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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9796, 16 July 1903, Page 2

Nurse Farmer, from Wellington, has joined the staff of the local hospital. Telegrams for South Australia and Western Australia were delayed to-day ; by line interruptions. The Right Rev. D. Neligan, Bishop of Auckland, was a through passenger by the Waikare yesterday, Deing bound for Napier. There is now some doubt about the canoe Tilikunr calling at Gisborne, as Captain Voss is hurrying to Auckland to meet his wife, who arrived by the 'Frisco mail steamer. What appeared to be the little craft was seen off Puatoe on Tuesday. Mr Fred Duval writes from San Francisco, stating that the Stine and Evans American Comedy Company were leaving that port on an extended tour of the Australasian colonies on July 4, and will ,

Nothing fresh lias transpired with re ference to the disappearance of the young man Osmond from Dunedin. ] A settler of Eketahuna this year had his sheep frozen on his c-wn account and •sent Home. He cleiired just one shilling per head above what he would have : obtained locally. ,< A public meeting will be held at Kaw- i hia. early next week to consider taking ' steps to urge the Government to grant ' State control of liquor m the King Country. The number of informal votes cast at the general election was 5033. Of the four principal cities Christchurch heads th« list with 442, Auckland comes next with 418, Wellington registered 328, and Dunedin 108. The monthly statement m regard to patients presented at the Hospital Trustees' meeting this afternoon showed: — Remaining from last month 18, admitted I since 22, discharged 12, remaining at date 28. The Rotorua paper states that during the excavations on the road between Atiamuri and Orakeikorako some very pretty specimens of opal and cornelian were found, wliich have been sent on to Sydney, to ascertain their commercial value. The six new street lamps provided by the Whataupoko Road Board for the illumination of the streets of that suburb, were lit for the first time last evening, and the night being dark and dismal, they afforded a convenience that was very greatly appreciated by the residents. In the Magistrate's Court this morning, before Air Barton,^ S.M., judgment went by default m the' cases of Robert Colebrook v. William Rogers, claim £5, costs 13s ; Samuel Morrison (Mr J. Blair) v. Tani Hakopa, claim £2 6s, costs £1 7s. Amongst recent callers at the AgencyGeneral, London, was Mr W. Livingstone, of Gisborne, who, says a correspondent, has come Home with the view of gaining further experience m his profession as an engineer, and has fixed a rambling programme, proceeding from one works to another. "Is the rainbow trout a cannibal ?" asks the Illustrated , Sporting and Dramatic News. A writer iri that paper holds that there is strong presumptive evidence that he is, and adds that New Zealand sets the Mother Country an example m stocking its rivers and lakes with this species of trout. Mr W. Eyre-Kenney, who was some years ago connected with the New Zeaand Survey Department, and the Gisborne harbor works, and later became Superintendent of Works and Surveys m. Malacca, has been transferred recently to Selangor as State engineer. Mr EyreKenney joined the Straits Civil Service m 1895. Notwithstanding the unpleasant weather several enthusiasts proceeded to the Victoria Township this afternoon and planted a number of trees along the esplanade fronting the beach. A cold southeasterly was blowing, and a heavy shower about 2.15 p.m. added to the discomfort of those who took part m this local commemoration of Arbor Day. The s.s. Waikare had a rough passage from Sydney. On Friday last she ran into terrific weather. The seas broke clean over her decks, and a north-easterly gale raged with great violence. The sun was not visible for the whole day; m fact, the spray so completely enveloped the ship that it was almost impossible to see more than a few yards away. On this day the s.s. Niwaru was m close company with the Waikare. Entries close on Saturday evening with Mr H. M. Porter, secretary, for the Poultry Show, to be held this month. A good judge has been secured m Mr A. fc». Palmer, of Timaru, and there is every prospect of a most successful display, it is expected that a number of outside fanciers will compete m the buff Orpington and game bantam classes, as the North Island championships m these two breeds have been allotted to the Gisborne Club for competition; at their show. An additional attraction, for the general public will be the presence of an incubator, which will be exhibited m full working. "Carpenter" writes : — "Sir, — In regard to the mistake that arose to-day with regard to it being Labor Day, I should like to point out that if it had been a holiday that the employer mentioned m your article of last evening's issue could have had his job finished for a sum of 4d extra per man, which is not a large sum to pay. And, as one who lost a day's work through the mistake, I think the master builders to blame as well, as they ought to have been better informed as to what the holidays were, and the dates they fall on." Mr James Dods, late of Pouawa, writes us from East Lothian, Scotland :— "Sir, — I think the following will surprise some of my old friends m Poverty Bay. A gentleman m this neighborhood took me one day last week to see his sheep. His ewes were all of the Leicester breed, and he had 220 per cent, of lambs. He had no deaths, except one ewe. There were no single lambs, so a number of them had three and some four, and they were all alive. He was grazing four sheep and eight lambs per acre, and they can't have been starved, as he told me -yesterday he had sold the first portion of the lambs at 36s each. They can't have been so forward as some that I saw had been sold the previous week at 41s 9d each." The sly-grog seller from Kawhia, who went to the trouble and expense of getting a Hamilton/lawyer to defend him ''fell m" very heavily. His feelings when his counsel sat down and virtually abandoned his case, after hearing the evidence for the prosecution, may be better imagined than described. The sentence of imprisonment which followed was pretty stiff, but it was mild m comparison to the speech from the Bench which accompanied it. To be stigmatised as an "iniquitous skunk" and a "blood-sucker" before a room full of people, and not be able to say a word m retaliation, would have been the hardest part of the punishment to many men. The sly-grog sellers m the King Country have been having a bad tune of it at Mr Northcroft's hands lately. By and bye (says the Raglan paper) it will probably dawn upon them that though cork-drawing is m itself an easy occupation, it is apt to lead to another of a more laborious nature m the shape of stone-breaking.