General News

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 68, 22 March 1935, Page 6

General News

Second Blooming of Bruit Trees. The blooming of apple trees for the second time this season has been reported from several suburbs of Auckland. An even more unusual event is to have a tree bearing fruit and being in blossom again. A case of this strange combination is an old pear tree on the property of Dr. J. P. Hastings, in Pon sonbv Road, Auckland. ( Improvements in Estuary. Recent changes in the formation ot xand-banks in the estuary at New Brighton have had the effect of giving a much better depth and width of water for motor-boating. Apparently ibe action of the sea on the New Brighton spit has thrown the force or the tidal water on to a large sand-bank in the middle of the estuary. A very big section of this bank has now been washed away, and it is claimed that boats using those reaches of the estuary are able to work in much more satisfactory conditions than for some years. Cheap European Hotels. Reference to the cheapness of hotel accommodation in Europe was made by Professor R. M. Algic in an address given at a gathering of secondary school masters in Auckland recently. “When I was in Finland two years ago, before rhe exchange rate was raised,” he said. ’ ••[ was able to stay at a magnificent I hotel in Helsinki and was given a luxurious bedroom, with private batii and sitting room, for the equivalent of about Ils a day in our currency. This included everything. The service was superior to that in the best local hotels. Gas Kills Tree •"IDeath from ga-~ poisoning - ’ hamade necesssary the removal of one of the line of plane trees in Herschel! Street. Napier. It had been suspected that the tree had been killed by gas escaping from a leaking main, and this was confirmed when the tree was removed. Similar trouble has been experienced since the earthquake in Kennedy road and Raffles Street, in both of which escaping gas has. had its effect on the avenue l of ornamental trees. Climbing Without BootAfter successfully climbing I’ant ham's Peak. Mount Egmont, without boots, last month, and feeling no illeffects from the venture. Mr. Duncan Poole, of Hawera.’--determined that he would try the scoria of the main peak and try to reach the summit. This he achieved the other day and returned io the hostel feeling very fir. Except for a small piece of skin off one toe. his feet were in perfect condition. Important Railway Deviation. With a view to easing the grade of ibe main north line in the vicinity of Puketeraki, the Railways Department proposes to take the line through a deviation on the seaward side of the Puketeraki tunnel instead of through the tunnel itself. The cutting. hich will be about 10 chains in length and 70ft. deep, will, it is expected, take about two years to complete, and so ihat the work of excavation may be commenced in the near future, the department has landed a new excavator which, along with other machinery, will be used on rhe job.

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