These areas have been occupied for a number of years by miners and others, and as part of the land is Crown land, the board decided to inquire into the claims of the various occupiers and place them in a more satisfactory position by granting them legal rights of possession for such part of the land as is Crown land.
It was resolved to grant each of the applicants the right to occupy the lots applied for at a nominal rental, no license fees to be charged. There are a number of further applications to be considered.
•The gale of yesterday was responsible for further demolition of the eastern portion of the new marine drive at St Clair. The effects of the sea at high-water yesterday afternoon were easily noticeable.
The drive was constructed with a footpath on its outer edge eight or ten feet wide, but with the subsidence of the embankment following the washing away of the rock-wall this footpath has already practically disappeared in places.
This will indicate the extent to which the embankment has been eaten into, and the manner in which the original seaward line of the wall has been altered.
No easier prey to high seas and tides could be offered than this portion of the drive in its present unprotected condition.
•The electric power from Waipori was ''off'' yesterday morning for about 25 minutes, between 9 and 10 o'clock.
One of the steep spans of wire which lead from the power house to the top of the adjoining hill became coated with snow, and under the influence of the heavy wind blowing the wires got mixed up and a short circuit took place.
One of the wires broke, and in falling fouled the other line. As stated, the power had to be cut off altogether for about 25 minutes.
A quick repair was made, but for the rest of the day only one line could be utilised. The ordinary users of power drew their electric supply from this line, and the two big Diesel engines were started up to supply the current for the trams.
At 5 o'clock, however, the current from the two lines was again available.
•Mr J. Bordeau, who died at Skippers on Saturday, at the age of 87 years, was born in Montreal, Canada, in October, 1829, of French parents, and reached New Zealand in 1863.
He went to the Wakatipu district, and his first venture was that of store-keeping at Maori Point. He afterwards sold out and went to Skippers Point, where he bought the Skippers Point Hotel.
He also started a butchery, bakery, and general storekeeping business, besides carrying on packing. He was also interested in a store at Bullendale later on.
Deceased shifted to Arthur's Point, but finally settled at Burke's terrace, Skippers, in the '70s. Deceased undertook a certain amount of contracting under the direction of the Lake County Council, and he held the contact for carrying the mails between Queenstown and Skippers for close on a quarter of a century. He was unmarried.
Sheep-farming claimed some of his attention too. Deceased shifted to Arthur's Point, but finally settled at Burke's terrace, Skippers, in the '70s.
Deceased undertook a certain amount of contracting under the direction of the Lake County Council, and he held the contact for carrying the mails between Queenstown and Skippers for close on a quarter of a century. He was unmarried.
•The Chatham Islands schools are now under the jurisdiction of the Canterbury Board of Education, and in that remote spot it is difficult to secure qualified teachers.
Recently a school inspector asked of the teacher he found in charge of a small school, ''What certificates do you hold?'' Back came the astonishing but truthful answer, ''A second mate's, sir''.
- ODT, 15.9.1916.
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