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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9847, 14 September 1903, Page 2

Inward and outward cargo by vosrcls arriving and departing during* the last three days totals over 500 tons. A unique billiard foaraament is to be started at the Con.na.tijr. Hotel this evening Mr Justice Cooper was accompanied on the Bench this morning by his daughter, Miss Cooper, who acts as his private secretary. L Mr D. Wlivte, junior, Tinirotp, has been appointed organising secretary .for the New Zealand Alliance m Wniapu, Hawke s Bay, and Napier 'electorates. The Auckland Hunt Club's point-to-point steeplechase on Saturday was won by hapai, owned and ridden" by Mr F \V .^olan, son of Mr J. W. Nolan, of iiisborne. In order to allow country people •an opportunity of attending the performance of Hie Lady of Ostend" on Saturday night the train wilMiot leave town till 10.45. .f , ■ - N Mr Clarke, from Mangateinoka,-* who iias been appointed manager of the Wairoa dairy factory, arrived at 1 Waii-oa on luesday. Mr McGregor, the lessee, reached tliere on Wednesday. As showing the good state of the roads we may mention that the Mprere mailman brought the coach through from Gisborne on Wednesday, which will no doubtinduce an early influx of vistors to the popular Morere Hot Springs.— WaJroa Guardian. The attention of ladies desirous of procuring the most fashionable summer costumes at a most reasonable price is directed to " a great unreserved clearing sale of new season's drapery at Williams and Kettle's mart on the 19th inst! "Our Own" at Wellington records the death yesterday of Mr Jacob Joseph, one of Wellington's wealthiest citizeus. The deceased gentleman,, who has been blind for years, built a large three-storey building on Lambton Quay many years ago, when, owing to the recurrence of earthquakes, it was considered an. act of folly to erect a substantial brick or stone building m Wellington. "West 'Ender" writes :— "Sir,— l feel certain that a few lines m you paper would not be space wasted if they did something towards preventing the Sabbath desecration which has been going on every week this winter m the victo- ! ria Domain. Every Sunday morning and every Sunday afternoon, almost without exception) a troop of boys may be seen playing football, and hist Sunday, not being content with morning, and afternoon, they kept it up till late at night.' All who know anything of football know that it is a manly game, the national game of our country, but it is this abuse of the game that gives a large section of the community a prejudice against it. , Hoping the Rugby Union will take some steps to stop this wrong." Some few -weeks ago a deputation representing Nuhaka and Morere settlers MMit'ed upon the local, manager of the Union Company with a request that the s.s. Herald should call regularly at Waikokopu. The deputation were asked to furnish a statement showing the imports and passenger traffic into their district, and this has been done. It is considered by the settlers that the inducements it shows should be amply sufficient to justify " the granting of their request. If Waikokopu is included m ■ the Herald's itinerary we understand that 'Mr Copper, of the Morere Hot Springs Hotel, will have a coach at the harbor to meet the steamer, and passengers leaving; Gisborne m the eveiiing will be lauded at the surings m time for breakfast. This avoiddance of a somewhat wearisome coach journey should induce maay. people, especially persons ia delicate liealth, to take the trip. Mr Cooper's coach will also be available for the conveyance of parties desirous of visiting Lake Waikaremoana. On the opening of the Supreme Court this morning the second panel of common jurors was called, the following being sworn m :— Messrs Olaf Richardson, W. H. Chrisp, George Robb, W. Sobers. Jos Dower, W. Bell. J. R. Little, H. Miller, G. Willan, C. A. Sherriff, S. Liddle, J. P. Thomson,. H. F. Gush, Wilson Hadyn, C. H. Ambridge, F. G. Ardern, J. E. Gittos, W. Currie, W. J. Hamon, Jas. Dalryinple, F. P. Duncan, E. Roberts, W. Heany, Hugh Heeny, T7 Haaclie, D. Hepburn, E. Aston, A. Tuohy, W. G. Sherratt, H. Martin, J. Colley, J. Morrison, F. Stafford, H. Webb. S. E. Griffiths. A. Sawyer, F. L. Fern, H. J. C. Rowland, W. G. Maclaurin. Messrs Thos. Haache, W. H, Tucker and Otto Hansen failed to appear, and were each fined 40s. Subsequently Messrs Hansen and Haache attended, and explained that they had misunderstood an announcement that waiting jurors were discharged from further attendance. They had not seen* the subsequent reminder to the second panel of jurors. His Honor said the .explanation was a reasonable one and remitted the fine. Captain Tucker attended at the afternoon sitting, and explained the reason of his absence. He had received two summonses, one for the grand and the v second for the common jury — he ran the gauntlet for both juries. He' was not called for the grand jury, and lye did nob notice his name on the common jury panel. Further, he did not know until he looked at the. common jury summons that it was for that day. — JHis Honor accepted Captain Tucker's explanation.— Captain Tucker : I can assure your Honor there was no intention to shirk my duties.

