TOWN AND COUNTRY

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 157, 29 March 1939, Page 6

TOWN AND COUNTRY

Items Of Interest From The Provinces VVHIROKINO HIGHWAY Trestle Bridge Expected To Be Opened By Easter The long new high-level trestle bridge over the IVhirok&o Flats, on the main West Coast highway, between Foxton and Levin, will probably be opened for traffic before Easter. The Public Works Department had hoped to open the bridge earlier, but certain finishing work occupied longer than at first was thought, the approaches will be allowed to consolidate under traffic before being tar-sealed.

Scarf Tangled in Plano Rudder. To clear one of the rudders of a scan which had been whipped from the neck of one of the occupants, an emergency landing was made by an aeroplane between Gisborne and Napier last week. A good landing was made on the property of. Mr. Norman Hill, Ruataniwha Road, Wairoa, late in the afternoon, and the journey was resumed the following morning.

Highway Improvements. The work of improving the Palmerston North-Shannon main highway, which is being undertaken by the Public Works Department, shows substantial progress, and the task of cutting off the bad bend in Linton is now under way. Four miles of the highway, one length at the I’almerston North end and the other at the Makerua end, have received the first coat of priming, and a start has been made with the work of putting on the second eoat in Makerua.

Churches of Christ Conference. The~annual conference of the Churches of Christ of New Zealand, which will be held in Wanganui at Easter, will be attended by more than COO delegates. They will arrive on Thursday, April 6, and will leave on Easter Mon.xiy or Tuesday morning. About 250 will attend the young people’s camp, the women being accommodated in the intermediate school and the men in the Queen’s Park School. The conference proceedings will take place in St. Paul's Hall.