POVERTY BAY NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 28 September 1907, Page 2

POVERTY BAY NEWS.

Per Press Association. Gisborne, Last Night. Mr. Walter Grace left Gisborne this afternoon _ overland for Wairoa by motor, Mrs. Grace accompanying him. As the road at present is impassable for a motor with the usual equipment, Mr. Grace has adopted a device whbh lie feels certain will enable him to overcome the difficulties to be encountered. He has had attached to the car on either sid; a pair of planks hinged together. They are doubled up in "V" shape, and ordinarily serve their purpose well as mudguards, but when a bad bit of Toad had to be encountered, the guards are unshipped and used as a bridge for the motor-car wheels to run on. As each plank is ten feet long, a good length was to be covered in that way, and the planks run on in front for any length. All attempts to dissuade Mr. Grace from making the journey at present have failed, although he has been informed that beyond Waerengaokuri there is one length of "porridgy" road extending for two and a-half miles, and another length further on extending for one and a-half miles, making four miles of sticky mud that cannot be avoided. The destination to-night is Waerengaokuri. Mr. and Mrs. Grace intend visiting the Marumaru" caves. Mr. Graoe has toured nearly the whole of New Zealand. He says that he got the first motor-car to Lake Wakatipu, negotiating the sand patches with the use of coconut matting, Mrs. Grace assisting him in getting the car over the bad placcß. Two of the gentlemen concerned in the recent hospital social have been summoned to appear at the Police Court on charges of selling liquor without ft license. There was a booth at the social. No cliarge was made for drinks, but a box for contributions towards the funds was in a prominent position.