Last Look Round-

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 722, 23 July 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round-

£75,000 For Quake Relief 5‘ The Central Earthquake liclici' Fund has now reached over £75.00“. ‘ 3 * it ‘ Boy's Sudden Death ; A sixvyear—old boy. Ralph \\‘ood. nri Kotelnnori. died suddenly last evon—l ing. The rausc of his death is nn— ‘ known. .\ll inquest will hr holdfi 12. x. l *4: .;- * Early Lambs Appear - Already. on four or live L‘tirnhridzr-1 farms. some 5.0 m) curly lambs ni‘r' [risking about in the paddocks. Th:- . percentage mi lambs is very good. and 1 the inortalily among both owes until lzunbs is exceptionally low. ‘ x: t Farmer Drops Dead . . “'illiniu Luin'g, ii 5911101‘ at ,l'lnnfu Road, I‘ongarou, \Ynirurapu. drown-. 1; ‘ dead in his cowshcd this morning, Mr. ; iLaing‘. who is a. marricd man. is 1.. -' lieved to have been in ilidifft‘l‘vrit' health. . ‘ . 7.: '4 . Motorist Strikes Train .Vlr, Robert Sowerby, it well-known ‘ resident of Hastings, had :i narrow“ escape at St. Aubyn Street railway" crossing today, when his car run into a goods truin. )‘lr. Sou'erhy escaped unhurt, but the car was damaged oxtensivcly.—l‘.J\. =i«' Y 6 2;: Agent to be Extradited Jack George Sharpe, ugi-d ST. :in :ul- { vertising agent, on a charge of oh-l tnining £l5O by {also pretenccs from the )Ilorron Estutc. Ltd.. Sydnoy, has been ordered to ho cxti'uditcd to Sydney. A detective arrived (it \Vellington today to escort him hack—lLA. a: h: m i Farmers’ Conference ' The New Zcolaiml .I"al’ln<‘-rs" Union Dominion Conference was upcncd zit \Vellington today by the Hon. G. \V. Forbes. Blinistor of Agriculture. The delegates also were addressed by the Rt. Hon. .1. G. 003105 and tho I‘lon. J. G, Cobbc. [Extracts from the president's address are 1)\.ll.lil>‘ll(‘d 011‘ pages '7 and S]. A" 1" =3 l ' increased Infectious Diseases 1 Infectious diseases: rcpnrtml from 1 three districts comprising the “felling"— ton health district, reaching from \Vellington to \Vangrtnui and Nuniv-xni show 2). consirlcrziblc increase of uncu- 1 mania, scarlet fever and (liplilhvrin. Especially prominent are the pumi—nionia. cases. which for the week nunw *bcrcd 22- am incrcusc of 12. a: =:= :.': |Community Singing ‘ The ltlashum—Briggs Dun, Ur l\'.\ will giro selections including thr- old English song. “\Vidcombe Fair." .11 the Community Singing at the Town Hall tomorrow. The song-louder will be 311‘. Archie Dun. supported in .. suxophono band. The Rev. (‘hnrlm Chandler will be in the chair, and Mn». 1 Barrington-Snow will he the ilt't'flllz-i pal-list. A {:ramophone recital »\l:i be given from noo‘n until 1 p.m‘ j * l" l Blasting Mckihinui Dam ‘ Blasting operations are starting [0- ‘ day on the dam in the Mokihinui River, which is holding up a huge Vulllillt‘ o.” “23th above the township of Soddnn—ville. A. track was cut up to the Clam his: Week and blasting was to linvu hr—gun during the week-end. hut 11in; nature of the country prosented mor-‘v‘ difficulties than were anticipated. ltl proved a. very dilficult task to pack H” the gear, including 40011). of explosives up to the slip. * It 3 ‘ Tawa Fiat Tunnel ‘ The Public VVorks Department‘s rO--in connection with the Tawa. Flat .ruilway deviation is; that bottom hcud number one tunnel has been completed right through its length of (33‘ ‘chuins. The line and level when the ‘ ‘hezidings met were absolutely correci.‘ i 'lt is hoped that this tunnel will bu‘ icompleted within 12 Inonths and that. by that tinlc, heading: work in number two tunnel, 2 miles 53 chains, will 11?. Completc. It is considered that cxeellent progress is being made with the work.