NEWS AND NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 7 November 1901, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The now breakwater works at Tiinaru continue to make good progress. Mr J P. Maxwell visited the works last week, and expressed himself as being highly pleased with the way in which the work is going on. The stone now shows above water for a distance of 400 ft, and the toe is out 430 feet. Tho Railway Department has put a long drive into tho side of Mount Egmont for tho purpose of testing the quality of tho stone in tho mountain, which is thought to be suitable for railway ballast and road metal. The Balclutha Borough Council decided at its last meeting to raiso 451000 by culling for tenders for ton debentures of £IOO each, five having a currency of 10 years and fivo of 20 years. Tho money proposed to bo raised is to oroct borough salo yard*, for which a tender has been accepted for £715. A lato visitor to tho Chatham Islands describes it as a model place. A magistrate (who rarely has anything to do) and throe J. P'a. sit as school and licensing comraittoo year after yoav. Thoro aro no road boards, no voting, no elootoral roll, no rates or taxes (tho dog tax is evaded with great unanimity, and tho land tax is novcr collected), there's no poverty, rcscuo homes, rafugos, nogleotod children, or criminals. Thoro are two drink storos, but littlo drunkonnoßa. Population 400, and evoryone on tho inlands owns a horse.