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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9643, 19 January 1903, Page 2

The Turanga Church fete is announced to be held at Waerenga-u-hika College grounds on February 19. , Mr E. P. Joyce announces thai, he has 1 recommenced business m the offices adjoining the British Empire hotel, as a land and estate agent, arbitrator, valuer, and hobelbrokei*. The Shaw-Savill steamer Maori made a quick passage from Wellington, doing the voyage m 22 hours. The vessel took , up a very convenient anchorage within easy distance of the breakwater. Mr Leigh, of the Poona and Indian Vil- ] lage Mission, conducted the evening service at St. Andrew's yesterday, and delivered a most interesting address upon missionary work m India. Mr Leigh is to speak a.t meetings m. the church on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Excellent nominations were received on Saturday night for the Poverty Bay Turf Club's meeting next month. Sixteen horses from outside the district have been nominated, viz., Putty, Hippowai, Ballyneety, Wainioe, A.8.N., Roseplot, Inspaii, Vffithek, Oracle, Cobra, Mongonui, Maoriland, Liquefy, Wairangi. Cadeau, and Puraugi. The Foxton races to take place- on the ■ 22ud and 23rd inst have an interest for Gisborae snorts as" Roseplot and A.B.N. are competing. Mr F. Rhodes left Gisborne on his way to the meeting last evening. He will take the two horses , on from Hastings, where .they have been, m training for some time. After Foxton I they proceed to Pahiatua to fulfil their, ! engagements . Mr Fredsburg's flax mill, at Whang&pai roa, which was burnt down some few months ago, has been rebuilt and a start made with stripping shortly before tlie New Year. The hands employed ottered the proprietor a week's work iree of costas a practical proof of their* sympathy , with him m the unfortunate loss he had [ sustained. — Opotiki Guardian. The native land compensation cases, re- '< kiting to the cemetery and abattoir sites, taken by the Borough Council, were' set down for hearing at the Native Land Court to-day, but the Chief Judge having ordered the re-gazetting of all business unfinished at the end of the year, the cases will not come on until a date to ; be notified m. the new Gazette notice. The pilferer has been abroad lately, and the latest sufferer is a prominent liveiy stable-keeper of the town. The extent of his loss was a valuable saddle, three bridles, and the stirrup leathers and irons of another saddle. As the . property stolen belonged to customers it had to be replaced at a cash-cost of about £9. "As an instance of the celerity with which the sneak thief gets on to tilings the suffering stable-keeper mentions that a new collar purchased for his dog the other morning had vanished by the »v; pni

Mr W. 11. 1 lamer, a young London engineer of large experience, has been appnink-d engineer to the Auckland Harbor Board at a salary of £1000 a year. The Wailiorii luul a rough 30-hour passage from Auckland, meeting with a ln-avy easterly gale m tlie. Hay of Plenty She arrived about- 7.30 p.m., the passengers getting ashore at 9.45. Mr J. Thornton, principal of Te Aute College, pivaehod at Holy Trinity last evening, and delivered an able and eloquent sermon from the text, "How long tialt ye betwevn two opinions?" Mi- H. Bull olliciated a.t the organ. The ratepayers of Wai hi borough are urging the Mayor to have a poll taken "}"£ c n}U l)roi ' o " S!l1 tf) nbis& ll special loan ol i>15,000, for carrying out a waterworks scheme. It is proposed that none of the laborers should be paid less than 8s a day. At Wanganui on Wednesday a man I was fined 10s and costs 7s 6d for smoking Mill the platform of a carriage not set apart, tor tlie purpose. He wa.s asked by the guard to desist, but refused, hence the miormation. i A new steamship company luus been formed for the Wl.angaroi-Auckland trade, with a capital of £30,000. The name ol the company is the Whangarei Co-opera-tive bteainsliip Company, and the directors, who have been appointed, comprise .