LOCAL AND GENERAL.
the water in the upper. reaches of the Wanganui river is reported to be so low that it i ls difficult to navigate the larger nver boats. The Wairere, when coming down from Pipiriki. bumped heai ily on the bouklers, and dented a plate The vessel leaked badly, and «a§ delayed for two hours while temporary repairs were being effected.
The Union Company's steamer Maheno, which was expected to leave Sydney for Auckland on Friday, has been again held up owing to the' strike, and as there are no immediate prospects of a settlement being readied the company has decided to cancel the Maheno's trip to Auckland in the meantime, The Niagara and the Riverina are also still held up in Sydney.
The Xew PlymoufTi tramways again had a busy day yesterday,♦ and the indications point to another record, but the details of the traffic were not available last night. The total revenue earned tiiis year from Christmas live to Boxing Day (inclusive) was £238 17s 3d, compared with £IBO 19s "2d for the same period in i«vb (
Two Pahiatua butchers advertise?! for a slaughterman, anil the replies totalled 24 and 40 respectively. The local paper says that apparently there is 110 dearth of this class of labor.
"We will never do any good in Napier until we build hotels to accommodate the people we attract here," said Mr. C. H. Kdwards at the Napier Chamber of Commerce. "There are places in England where the permanent population is 3-000, and they can accommodate 20,000 people. One place, with 50,000 people, can accommodate 500,000 people. They live for eight months on what they make in the four months' holiday seaeon."
An enterprising American theatre has provided a nursery, so that mothers wishing to see the play (#n leave their babies in charge of a nurse. The babies are given a number, like objects left at a cloak room. TTiere is an electric signboard at the nide of the stage, and if any particular baby becomes too unthe number is flashed on the signboard ''Baby No. IS" would mean that its mother had to leave the auditorium and pay a visit to the nursery! It is understood, says a Press Association telegram from Gisborne, that the amended harbor scheme designed by the commission of engineers (Messrs. William Ferguson, Blair Mason, and Cyrus Williams) provides for the same site as originally recommended,, but the area is reduced to 120 a ores, with a depth at the entrance of 3oft,, and the cost is estimated at £1,0'.!0,000. As a means of temporary relief to prevent the silting of the injyr harbor, the commission recommends, inter alia, a mid-wall in the entrance channel, which will reduce the width of the entrance to 100 feet.
There is always a great demand for fruit at Christmas, and this year retail shops here have experienced an even busier time than usual. Strawberries were the principal fruit inquired for, and the supply, although large, proved quite inadequate. Because of the abnormal demand prices were high, but .this fact did not deter people from buying. Plums, peaches, and apricots from Auckland orchards were marketed in fairly large quantities, and sold readily. Potatoes are more plentiful this Christmas than they have been for some years past. Tn consequence prices have receded considerably. An exceptionally large quantity of (irecn peas was also on the market. The demand for poultry this Christinas was exceptionally brisk. Turkeys in particular realised high prices. There was another large crowd of visitors in New Plymouth yesterday, and the record for orderly behaviour and freedom from accidents was maintained, the Christmas season having now passed without any incident to mar its pleasures. No accident eases were admitted to the Auckland Hospital on Christmas Kve, Christmas Day, or Sunday. The absence of accident:; during the holiday -has been remarkable in view of the record number of visitors in town (says the Auckland Herald), and this is the first Christmas for some ■ years in which no accident cases have been admitted to the hospital.
The holiday cro_wds in New Plymouth have proved quiet and lafr-abiding. according to the experience of the police. Christmas Kve, Christmas Day, and following days passed off without any appreciable, breaches of the law as might possibly Inive. arisen from an outbreak on the part of over enthusiastic holi-day-makers. At races and other places where crowds are closely packed there is always the possibility of pick pockets operating, but ro far 110 cases have been reported. The" hio-poeket, the customary repository for valuables, is easily accessible, and the advice of the experienced detective is that money, and particularly rolls of notes, should not bo carried there.
The cessation of the town water on Sunday morning and the unsatisfactory supply since has caused considerable inconvenience in Hawera (eays the Star). It was learned that the stoppage was caused through the silting up of the intake. Mr. Sturrock, borough engineer, went out on Sunday morning with some men> and cleaned out the silt.. The water reached Hawera during the afteVnoon and on Sunday night there was a good flow, but_by Monday morning there was a recurrence of the trouble, the supply having again completely fallen away. It. was found that a new difficulty had arisen, but temporarily repairs were effectecT, which, it is understood, will make a satisfactory supply possible until permanent repairs can betaken in hand. The water tower tanks are full, but in view of the possibility of fire this water cannot be made available for household purposes.
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