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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10303, 10 March 1905, Page 2

From the Ist prox newspapers from New Zealand to Egypt will pass at one penny each., irrespective of- -weight.

Messrs Williams and' Kettle hold an important sale of suburban land to-mor-row;, when four sections on Kaiti, totalling 3^ acres, ■ will 1 be soldC The firm's produce sale commences at 10.30.

Frank Seymour, agai^ convicted of drunkenness at the.' Police Court this inorning v ■was discharged : :^y > Mr W. E. Aki'oyd, J.J\, 011 tlie uuderstaiuling that he would leave tho '.town. . He. was ordered to come up for sentence when called upon. Constable Keenan represented the police.

The harvest thanksgiving services at the Salvation Army barracks on Sunday will be ..conducted by Captain Garland, of Auckland. The decorations will be on an. extensive scale.

The entries are fast filling for both European and Maori baby shows, also for the competitions, and to-morrow (Saturday) entries will be received at His Majesty's Theatre, which will be open all day. Tito last train will be delayed untij after- the performance for the benefit of country visitors.

Mr Tisdall, the agent of the British and; Foreign, Bible Society m Persia and) Turkish Arabia, being on furlough m New Zealand, has arranged to visit Gisborne and Wnerenga-n-hiko. next week. He will exhibit limelight slides to illustrate his address. The advertisements of to-morrow and Monday will give details.

The .concrete foundations for Mr Whinray's new hall are now being laid. It will be situated 1 next to the old' building at the corner of Cobdtii street and Gladstone road 1 , and! is to be built of brick, with a. matai floor. The dimensions of the. new hall are 80ft by 33ft m the clear, and it. should prove most suitable for dancing, and) other social purposes.

What is the largest and tallest chim-ney-stack m this district lias just been completed by Mr W. Webb at the Gisborne Sheepfarmers' Freezing Works. It hns a height of 101 ft 6in, with a base, of 14ft, 10ft diameter 25ft from the base am? sft at the top. The new stack, which) makes the old' chimney appear very puny, has been erected to giw* an .increased dtraught, rendered, necessary by the larger volume of work put through. "At a meeting of the Gisborne Co-ope-rative Building Society last night the sum of £600 was disposed of. Mrs Menzics was the winner of the ballot. The group only containing two shares, £100 was carried over toward!* the next appro priation. The sale of £300 by tendbr, after brisk bedding,, brought £37 per £100 for the first £2CO, the remaining £100 being, taken up at £21. A vote of sympathy with Mr Sievwright m his bereavement was passed m respectful' silence.

The St. Patrick's Day Sports on Thursday next are likely to attract a large attendnnce, as much interest i s manifested tins year m the .gathering, and with tho liberal prizes offered there are sure to be good fields of contestants and a capital day's sports. Special train arrangements will be notified! later. Entries close with the secretary, Mr Ed. Williams, to-mor-row evening at 9 o'clock. The horse events have been approved l by the Metropolitan Racing Club. The catering will be m the handls of Mrs Erskine.

Wo are informed' by the Secretary of the Harbor Board, with reference to the remarks i n i our leading article of last evening, tliat it is the custom, of the shipping companies to supply the Board with a list of excess luggage, and that tins is .invariably charged' wharfage. The Union Company allow passengers to carry up to 20ft before charging excess, but the Harbor Boardl collects wharfage on anything over 10ft. The Secretary declares that the proposal) to employ the weighbridge keeper for the collection, of wharfages would! be impracticable.

The tarring of streets is regarded by pedestrians as a. necessary evil, and one sometimes involving unpleasant consequences if a misstep is made. During the past week the Borough employees have 'been engaged tarring Gladstone road footpaths, andl several narrow' escapes from falls have taken place. Yesterday afternoon one unfortunate individual came to grief near the Union Bank, and completely ruined 1 his clothes. The damage is estimated to amount to four or five pounds.

At the Bowling Green yesterday there w«ik a large attendance of players. Includiedi among the visitors were Messrs Morris (Sydluey) and Thompson (Auckland). Tlie results of the matches played are a s follows: — Cussen, F. Pettie Nic olas, Witty (skip) 20, v.' MaltheVson, Williams, Eure, Robertson (skip) 24; O'Meara, H. Lewis, Ambridge Seymour (skip) 20, v. Maude, Craig, W. Pettie, F. Martin, (skip) 26; Neale, Hallam P. B. Lomax, Mo&sey (skip) 18, v. Collins, Harris, C. Lomax, Hennessy (skip) 17 ; Redtelone, J. H. Martin, J. Rosie, Thomp sou (skip) 28, v. Clarkson, Irvin, Rowlands, Corsori- (skip) 13.

When the AusLraliyin cricketers were passing through Tiniara, a. local cricket, ang enthusiast, wlw> went to the .station to have a personal chat with the distinguislned visitors, chanced to meet Ta-uunper, though he did not know to whom lie was? speaking, and after an animated discussion the local man asked his name. "I'm T.rumper," came the reply. "And who dn the wodd is Trumper?" innocently queried th<e> loqal man. This, to use a colonial phrase, '-broke the visitor tip," but fortunately the -station bell happened to ring just at his juncture. — Exchange.

