Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7652, 10 June 1896, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.

GIBBORNE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10.-189 G. There was a clean charge sheet at the Police Court this morning. The third session of the twelfth Parliament will bo opened to-morrow afternoon ao 2.30. Dr Grahame-Browne is removing his residence to the Cottage of Content, Peel street, to-morrow. The protest lodged against Levanter's win in the Great Northeru Steeplechase on Monday was disallowed. Owners of horses intending to take part in the forthcoming Steeplechase meeting are reminded that nominations for the principal eveuta are due on Saturday next, not later than 9 p.m. His Reverence Father Lanihan, administrator of the Roman Catholic Church for the diocese of Auckland, arrived hi town by the Tarawera this afternoon. His Reverence has come to Gisborne to open the Catholic baaiar in the City Rink on Friday afternoon. Readers are reminded of the meeting tonight iv the City Rink to receive the report of the Committee appointed to consider Mr Wi Pere's Bill. The matter is of great interest to Gisborne and the district generally, and uo doubt the meeting will be well attended. Among the various accidents which happened on the Queen's Birthday was one to Mr Robert. Dalyell, of Hnnterville. A cartridge exploded as he was extracting it, and so injured his right eyo that it is feured he will lose the use of it. It was hoped that the work of repairing the breach in the breakwater would have been started this morning, but owing to the heavy sea that was running it was impossible to do anything. The timber and stones are all down on the breakwater, and whenever the sea goes down operations will be commenced and pushed forward with the utmost speed. The paper manufacturing industry in Otago is making remarkably good headway. The mills of Ferguson and Mitchell at Duuedin, and of Coulls, Culling and Co. at Mataura, are at present working up to their full capacity. From the latter mill last week 20 tons of various kinds of paper were shipped to Melbourne, and another large order is to tollow in the course of a few days. At the adjourned annual meeting of householders for the Karaka district there were about fifteen present, when the following were duly nominated and elected by ballot to serve as members of the School Committee for the ensuing year : W. Spence, J, Orr, T. McDonald, J. Crimin, and C. Davis. Mr J. Orr was chosen as chairman and Mr E, H. Ingpen as secretary. Captain Hamon'a friends will be pleased to learn that the Turakiua has safely completed another voyage, our shipping cables to-day announcing the vessel's arrival at London. The Turakina left here on March 16th, so that the trip occupied 84 days, which waß a vory good passage considering that the vessel's hull was none too clean and therefore not in good order for making a quick run. The Ormond hotel narrowly escaped destruction this morning. Between two and three o'clock a fire was discovered iv the small detached building at the rear of the hotel, an alarm was promptly raised, and a large number of people assembled to render assistance. Had it not been for the prompt and willing assistance rendered the hotel must have gone, as the burning building was only separated a distance of four or five feet from the main structure. The detached' building, which comprised four rooms, was totally destroyed, and none of the contents were saved. There wns no insurance, and Mr Law will be a considerable loser, but must be regarded as fortunate in not losing the whole of his hotel. A most enthusiastic prohibition meeting was held at, Ormond last evening, attended by fully 180 people, who came from all purts of the district, some from as far as Karaka, and others from Waereuga-a-hika. The meeting was thoroughly hearty and enthusiastic throughout. Mr S. T. Smith occupied the chair.and during the evening delivered a short address, in which ho explained how to vote at the forthcoming election. Mr King also addressed the mooting. Instrumental music was provided by Misses King (2), Newman, and Bruce. Miss Baker read a splendid article on prohibition, Miss White gave a recitation in good style, and songs were rendered by Messrs Smith, Warner, Haydeu, and Hatten. j At the adjourned annual meeting of ratepayers in the Waikohu Road Board district there were about ten ratepayers present. Mr J. Orr was voted to the chair. The balance sheet as audited was read by tho secretary, and on the motion of Mr J. C. E. Price, seconded by Mr W. Warner, the balance sheet was passed. Several matters of importance were discussed, amoDgst them being the question of telephone and bi-weekly communication by poat. A meeting of tho Road Board was afterwards held. Messrs J. Orr and J. C. E. Price, the newly elected members, took their seats. On tho motion of Mr VV. Powell, seconded by Mr H. E. Tiffen, Mr J. Orr was duly elecled chairman of the Board. Mr lugpou was unanimously appointed Secretary and Returning Officer to the Board, and Mr R. Robertson overseer. The question of ranger was postponed until noxt meeting of the Board, also tho matter of tho pound. A telegram wns sent to the Hon. Mr Carroll to-day complaining of the dolay which takes place in connection with advances to settlors. The particular cases which have giveu rise to the complaint, we are lold, are those of two Motu settlers, whose applications for loans uuder the Act were made some considerable time since, but are not being duu.lt with until the Government valuer hua inspected the property. That gentleman, it is Btated, hesitates to proceed to the Motu, becaußO tho low rate of remuneration provided by the Government will not pay him to make the long journey. That is a niattor between tho valuer and tho Government, but we have been asked to point out that the case of tho settlers should not be lost sight of. The Act is supposed to be be for the benefit of struggling settlers in the baokwoods requiring capital, and none are more deserving of Government assistance than such men as theße who have gone to make homes for themselves in tho Motu. In the case of these ; settlers they are wanting further capital to ' assist in improving their properties, and it. is ' important that no time should be lost). The money is required for bußhfelliug, which tho settlers are unable to undertake until they are sure of getting the advances. If much further dulay occurs the season will be past, and a whole year will be lost to them.

Mr Kyrle Belle w and Mre Brown Potter open a season in Melbourne this week with j " A» you Like it,"

Mr and Mrs Flyger have recovered £200 damages against the Castlecliffe Railway Company, Wanganni, in consequence of an accident. By a boiler explosion in a Bawmill at Dugamlan (Q.) several persons were injured >mii tho mill "'as wrecked. At Wellinglnn, during May eighty births, forty-four deaths, and forty mivrriagt!B were registered. Jt is asserted that two-thirds of the | grown male population of the globe either smoke or chew tobacco. ) In connection with the new Atlantic line i i between Great Britain and Canada, news by i the mail states that the service is to be a 20---knot one at sea, &o that the vessel' will really be capable of doing about 21 knots ou tho trial trip. In equipment they are to be similar to boats of the Majestic and Teutonic type, which now sail under the White Star flag. Accommodation has to be provided for the conveyance in cool storage of perishable products, which may be taken as indicating an intention on the part of the Camdiau Government to push the dead meat trade, as well a3 the trade in dairy produce and in fruit. It ia believed that the contractors will bo obliged to make special arraDgemeuts in connection with the promotion aud eucouragementof emigration to the DnminioD, Canada is prepared to pay a subsidy up to £150,000 per anuum, aud Her Majesty's Government are said to be prepared to aid the service to an extent not exceeding half that amount, but no special limit has been fixed. The proposed service (says the European Mail) is very popular in Canada, in spite of the subsidy it will entail, for the Canadians, and especially those who travel, feel that the exiatiug means of communication are by no means so good as they ought to be.