"Baby Pay" at the Ellerbeok studio is announced for September 16th. Tenders for 1000 yds of Patutahi metal close with the Borough Council to-mor-row evening. The. Patea railway station was lighted by electricity for the first time on the 4th inst. The box plan for the Hawtrey season will be opened at Mr Miller's to-morrow morning at 10. Mr Justice Cooper mentioned m the Supreme Court to-day that m all probability he will take the next sitting of the Supreme Court here himself. The Gisborne Horticultural Society's spring flower and bulb show will be held to-morrow m the Academy of Music, and as many growers are contributing exhibits a very pretty aud interesting show is expected. The manager of the New Zealand Band, m referring to the financial failure of the tour, says :■ — We have one consolation that Sousa's great band has been struck likewise, so also has the band from Rome of 75 performers. They lost £2000 m less than three weeks, and had to return back whence they came. Whether a colony is justified^in ceasing the prosecution of public works while it spends nearly a quarter of a million annually m a direction which enable a large number to evade their natural responsibilities to their parents is an open question. — Rangitikei Advocate. The Rotorua tradespeople have formed a trade protection society, the object of which is to protect themselves against '•bad marks." A person who contracts a bad debt with one member of the association will be refused credit by all the ctliers. According to the Chronicle the Wanganui Horticultural Society has trebled its membership this year. Owing to tlw success of the sweet pea seed distribution last season, the Society is distributing packets of carnation . seed free, to those who will agree to exhibit the flowers grown from them at the autumn show. The Rev. J. M. Marsliall, who is missing, was a prominent athlete. He had represented Canterbury m football, and held the tennis championship of New Zealand. Mr P. F. Warner, the captain of the English cricket team which toured New Zealand recently, describes Mr Marshal! m his book, "Cricket Beyond the Sea," as one of the best all round players his team encountered. Owing to a misconception as to the maximum weight to be allotted, it has been found necessary to rehandicap the point-to-point steeplechase, and the weights will now read :— Mangamahaki 14.0, Ivaiti 13.7, Sailor 12.8, Czar 12.8 Fencer 12.8, Sandy 12.7, Totangi 12.3, vw \ A - B -> Incognita, Angus, and Yellowtail 12.0. If the colony .continues to lavish money on public works and if it continues to borrow, Mi- Seddon now recognises, its credit will sink below zero. It is satisfactory to know that he has come at last to a realisation of this truth and t hut he lias liad the courage to make the admission tluit, practically, he has m tlia past been encouraging the people to live m a fool's paradise. It is to be hoped tluit he will now have the courage to adopt the measures that are requisite to the rehabilitation, of the colony s reputation.— Otago Daily Times. The brothers Arnst, who took part w the great Australasian cycle road race, held recently, stated, m an interview at Uiiiatoliureh, that the commissariat arrangements fur the race were excelloM l'opti bigs and tins of milk were given the nckrs as they flashed by the depots stops being unnecessary, and the bags weiv arranged by that they could be carried without any trouble. The NevV Zealanders were surprised at the amount of public interest shown m the race all along the route. Everybody wanted to help. 