The following incident (says the Hawke's Bay Herald) is recorded as evidence of the value sometimes placed 1 upon, a horse whose performances have not previously attracted* much attention : — A Hastings sportsman was comissionedl to purchase a horse whose total winnings, all m hack events, amounted to only £90. He telegraphed) to the owner asking the price, and received a reply to the effect that 1600g' s Would be acecpted. The would-be purchaser offered lOOOgs, but when the owners were informed of the offer they intimated their firm intention of sticking to the price they had! originally quoted, and not accepting a penny less.

Whitehouse's bioscope company will play a season of two nights at His Majesty's Theatre, commencing on Tuesday next. Among the proprietor's novelties m, the way of living pictures is the* biotint series. On Tuesday night there will be thrown on the screen a representation of a journey m the Alps, giving not only the form, but also the varying colors of mountain andl lake, forest and village. The programme will comprise, m addition, a. performance by Lord Saugcr's Circus, warships and a bombardment, a Maori war canoe race and a haka given before Royalty, with humorous and other sets. Kershaw, the illusionist, is spoken of as being extremely clever m his conjuring feats.

It is interesting (says the New Zealand Times) to read of wool selling at 2s'o£d per lb. This price was realised for a bale of wool from Inland Patea, soldi m London m November, 1871. The facts are .«el ' out m a letter -to the Stratford Evening Post, from Mr W. Hudson Davis, Nikau Grange, Ashhurst. He states that the wool was shipped' by Mr R, T. Batley, of Moawkmgo, Inland' Patea, whose certificate i* as follows: "Memo, re one bale m-001 sold m London 27th November, 1871— Potter, Wilson and Co., one bale half bred 1 scoured lambs' wool from merino ewes by Leicester ranis, weighing 4171 b, at 2s o^d, brought £42 11s 4d. The above bale was the property of Batley and Keepa, and was the first, crossbred! wool -sent out from Inland Patea; and. the first also of partly native-owned wool/

The Meikle case is beginning to atfcract attention bej'oud New Zealand, lhe Australian, Review of Reviews for February- deals editorially with the matter, which it describes as "one of the most terrible abortions of justice that any country could witness." The Rev,iew sets out the facts of the case, and concludes as follows:— "But the case is assuming a targe aspect. Mr MeLkle has, by addresses and pamphlets, placed his case before the colony, and a hot-bed of feeling, though ta.rdy m the process, is beginning to fenrtent. The records of any community can hardly give a more heartless case, of .injustice. The only right thing an Administration could do would be to clear the character of a man who avrs proved by the Courts to be innocent after the same Courts had first wrongly pronounced him guilty. But am underlying principle is affected. The people wul lose faith m any administration that tramples on the primary rules of justice. What lias happened to Meikle may happen to any man, Tjut woe betide any authority m which the people have no faith that it will assist the imio r cent to establish what is dearer to tlie heart of any upright man than material wealth — his good name. It is 110 L too late for justice to be done, aaid if it be wisej the Administration will make reparation before 'its opportunity goes." '.

According to the Government biologist the potato crops around Oamaru district are much earlier than those of South Canterbury, being far more matured; Mr. Kirk (says the Mail) is strongly m favor of spraying, whether there be signs of disease or not, and! this is our salvation, for the crops are now, except m isolated cases, ready to .dig, so that the disease, of wliicli traces are to be found throughout the district, will affect locally grown tubers very little, provided they are dug immediately and' those removed which show any signs of disease, for the blight is one, which '.spreads readily either m bags or pits.' Mr Kirk is confident that croppers fn this district would insure the avoidance of a considerable bug-bear, a disease which absolutely destroys wlwle crops, by removing and 1 burning the potato tops and! dfigging the roots immediately; Just as surely, he says, if they fail 1 to do this, "wfll their losses next season be very great. As for those tubers not yet ready for 1 digging, Mr Kirk strongly advises spraying. In fact, after ;extensive experiments the conclusion has been very firmly fixed 1 m hits mind! that, even where blight is absent, sprayed crops will give a yield very greatly m excess of that provided! by those unsprayedi. Mr Kirk says tliat the presence of the disease will materially ."affect the crops m the Tenvuka and Timaru districts and those round Waitaaate to a lesser degree.' -The price realisedf -for potatoes should be high, inasmuch as the area. Sunder crop is only 26,331 acre*, as against 31,778 sowii last year, a shortage of 6447 acres. The yield for 1904-5 was 6.57 tons to the acre, but this return will by no means he realised! this year, owing to the number of tubers destroyed by the Irish Wight.

The Mount Vernon estate, Hawlw's Bay, which lias just been taken ov<w for closer settlement, is to be known m future as "Lindsay."

