NEWS AND NOTES.

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1925, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Thai .a voting orplmn hoy in one i f our orphanages should l.e the hriphi- • -si Icy in Die school xvllieh lie attemled, and have a cert ideate of prolieieney xvliile lie was still in standard live v. it bout having lo go through the :iM !’. -land:'nl eourse. was the cause ol limsi favu:i:aihie enmineiii. by the members of the Auckland Hospital Hoard (reports (be “Star"). The hoy was .getting (he best home and school i raining w hich Im eoiilil get. Il was exp"ef."l Ihat the lad would go far in 1 1 is scholastic career, and it was (hauled to w rite io those in charge of ihe o|-phaiia"e eoligrai ulal ing them on ihe boy's suc-e-s and the splendid work ihe.x are doing amongst those who re.-ponde 1 so readily !o the fine example -et kef, re Hem and the iclleni training they receive.

.'mi implement that should Is- in the auiiipu* exhibit at the exhibit ini i - the stone-crii-ihcr u- -! by the llaurnki Plains (’ciinty Council, being almost A;) V'ui's old. At last nn'('tiny' (states an exchange) the engineer reported that it - limit of usefulness had missed. F.verv part- that could break bad done so with the exception ol tin) main frame, 'flic ci'ti-fcr did not run for on.- full day dm mg past months. The cngim-i. r liu-ntioncil that ihc e-st of maintenance to date was now creator PmII the estimated cost of the cuntract. A discussion elided in the tacit a.i■.• -•pI a 11 c■ ■ of a member’s advice jo vi ail until ihe frame breaks. ,-ui.iii- it. so b*- c.vs, will have a ni-*.* ,-rus 1 er l.nil; ! y iio* gradual renewal of every pa;:. A contributor to the "Maitarn Alail" report - the discovery on the bench two miles south of AYnitara of whit- terraces, evidently formed by lb-.- action ol some old-time geyser. The area of tin- terra'es i-. four or five j Panne yard-, and tin- .'all of ihe old j pool from which tin- water Unwed is a! n exposed The find must have liven eoV-.-rc.l by -ami until recently, as i- I. a. not been reported hitherto. The increasing popularity ol internal j eeinbiiNi ion engines in tin- mercantile j marine is further evidenced in lie; ; case of Lla- Clusjzow steamer Alynhank, | which lei! Port Chalicers last Tuesday j with Mid ( urririhdo stud rams lor; H.ui'tli AiiK-rjcM (states the Dunedin ' ".Star”). ’l’lie .Mvnhanl; is a new J

steamer on tier maiden voyntze. and since -(oiiie into commission early this year has been tradin’! to America. Australia and the Far Fast. She was l>uiit and enyined by llarland and Wolf on tin- Clyde. Her twin motor engines arc of the ei.yht-cylinder fourcycle type installed on the liurmeis-ter-AA’ain system and sinyle actiny. During her eiyht months' iramjiiny t!’e Alynhank's engines have not once lail-<-d. tin* vessel's average speed heiny (devi'n knots. The Alynhank was the tenth motor ship to yu into eommis»ion out of a fleet of twenty-one such ships recently ordered by the wellknown firm of .Andrew Weir and Company. Captain (b I. Andoe commands the Alynhank and his chief engineer is Air S. Wan-zli.