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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10228, 10 December 1904, Page 2

Messrs J. W. Bright and J. Sheridan [ were the presiding J.'sP. at. the Court 1 this morndng, when the application for i a prohibition order was favorably considered. Messrs C. Rosio and Co, by advertise- < ment, invite inspection of the fine Xmag display of fancy goods sliown by them m their large dressmaking department, Bright street entrance. "With the compliments of the season," Messrs Hallenstein Bros, send us a handy little court plaster and stamp ( case, with calendar printed thereon, that , fits into a corner of one's vest pocket. The publican's booth and race cards for Te Karaka races at New Year were put up at auction to-day by Williams and Kettle and! passed m. A bid of £2 was received for the booth. Tlie privileges will be disposed of privately. • Notwithstanding the backward state of the clip owing to tlie severe weather conditions it is expected tliat the catalogue at the first wool sale of the season (next Wednesday) at Napier will be well over 5000 bales. A team of cadets fiom Gisborne School went to Ormond to-day to fire a match with a team from Ormond and Matawliierg Schools. The Cadets use the Wesit by- Richards rifle, and tlie •competition is being carried out under class-firing conditions. We understand that Mr W. Miller Ims accepted tli» local agency of the State Fire Lisurance Department. His district will extend over the counties »f Cook and Waiapui and part of Wairoa County. Tlie Department will commence business on January 4th. For the Waerenga-a-hika School entertainment on Thursday, December lStlv, the school have m preparation a kinderspiel (children's musicaTcomedy) entitled.. "Playmates." The piece is by Grieve, and should prove a pleasing change to the customary school concerts, and is bound to attract a large gathering. Tlie Auckland! Charitable Aid Board are faced with a nmr problem, which has arisen out of an application by an inmate of the Costley Home for a set of false teeth. Tine application opens up a wide question, as it "would cost about 600 guineas to supply teeth to all the inmates of the Home, who liad lost- those supplied by nature. Mr W. H. Hales, Engineer-in-Ghietf of the Rdads Department, yesterday inspected the Gisborne-Karaka railway line, and also proceeded along tlie trial, survey for I six miles on the Karakii-Motu line, wliich lie considered was a suitable one. Tlie line to Karaka is expected to be open for .goods traffic by tlie end of January, and for passMigorg m March. Tlie s.s. T»lune on leaving Napier for Wellington on Monday evening encountered the fury of the gale down the East Coasll. Tliie vessel plunged about considerably, and some green seas were shipped over tine bows. The boatswain, H. Trehern, was tlirown down by a sea, and carried against a stanchion. 'Although considerably .duiken, he escaped with a severe contusion on the head. Some deck cargo of timber was with difficulty kept iv its place. At His Majesty's Theatro last evening the Public School children, under the } musical directorship of Mr' A. J. Massey, rendered another highly creditable performance before a very appreciative audience. The children entered into tlie spirit of the entertainment with much enthusiasm, and tlie numerous items went off successfully and were heartily encored. The performance gave evidence of much careful training on tlie part of Mr Massey, with the assistance of the headmaster, Mr Rowley, and a large staff of teachers.

Following is tlie visitors' liat last W6ek at the Hot Springs hotel, Morere: Mr and Mrs Davis (Whatatutu), Mrs Grayson (Mat-whero), Miss M. M. Monckton (Wairarapa), Miss S. M. Monckton (Gisborne), Mr J. Noroross and Mr T. Donovan (Ornnond), Mr J. Johnston, Mr D. Zachariah, Mr Geo. Ogdou, and Mr Hodge (Gisborne), Mr Galvey (Wellington), Mr A. R. Mackay and Mr B. Bucldand (Wairoa), Mr and Mrs Eusterbrooke and .two children (Wharerata), Mr W. McCarthy and Mr C. Stewart (Napier), Mr J. Gibson (Frailer town).

Messrs Smith Bros, who have recently commenced business m Gisborne, as manufacturers of aerated waters and cordials, have sent to this office a sample of summer drinks, which the typographical staff have tested! and pronounced to be of excellent quality. Tlie firm's speciality is hop beer, which has already made a ROodi reputation m Gisborne. -The firm's factory is at Te Hapara, and only the finest of water' and materials are used. Messrs Smith Bros, are the sons of Mr Ezra Smith, who for many years successfully carried on this business m Gisborne.

The Poverty Buy Public School Cadetshold a church parade at Holy^ Trinity Church to-morrow morning. There will be two companies from tlie Gisborne School and detaclunenits from Maty whero and Miuigapapa. They will be assisted by tlie City Band, under Bandmaster - Chrisp, with Mr A. Beere as Drum-Major. • This is the first occasion on which the Cadets have held a church parade, but now tliat they are fully equipped they will be able to parade whenever required, and from their numerical strength will prove a considerable addition to the volunteer companies of Gisborne.

