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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 238, 2 March 1910, Page 3

It is said that two cases of wine mysteriously disappeared from his Excellency's baggage during a recent trip in the prohibited area of the King Country. Police investigations were unsuccessful in tracing the missing beverage.

During the last few weeks, writes the Star's correspondent, a great deal has been talked here of payable gold being found close to Ohakune, and it is a noticeable fact that two of our leading residents, who, it is said, are in the know, are in the habit of leaving by the Northern express every Saturday, and do not return until the following Tuesday. They 'don thp roughest clothes, roll up bluey, and carry the paraphernalia of the fossicker. It is known that they have procured miners' rights, and applied for a considerable area of country, and rumour hints that they are on the trail of a really good thing.

It is estimated that the new tarring machine which the Wellington City Council has ordered, on the recommendation of the City Engineer, will tar any ordinary road, from pavement to pavement, at the rate of 220 yards per day. It is hoped to tar from sixteen to twenty miles of city roadways next spring, and by this means do a great deal to minimise the dust nuisance which affects Wellington under present conditions. As water sprinkling is not necessary on tarred streets, the tarring process is likely to prove an eventual source of saving to the city, especially as the tarred surfaces add materially to the life of the roadways. The cost of the machine was £2OO.