NEWS AND NOTES.
“There are 25 blind soldiers in New Zealand who are under the care of: the trustees of the various Commercial Travellers’ Associations,” stated the annual report of the Canterbury Commercial Travellers’ Association. During the year approximately £9OO was distributed to those in need of assistance.
One of the most interesting feature of the huge power works at Mnngahao is the jig tram line by which all material from the M anga - hao upper dam is lowered by the surface road on the hill top above down to the valley. This tram line descends 450 feet with a gradient of one ill two.
As evidence of the far-reaching arm of the law, a Napier man named McKay was arrested on board the Essex, which was lying in the roadstead at Napier. It appears that McKay, who was wanted for wife desertion, left Napier about 12 months ago, and lias since been halfway round the world.
A correspondent of the Taranaki Herald suggests that level crossing accidents might often be averted if a departmental order went forth that engine stokers on approacliing a level cossiug should put coal on the tire, his reason being that the smoke emitted would lie discernnble when perhaps a whistle might not be heard. A “silent policeman” is to he erected on the Foxton-Samlon road, near the Junction Hotel, Sandou, by the Munawatu County Council. This is recognised as an extremely dangerous corner as motorists have a Icndcio-v to hug corners in turning. This is especially so on race days, Sundays and holidays. Musk may be found growing on the banks of the streams and wat-er-courses in the Oiuaru district. A peculiarity about it, however, is that if has no perfume. It is stated that in recent, years the perfume of musk has disappeared in all parts of the world, and that a substantial reward is offered for the discovery of a plant that possesses the original perfume. The cause of (he disappearance is a mystery. At last, the restoration of the devastated regions of France is well on the road to completion. Ont: of 22,000 factories of all kinds that were, either totally or partially destroyed by the Germans over 20,000 have now been restored and are again in full operation. Seven and a quarter million acres, or over eighty-eight per cent, of the total area of agricultural land wrecked by shot and shell during the war has been cleared and brought back to civilisation. Over 589,000 more or less seriously damaged houses have been again rendered fit for habitation, but there are still 143, 000 that were totally destroyed awaiting rebuilding. Nevertheless the bulk of the population has now returned to the devastated area,
and the number of inhabitants may again bp said to be normal,^
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2691, 5 February 1924, Page 1
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464NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2691, 5 February 1924, Page 1
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