TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9646, 22 January 1903, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

The turnover of the Wellington Work•'n& «™ n ' s Club for tlle y ear "mounted to £10,000. The Club runs to over 800 members, a.ud is making extensive additions to the premises. A Press Association telegram from Wairoa says :— "The result of the guessing competition at the Wairoa Show is : Bullock weight 7111bs, 75 entries— V. Ramlose 711, Miss L. Newman (Ormond) •*'i i £n? fcace y 71 °- The five «»eep weighed 340Jbs, there being 59 entries WE. Neale 340, P. H. SummerJield M2, b. Poyzer 335£." An. American who formed the head of •a tourist party which recently visited Queenstown went thither with the intention of staying a couple of days, but remained nine, a.ud in bidding adieu to mine host of Eichardt's said : "Say mister, I've travelled considerable, and must say you've got the finest country an Cod s earth ; but the people hereabouts appear to be waiting for the resurrection. —''Sentinel" in. Otago Daily Times. Mr C. W. Hursthouse, Chief Engineer of Roads, has quite recently been iu Ha-wke s Bay inspecting the roads in, the {southern part of the province. We understand that he was to have come North and seen, for himself the condition of the roads on the East Coast, He has, howover, been ordered to the West- Coast of the South Island. Mr Seddon has just been to that favored portion of the colony, and it is perhaps permissible to connect his presence there with the change in Mr Hurstliouse's plans. It is curious to notice how everything must give way to the requirements of the people of Westhuid. We think, however, that it is time we had a turn.— H.B. Hearlcl. Mr J. A. Kinsella. Daily Commissioner, has communicated with the Napier Harbor Board, regretting that owing to the very small quantity of produce now passing through Uie port of Napier the department could nut see its way to place a permanent grader there. The policy of the Department has been to centralise, and the Union Company are providing steamers with insulated holds. "For some years to come," says Mr Kinsella, "I ca.nnot see any wsison why shippers from Crisbome and Napier should not be served m a satisfactory manner by shipping to the port of Wellington. No doubt wlieu there is a large quantity of butter passing through Gisborne and Napier the matter of appointing a. pennane.nt grader will again be considered by the Department. * The members of the City Band are. practically devoting nearly every evening in the week to the preparation' and practice of the contest selections, and it is anticipated by those tlrat have, heard the selections in practice that the. Band wi.ll give a good account of themselves at the forthcoming contest. The. soloists— Messrs Don (euphonium), Kennedy (baritone), Yeoman (horn), and Chrisp (cornet)—Jiad a successful rehearsal of their solos last evening, and from the known ability of the players they should get well placed on. the judge's lists. The Baaid intend giving a public performance of their selections and an exhibition of the contest march before they leave 'for Masterton, the date of which will be duly annouueed. A special practice will be lifeld this evening, when, all members are requested to be in attendance. There was a large attendance of members and tlieir friends at the Bowling Green this afternoon to welcome back tJie representatives who visited Pa.lmerston North tournament. Interesting games were played betweea the reps, and scratch teams. The scores at 4 p.m. were: — Martin, Adair, MUssey, Simson 7 v. Eure, Lewis, Ifwereon, DLxon 8 (11th head); Henuessy, McG.owan, Gaudin, Ponsford 17 v. Quigley, Wallace, Matthewson, Coleman 7 (17 heads) ; Robertson, Nicholas, Harris, Witty 12 v. T. Adair, Ambridge, Nasmith, Skeet 3 (11th head) ; Cussen, Orr, J. T. Witty, Harding 14 v. C. Rosie, Holmes, Jackson, Quinn 8 (11th head) ; Hodgson, Quinn, Williams, Ferris 11 v. Cox, Earle, Gibson, Hooton. 3 (10th head). Mr Harding, the president, in welcoming home the bowlers, said he felt sure they would feel proud at the number present to welcome them on their return. Although they had not come back with the banner to fly over the Gisborne pavilion they had done their duty well and faithfully. He thought that every bowler left behind was proud of the stand made by their representatives. They had met with considerable difficulties. The weather was bad and the green different from the Gisborne one.- He regretted that a little friction, took place at the outset when the teams were picked, and he hoped this would be a lesson to every bowler in the district. He trusted that when, the next team was picked they would go and play for the good of th« district, and not let any private difficulty stop them, and so be able to send a strong representative team away next year. He expressed the thanks of the club for the hospitality extended to their representatives by the Palmerston Club, and thought they should send a telegram to that ef feet to Palnierstou. He then asked the ladies to drink the health of the returning teams in afternoon tea. Mr Ponsford, in returning tli&nks, said the Palmerston North bowlers gave them a good time. They could not expeot to win e-very year ; it was only once in a lifetime," that a team brought homo the banner, considering there were 26 clubs trying to gain it. Mr Simson thought that though they did Mot bring honors with them they brought back the honor of Gisbomo for they Dehaved like gentlemen. The reason they did not win wiis because they could not. The non-success of the team was due to their bowling being bad. Mr Witty also spoko on heTuilf of the Kaiti beam, Saying his men did not go with the idea of winning. The "colts" in the team got a good deal of instruction which would do them more good than 10 years' playing at Gisborne.