He won the 100 yards in even time, the 120 yards hurdles in 18sec, and the 320 yards hurdles in 26sec.
Miner expenses covered
The annual meeting of the Kaitangata District Miners’ Benefit Society was held in the Masonic Hall on Saturday. The hospital fund provides for free treatment in Dunedin Hospital for the member, his wife and family under 18 years of age not working for 5 pence per week, and also a stretcher case fund (for which each member pays one shilling only) halves expenses to and from the Dunedin Hospital.
Future Anzac Ave laid out
The city engineer submitted at last evening’s meeting of the City Council a land transfer survey plan of the new highway from Anzac square to Union street.
The plan showed all the property to be acquired for the purpose of the highway, and would be incorporated with an agreement to be entered into between the corporation and the Otago Harbour Board.
Dunedin worth over a million
The value of the rateable property in the city increased by £71,585 during the year, and the total now exceeded the million mark.
Queenstown’s expansion
The building boom is still in evidence in Queenstown (states our Queenstown correspondent). Three new dwellings are already under construction, and an application for the erection of a fourth was laid before the local council at its last meeting.
Many roads, not enough rates
The question of improving and maintaining the Main North road between Dunedin and Waikouaiti, which has been a topic for much discussion of late, was revived once more yesterday morning.
Shortly after the Hon J.G. Coates had left Dunedin he was met by Mr E. Laley (chairman of the Waikouaiti County Council), who proceeded to put the question from the council’s point of view before the Minister.
Mr Laley stated that a tally taken at Waikouaiti on January 1 showed that 242 motor cars, 17 motor lorries, 20 motor cycles, and only one horse-drawn vehicle used the road. Practically all of that was foreign traffic.
Mr Laley also stated that the County Council was handicapped owing to the large amount of Government property within its area from which it received no rates. In addition, the City Council had 3116 acres of land on which no rates were paid, and the Port Chalmers Borough Council had a water reserve valued at about £6400, while the Hospital Board had its sanatorium at Pleasant Valley.
All up and down the line there were school masters and railway employees, some of whom competed with the settlers, but paid no rates. If all the roads in the county were opened there would be about 700 miles to maintain. Mr Laley expressed his opinion that the council was not being treated fairly by the Highways Board, but Mr Coates said the position probably was that the board was hampered by the legislation now in existence. Mr Coates promised to take the matter up with the Highways Board.
Expo site impresses visitor
It was from a Christchurch resident (Mr J.J. Dougall) that one of the most gratifying remarks originated. "Dunedin is going to do a very big thing,'’ he said. "I was astounded when coming past in the train to see the vast buildings in Logan Park. I thought that the Christchurch Exhibition was something worth while, and it was the biggest held in New Zealand, but beside this effort it will be remembered as a molehill beside a mountain." — ODT, 12.2.1925
Compiled by Peter Dowden
