WANGANUI HARBOR WORKS.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 374, 16 November 1878, Page 2

WANGANUI HARBOR WORKS.

Ax noon on Tuesday last, the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the first portion of the Wanganui Harbor Works was performed by Mr Thomas Bamber, Chairman of the Harbor Board. A punt moored off the site of the Gas Works denoted where the North Training wall would be commenced, and was the place fixed upon for the laying of the first stone. After the ceremony toasts were drank and speeches made by the following gentlemen—Mr bommerville (Chairman of the County council), Mr Bryce, M.H.R., Hon John Ballance, M.H.R., Mr W. Powell, Mr J. Duthie, His Worship the Mayor, Mr J. Morgan, Mr Barr, and Mr Uenby. As giving the best idea of what has been done and what is expected from the work just started we reprint the following from the Wanganui Herald: “ On Tuesday, the 12th November the foundation stone, or to speak by the book, foundation stones, of the training walls were laid by the contractor in the presence of the members of the Wanganui Harbour Board, and a number of guests invited to take part in the ceremony. Without going into technical particulars we may briefly state that the

Vails thus commenced will extend on both sides of the river right down to the Heads, confining the channel, and thus obtaining, it is estimated, sufficient scouring power as to deepen the river bed. The walls will be built up to half tide height their course being marked by beacons placed at regular intervals. The present contract so auspiciously inaugu rated this day takes the walls down to the. Languard Bluff, but it covers the most urgent portion of the work. This consists of the shallows lying between, the Bluff and the town wharf, and it is there immediate relief is required. That the walls will have the effect of deepening the channel is first of all confiidently expected by the Board’s engineer, Mr Barr, and his calculations strengthened by the opinion of Sir John Coode, the eminent English engineer. The only point of difference between the Board’s officer and the English expert was as to the line to bo followed by the walls after they had passed the Biuff, on the main principle of the scheme both gentlemen being unanimous. A scheme thus endorsed and fortified by the best advice possible to obtain on the subject commends itself strongly to the Board, who have the control of the undertaking. They have accepted their responsibility, and to-day saw the commencement of the great work. We confess to being ■sanguine as to the success, and certain of the result that will follow that success. Railway developement has given this district increased impetus hardly yet recognised, and with its extension the •improvement of the port has become an ■ imperative necessity. The time has • come when we must prepare for other vessels than those familiar to us now. •and when the trade of the coast should • seek a wider area than it now possesses. Increased facilities for communication is the first step, but the most important. With a greater depth ot water in the river inducements would be offered to make Wanganui a port of call for large boats, and a direct trade with the Australian Colonies and with England could be profitably opened up. We look upon the work inaugurated to-day as the most important undertaking ever yet commence in the district—one that will yield we believe the greatest results, and influence the future of the district in the largest degree. The Sydney Mail says—“ The latest novelty in agricultural machinery is Hornsby’s hedge trimmer. In its general principles of construction and action, it somewhat resembles a mowing machine, but in detail it differs widely. The horse walks along the side of the hedge, and the machine cuts both sides, so that the trimming of the hedges on .a farm or estate will not take up much time. The implement was shown at work near (he Show Yard of the Royal Agricultural Society at Bristol, and did some capital hedge trimming at a very’ rapid rate. The v arinus -capabilities of the implement, the powers of the man who is handling it to lift the whole cutting apparatus, to alter the position of the cutter, to cut the top or either side of the fence at will, it is said, are very surprising. Well-dressed Men.—Among those habitual errors of conduct which arc common in both careful and careless persons, not one is more often met with than disregard of the advantages derivable from being well dressed; yet whoever lives observantly in such a County as Tatca. is soon convinced that this mistake is fruitful of mischievous results. All of us instinctively judge from first impressions; we proceed from the exterior to the interior; ■a well-dressed man gratifies our fondness for beauty and our appreciation of neatness; and there is no one, however cynical or unobservant, but is pleased when a well-dressed person, even if a stranger, passes by, and ' disposed to think favorably of him. This universal disposition cannot safely be offended. To be habitually a sloven is to constantly, though unconsciously, offend numerous persons, among whom the favour of some may be valuable; and therefore a shrewd man is not content to make himself neat now and then, but always will appear well dressed. He keeps his clothes in good order, and is careful in the selection of a tailor. In bringing this maxim before public notice, R. A. Adams. Cardigan House, is gratified by remembering that the disposition of a groat many of his customers to appear in public well dressed has been met by the combination in his goods of selection, material . good fit. and low price. He obtains his cloths in the most advantageous markets; he employs first-class cutters and workmen; he avoids obsolete fashions; and he is content with moderate profits in the place of the exorbitant percentage which only a few years ago was universal, and still is frequent in the tailoring trade. His gloves, hats, shirts, hosiery, ties, «E,nd scarfs, arc also such as will please the [' most fastidious. Whatever experience, capital, care, and good taste can effect on the tradesman’s side, is done by R. A. Adams, in order that all his customers may realise the substantial advantages of being well-dressed; and that his efforts give satisfaction, i i shown by the rapid and steady increase in the number of those who deal with him. Attentive to the changes of costume necessitated by varying seasons, and of style by the dictatee of fashion, R. A. Adams has now on hand a large and carefully selected stock of cloths suitable for all seasons.—ll. A. ADAMS Cardigan House, Carlyle.— advt. ‘ Holloivay's Pills. —Siek Headaches.— Thousands suffer from this worrying annoyance when the body and brain ar© depressedin warm, damp, weather. Holloway’s purifying Pills present a ready ■means of cure for indigestion, billiousness, and flatulency; in debilitated constitutions and nervous,habits these Pills are the best restoratives ; they correct all the unpleasant consequences of torpidity of the liver, they remove distention, and never fail to secure regular action. For all abdominal ailments Holloway's Pills are the safest possible medicine, they at once give ease and comfort, and naturally ■strengthen the whole series of organs concerned in the process of digestion, and will be found useful in every household.