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Horowhenua Chronicle, 26 November 1913, Page 3

It is said that the attempt to bum Longburn railway bridge the other day was most deliberate. Inflammable material was gathered under the bridge and there set; on fire.

The following votes for local works appear in the Public Works Statement: Manakau North, £50; Manakau South (£1 for £1) £100; Otaki Gorge (£1 for £1), (£92); £100; Pyke Road (£1 for £1), £1501 Taungata Bridge (£1 for £1), (£2l), £100; Te Horo to Mangaone Yallcy, £200; Tokomaru Valley, £150; Waikanae River Protection Works (£? for £1), £150; Waikanae to Hadfield (£1 for £1), £250: Waikanae to Tipper Hutt (£500(, (£1 for £1), £1000; Waikawa Beach Road (£1 for £1), £400. The closing of the hotel bars in Auckland city and suburbs is apparently being turned to good account by the more ingenious of the local tradesmen. It has become quite a common sight in the suburbs to sec the window of a purveyor of "soft" drinks openly displaying a placard bearing in bold letters the word "Beer," and it is only on inspection that the small but extenuating word "hop" becomes noticeable. - • A- Mana watu farmer states that the season has been rather too good for growth. He has hay crops past the stage for cutting, and it is impossible to touch them owing to the unsettled weather.