«everal influential business people, represonting town and country. At their- meeting on Satin-day afternoon to consider the Patutahi quarry question the County Council resolved to invite the PtttutaJu Road Board to send a committee to meet the Quarry Committee of the Council with the object of arriving at a solution of the difficulty. The Cliairnmii, Crs Clayton and Dobbie were deputed to represent the Council, the meetii g ™ t:lke l )liu;e 011 February 19th, at 11.50 a.m. Several business premises were draped m mourning to-day as a. mark of respect to tlie memory of Miss Viola. Crawford, daughter of Mr W. F. Crawford, who died at Dunedin on Saturday evening. Miss Crawford, who was suffering from a nervous collapse, went to Dun«li.n a short Lime a.go for treatment. Brain fever developed, which unhappily had a Fatal result. The sad news of tlie young Jaclys death will Ue received by her 'many friends with deep sympathy for the bemived parents. The body is being brought to Gisborne for interment on Saturday afternoon jiext. A prcsi'iututkiii of a handsome set of ciiryuivs wa.s made on Saturday by the bachelors at Tinvinwuia, Kaiti,'to one of their numher, Mr A. S. Seymour, m honor of his approaching marriage. On Mr H. E. Hill fell the plwissuit duty of making the presentation, wliich he luippily performed, vyishi'ng the recipient and his bride long life a.nd prosperity. Mr Soyniour was also made the owner of a set of lui.U blushes and mirror, t lie gift of the ladies at Tirompana. Mr W. Smith made the presentation m suitable terms. Appropriate acknowledgement of the gifts was made by Mr Seymour, who leaves on Wednesday for Ra&u'u, where the wedding eventuates. Special attention is directed to tlie clearing sales advertised m this issue m the estate of the late Mr W. King. On Tuesday, 3rd February, at the Maiawliero stile yards the live stock will be submitted. The sheep and cattle will be found useful sorts. At this sa.!e the imported draught stallion Young Herd Laddie will be sold, as well tvs about 100 horses, draughts, light draughts, and hacks. Many of these would prove serviceable train or bus horses ;md very suitable for sale m other markets. The implements, machinery, and sundries will be sold at Ma-kauri, on'tlie. following day, Wednesday, 4th Februaay. The landed property will be submitted to auction m Gisborue, on a date to be notified later. Mr J. W. Bright will conduct the above sales. One occasionally hears of the erratic rumblings of a needle m the human body, but we think the experience of Mr j. Appleton, of Otara, m this way (says the Optiki Guardian) is somewlia.t unique. Eight months^or so ago lie ran a ;ieedle into his right foot, and two evenings since cut it out of, his left thigh. During the various stages of the needle's journey considerable pain had been felt, especially while passing over the kn/.-e and ne^tr the spine, when it mode its presence very distinctly felt. Strange to say it took only eight days to travel from the spine to where it was drawn out. During the eight months that the needle had been on its travels Mr Appleton was convinced that it w;is responsible for the pains m va.rious parts, of his body, but his family were somewhat sceptical. Messrs Da.lgety and Co., Limited, liave issued their statement of the wool exports from Australasia during tlie past six months. It shows a decreti.se, sis compared with the same period m 1901, of 201,479 bales from Australia, which is the home of the merino, and a.v increase of 39,294 bales from New Zealand, where crossbreds predominate. There is evidence that the shortage must be greater before the wool year closes next June. The above covers the shipments directly to external ports only. But on the six months, including exports to other Steit.es, the New South Wales shortage is officially returned at 198,694 bales, a reduction of 40 j>er cent.j a.nd were that nute continued tlie total shortage m New South Wales "would be close upon 304.000 bales m June. Similarly, Queensland will show a shortage of 65.000 bales. An opportunity of securing residential sites m a favorite and healthy locality will be offered on Saturday next, when 12 acres of Kaiti land, a portion, of the estate of the late- Mr E. F. Hams, will be submitted to auction. The sections are beautifully situated; near to town, and considering how the values of property «re rapidly becoming enhanced as population increases m the suburbs of Gisborne, they should, be m good demand as speculative investments. The soil is unequalled, and