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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10140, 29 August 1904, Page 2

A man named Peter Morgan was convicted of drunkenness at the Court this morning, and! fined 10s, costs 2s, m default 48 hours' imprisonment. The monthly meeting of the Charitable Add Board will be held to-morrow evening «t 7, before the Borough Council meeting. A meeting of tho Committee to make arrangements for the monster Hospital social will bo held this evening at 7.30 m the Borough Council Chambers. The captain of the Rotorua Maori team who defeated the British footballers is a brother of Maggie Papukura, tlu- wellknown guide at WhakareMarewa. Mrs Harris lectures m . His Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday evening on "Let there be Light." The admission will be by .silver coin at the door. "Dancer" writes: —"Will one of your readers inform me what position (with dignity and right) can an M.C. of a. ballroom occupy during the dancing of a set, or lias an M.C. a right to dance or not; if he has, should he take top or side?" The Collector, of Customs lias received the following telegram- from the> Marine Department: "Warn vessels that : the master of the steamer Kini yesterday passed a. mast floating upright, showing about 4ft above water, with * part of ship's yard above water. Stephens Island bore east, eight miles distant." A Motu resident arrived m Gisborne from Motu last eveniug, having driveai through with one lior.se and a -.Bulky. He says the roads are m an awful condition, being practically one sea of mud from Motu to Poututui (25 miles:). At places the shafts of his vehicle, touched the mud. ; The, Karaka Racing Club are losing no time m getting their new course at the Lome station into the best of order. The ground, which is prettily situated on the site of the old! sport* meetings, has been cleared and ploughed. ' It is intended to erect a grand stand and make other improvements at an early date. The programme for the Club's New Year meeting will be isuedt within a week. Tlie Auckland Hockey Association have ■. decided to give the Poverty Bay representatives a smoke concert on Friday evening, September 9, Tltog opportunity will also be taken to present the hockey sticks and capes to the winners of the senior and junior championships, and a very successful evening should be spent. It has definitely been, decided to play tlie representative match, Auckland v. Poverty Bay, on Dilworth's paddock, Remuera station, on September 10. . This evening the Rice Dramatic Company will produce "Lost m London," m his Majesty's Theatre, and! there should, be a large audience to witness the staging of the piece by this able organisation. The new theatre will be used for the first time for a dramatic production, arid additional interest on this account attaches to the performance. The proceeds will be m aid of the Gisborne Rifles' Band, and this fact should further increase the attendance at what is sure to be a meritorious performance. \ The following games have been played In the golf tournament during the past week: Mrs O'Meara v. Mrs Ehott, 2 up; Miss F. Adams v. Miss M. Rutledge, 3 up; Miss Foster v. Miss E. Cussen, 1 up; Miss Chrisp v. Miss Graham, 1 up; Miss Davies v. Miss E. Coleman, 1 up; Miss Bright v. Miss Chrisp, 1 up; Mass Willis v. Miss H. Matheson. 1 up; Miss Davies v. Miss Bridgen. The qualifying round for the ladies championship was played on Thursday. Nearly all that entered! qualified, somo.excellent cards being handed m. The first round of the championship is to be played on September- 2nd, and the second round on the following Friday. Wo may expect a close contest for the medal, as some of the ladies are m very good form. Afternoon tea was provided on Saturday by Misses Graham >nd ]&.. Mathesba, and

