LOCAL AND GENERAL

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13935, 14 July 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Foa v about 15 years past there has been a .proposal before the people of the Wellington district to have a memorial raiised on the spot where :the first settlers landed on the. Petone. beach. The Petone Borough Council has now decided to call a public meeting with the object of furthering the project. The manager of tolio Kuranui rcrfepiotrts: The contractors have extended th© Magazine tunnel 3 3ft!, making thei total diistancfe 15'72dtfti. The ooiiintry coinitiiniuets fawn unable for progress. Anoither watercourse-was met witlh. Accordingl to survey the "main side" should be met with i<\ albooit 4'sffc. The additioaiis to the freezer of the Thames Fisheries Ltd. are almost oomiiplete. The coimplany will be able to handle abouiti 15 tonsi per day, wiitih a storage caipaicdty of over 100 toms- All 'thiisi will bo needed and tlie company will have a very .busy time. if itlhe Deading' of th© oigtrng by. the fishermen; is correct. Heavy downpours of rain have taken place lately in the King (Country, and a« a result many of flic roads &xq in. an indescribable cfrnditiotni. A large slip' cam© d*own in the Waiteti Valley, six ir.iles from Te Kuifci, as aconsequence of the I heavy rain, and completely buried j the water pipe line to a depth of 60ft. The cihildreiru'si departineinlb. of. the Aucikilaind iPujblSo Library haa piroved vieiry (popular. Thei children, freed from school on accounifc of the midwinter holiday®, made 'good use 'of the djeiptairtonieinit. During; {She week 74:3 cihnMreini used 'the reiaditnig-rooin, a,nd 240 volumes were issued for hioimei reading. There arc now 236 Siiibtsciribefris to tihe lending secitlionr of the depiaaitamemlt. A grand 1 miusio and vocal programme will be given at thei ■Salv-a----t tion Army Hall by the 6th Hauraki ; Regimental Band, assisted by local ! talent,-'on Tlwr&d'ay next, coni- ■ mencing ait 8 o'clock. The programme contains the names of the best ol local talent, and .should proi vide a pleasant evening's entertain- ! latent. Ticket's are now on .sale. ; and it is •expected) thait they w;il ■ meet a ready sale. • ! A proposal tJiaifa a loan of £ 10,000 ' steuid be raised for impowemeint' ol ! the beaches was miade to like last 1 Taklaipiuniai Blqrough Council by the 1 ConivienTiefliicies Ooimmiitite© of the Coain.icdi. It was protpoisleid tihaiti the - resiI denitia of Milford shloiuld guarantee 6 | per cemjfc initeresifc on £1500, the Bays''waiter resiideinftis to dia th© sn-imie and ! the Tramway Company ' tia be aip- ■ proacihed for .a. coKibiiibiutaoiii. Cmsid,e.ra.taoai) of".the ;pax>p'osal was defended until tihe next meeitiing of tihe Coum- ' cdl. ; The problems in oonmecitiioin wftlh dieraioibilJiKiaitiiora, airei soi numerous, and often* so unexpected that tihe Defence Depairtanienib is constaaiitily retvisiikig! aai)d: extlendiing; its l^guk.tiioins'. Iti welcome© t(he assistance and 1 iniiftiiar ; tire of all its officers, no miaititeir •what their rank; as the following) extaiacfc fr-om tthe latest Headquaaliers Instrucitdons wilil indicate: "If any regulattliioin. mow in, exisftencei Aviitlh regiard to demoibilisaitiion or oivil reestlaibMisihmeiniti of soldiers appears to preivenlti quiicik, smooite, and efficaenifc ■adminiistraitiipini, and itJaereby awfcs dis-advaimtaig-eoiu'sily (to the soldier, ib shouild imtmiedikitely be brought tof thia woltlifcie of tihe Officer 1 Coimmanding Disita-icit, and siubmiitted by hiira to General Headqiiiairters for'tranismasgiioini to this Deipairtimenlfc ooncierned for oonsader'altaonj <xc revision." The kslti aarumioiniia coals for the Fiisibea-iLes fi-eezeir is on, tihe groiund.', so thait tihere is no obstacle to tihe.early comipleitaoir!) oif tdae works. In a meat freezing \voa"k®, tihe oodls resti im a brine baitiiy Th©. liqudd a.mmiotma doiwii beitaw is tiuxnied on, to the ooil and coaneia u|p inito tho coiii ,as a g-ass. Anumoinda possesses tihe (property of aibsott-bing the. heait from a-nyithmg, neiar it, ooaisequently the baiine boc.ii loses all hmti and freeze® hard. The sanfmoDda gas ivanderts through the coil, aibsoribing! rriore and mosre heat, till, reitiur'aingj to its originiail liquid forms, iifa r'eijoins iihe stoo-'ed aonimoiri'ai liquid Ir., the oha.mber from which it started, the- iprocesis, beingi aontiiiniually repeiaited waithoniiti any loss, except a sligihfc evaipwaltiioin of ' the frozen briine.. In. a meat freezer great ponvef-driven famis blow the air over the ice aiound tihe ammonia coil, the ooid breeze being 1, 'Oaa-rdieid aicros«' . tihs freezing chairaibea' 1 down ibhroai^h .the floor' atnd ujpi agtadmi to be re-blown, over tiho ice. Tlherei is thus always a. cold ourrenit. adf in thiei frteiezing chhimiber. • ;. Ge<? Cullen and'Co's Winter Clearance Sale now on.- —AJvt. SUCCESSFUL CALF REARING, j Jusvt) how much, moiriey yoiur calveis' wilH be Avoirth depends langely upon I how you feed tfheim'. Just what theyj produco as 'piiofitable mdlkems in after years deipeaids veny materiaiHy on the stiaaiti tihey get im the first, few mioraths of their 1 eocistenjoei. '-'CERBMILK" is a. perfecifj Gill-dfige?itible calf food tihait' mourishe.l? a.md naver scours 1. It-may be mixed witih skim milk, whey or even waiter, and is a .perfecifc siubsitiitbte for cows milk. Geremilk builds up healthy cows and; bullocks. Scld by all 'sfcoiresi and faotoa^iesi in 200. 100,50, and 251b bags. Try iit. If ycnur dealer oaKnot^supply you write tia Flemimg and' Co., Ltd., Box , 553, Aucikilaind.