TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9101, 20 March 1901, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

The Fanny leaves Napier this evening with a load of wool for the Grace Hanvar. Market Square, Christchuroh. (to be re-named Victoria, Square), has been selected as the site for the statue of the late Queen. . The Haw era Star says it is stated that j under the will of the lute Mr Milmore the \ Hawera Hospital will benefit to the extent ] of four figures. In the projected re-organisation of the ; local branch of the Natives' Association the running of cricket and football clubs is to be a prominent feature. ' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are to ship 500 sacks' of maize for Sydney by the Waikare on Saturday morning. This will bring this season's shipments to a total of 2000 •sacks. The Poverty Bay Bowing Club's Committee meeting, to have bSeii Held, .last evening, was postponed till this evening. The Club will not proceed any further with the banner question at this stage, as the end of the season is "so dose ati hand. Next season the proposal will probably be taken up with" zest, and it is sure to lead to some most exciting contests- ' ;

The Government Entomologist stales that at no distant, date, if San Jose scale is allow to spread iv New South .Wales at tho. rate it has done for tfiiTlast few years, fruit-growers wjli^fiial all outside markets of the world shaft: to their fruit on account of the pest. Word has been received from Wellington that the Hon. Jas. Carroll wiU visit the district m about a month's time. He will then be accompanied by the timber expert to be sent up by the Government to report on the Motu timber, and probably by the Minister of Lands. "Take him away," said the Magistrate this morning to a woman whose husband appeared iv Court upon a charge of deserting her. "Take him home and give him a good lecture." The man, gratified at being released from custody, trotted off with his wife, after wishing the Magistrate a very good morning. — Christchurch Truth. A somewhat unusual incident took place m Auckland recently. When Constable Payne was on duty on the wharf, a young man came and told him that a nursegirl had left a baby m a perambulator m a place of business, and cleared out, and that it was desired that the police would remove the baby. Th» constable took the baby m the perambulator to the police station. A bottle of milk was found m the perambulator. The police matron took charge of the infant till the.. morning until the police authorities could make further inquiries. His Excellency the Governor when m Auckland last week paid a visit to the studio of Mr Allen Hutchinson, the English sculptor, residing at Mount Roskul, and was quite astonished with the class of work he saw there, especially with the model of » statue of Sir George Grey m a sitting position. Lord Ranfurly was also much interested m the "studies from various Native races." His Excellency has paid visits to Storey's studio m Rome years ago, and saw no better work there. , The plucky undertaking of the New Zealand Coal and Oil Company at Ore* puki is one that is being watched with much interest m these parts, and the •industry, when established, will be of great value to the colony. An immense amount of work has been done by the Company, and much money spent —probably £100,000, to quote the figures of a, recent visitor-^and the process of converting the dry, slaty-looking shale into various valuable products, • from thick, greasy oils to snow-white paraffin wax and clear, limpid spirit, show great ingenuity, arid involve many clever applications of scientific and mechanical research. — Dunedin correspondent. A special to Christchurch Truth from Dunedin says: "While the local police are to be congratulated on the way they have so far worked up the evidence m the Conway mystery, they certainly made one mistake m not instantly making a search 'for the missing deeds when the .'alleged murder was first reported,: especially after Conway having reported their loss m Christchurch. The police say Smith received a large, bulky envelope from Christchurch, and with a knowledge of that fact they undoubtedly erred m not searching Smith or his house. The purchaser of the place now has the deeds, and as it is said it can be proved Conway had them when he left Dunedin, the police appear now to have lost the opportunity of proving how Smith obtained them m the meantime. Complaints of thefts of bicycles are very common m Christchurch, and the Press says there are three sorts of thieves : (1) Boys who "borrow" machines when they have a long way to go with a-mes-sage; these usually leave the borrowed machine anywhere, and the owner gets it back as "found by the police." (2) Dishonest visitors, who take the machines with them when ; they return home. -sajoid j£q P3}joddns saAeiq^ teuoissajojj sional "fakers," who \ alter the machines so that they, are unrecognisable. A general encouragement is given to the theft of bicycles m the lenient sentences passed upon convicted thieves. For stealing a. horse worth... £2 one mad gets two years; for stealing three bicycles worth £60 or £70 another man gets six months' probation. ... The Hon. W. M; Bolt, of Dunedin, m the course of an address entitled "Trekking* towards Nationalism," at a meeting of the Fabian Society, said that if State ownership and control m certain undertakings would pay, that was ; a sufficient reason why it should be undertoken, and m respect to making things pay, there was no doubt the State nad enormous advantages over private enterprise. As organiser it had no equal, its capital was ample, its knowledge was gathered from many sources, and was of the first order, and its power to protect was 'undoubted. >■ Ye* one thing was wanted, and that was; menof high character m the Executive of the Government. As State functions increased, so of necessity would, have to increase the moral standard of public men, and the thing which would have to.be done; to ensure that success and efficiency m State action which they all desired, was the abolition of the party system. As the functions of the Government increased that change would, be rendered more and more imperative^ According to the story told by Constable Mahoney at the Brunswick (Melbourne), Court recently, there has been a shocking display of larrikinism at East Brunswick^: The facts were adduced m evidejice as to a case m which two young men were charged with riotous behavior. About 150 rowdies, it was stated, sallied forth from Nicholson street to assert their superiority m lawlessness over a large body of Brunswick roughs, who had assembled to meet them on some vacant land. The combat was long and fierce, and terrorised the neighborhood. Pickets with nails, obtruding, slung shot, and "waddies" were the weapons, and for a, considerable time the rioters fought with determination. The language used was described as "simply awful, and several of the combatants, were severely injured. • ; The police had not been able to lay. hands upon any of them except the two defendants. ;In announcing that each would be fined £1, m default three days' imprisonment, Mr Keogh, P.M., said the punishnieut^was inadequate. If he had his own way it would have been much heavier.