TROUBLE AT KAIWARRA,

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1189, 26 July 1911, Page 9

TROUBLE AT KAIWARRA,

MUD SLIDE AND AN OIL STOEE. Some months ago a big slide of loose iarth and mnTlcck Streamed down the hill »bove the cliffs at Kaiwarrn, and invaded the sheds of the Vacuum Oil Company, which face tho flutt Road between the eiid of _ the Esplanade and Kaiwarra townHhip. The recent heavy rains have occasioned a recurrence of the trouble. On Monday night a large mass of soft rock poured across the old disused road behind tho sheds, and toppling over the bank pushed in the end of. the big shed in ■which tho company's stock of lubricating on 13 stored. Yesterday morning the place was swimming in mud and water and there were indications that some of tho barrels of oil had been burst by the mass from the hillside, and that damage had l>een done to the stock. Tho manager Mr. T. H. Hamilton, stated that ho estimated that some 210 barrels had been affected by the mud-slide, but ho could not then give an estimate of the damage done. All day yesterday a stream of water from tho hillside was rushing over the hank and through the shed on to the Hutt Road. The work of salvaging the oil was in progress throughout the day*

No fewer than 107 ships of the Dreadnought type lire now Imilr. building, or ordered for the various I'owcfs, according to 'n valuable, table drawn m> | )v Mr. A. If. Burgo.yne, M.l'. The following are the figures for the different navies:—Britain, !12; Germany, 21; U.S.A.. 12; France, 10; Japuii, ,S: I'lisiia i; Austria. ■!; J truly. 4; Hinzil, 3; Spain! !i: Argentine, 2; Chili. 2; Turkey, '_'. In'moving Hint the Admiralty he petitioned to di.-continiie heavy giiiilirn round tli! , roasts during August and September when cloud* ivcru about, the Earl nf Stair, at a meeting of the Highland Agricultural Society in Edinburgh, ?aid that tiring was apt to bring down rain, and at that time of the year fino weather was desirable.

Miss Smart (addressing long-haired etranger near her at the musicale): "You are fond of Gounod, of course?" Stranger (who happened to be a waiter); "Me! I never, et none,'-