'loud come\ilong hear a form nouse, said one of the party, "and you'd see a woman standing m the road with a. jug and a cnp. They wanted us to pt off and have a drink, but we'd have been stopping all day, it we'd accepted an the otters." The champion (J. Arnst 1 had a great reception at the finish of the Mr James Higgs sends us the following communication: "While Mr James Wotton and James Higgs were working on. Mr A. J. Cameron's, they got from under a stack. of wood a most extraordinary bjrd. The head is large, with very Piercing blue eyes. The feathers on the back area beautiful blue, but more like a skin. It has two bony things like wings, but more like a fish's fins. The belly is covered with a kind of wliite •it' v?i lw ? two le S s about lia lon g. with little short feet, with hair on, but webbed like a duck. The body to touch is like that of a rat, and is about the size of a gull. It will be on view at Waerenga-a-hika for a day or two. Can any of your readers tell its name?" Tlio annual report of the Chief Inspector of Machinery for the colony mentions i that with regard to marine engi-net-KS 1 examinations, every year shows a marked improvement m the work of candidates who present themselves, and this is nota,bly the case with the third-class applicants, who axe again very numerous. All the examiners bear witness to the faithful reading of the young engineers from the .workshop m matters -pertaining to marine engineering, which is brought out very. clearly m the oral examinations. It is very gratifying to the department to have such material to deal with, and seeing so many of the promising boys N take to engineering m the colony, no doubt this industry, remarks the Chief Inspector, will be well able to hold its own as the colony gets more advanced. ' ■ The Orchard and Garden Pests Bill, M-hich has been under consideration for some time past by the joint Agricultural, Pastoral and Stock Committee; was reported to the House oil Friday. Tlie main alteration made ia the Bill by the Committee is the striking out of the clause which proposed to exempt the Auckland district from the operations of the Act. The clause giving the Governor power to prohibit the carrying of infected fru;t from one port of New Zealand to another is retained. A rather important sub-clause has been added, bearing on the regulations under which infected fruit can be destroyed by the experts of the Department of Agriculture. / These regulations can be made from time to time by Order-iii-Council, and the amendment made by the Coinlnittee provides that theY must jalso be laid before Parliament, so that if there is any grievance regarding them they will be open to criticism. Another amendment made by the Committee provides that the Act shall not come into force till April next, except the provisions against the importation of diseased fruit or plants, which would have effect immediately on the passing of the Act.

The Press Association's report of Che final of the New Zealand golf championship between Nicolaus and Tareha gave no idea of the close and exciting game it was. It will be remembered that at the conclusion of the first half of the game Tareha was 2 up. St.frting off m the afternoon Nicolaus won the first two, making it all square. The next four holes m succession were halved, and Nicolaus winning the seventh hole was 1 up. Tareha caught him at the eighth, making all square. The ninth was all square again. Tareha won the tenth m four, and was 1 up. They halved the 11th and 12th, but Tareha with a nice four was 2 up at the 13th, and winning the next was 3 up. The 15th was halved, leaving Tareha 3 up and 3 to play. Ni'colaus still stuck feo him, and won. the 16th— Tareha 2 up, but the Maori played a lion-hearted game and was not to be denied. He holed, the 16th m four and won the championship. The scene when his ball found the hole is described to have been one of unbounded enthusiasm. The sympathies of the 500 people who followed the game were naturally with their own representative — the Maori — and hearty hand-clapping followed. This was completely drowned, however, by the Maori demonstration. Delirious with joy .the natives pranced and cavorted round the green, and "Kamati, kamati ! Kia ora ! Kia ora!" burst simultaneously from the whole band — men, women and children. Tlrey had previously said to Nicolaus : "If you win, we will play you again; if you lose, we will give you a haka" ; and they certainly fulfilled their contract. It was a stirring scene, and a fitting climax to the best-fought contest m the annals of golf m New Zealand.