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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 549, 16 July 1920, Page 2

A claim by natives thai Stratford i.; built on a reserve which was set aside for them and then diverted to another use (stales a contemporaiy) is anions matters which a Royal Commission has been set up to inquire into :■ nd report upon. "Will the person who is killing my sheep kindly hang skins on fence to d:y'."' asks 'in advertiser in a Westport exchange. The Christehuivh Tramway Board will install a new device on cars beintr built (says the Sun). This is what is commonly known as "Dead Man's Grip," a contrivance which will simplify the means of controlling the current by the motorman. i Also it is designed ro ooviate such | an accident as that which occurred in Wellington some time ajjo when the motorman was taken ill and the car dashed down an incline. The new de.vice will make it possible for the car automatically to come to a standstill if the motorman releases his grip,