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Hokitika Guardian, 9 December 1924, Page 1

account of the iiiplure of some of the supporting piles at the back, under an outward lateral presure, due to settlement and an outward movement in the rubble mound which surrounded tinpiles. 11l tho opinion of the Com* sinners, want of foresight was displayed in designing and carrying out a structure unable to bear inevitable stresses.' Otherwise no negligence bad been shown bv any officer or employee. Ii is recommended that the rubble retaining wall and mound on which it stands be removed as the proper and c] ll lv permanently ellective remedy for the disintegrating influences, and similar iiillui-nces are operating at Princess Wharf, Calliope Dock Wharf and Freeman's Bay and although there does not appear to be immediate danger ol disruption at any one of these places, careful vigilance is urged as a precautionary measure. The report of the Commissioners was considered by the Board to-night. 1 lie Board resolved to accept the rcsigunjo„ „f its engineer. Mr Hamer, and to grant him. six months leave. " World-wide applications for an engineer will bo called. The Board also decided to authorise the works recommended by the Coiniuis sinners, and to ask Messrs 0. X.col and B. F. Moore to report on the rosU,ration of the Western Wharf. CUSTOM'S A OF. XT DEAD. WF.LLIXGTOX. December <L \ customs agent named 1\ B. Boyd fell over a cliff at Collans Valley Boat! this morning, and was found dead by the driver of a milk float. ITe had been in the lmhit of wandering about the hills with a (log and gun. SPATII.IXOF.B SEBUM. AUCKLAND. December ?. Dr Blackmore. Superintendent of Cashmere Hills Sanatorium, returned |,v the Niagara. Dr Blackmore studied Spalilinger's methods of treating consumption. “I am doubtful wbetacr he has found anything better that * have already got.” lie said in an interview “I found he was making serum from horses’ blood, somewhat similar to a good many serums previously made. Spalilinger is a man who refuses r eallv independent tests of Ins treatment, and although he has been urged to take ill one or two bacteriologists. partieaularly from Xew Zealand, he will not agree to tins being done. Consequently every country is holdup back,”