Brisbane advises Hint Uie New Caledonian cable lias been interrupted since 11.30 a.m. on tlie 27Ui. The railway carried 16,950 passengers to Rotorua last year, as compared with 10,891 the year before. The horse-breeding season has again arrived. First m tlie field is Mr A. Parson's trotting stallion Honduras, whose advertisement appears m another column. Padertjwski, with his three pianos, arrived m Auckland by the s.s. Zealandia last night, and gives concerts there on Wednesday and Friday. Tlie following old age pensions were renewed, by Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., this morning: Hoani Ngapuhi, £18; George Blackstock. £18; and Francis Coleman : Hallowes, £18. 1 Plnits have been prepared for technical school buildings m Ashburton, to cost £800. It is proposed to erect the buildings on a section adjoining the Borough Council Chambers, "Waves of enthusiasm tliat had been running mountains high, broke with a surging roar wlien the end of tliat delightful evening came at last." — Sydney Morning Herald, on Paderewski. According to the Labor Department the scarcity of errand boys is due to the prosperity of the colony, parents being able to afford to keep their boys longer at school and to place them in' the way of learning a trade. The Avork of transhipping the refrigerating engine from the s.s. Toroa to Messrs Nelswn Bros.' barges occupied the greater part of to-day. Several heavy lifts were- safely negotiated. The heaviest weights to be handled were eight and ten tons respectively. The. machinery comes from Napier, being a Hercules machine converted! to the Lmde system.

Another long-didfcnnice electric "power line was recently completed m California, when heavy capias, stretched across the dosert and mountaia from Kern river, reached Los Angeles, 125 mUes away. This new plant will soon carry 10,000 horse-power to tluit city. Tlie entire system was made m duplicate to prevent interruption of the current.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Gisborne next month will be a very short one. So far only three cases arc set down for trial. Two or three offenders who liave pleaded guilty to charges since tin; last sitting of the Court were sent to Auckland for sentence. The civil sitting is .expected to be of average length.

M. Paderowski will henceforth make a change of luilf-a-crown for his autograph, and tluit the money thus obtained will be dlevoted to the Chopin memorial fund (Warsaw). The great pianist has hitherto readily yielded to demands of this kind, but lie has realised to his discomfort tliat tho percentage of autograph-hunters to the rejst of tlie population is higher m Australia than hi most other countries.

Since his retiiz^emerot from the .office of chief inspector of native schools, Mr J. H. Pope lias applied himself to literary labors. At present he is engaged m. writing a sketch of the rise and progress «f tho native schools of New Zealand, to which wi.E be added a narrative of interesting personal experiences m connection wtit!U his travels m the wildernesses of tlie colony m the course of his official work.

During the recent record trip of five days twelve hours, from New York to Plymouth, the German liner Kaiser Wilheim II (20,000 tons) consumed the immense quantity of. 4500 tons of coal. For two days of the voyage she averaged* a speed of 24^ knots per hour, her "best dlay's run being 564 miles. The Kaiser Wflhelm luisi accommodation for 775 first, 350 second, and 1100 steerage passengers.

An ex-patient of the Cambridge Sanatorium, Mr Beuth, who was curedi at the institution, and lias resumed work for the last "t8 months, has collected £32 m aid of the library fund at the Sanatorium, and this amount has been subsidised to the extent of £25 by the Government. The institution is much m need of books for the use of patients, and donations of literature will be much appreciated.

The wrecks and casualties to ships on tho coasts of the colony during tlie year ending March 31st last numbered 58, as against 56 m the previous year. Tlie total M-rccks within the colony were 9, of 3022 tons, as compared with 7, of 5173 tons, m the previous year. The number of lives lost was 14, as compared with 79 last year. Of these 12 were within the colony — viz., 7 m the Toroa (all liands), and one each from the Akaroa, Ada and Eva, Emma Sims, and Saxon, and one m an oil launch run down by the Sterling m Kaipara Harbor. , ,-The Horticultural Society are holding their exhibition of bulbs and spring flowers oiii Wednesday, September 7th, m the new theatre. Since last year's exhibition, which was so much admired, there has been a good) deal more interest taken m daffodil growing m the district, and the Society anticipate a really good display of these charming flowers. Tlie Committee will be pleased to receive exhibits of flowers or, pot plants from anyone, no charge Tieing made for entries. The club orchestra have- very kindly consented to contribute some musical items during the course of the evening.

