The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, October 22, 1910. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 908, 22 October 1910, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Saturday, October 22, 1910. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

r East Saturday night a number o* youths sought a good deal ot pleasure in letting off fireworks in the main thorougfare, to the annoyance of people with nerves, and the startling of horses in adjacent paddocks. Little children were startled out of their sleep, and it was fortunate that nothing serious happened to persons riding or driving horses along Main St, There are certain times when the letting off of “ double bangers ” is permissible and the soaring sky rocket gladdens the youthful heart —but surely the main thoroughfare on Saturday night is neither the time nor place for such fun. It smacks of hooliganism. We might also mention that the law prohibits such doings, and we give a timely warning to persons who desire to indulge their fancy to-night, to seek some out of the way section, otherwise they may be called upon to seek an interview with the Magistrate.

The aid to Water Po.ver Works Bill has passed its third reading in the House, The Prime Minister said the cost ot the various works —both capital and operating—had been previously compared in detail with practically every large undertaking in Norway, Switzerland, and Sweden. It seemed to him that, despite criticism, electrical energy could be delivered at Auckland from Kaituua at a price which would defy the competition of any steam plant. The details would be given in the Public Works Statement of three schemes which it was proposed to go on with. Two of these were Lake Coleridge and Kaituna, but the other scheme had not yet been decided on. Steps are being taken in the Pahiatua district to have the Makuri scheme included as the third, and at a meeting held in Pahiatua on Thursday night it was unanimously resolved to invite the members for Palmerston, Masterton, Dannevirke, and Pahiatua,

and the Mayors of those towns and Woodville and Eketahuna, the chairmen of County Councils and Chambers of Commerce within those districts and the chairman of the Akito County Council, to a conference there next Friday, with a view to combined action to urge the Government to include the Makuri as one of the first schemes. The Makuri is to provide hydro-electrical energy up to 6,000 hoise power at a cost of ,£200,000 to serve an area extending to this coast taking in Levin, Feildiug, Palmerston, up to Dannevirke and as far south as Masterton. Whether the market for such power will justify the expensive and lengthy transmission lines, etc., we cannot say, but it is sate to presume that the whole subject has been carefully investigated by experts, and on their advice the Government is moving. Under the circumstances, we hope the Makuri scheme will be included in the three to be undertaken, but possibly the Hutt scheme (to,ooo horse power, cost £300,000) will be decided upon.