NEW PLYMOUTH NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 1760, 27 May 1913, Page 8

NEW PLYMOUTH NOTES.

Mr. E. Walker, draughtsman in the Public Works Department at New Plymouth, has been promoted to the Auckland officei whither he proceeded on Saturday. Tho Rederiiptorist Fathers closed their mission nt St. Joseph's Church on Sunday night. Tho Whangamamona correspondent 01 the" "Herald"' states that many immigrants are arriving there daily and taking up work in different parts of the district.

Everything is stated to be proceeding satisfactorily both at tlio Moturoa and Bell Block "bores of tlio Taranaki (Now Zealand) Oil Wells, Ltd. It is expected that, if tlio weather conliiiues favourable, the works should bo sufficiently advanced by Juno 1 to enable tlio furnaces at the refinery to be lighted. A fortnight later it should be possible to give the plant a trial run. The new Wnitara bridge, an up-to-date structure rf ferro-concreto and steel, was formally declared open by' Mr. W. Jennings lost week. Thr> bridge, which was designed 1 by Mr. C. F. Dowsett, is 240ft-. long, with four spans of COft. each. The width between the inside pai'apets is 20ft, and over all 28ft. Tlio total cost amounted to .£10,500, of which the Government provided .£'3ooo. The ribbon was severed by the Mayoress of Waitara. Mrs. W. .T. Jenkins.' Representatives of most of the Taranalci local bodies were present, and nflor the ceremony a luncheon was held at Kerr's Waitara Hotel, tlio of Waitara, Mr. AY. J. Jenkins, presiding.

Mr. M'Kcnzio, of Uruti, who has been breeding Jerseys for a number of years, has sold his herd at i!2O, a record for the Uruti district.

A novel denarturo lias been made in New South Wales by skirting ploughing by night. For this purpose two powerful acetylene headlights are attached to tho traction engine which draws the plough, and the ground is so well and brilliantly lighted that the operator can work over the field as well as by daylight. Lieut.-Colonel Baden-Powell received a silver salver as a wedding gift from old members of the Mafeking siege garrison. Sir William Lever, if was stated yesterday. will purchase. Hindcrlon estate, including Hie township of Meston, Cheshire, with a view to important townplanning developments.

A LOVELY CHILD AT TOWNSVILLE WTIO USKS REXONA SKIN A SI) FACIAL SOAP. "I am giving this testimonial so mothers will see what soap to wash their babies with," writes Mrs. F. ]{oss, Stolte Street, Townsville, Q. "I have used Hexoniv Skin and Facial Soap for my little girl for some time, and if has made her skin so soft and clean and healthy and not "a smear on it. She is like a pink rose. Her hair is soft and silky, and the sealp is like snow, and her hair is growing quite long and curly. I jmve tried several other soaps, hut none can beat Rexona Skin and Facial Soap. I intend always koopiii',' a cake in the house to wash her with." ftexona Soap is as sv.eel, wholesome, and pure as the mountain dew. To use it for the doily bath, or even In wash Iho hands and face with it, is (o furnish llie skin with a tonic and antiseptic of unquestionable value. Hexona Skin and Facial Snap is a refreshing, soothing, healing, antiseplic soap, medicated on the same principle as tlie famous l?exona Ointment. J'riee, Is. Cd. por tablet.

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