Mr G. Mattkewson returned tlus morning from Wellington, where he attended the conference of members of Land Boards on the land question. Whilst m Wellington Mr Matthewson interviewed! Ministers upon various district matters. He obtained a promise from the Hon. Hali-Jones that the long asked for Tuahine light would be at last supplied. The Marine Department have m stock a Norwegian dSopteric lamp which will from an elevation of 50ft throw a light four or five miles, and this is to be sent to Gisborne immediately, being given as a present to the Board. The lamp lias attached to it an odli reservoir and ourns without attention for periods of 10 or 12 days. Mr Matthewson also obtained from the Minister an assurance that the survey of the Te Arai valley road extension for which £400 was voted last session would be put m hand without any further delay.

We are 'requested by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. , to draw attention to Hue clearing sale to be held on behalf of Mr Raymond, Bushmere, on Wednesday next, 14th inst. Tbe Qierd of dairy cattle have been carefully ftelected, and comprise some of the choicest cows that could be seen m the district. No better evidence of. the quality of the cattle Mr Raymond has could be given than his last month's credit for milk supplied to the Kia Ora Dairy Co. The total from 25 cows for the month of November was 1061.131bs butter fat, the cheque for which amounted, to £34 5s 4d. Of these 25 cows, three of them had been m milk for many months, and are due to calve m February , and four were two-yoar-old lieifers, * that the return is a remarkably good one. The young heifers are also a very clioice lot, and we would advise all dairymen to attend the sale.

The last pile of the Tolaga bridg© was driven oii Thursday, but we are informed tlie work has practically come to a 1 standstill, owing -to the non-arrival of tlie steel portion of the ' structure from America. There seems to be some doubt as to when the Pharsala (which is carrying the steel work) sailed for tlie colony. The agent's advice was that she sailed on October Bth, and Williams and Kettie's shipping Bist pulls • tlie date >at October 10, but cabled slupping news m the Auckland papens state that she did not- leave till November 10t>h. Tlie Pharsalia is stated to be one of the slow tramp class, and is 'not likely to" do the trip under 70 to 80 days, and if she did not leave till November 10th, it will be near the end of January before she reaches New Zealand, and February before tl»e stuff can be haudled at Tolaga Bay. Tlie contractors have now all the piles- m, caps and corbels on ready for. steel, but are compelled, to shorten hands instead of being able to push on with tlte work.

In the Native Land Court this morning evidence was given m regard to the portion Of Karaka. No. 3 taken for railway purposes, and including the station site. Peka. Kerekere, who appeared for tlie native- owners, considered that x £3oo an acre was a fair price, for this land, which Wa9 right m the .heart, of ,the township. — S. Oieoliam, contractor, valued the (and at present at £200 an acre. In reply to Mr Nolan, be said the land five years ago could have been bought. for £25 au acre. The section before the Court was as good as was m Karaka township at the time tlie Public Works Department entered upon it. The section was worth £100 an acre. — The Crown elected to stand by the evidence called for them m Ka_aka No. 3 case.— The Court, after a short adjournment, delivered the following judgment: "Some evidence was given m this case that the entry was made 2i to three years ago. .• Since the Court adjourned I have referred to the proclamation taking the aniddUe line of road m the issue of the Gazette of the 27th November, 1902. Any entry before that cannot be admitted', and under section 167 the Crown would not have power to enter until the middle line was proclaimed, that will be the time taken for assessing the compensation. Under the circumstances, we find that th,e value would! be more than the ordinary grazing value, because people must have known at that time tliat there must have be«n a railway, and the railway would! . have affected the value. Upon the evidence it is rather difficult to arrive at what that exact value was, but judging from the evidence given as to sales m the neighborhood, and taking into consideration that the properties of the claimants have been increased- m value to a certain extent by the railway works and deducting that from. the. compensation to be awarded, also allowing a email proportion towards the expenses, as we are doubtful whether we can allow them or not, "w© find tho, value to be £65 Der acre." In reply to Mr Nolan. Judge Jones, said this would apply to both Karaka 3 and 4 blocks. ...... <

Waimangu, tlie giant geyser of the Ho;. LakeN district, is still on "strike." It lias not played since November Ist.

This afternoon the racehorse Ahititi was offered for sale at Messrs Williams and Kettle's horse bazaar, but was passed m at 21 guineas.

The Wellington Post says there lias been an unaccounted-for disappearance of close on £400,000 m connection with the Colonial Bank liquidation.