will enable people desiring to make their homes there to enjoy the pleasure and profit of flower, fruit and vegetable gardens. The land has been subdivided into convenient areas. Plans, the conditions of saJe, and the re-sei-ves upon the property, may be inspected at the offices of the auctioneers, Messrs Williams and Kettle. The want of storage accommodation at the wharf is continually causing annoyance to consignees. To-day the sheds were blocked with cargo which arrived by Saturday's steamers and the Auckland cargo ex Waihora cannot be handled till to-morrow. This not only causes inconvenience to business people who have goods arriving, but shipping work at the port is also hampered. The lighter Fetirnaught, with the Auckland cargo, whs required to load wool to-day for the ShawSavill steamer Maori, and but for the block on the wharf would have been available. The Harbor Board should certainly see that something is done speedily to remedy the present state of affairs, j The matter has been brought before them from time to time for some years past. The Board has had a contract let for some time for the erection, of wharf sheds, but work upon it has not yet been commenced. The inconvenience that has been caused to-day should point to the necessity of no further time being lost. During a thunderstorm on the after- j noon of Sunday, the 4th mst., William Kemp; a resident of Sandringham, near Sydney, was struck, by lightning and killed. Kemp and two companions had been out for a stroll, and were returning home when the thunderstorm broke. There was no shelter m the vicinity, and the men ran to a high pine tree which was several hundred-y ards away. They were standing .side by side close to the trunk of the tree when it was struck by lightning. The tree was shattered, and the bark was taken off the trunk. Kemp fell to the ground, but his companions were uninjured, and Kin. into the open, j They then went back to where deceased was lying, and found t-luit he was dead. One boot was stripped from his foot, and crushed to atoms. The victim left a widow and seven children. The same lightning storm knocked down a horse being driven m a sulky m another Sydney suburb, throwing out and injuring the driver, and on the same day a .miner was killed m the country m the presence of Ids family, and a great fig tree was riv^n close to Sydney while the owner's family sat on the verandah a few yards off. A New Zealand Herald reporter had a chat on Friday with Mr 0. G. Warwick, tlie diver who made an effort to recover the treasure sunk on the steamer Elingamite, and learned that though the first attempt failed, Mr Warwick intends to try again, but hits first to procure a "Buchanan" diving dress, a recent invention believed to be the best for deepsea work. Mr Warwick, who was originally m His Majesty's Navy, has been diving since he was 20 years of age, and has had a good deal of practical experience during the post 15 -years. About a dozen years ago lie recovered gold from the steamer Utopia, sunk m Gibralttir Bay, and he has been for a considerable time pearl-fishing .in Torres Straits, diving 100 ft and -120 ft daily. With regard to the Hingamite, he states tliat the currents are so strong that it would be suicidal for any man to attempt to get at the" treasure hi the ordinary diving gear, and he is cautious enough not to hold out great hope of securing the gold even with the best diving dress obtainable, but so long as the expense is not too gre.it he tbiaks an attempt ought to be made, and he intends to make it. Wliile m Auckland Mr Warwick has made enquiries with regard to the Tasmania, which went down on the East Coast some half-dozen years ago, with £24,000 worth of v gold and £5000 worth of jewellery. He thinks the remains of the vessel wall pTobably be silted "up by this time, and he suggests blasting to clear the way for his work. He intends to open up negotiations with those interested m the treasure lost on tlie Tasmania, but if the negotiations fail he will . himself fit out an expedition, and endeavor to recover the gold and jewellery. We, are inclined to thhik that Mr Warwick lias been greatly misinformed' regarding the Tasmania, ft is news to us that she had that value of gold aboard, and the value of the jewellery was not. more than £1500.

