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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8414, 13 January 1899, Page 2

William Alfred Hodgo, of Karaka, station manager, has tiled a petition in bankruptcy. Nominations for the different events of the Mangatu Racing Club's annual meeting close with the Secretary to-morrow night. The 3rd February has been the day appointed by die Clerk of the Magistrate's Court for hearing claims under the Old Age Pensions Act. Owners of horses are reminded that entries for the minor handicaps, both for the first and second days, must be made to-morrow evening before 9.30. Acceptances for the First Hurdles, Turanga Stakes, and Flying Handicaps also close at the same time. Mr Charles Nicholson, of the Record Reign Hotel, was the successful tenderer for the grandstand booth, and Mr Henry Cooper, of Matawhero, for the outside publican's booth at the summer meeting of the Poverty Bay Turf Club, to be held on Thursday and Friday, the 2Gth and 27th inst. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon the case of George How Chow v. Frauk Harris, claim £6 6s 6d for board and lodging, was continued after we went to press. After hearing the statement of both parties the Magistrate nonsuited the plaintiff" Mr R. N. Jones appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Nolan for the defendant. Mrs Rosie, who for many years has been carrying on business at the corner of Bright street and Gladstone Road, is about to retire from business, and announces by an inset in this issue a three weeks clearing sale, wheu the whole of her extensive stock of drapery will be sold at greatly reduced prices. Ladies in search of bargains will do well to carefully scan the price list included in the inset.

Another cart acc : dent happened last evening. A horse attached to a milkman's cart, while standing in Roebuck road, got frightened at some children playing and started capering, with the result that a shaft was broken. No other damage was done, and oven the milk was not spilt. A telegraph messenger riding a bicycle came into collision with a lady on horseback in Gladstone road yesterday afternoon, and was somewhat severely shaken and bruised. Mr S. Percy Smith, Surveyor-General, accompanied by the Hon. J. Carroll and the district surveyor, Mr Gold-Smith, left for Whangara this morning. It was the Surveyor - General's intention when at Whangara toinspect the WhanguraC block, which the Government intend to purchase, and to settle a dispute regarding the valuation at which it shall be acquired. From Whangara Mr Smith goes on to Tokomaru, Waipiro, the Bay of Plenty district, and Auckland. Mr Carroll returns about Wednesday next. The Hon. J. Carroll may fairly be said "to have taken the cake" at the Anglican Curch fete yesterday, he being one of two lucky individuals who made the nearest guess as to the weight of the cake placed on view in that competition. The weight of the cake was (ill) loz, and Miss Ferris and Mr Carroll each guessed (ill). The terms of the competition were that the winner should take the cake, but under Die circumstances it will have to lie halved, unless one party buys the other out. Half a loaf is better than no bread, and this perhaps will be the view the winners will take with regard to the cake. Harvest operations are proceeding satisfactorily, and an immense amount of crop is now down, and being stacked as speedily as possible. A large number of men are employed harvesting throughout the district, and the returns are expected to be very fair. The caterpillar has been through many of the. crops, but has not done as much harm as was anticipated on account of the moist season. In the Waikalo district, where the crops are this year excessively heavy, the caterpillar has played great havoc, and in many cases fields of oats had to be cut in a green state to prevent its total destruction. The weather yesterday being typical bowling weather there was a large altendanco at the bowling green, and some interesting play was witnessed. Games in connection with the subscription singles, doubles, and full rink competitions were played, and attracted considerable attention. A commercial travellers team consisting of Messrs Robinson, Johnston, Ifwerson, and Hoyte played four of our local business men, and a good game resulted in favor of the visitors by 26 to 16, though the difference in the scores cannot be taken as a criterion of the distinctive merits of the teams engaged, for up to the Wth head the local team had a good lead. Messrs H. Lewis. Ambridge, Hennessy, and Pettic represented the local players. Speed and comfort in home sewing is a great. desideratum. Nothing is so annoying to the industrious housewife as a troublesome and imperfect sewing machine. It costs time and money, and has an injurious effect on the temper of the operator. In despair it is sent to the auction room to sell for anything or nothing. The wise, however, will take the opportunity now afforded them of exchanging these obsolete and primitive inventions for the up-to-date Wertheim sewing machine, the representa tive for them (Mr Page) having arrived in Gisborne with a first shipment and taken the promises of Mr 0. Veale, pork butcher, Gladstone road, as a temporary showroom. It is proposed to establish a permanent depot. Tailors and dressmakers are invited to inspect the improvements of the new Wheeler and Wilson, a machine that is purposely built for them. The usual inducements are offered — small depositaud easy terms. "Young New Zealand," who apparently took the skit by "Loyalty" in last issue seriously, writes : — " Your correspondent 'Loyalty ' must have a very poor opinion of the people of Gisborne if he thinks that owing t6 the absence of one individual (let him be ever so important,) Gisborne will not be able to provide a fitting reception for the Governor when he visits us in March. Let me tell him that even should he go to Napier as well he will not be very much missed." On this subject Mr W. J; Hennessy writes :— " Sir,— The uncalledfor sarcasm of your correspondent, ' Loyalty, 1 is, in my opinion, most regrettable, and thoroughly characteristic of the moonlighter, who shoots from behind the hedge. Mr Harding's career as a public man is such as defies any direct accusation, and if ' Loyalty ' will come from behind his protective norn da p'ume, I venture to suggest that a reason for his cowardly attack will soon be forthcoming. When a man devotes time and attention to public affairs, the thanks of the whole community is the least reward that can be reasonably expected." The annual statutory meeting of Hospital subscribers was held last night. There was a good attendance, and Mr J. W. Nolan was elected chairman of the meeting. He announced the business before, the meeting, which was the election of one Trustee, the provisions of the Act providing that a ballot should be taken as to the member who had to retire. A ballotwas therefore taken, and the result was that Mr Harding had to retire and submit himself for re-election. The Chairman i proposed Mr Harding as a member of the Board, and in doing so referred in flattering terms to the services rendered to the institution by Mr Harding in his position of Treasurer. This was seconded by Mr Kennedy. Mr Harding, in reply, thanked those present for the honor they had conferred upon him. He was at all times pleased to he of service to the Hospital, and would continue to act and carry out his duties to the utmost of liis ability. Mr Finn said he was glad to see Mr Carroll present that evening. If the Hospital was in need of assistance Mr Carroll would do his best to pee they got it. Mr Carroll briefly replied, and 3tated that he was at all times prepared to do his best on behalf of the Hospital. A vote of thanks to the Chairman for presiding terminated the meeting. In spite of the vanity and self-confidence, which sometimes reach the pitch of patronising the Deity, the German Emperor (writes Mr H. W. Lucy, in the Sydney Morning Herald) is said to be a slave to superstitious fears. There is one tradition about the House of Hohenzollern which particularly disturbs the Imperial mind. It is that that throe Emperors of the House will reign in a single year; that the third will have seven sons j and will encompass not only the destruction of his Dynasty, but the ruin of the empire. What, on the face of it, is the most audacious predition — three Emperorsin succession within the limit of 12 months has already been fulfilled. The present Emperor came to the throne in the year his father had resigned and his grandfather died. At the present time the Emperor's family includes six sons. No one can say what a year may bring forth, and, if the Imperial family were blessed by a seventh son the coincidence would be stranger than fiction. For the rest, apart from prophecy, the German Emperor is just the man to bring about the fulfilment of the third prediction. If his meddlesomeness abroad does not result in foreign war, his tyranny at home is well calculated to arm the socialism against which he wars. Anyhow, the dark saying ia extremely curious, especially if it has just claims to remote antiquity.