In a letter from Kalgoorlie, an ex-resi-dent of tlie Thames states Ural lie wo • . « not recommend any New Zealander to g> over there on the prospect of getting work, unless he has enough money n, bring him back again.

Mr Hector Mcßeath, who was recently appointed by the Rev. Mr Dannefaerd as local secretary for tlie Soldiers' Mission, Poona, m another column requests that mission boxes be forwarded to liis address for opening.

. The police are scouring the Wakarara district, Hawke's Bay,- for M'Kenzie, alias Ellis, who is "wanted" m connection with the murder of CollSnson at Te Awnite m February lust. A man answering .M'Ken. zie's description lias been seen m the district lateiy, and food and cartridges liave been atiien from, several homesteads.

Mr Hone Heke, M.H.R., is m charge of the preparations which are being made by the ,Otaki natives to welcome the Hon. Huia Onslow, who is to arrive m Auckland m a week or two. The chiefs of the Ngatihuia tribe, wliich is a branch of the Ngatiraukawa, will go to Auckland to meet him. Mr Heke is at present m Otaki.

Lawyers, valuers and Government officials (says the Marborough Express) seem to have . &, collateral mortgage on the Flaxbourne estate just now, judging by the number to be seen engineering their weary way over the beautiful property. The owners must at times wonder if their sheep or their land; is m their own custody, or that of the aforesaid officials.

So many enquiries have been made regarding the date of the opening of the box plans for Mr J. C. Williamson's dramatic season tliat Mr Miller lias asked ns to state that tlie plans will probably be open on Wednesday morning next, altliough the exact date and! hour cannot be definitely fixed! until Mr Harold Ashton arrives. Full particulars will be announced on Monday.

A Feilding correspondent writes to say tliat the Feilding police have discovered a clue to the recent mysterious tire. It is alleged that two of the youths recently arrested m connection with robberies m the town have admitted to breaking into the shop of Mr S. Svend&en and then setting fire to the premises. The cases will be heard on Monday next.

During an : appeal case at Invercargill before Mr Justice Denniston, Ids Honor said brewers' rights seemed to have been curtailed) greatly of late. They were a class of respectable men, so far as liis exjierience went, who were manufacturing beer, and were not theoretically supposed to be interfered) with by the prohibition doctrine, but, as he said before, their rights werei Wing cua'tailed. If they had 1 not his Honor's legal sympathy they certainly h&i his Christian sympathy. The employees of a butcher m the Royal borough of Windsor had a curious experience. Every time they touched a joint of beef tliat hung outside the shop' they received an electric shock. The shocks continued for two days. Then the puzzledt butchers called on the local, electric company for an elucidation of the mystery, when it was discovered that there l»ad been an escape of current, which had got into an iron fitting by wliicli tine meat was suspended. Thus when a man standing on the ground reached up to the joints the circuit was completed, and he received an electric shock. - ' ,-'

Auckland is experiencing a dearth of "houses to let." One of the uiost s striking proofs of this fact of city growth is (says a writer m the Auckland Herald) the large number of houses tliat have been built during tlie past twelve mouths — and especially during the past six months — m the Mount Albaott. and Mouut Eden district, m Gray Lynn, and on tlie fringes of Ponsonbyi But all this building does not empty tlie. older houses, and, notwithstanding that some hundreds of houses have been built during tlie past year, small houses, notably houses of tlie working nun's cottage type, are still particularly hard to get.

Mr T. W- Kirk, Government biologist, states tliat -diseased potatoes are being sold m Wellington, and he offers the following comments: "If these, tubers, or any portions of them, are thrown on rubbish heaps or put into pig barrels, tlie' disease will spread! m gardens and farms. AH diseased! potatoes should) be cooked before being fed to pigs, and all refuse not so treated sltoukl be burned. Farmers who collect pig food! from the city liotels should be specially cautious. There is no power under tlie Orchardand Garden Pests Act to prevent the sale of these dliseased tubers, the powers conferred by the Act being confined to orchards, etc." '

This item of South African news is from the Cape Daily Telegraph:— ''We find Chinese shopkeepers and Indian traders increasing m Port Elizabeth, and gaining m strength and numbers. There are very many shops m the hands of the yellow and! copper races which were once owned and occupied by Europeans. Asiatics are herding m the very heart of the town like rats m a hole, poisoning the atmosphere and! augmenting the plagna nurseries." And! the Transvaal technical paper, South African Mines and Industries, reprinting the paragraph, declares that already "m the up-country towns of the Transvaal the position is still worse."