Within the last few month's Australia has exported £300,000 m gold to Japan. It is understood that the licensing elections oil over the colony will be held about March 25 next. Mr Robert Claigie Ltfisk, ;i. well-known dentist of Napier, died on Friday afternoon, aged 60. It is estimated that it will cost at least 700,000d0l to .slump out the foot-and-mouth diw.ti.se m the New England States. Tilt* demand for pigs continues very keen m the Eketahuna district, and as high as 25s apiece is being paid for weaners. Experiments m the use of electricity as an anaesthetic are about to be made on human subjects by a French doctor at Nantes. A boy named McKerihan accidentally shot his mother dead with a pea rifle at Tenteriield (N.S.W.). Deceased was the wife of Mr John McKerihan, a wellknown resident. In the Wairoa Guardian a Native claims the ownership of Lake Waikaremoana m these terms: — "No ships or boats of any kind will be allowed on my Private Lake, Waikaremoana., without arrangements being made." Many case's of a new type of influenza are now under treatment m North London, states the St. James' Gazette. The victims are attacked by severe rheumatic pains about the body, accompanied by a. swelling of the legs and ankles. One of the most sti-iking features of the coaching of the College boys m Ghristchurch by the coach, Charlie Bannerman, is the stress he lays m placing the Held. After .watching the effect the onlooker realises how good fielding ranks as high as good bowling or good batting. Mr E. Darley, proprietor of the Alexandra Dairy (says the Pahiatua HeraJd) lias a large area of land planted with cabbages for cow feed. He lias been m the habit of giving cabbages to stock for several yesi.rs, and speaks highly of the effects of the diet. That Melbourne has a. remarkably good water supply system is evident from the fact jdiat last year, while Sydney was on short allowance for nearly three, parts of the year, the average dally consumption m Melbourne was 29,250,000 gal (15 years ago it was only 13,500,000), and the maximum 57,000,000ga,1. The charred and .fragmentary remains of Constable Doyle and Mr Dhalke, the victims of the- Kennitf murder case, are still m the possession of the Registrar of the Queensland .Supreme Court, and cannot be dealt with until the Executive ha« finally disposed of the eases. It will then be necessary to apply to the Court, to have the remains handed over. The mothers of both deceased are anxious to have a combined funeral at Beaudewrt. Recent visitors from the South have been quite surprised at the lively and goahead appearance of the Auckland streets since the electric trams started. The travailing season has opened well, and quite a- number of Southern visitors have passed through the city, and one und all have formed quite a favorable impression of Auckland as a business centre, due largely to the rush and bustle caused by the tram service. Scattered over the Marlborough Sounds are numerous reserves, scenic and otherwise, wliich (says the Marlborough Times) it is highly desirable should be kept intact. In the past considerable destruction has been caused by the action of settlers and ramblers m setting fire to this bush-; and, m order to prevent this injury and to ensure protection of the beauty-spots m the Sounds, the Government have entrusted Mr Aylmer Kenny, Crown lands ranger, with the duty, chiefly, of inspecting and preserving the reserves. The Eketahuna Express is responsible for the following:— An. ugly report is current to the effect that a certain Minister of the Crown recently purchased a considerable number of sliare.s m a wellknown brewery company m New Zealand. In view of the contemplated legislation on the liquor question, we should be glad of a.n assurance from the Premier that the report lacks foundation. If it is true that one or more Ministers have a pecuniary interest m. the trade the attitude assumed by a large section of the community m respect to the liquor question will undergo a sure and swift change. In a valuable report, on the use of oil on roads, the town clerk of Sydney says -. "With reference to the comparative cost between ail and water, m one district the average cost of treating 12£ miles of road with oil for one season was £33 10s per mile, including labor and all incidental expenses. In another district it is .stated tliat the streets can be efficiently sprinkled with ail at a cost not exceeding £42 per mile, whereas watering m the same district costs about £110 per mile, and the opinion is freely expressed that, generally speaking, the watering of roads m America costs four times as much as the cost incurred m oiling." A nine-year-old boy fell into a dam at Beulah, Victoria, last week, and sank out of sight. One of his companions ran to a house 200 yards distant and informed the boy's father, who was unable to swim, but who fished the boy out with a piece of fencing wire. The boy was apparently dead, but, he was brought to after twenty minutes' perseverance with remedies for restoring the apparently drowned, (strange to say, the father, for the first time m his life, happened on the previous Sunday to read a pamphlet containing instructions regarding the restoring to life of persons recovered from the water, and tins knowledge saved his son's life. Four bullocks were killed the other day at the Longburn Freezing Works which (the Wanganui Herald says) were of a record weight. Three were four-year-olds, and one was a. year younger, and ****, 3^ were 13281b ' 122 °1"> HBBlb, and 11821 b. When frozen, the* weighed out an average of 11941 b, the carcases having an average of 941 bof loose fat on the inside of each. The most .interesting point about the cattle was that from the time they left their mothers up to the time they were killed they were fed entirely on a Rangitikei pasture, the animals not having tasted turnip, hay, or any other special fodder. Two of the bullocks took first prizes m their class at the Palmerston North Show.