The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 June 1922, Page 4

The Daily News. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1922. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taranaki branch of the New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers held a conference at New Plymouth yesteray, being welcomed by the Mayor (Mr. F. E. Wilson) prior to the commencement of the business session. Later the harbor works and the 'borough hydro-electric works were inspected. A vieit of inspection to the New Plymouth harbor works was paid yesterday morning by the chairman (Mr. C. E. Bellringer) and several members of the Harbor Board. One of the objects of the. visit was to see the first operation in connection with the reclamation work necessary in connection with the construction of the new wharf which has been decided upon. It was found impossible. however, to take, any spoil across the overhead bridge which crosses the railway line owing to some further adjustments being necessary in haulage gear, and when these have been made, which is not expected to take very long, work will be commenced. An empty truck was taken over, the process occupying about one minute each way. At yesterday’s meeting of the Egmont County Council the Department of Justice forwarded a copy of a rider added to the verdict by the jury at the inquest recently held at Opunake concerning the death of Thomas Duffey. The rider was to the effect that it be a recommendation to the police and local! authorities that the law relating to the carrying of lights on vehicles after sunset be more strictly enforced. The ; chairman remarked that it was a matter for the police first and the county inspector next. He did not see that the council could do very much on the matter, but on his motion it was resolved to draw the attention of the police to the matter, and the inspector was also instructed to take action whenever pos- i sible. In reply to the advertisement asking | those wanting employment to leave their names at the office of the Egmont ! County Council, five names were re- ! eeived. The council forwarded the names to Mr. O. Hawken, M.P., and I asked his assistance in obtaining employment. Mr. Hawken replied stating that the work now offering was at Whangamomona, as Te Roti was very congested, owing to a new section being taken over. All the labor agents had been notified that work was available, and he suggested that the matter should be mentioned to Constable Clouston, who no doubt was the labor agent at Opunake and could supply all particulars. The chairman said that he had been informed by the District Roads Engineer that men could be placed on the Wiremu Road and on the railway.

The Egmont County’s quota to the Taranaki Hospital and Charitable Aid Board this year will be £2395 18s. At yesterday’s meeting of the council the chairman (Cr. O’Brien), who is also one of the district’s representatives on the Hospital Board, remarked that this was on the same rate as last year. He admitted that it was over Jd in the £ on the rateable value of the county, but he said that it was impossible to reduce it. They now had an Opunake hospital and could expect to get better service. He stressed the point that the board was economising in every possible way and was watching the interests of the ratepayers as keenly as were the members of the council. Replying to a question, he said that the board was doing its utmost to collect .patients’ fees and had done very well, only three or four boards in the Dominion having a better record in this respect. He also paid a tribute to the excellent services rendered 'by Mr. Holden, whose work as general manager he eulogised.

Preparations for the construction of the second Wharf at New Plymouth have been made by the Harbor Board. The first step will be the building of a rubble wall 500 feet in length, rails being run along the top of thia as it is constructed and the spoil tipped the end until the "required length is made to the foot of the new wharf, which is to be constructed in concrete. From this spot a turn to the eastward is to be made, and the rubble wall continued in that direction at present for about 300 feet, but eventually right along the foreshore until it meets the land on the opposite side of the bay. All the area within this wall and the present railway line will be reclaimed and will form valuable sites for future requirements of the harbor. The proposed future railway boundary will be some distance out from the present line, and the retaining wall will be still 540 ft. further out seawards, so that a large area will be enclosed by the scheme which the board has adopted. The new wharf will be carried out about ! 850 feet from the shore end. When this ! is ready and the reclamation work done. ; the railway line to the new wharf will ' come off the present line at a point about 200 yards above the site of the present tearooms.

A preliminary announcement of Mrs. W. H. Bishop’s clearing sale is made in our auction columns. The herd is an exceptionally good one, so prospective buyers should keep the sale in view.

Residents of Urenui and district are reminded of the Returned Soldiers’ Ball, to be held to-morrow evening, in the Urenui Hall.

Boys' saddle tweed and Fox’s serge “shorts” are in full supply again at the Melbourne. Ltd. Prices: Saddle tweed, size 4, 11/6, to 14/6 for size 14. Serge shorts, size 4, 9/3, to 12/6 for size 14. The above goods are absolutely guaranteed to give satisfactory wear.

Don't hesitate to use Nazol freely, especially by constant inhalation. It protects the mouth, nose and throat from infection. Good for Coughs, Colds. Sere Throats, etc.

“Owing to the end of the harvest it is very noticeable the number of men out of employment, and it is many years since I saw so many men on the swag,” wrote the relieving officer, in the course of his report to last week’s meeting of

the Palmerston North Hospital Board. “Palmerston North is,” he continued, “a natural clearing centre for this part of the island. I assisted nine casuals in Palmerston North during the month, and I regret to hate to report that there are gradually coming to me for assistance families who have been struggling on for some time. I do not like the look of the winter, but We must hope for the beet.”

In view of the prevalence and the infectious nature of consumption, not only among returned soldiers but also among the general public, the Dominion Council of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association decided to urge upon the Government the necessity of making a definite and organised attempt to eradicate it. A further recommendation is to be made that proper provision be made for the compulsory treatment, and, if necessary, the segregation of all persons who leave or are discharged from

sanatoria, and whom the medical superintendents consider are a menace to others.

The 29-ton British yawl-rigged cruising yacht Amaryllis, which left Auckland for England on April 30, has arrived ‘ all well’ at Noumea, New Caledonia. The Amaryllis proceeds from New Caledonia to the Loyalty, New Hebrides, Solomon, and other groups of islands, and then passes, by way of Torres Strait, into the Arafura Sea, and then on to Singapore. She will subsequently proceed to Britain via the Suez Canal. The yacht carries a company of four: Lieut. Mulhauser, Mr. C. R. Tadgell, a young Melbourne yachtsman, and two paid hands. One of these, a Niue islander, joined the yacht in Auckland, the other, a French boy, known as Stephane, joined the vessel when she was in West Indian waters. Lieut. Mulhauser, during the war, was in the “Q” boat service.

“In Auckland I attended a meeting of the Rotary Club for the first time,” said Archbishop Julius, speaking at Christchurch. “I was the guest at one of the club’s luncheons. 'I learnt of the club’s objects and principles, founde<J on Christianity, and that they are carried on to the ordinary business life of its members. A great change is coming. It will come by Bolshevism and revolution— God forbid it—or by people turning to more Christian, more righteous ways. Our civilisation is only partly Christian. It is touched by Christianity, but is not rooted in it, and until it is there will be no rest. Is it to be Bolshevism, or is it to be what the Rotary Club will help to bring about? The club may bring it about in part only, but it is on right lines. It says: ‘We have to study Chris- ! tian principles, and to carry them into our business commercial and social life, especially our business life.’ I was glad to see a layman stand up and ask God’s blessing on the club’s efforts to make Auckland a pure and holy city. In Wellington I attended a Rotary Club again, and I again found laymen trying to bring into expression in their business life the great Christian principles. When that takes place in the cities, God’s ; blessing will, come upon the community.”