LATE LOCALS

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1921, Page 3

LATE LOCALS

Tenders aro invited in this issue for the lease of section formerly occupied bv the harbormaster, adjacent to railway. Tenders close with the ( la.irmati of the Harbor Hoard on Saturday next at noon.

\ further lecture in the series of free public belt tires! inangiiratV-d by the Progress League will lie delivered by Mr .J. Itusliby Cowing of Otira at the Town llttll on Wednesday Mth. mst. at 8 p. 111 .. the subject being 'The Story of the Otira Tunnel’’ 'the lecture has been delivered in various centres and is particularly interesting being profusely illustrated by lantern slides. To help to defray the ,-ost of the lecture n collection will be made. All are heart.ty invited to he present. Adit.

One of the hugest, if not quite largest Steel ingot mould ever made wit. recently cast iu Great RiHatn. >< ever lj feet long, and its diameter tovrr tl fWI. This mould, which will he used for the easting of steel, was so lnme that it was almost too large to U* convoyed nil the railway, and great 1.1ceimit v was exercised in .arranging tt fur transport. It was carried on a tinge steel girder which rested on twe light-wheeled trucks, between wliteli ’lv mould hung. The weight ol 1 - ■ record casting was S7‘. tons.

It is somewhat significant, remarks the Loudon “ Daily Telegraph.” that while, in pre-war days, English pianoforte nmnulacturers were mortally at raid of the excessive competition ot !;,■ Geimatt nmnnftu t uroi s. now the boot is inclined to he on the other !,.c; undoubtedly the recent energy shown among nmnuliirUircrs 111 England has fluttered the German dovecuts. A recent number of the "Zeltschrift fur Instrueniiitenhau” puhlish- ,’ M | lM article on the suhieet, ami mure recently the Musical Makers ft issued a report to its members ,1,-mine attention to the mighty etlort.I.cing put forth iu England to oust German pianos from the overseas nttvket s. In former days, the Gorman inanulacturer wotthl merely have smiled it scoffing smile, and passed his way. Matters would appear - he different just now.