This morning Mr Hales, Engineer-in-Chief, accompanied) by the eliairman of the Harbor Board (Mr Townley) proceeded up the Taruheru river m Mr Dewing's oil launch, and inspected tlie proposed improvement of the river between the freezing works and Lytton road: The Engineer was afforded a good opportunity to gain< knowledge of the actual conditions under which the work will be undertaken, and. will report^heresult of his visit to the Marine Department on his arrival at .Wellington. It is likely, hi view of Nelson Bros.' guarantee against any claim for riparian rights, that the Department's opposition %o the scheme will not be continued, j

At tlie Carterton Court the police charged Thomas Henry Smith with having proceeded with a game, of chance at- '.lie Taratahi races after being warned net to do so. Constable. Hammond stated defendant had scouts posted, and when the police got near the game of "ringalet" was played instead of "roller sweaV "be police saw. money laid on the table, lucy considered the game nothing but robbery, as the public had very little chance of winning. Defendant pleaded that he thought the game quite legal. At various times he had given the profits tohOspitalsy Defendant was fined £20, m default two lnonthg' imprisonment with tod labor. Defendant, who stated that he was seventy years of age, and had been twenty, years m the district, was given a fortnight m which to pay tlie fine.

Some interesting revelations regarding tlie use of preservatives m butter came forth, m the investigations of the Victorian Butter Commission. Mr Esmann, a London wholesale dealer, said that but for the use of boracic acid, m the butter the Australian- article would have a good sale m Germany. Mr Esmann added that the use of preservatives was forbidden m Germany. Scandinavia, Denmark and Germany. Dr.~Norris, of tlie Central Health Board, assured! the Commission that "out of Meblonrne's 1200 dairies hot 20 had adequate accommodation for those engaged m milking to wash their hands." He also animadverted! on the preservatives fad. "It is merely done," he said, "to cloak dirty dairying methods. It masks the degenerative process to which filth gives rise. There is absolutely no need for it."

A rather extraordinary licensing prosecution is reported) from Melbourne, the defendant being the licensee of the. Police hotel. It appears that one of the barmaids served a bottle of champagne to a customer,' who voluntarily deposited his watch and chain as security for payment of the liquor, promising to return with the cash presently. When he returned he brought a policeman with him, and the policeman charged the licensee with Unlawfully receiving a pledge. The Bench decided tliat the way of accepting a! -watch and chain as security against a claim for liquor supplied over the bar did not amount to taking the articles m pledge, but (says a newspaper commenting on the case) the prosecution was none the less instructive. The Licensing Act properly regards the person m front of the bar as a possible victim, and it should forbid the grog-dispeuser to take advantage of his thirst by advancing nun money on his clothes or his. umbrella m order that he may further prosecute his "bust.". ! Wisdom comes by experience. — Seme, year after year with defective glasses, who picks his "specks" from off a counter or from the hand of some pedlar or travelling fair, will some day find that he has been groping m the dark ; guilty of neglect that may eventually be the, cause of his groping m the dark m a literal Sense. When we fit you with glasses, we give you what your eyes need, because woj have studied their needs. No guess work I here. If an ordinary newspaper canuofc be read with each eye separately when held exactly 12 inches from the eyes ; if, when reading, tlie letters seem to run into each other, or appear double; if continued applications of books or any close work causes nausea or headache, remember lieadache is only from your eyes, because one is" weaker than the other. If tlie sunlight seems too strong, causing much. dais, abng of sight and resultant frowning and headache; if your eyelids 'are constantly inflamed : should any of these symptoms, or any other'affection. of the eye. eadst, it were wise to have a. thorough -o&umi tuition made m specially arranged rooms. — A. I Green, eyesight specialist, of Auckland, [next to T. A. Coleman's, solicitor.* j _; asaiv_- ■■■;;,. . - ..;-... -..-„ ■jV.^. ;" ■ -;, .-\y...-'

A correspondent m the Westport Times is responsible for the following: — Al the first band contest heldi m Westport one competitor, who played the "Death of Nelson" on a trombone for all he knew — m fact, he nearly blew his eyebrows through the instrument — was congratulated by the judge, who casually remarked as he wiped the tears out of his eyes, "If tliat was the dteath of Nelson it must have been a horrible death."

Still another now breed of cow to the fore, and yet not a new one, if report speaks correctly, but a very old and jeal-ously-guarded type of animal from the midlands of Connaught called the "Meel. line." This breed is now being boomed m Great Britain, and if all tbaVs said of it be true, the Irish farmers have mode a big mistake m, letting a single cow leave the country before they had well stocked every dairy farm m Ireland. Like the famous "Kerry," these Medlines are extremely hardy, and being hornless are quiet. Tliey also fatten well, and indeed m every respect seem to fill m the bill of general purpose cow, which eveiy dairy farmer is m quest of.