Mr Chrisp made application to-day before the Registrar, Mr Barton, for an order giving leave to carry on the 'business m .the estate of the late W. N. Attwood, died. The matter was adjourned till September Bth, his, Honor Mr. Justice Edwards having intimated to the Registrar by memorandum dated the 11th inst. that the powers of Registrars under section 4 of the Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Act, 1893, were limited to interlocutary application m Chambers m contentious proceedings. We understand that the legal profession intend 1 to try and have the Act amended if the Judge's contention is correct. At the Police Court this morning Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., m convicting an unfortunate man named 1 Richard Soloinan of drunkenness, said tliat it was his third conviotioni during the past three months* and it appeared that drink .had got such a hold of him that he could not resist it. He would have to send him to gaol m the absence of any other i place. Accused was sentenced! to 14 days' hard labor m Gisborne police gaol. Sergeant Siddells stated that it was very pitiable to see accused m such a state, for lie was certainly, one of the best workmen m the place if he only kept straight. Upon the sergeant's application a prohibition order was granted against accused.

Dr. Greenwood, m Christchurch, the other evening, gave a little dissertation on the treatment of children. "Feed your children rationally on plain, wholesome food, and don't stuff them with cakes and tarts and! lollies at all times of the day," he said. "Train them to eat slowly and to masticate their food thoroughly. Clothe them rationally with warm, light, loose clothing that will. give free play to the muscles of their chests and stomachs. These tight-fitting clothes that look so stylish and neat are an abomination. People cramp their children m tight clothes, and, especially m the case of girls, forbid them to take exercise. Never shut their bedroom windows, and always give them plenty of fresh air. Train them to use cold water, and they will never suffer from colds. Every childl should be sponged over m the morning with cold water, but the majority are not hardy enough for the complete cold bath."

A very large audience was attracted to His Majesty's Theatre last evening, when Mrs Harris, inspirational speaker, lectured on the subject, "If a man die, shall he live again?" His Worship the Mayor presided,, and the meeting opened with the hymn, "All People Who on Earth Do Dwell," followed by prayer by Mrs Harris. In introducing the lecturcss, Mr Townley said the subject Mas one which very closely concerned all of them, and he thought all would agree that they hoped to live again 1 many of them enjoyed this life, and hoped there was a longer life before them m another world. Mrs Harris, prefaced her remarks by a .beautiful reading from Dickens, -"A Child's Dream of a Star." The hymn, "Scatter Seeds of Kindness," was then sung. "If a man die, shall he live again?" was a question, said Mrs Harris,, found m human minds and sorrowing hearts through all ages, among all places and people. Humanity had been feeling after God — m the 'language of Tennyson," crying for a light." Tlie Saviour was the first to bring to mankind any tidings of a future life, and it was Christ Avho had' taught them spiritualism, which was the soul of Christianity. It was not going to be at variance with the churches or upset the doctrine of Jesus and his disciples ; it was not a new-fangled/ "ism" that was going to. destroy people's faith m Divine inspiration. It was only spiritualism that could give comfort m case of bereavement. Spiritualism taught that there was no death, but that men went on living m coiiformance with the laws of Nature. Speaking of life beyond the grave, Mrs Harris referred) to the Divine messages to the boy Samuel, Daniel,. Ezekiel and Isaiah, and also new Testament characters as evidence of communion m the spiritual life. Regarding spiritualistio phenomena, which she was not altogether m favor of, although it was true, these phenomena were used by spiritual agents as a means of convincing sceptical minds. Spiritualism taught the possession of spiritual gifts, including clairvoyancy, and while m the entranced state the speaker had visited the heavens, and her hearers could do likewise when they developed! their spiritual powers. In- concluding her address, Mrs Harris impressed on her hearers the necessity of putting their lives m order so that they could carry their crown* of righteousness with them to the next world, and it avus the aim of .spiritualism to teach nicu and women' to lead holier and purer lives, every record of which could) be read with pleasure by dear departed! friends m the next world. The meeting closed with the- hymn, "Abide with Me." Mr J. N. Mazey_pregiA&d ,a,t .the piano daring the

An effort is lo be made to induce the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association to hold the next championship regatta m Wellington.

