit? uronosal for :i "'■«■ draincro scheme for the boro-md,. Dr. Frou-ley. ~f tl:t- Health Department, sirmidy supported it. and a motion wa-- carried to take a poii on a loan of 1-12.01 id. Tia-r;' is a ;.'ood deal of opposition iron: those- within the ratine; area. v. hi, cannot take advantage of the scheme, lint it is exr.ectod that the loan \v:ll be carried.