HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 571, 28 July 1909, Page 3

HAWKE'S BAY ITEMS.

NAPIER ACCOMMODATION.

,/.>/■ (By .Telegraph-Specia! CorrcsDondent.) '.'' ''"■'',;. 'K : '.; ';•':':'•'';•:' .Napier,> : July ' ; 27,' ,_ It is espected that-the new portion- of the Glasgow Wharf,;as far.as-.'the.lFerro : "-Conconcerned, will be completed about ..the middle.of next month, but the Harbour Board have then on their own account, to erect'.a 10ft. 'wooden bay at tho iend.of thonew structure. The-terms'of'tho contract stipulate ' that the company must the wharf for three months after its completion.: .but-Mr."S. A. Robertson,' engineer, for the .company, states that ho' is' : averse to boats ,coming .alongside the, ferro- : concrete, formation for.', at 'least two months after the work is finished. There is no reason,/however, why the intercolonial boats shonld,not:come up against;the old .wooden portion of i-the: Glasgow. Wharf, : and it is" f™ W that within the'next fortnight the Huddart-Parker Co.'s. steamers will avail themselves c of/. the berthage offered/there, trio tact of the boats'.coming alongside 'the wharf .again will be considerably appreciated by the travelling public, who have;at present' to put up with the; inconvenience of lichter- ; ing. ''; -.-•'-■ , • ■ . ; • . - .

..-• In 'connection / with the Government retrenchment . Scheme, the . following ■ members of the.Hawke's Bayrstaff. of ..the' Roads Department' have received notice that their services are to be dispensed with :-Messrs.' '?/ (of tho office staff), T.;H> Strauchan,;j; C. Clarke, A. G. ,Smith,:;and A."E. Gdmoiir (field staff). The decision of the Government to discharge;,4p meivengaged in,roadraaking on the' ?.Waimarama. l : Block.;js, likely to entail coii-' 'siderable; hardship on the'settlers. A Crown tenant; writing in the "Daily Telegraph" to- ; night, says : :^r,'.'Permit >v me-,-to;; ; draw attention to the.scandalous treatment meted out to the. settlers, in the Waiinarama' Settle;merit; ;On the day of the ballot we'were told .tho-money was/granted for the road,.and it would be'pushed: on with alldispatch. But what do' we find? .Seven miles of road open and not'orie ..mile.'fit for use, and'all the men-/sacked. ;-;qno/ gang have (I' believe) three .days to finish their contract,'yet thev are stopped.: Hbw we. are going to' pav our next, instalment' of ■■ rent .puzzles me " considering wo' have to pay. just about double ( what it ought:to cost:us to get material inbut in it has to come,/or pay rent on land" that would be of no.use to us. Otherwise I ;"'ould,.suggest,:in.the:futur6 that/no Land Board receive applications for land until the said land is well roaded, and thereby lessen tho burden of the, struggling settlers."

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UNIVERSAL-MILITARY TRAINING/ ■■■*l:r-u : v-, : ','A',-"'.' s'.,;\ r ~;iEE£ING,IN AUSTRALIA,-;>.;. ■ ■ (ByTelegraph.—Special'Correspondent.) , , : \ Auckland, July 26! ,: Colonel .J* A. H. Lee, of the Royal Australian/Engineers, Commandant of .the Commonwealth- Forces -in South .Australia,, .arrived in Auckland; Sydney yesterday. He has had many years' experience of military affairs in Australia. For/ several years before going ,to South .Australia as .commandant, the colonel 'was officer commanding the Engineers' in New'Sfiuth: Wales, and during that time was-,Chief Instructor 'in military engineering, army signalling, and electric' lighting. l .; -'

■ In .conversation with a- reporter to-day, Colonel Lee said that just; now there is a, '.considerable ;wave of enthusiasm ' ip '; Australia/on, tho,;subject / of defence.., "A great and'.'an intelligent interest, is being' manifested' in. the subject. .The policy pfi'the.i.Goyeriimont! seems to bo to .initiate ! some system "of universal training, < and I may say that :the policy has the approval of all. the, educated.. sections of., the fcom'munity. Indeed; Tmay say that all political- , parties favour universal training, it being fully recognised that it is • absolutely necessary to get an efficient defence force worked ,ou proper lines, parallel' to those indicated 'by the Imperial Defence Committee." -." '..What is the;feeling in South Australia;? "In South Australia there is an exceedingly good feeling on this question, .and the establishments laid down are very nearly up to strength. There is jgreat enthusiasm' ;on the subject of universal training amongst all classes, to be carried out under conditions to "be laid down by the.'Government. I might' perhaps ;say, although' I own- some risks in doing so, 'that there -was.'.a; great amount, of apathy amongst certain classes of'the .'population. This is being gradually .overcome, and/more interest is now being taken throughout the metropolitan .-_ and ;country.districts of South Australia." ..' , ! .- On the' wider', question of general Imperial defence, Colonel: Lee preferred iiot to say anything,'in view, of his official position, aridthe.fact.ihat the. .whole matter.' is', in. a transition stager . •' . Questioned. as to _ the significance of the movement for " an'., independent Australian navy, Colonel Lee said a wrong construction must not be placed upon it. The. idea that it is a. movement; in .the direction of ultilnato separation,'or cutting the'painter from the Imperial;connection in. Australia, is quite fallacious. ~' .