A proposal to hire the Government dredge Rubi Seddon for work m Wanganui will be discussed at next meeting of the Wanganui Harbor Board.

Advice lias boon received by local bakers from the New Zealand Flourmillers' Asociation that the price of flour has been raised from £9 to £9 10s.

A motor-car driving competition will form one of the attractions on the first day of tlie Agricultural and Pastoral Assoaiatiom's show at Ashburton. The traction engine driving and horsiewslioeing com petitions will also be held on the first day.

A letter lias been received m Timaru from. Mr -F. A. Horuibrook, stating tliat the. rmmor about Sandow's breakdown m health is false. Sanidow is at present touring South Africa with a big company, and is drawing large iiudiences. Just a few days ago he made a record lift there.

At a Bale of stuffed birds m London a few weeks ago a number utf native New Zealand specimens were ibougli/t by Ma-jor-General Robley, the woll- known collector of Maori curios. Tho lot included two "tui" or ■parson birds, a King penguin, from the MacquaiTies, a kaka, a shag, and several varieties of kiwi.

A British worship recently arrived at Puerto Arenitae, arod saluted tho' flag of Costa Rica with twemty-oiKi guns. It took the gunners of Costa Rica two hours to answer the -salute. They only ]iad one old muzzle-load-er,' which Ind to be aJlowed to cool after each round. But the salute was got tlirough m, the course of flue day.

"What's the use of Mr Seddon talking about the decreasing birth-rate when he allows Education. Boardb to close schools and forces small ohildren to travel by train to other schools, with the likelihood of their being killed off as soon as we get them ?" fiercely exclaimed a member of a deputation to the Wellington Education Board.

A New Yoi'k house, writing to <vi Invercargill firm, complains of the unsatisfactory state hi/ which. New Zealand flax is placed on the American market, and says that unless the graders. take considerably more pains m the grading of the hemp tl» American market will again ibe practically lost to tlie New Zealand fibre merchants.

The Japanese claim to be considered a civilised, people can n» longer be denied by their most severe -critics. When FieldMarshal Oyama left Tokio for the front early last mouth a band on the railway platform almost drowned the cheering with which hundreds of Japanese and foreign dignatories sent him on his way by a vigorous performance of "Auld Lang Syne."

In stating the fact tliat the Government did not intend to do more m the matter of setting up a sanatoria for consumptives, the Minister for Public Health stated that the' new addition to the Cambridge institution, capable of accommodating about 26 patients, is nearly completed. Tlie sanatorium will, with this addition, be able to house about*6o sufferers.

It js reported that an American .syndicate has made a proposal to Russia to construct a carnal from the Baltic to the Black Sea, at a price one-third less tlian the official estimated cost. The junction of its great northern and southern seas by an estuary of sufficient capacity to permit of the passage of men-o'-war and stops of great tonnage has long been a favorite project im the Councils of the Czar.

It is evident (says the Pastoralists' Review) that a large number of New South Wales stock owners intend to try for a second lambing from about 1,250,---000 owes. If the attempt is successful the percent-age of lambs will be considerably raised. Out of a total of 14,670,---655 ewes m the Slate, 13,362,305 will be employed for breeding, the difference amounting, to about nine per cent, being unsuitable fo^ that purpose. .

The lighter for the Wanganui Meat Freezing Company is at present at Hefensville, where Messrs W. A. Ryan and Co., Limited, are installing the two 70 horsepower Union engines and hoist. This boat will be watched with much interest, as she is the largest oil-powered' boat, south of the line, her total power m oil engines being 155 horsepower. This is the second lighter Messrs Ryan and Co have fitted out for the same company.

