TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9662, 10 February 1903, Page 3

TOWN EDITION.

\ Mr Basstian, chiropodist, is staying at the- Hotel Coronation. A testimonial from leading Auckland citizens as to his skill is on view m the window of Rowland and Co., inext "Herald" office. Centrally-situated town sections are becoming harder to procured every day, and working men desirous of obtaining «, freehold 011 easy terms should, avail themselves of tihe opportunity offered by attending the sale of "The Pines" estate 1 on February 28th. > A wedding of interest to Coast people t was celebrated at Holy Trinity Church. 5 this afternoon. The parties were Arthur s Cacrorie Manning, of Port Awanui, and • Adelaide Winford (Winnie) Taylor, also of Awanui, niece of Mr and Mrs C. Butler. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. W. Welsh. > Bishop Williams and Mr H. Hill, Iv- ! spector of Schools, were left at Portland 1 Inland on this trip of the Weka. On her • return to-morrow the Weka will call at • tihe island and take them bajek to Na- ; pier. Messrs Mcllroy, Fitzpatrick, Lav- ■ rie, Armstrong, and Sergeant-Major Finn . were passengers to Gisborne by the We--1 ka. Captain. Thompson, formerly of the I Toroa and Kahu, is m charge of the We- . ka this trip. The Turangamii Library Committee met yesterday afternoon, when there were present : The Rev. H. Williams (m. the chair), Messrs Hawley, Morgan, Symes and Muir. The librarian's report showed the members to da.le to be 225, and the number of mew books obtained during the month 26. The bank balance showed a credit account of £38 18s. Accounts" totalling 11s 4d were passed for payment. Regarding magazines and English papers, • it was decided uhat the secretary report lo next meeting on the prices paid for tli© same. A late trooper m TJiomeycroft's Horse, : writing from Capetown to a friend m London, makes some strong comments on the stale of -distress prevailing- tliere. He says : — No one at Home can possibly form any idea of the awful state that this country is m through the thoughtlessness and even criminal, di&bandment of all the colonial troops so suddenly. It was great luck tiliat I tumbled into this billet, though of course it is no great shakes. My experience .m Capetown whilst searching .hiig.li and low for employment taught ins liow very easy it is for a starving man to sink to the lowest deptlis, and I honestly think if I had not chanced on this three or four more days of misery would have seen me go under with hundreds of others. You would hardly credit it, but even the work of a navvy is denied to us, for there was an overplus of Kaffir labor that could be employed at a cheaper rate than the white man, could possibly exist upon. .' . . The ghastly sights to be seen hourly m the streets of Capetown during the hist few months have been sickening enough to almost make one ashamed to be a Britisher.