It. is slated that the Chinese who arrivein the colony are brought under contract to a large Chinese syndicate, whose headquarters is on the West Coast. On December 31st, 1903, there were 2800 Chinese m the colony. In 1881, when the tax was first imposed upon Chinese immigrants, the number m the colony was 5004, but since that year. there has been a marked decrease, the departures each year exceeding the arrivals.

Dr. Kenny, the residential medical officer at Te Aroha, m his aunual report, ■strongly urges that' the Government should prospect for hot mineral water at Te Aroha. He also writes pretty strongly with regard to the present mode of supplying drinking water to the general public, and recoinmendis the Department completely to sweep away the old order of things, and. by introducing a new rer ginie, provide a nice bright pump room, with a "bar (attended by a smart maid m the uniform of the Department), at which all the Te Aroha waters and other mineral drinking waters of New Zealand could be supplied m clean glass tumblers.

The Totalisator Bill, which has just been circulated m the Victorian Legislative Assembly, allows the managements of racecourses to deduct 7£ per cent. from moneys invested! on totalisators, one-third of which is to go to the support of a charities fund. The balance, 5 per cent., is to be utilised for stakes and racecourse improvements.' The remaining 92£ per cent, of investment is to be paid to winners. If more than 7£ per cent: be. deducted by the stewards, the Committee, or others responsible, such persons are to be liable, on conviction, to heavy penalties. Persons under 21 years of age are prohibited by the Bill from putting money on the totalisator, and a penalty attaches to the receipt of money from such minors.

Mr R. M'Nab, M.H.R., is contributing a series of interesting articles to southern journals oa early historical matters relating to the southern portion of the South Island. The articles ore published under the title "Murikihi," which was the Maori name for that part of the colony. One of the recent treatises deals with a sealing station established m Dusky Bay m 1792. Another one describes the wreck of the Endeavor at Dusky Bay, m 1795; and there is an interesting account of tlie discovery of Stewart's Island, m 1809, and of the Bluff, m 1813. Mr M'Nab lias .collected a very large quantity of information. • To obtain same of it, he had to make a journey to Sydney, and search m the archives there. It is understood tliat "Murikihi" will be published m book form. •»

The construction of a tremendous barrage, rivalling even the recently-complet-ed! Assouan dfem on the Nile, is shortly to be commenced upon the Tunga Barda river, near Hospet, m the extreme western corner of the Madras Presidency, British India. Tlie source of the Tunga Barda are m the Western Ghats, and the course of the river is eastward across India, flowing 400 miles to the sea. Tlie scope of this project is to construct a dam nearly a mile long by abo.ul 150 ft m height, thereby forming a huge reservoir approximately 40 miles m length, and covering an area of 150 square miles. By means of this project some 200,000,---000,000 cubic feet of water— *bout five times the capacity of the Assouan reservoir, and equal m area to about three times that on the Nik— will be available for irrigation. The cost is estimated at three and a-half crores of rupees; "but, owing to the extent of country it will be able to irrigate, it is anticipated that the scheme will be a most paying one.

Some of the hardships of the country settler axe described' by a correspondent of^the Taranaki Herald. He writes of the . Upper Waitotora, Wangamomona, Mokau and Awakino districts, and he says: —"There are a certain number of settlers living within a few miles of a town or railway who^ axe enjoying'a certain amount of luxury, or what» they call luxury, but what townspeople would turn their -noses up at;, and invariably do. I have seen children riding seven miles to school, three on each horse. I have seen a good many children, getting no schooling at all. I have seen a father sledge Ids two dead children twenty miles through mud to bury them. I have seen a good many serious cases of illness, and no knowing whether a doctor could be brought up m time." These, he bitterly concludes, are some of the hardships of the country settler, who is the pioneer and backbone of tlie country, and is invariably snubbed and ignored by city people, because he has not sucfi fine clothes, or is not so well educated, or so up-to-date m social etiquette.

One of the two big steamers built for the Ounard fleet with, public money loaned on exceptionally favorable circumstanoes is so far advanced that it will be launched nest year, says a London correspondent. It is being built on the Tyne "by John Brown and Co., who recently turned out from the Clyde the Caronia, a, twin-screw steamer added to the Cunard fleet on the- usual terms of private enterprise. The Caronia. is 21,000 tons. The net unnamed new ship building on the Clyde will be near 30,000. A curious question is engaging the mind of the builders and owners of the new sea giant. Her heightout of the water, even when fully loaded, will nearly approach that of an ordinary London flat. The- question is, what effect upon her speed wiill tUo power of a head wind' have upon her. Of course, much greater will be the effect of half a gale, either from port or starboard, meeting the mass of her broadside. As there is no ship afloat of her build and size, the problem will -remain unsolved ,ta|;ahe-tta^i%r lljst jassage to w

The M'nitana, Assembly meet m Whinray's Hall to-morrow evening.

In the football match Wairarapa v. Danneyirke four of the players had their knees injured.

The Bruce Herald learns from a private letter that Mr H. C. White, at late Sydney sales, obtained £4089 for seven stud sheep. One ram alone fetched 800 guineas.

"One of the greatest needs o! this country," declared Mr Taylor m the House of Representatives on Wednesday, "is a man who can show us where to get cheap money, how to get it, and how to get as much as we want. No matter who he is, any man alive who can do this is urgently wanted. Or <dlead men, for the matter of that. If he's dead, he should be dug up."

When lightning stru6k the Lyell telegraph office last week the crockery ra the warns occupied by the family wo* all broken, and the building was on fire, but the supply of water was plentiful, and the flames were 'promptly extinguished. The postmaster's wife (ilrs Potter) was m a fainting condition for hours owing to tlie shock. *

General Booth thinks well of music— of a kind. Says he m a London press interview : "The Salvation Army believes m music, and will liave music. There is plenty of music m the world, but much of it is the handmaid of the devil. My ambition is to fill the world with the music of Heaven." Those who liave heard some of our New Zealand Salva.tion Bands getting m their best work will realise what sort of sounds prevail m Heaven according to the General. . O'Brien left the British team at Auckland, and has returned to Cliristchurch. to stay a while with his relatives. After a short jest he will go back to Guy's Hospital, London, to complete his medical studies. He contemplates retiring from the game; and it is said that M Evedy, another New Zailandsr, will take command of Guy's famous team m lus (place. It is also stated! that BedclUSivright contemplates retiring from the game.

A Waipawa clergyman delivered a practical sermon, the subject being "Don't chew jour pills." The preacher instanced how many always dwelt on the dark side of life ; how they brooded over their misfortunes and disappointments until their life became clouded, without a ray of sunshine to illumine iheir path. They were figuratively always chewing their pills instead of swallowing 'them like men and leaving their inevitable sorrows behind them arid looking with hope and confidence on the future.

In the course of an Adda-ess at Levin on the land question., Mr R. C. Coojkt, of Mauriceville, stated that one of his neighbors m the WairaTapa liad allowed the Galiforndan thistle to spread over many acres of his land, and when he spoke to him on the subject, he retorted : Oh, my lease will expire very shortly; it can take care of itself. If that land had been freehold he would not liave allowed it to go to waste. Mr Cooper quoted another case near Pahiatua on allfours with the above case.

An enormous floating coal depot, said to be the largest m the world, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday from the Tyne. The depot will hold 12,000 tons, and is to be mooied at Portsmouth harbor. It will be fitted with machinery that will enable tlie biggest warsliips to fill tlheir bunker* alongside it. Being over 400 ft long, the depot will accommodate the Largest cruisers afloat. At the present time great delay is experienced m coaling these ships from colliers. It is understood that the Admiralty intend to build floating depots that will hold as much as 20,000 tons of coal.