Plans have beeni completed for the building of an electric railway on the Zugspit'/c, m the Bavarian Alps. The terminus will 'be 9600 ft above the sea.

The Railway League committee held their weekly meeting yesterdkiy afternoon a.ndi arranged a number of details m regard., to the opening of the line to t\w Karaka on thei 30th inst.

Anders Lundin, a seaman who bravely took a rope n.slwire when the barquentine Addenda grounded near Cape Palliser some time ago, was the centre of an admiring gathering at San. Francisco recently. The. medal which the Royal Humane .Society awarded him for his eked was presented to him at a concert m that city, aiid the sailor was warmly cheered when the story of his heroism was told by the Rev. W. Digby.

During the thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon a large rimu tree was struck by lightning at Beacon.sfield. The tree was split from top to bottom, and several Large limbs wore cut clean off. Pereons living m the immediate vicinity were deafened for the time being by th^ tiremendouis peal of thunder which followed the flash. Another tree, a rata, . was struck at Kiwitea., on Ma\ Johnston's estate, "Ko Mano," and brokeai into fragments. — Feilding Star.

A few days ago a settler m the Wairnrnpa Upper Plain noticed a hawk flying about m a. peadiar manner and crying out us if m pain. The settler obtained a. gum and. shot the bird, and investigation showed the cause of its distress was a weasel which was perched on the hawk's back wit lii its teeth buried m the bird's neck. Tlie weasel was also killed by tlie hhot. Apparently the aninial had pounced upon the hawk when it was on the ground and had been carried skyward with the flight of its prey.

A great deal of sympathy is being expressed m Piclon (says the Press) with reference to tli<? sad case of the lad Jairtes Hart, one of the victims of the Wasting accident, now m hospital. The young fellow does .not know yet that he has lost both his eyes, and is frequently remarking that he will be able to see when the bandages a.re off. It is feared that when lte becomes aware of his life-long affliction the shock will be a severe one. Both patients are bearing their sufferings with the utmost fortitude.

At a meeting of the Woodville County Council, a letter was received from the Hawke's Bay Education Uo;ud, asking for assistance towards leaching agricultural education, it being suggested thai each local body might give a donation of £25 eaoji. It was poimted out by councillors that tlife. allocii t ioii was unfair, as the smaller counties were asked to pay as much as the larger ones. Cr Bncltiinan suggested that the Board might readjust tlie amounts U> be paid. O Berkahn objected to the whole thing, a* the money was more needed for the roads. It was decided that the letter be held over ti'U nfcect meeting.

"Seddon's fluck" is proverbial. Here is an instauicfc. Shortly 'before the big fire at the D.1.0. m Wellington,, that firm was dasirmw of placing some of its insurance with the State Insurance Department. Other offices, acting on the boycott principle, threw obstacles ici tlw way, and the State was not interested to the extent of a solitary farthing. The other offices would liave been delighted to see the State inqur a heavy losh at the very outlet of its bii'imess career, but they had been too, clever, and their own action saved the Stale office some thousands of pounds. ''Just Seddon J s luck." said one interviewer.

Paeroa is stirred to itis depths by an amusing trouble mi whie,li an old lady, her donkey, and the local poundkeeper .•we the chief factors. The pouiidkeepe.r having seized the donkyy on a charge of straying was endeavoring to convey him to the public pound, with the aid of three road workmen, wiuci the old lady appeared on the scen-j with a piece, of .bread m her hand. Eager for the bread, the donkey 'overthrew his captors as if they had been skittles m a bowling alky, and trotted off with Ins mistress, to the chagrin and discomfiture of the men and the amusemeint of the crowd. Now, it i* said, the did lady is bdng summoned foi "rescuing" the donkey.

The wonderful skill of modern surgeons lias proved that it is possible for a man to live with a hole m his heart. Some time ago a remarkable operation was performed upon a male patient,* m a London.) hospital, who had been stabbed to the heart m a street brawl. The case- was taken m hand the moment the patient entered the hospital, and a metal plate was placed over the heart alter it had been sewn up. The man recovered, and is now alive and well; with the metal plate over his heart. He was recently wrested for burglary, and .is serving a term of imprisonment. The succeeds of this c:ise was attributed to tin? fact that the case was attended to almost immediately after the wound was inflicted.

Apropos the stand taken up by Bishop Neligan m connection with the proposed Masonic ceremony at St. Matthew's, Auckland, the Observer remarks, inter alia: — Bishop Xeligan, it must be admitted, is not a success. Instead of ; bringing about peace and concord m his Church, he has done his best to set everybody by the ears. Not only has ho made Angliciauism more unpopular tlian it ever was before, but he has split up the Aug. licans themselves into discordant '.sections. His performances at Waihi, Waikato, and Taranaki have been almost paralleled at Devonport avid other places, while his share m the "Good Shepherd" business and his strong advocacy of the dishonest attempt to torn our public schools into seminaries for the diffusion of his own peculiar Anglicanism are still fresh m the recollection of the public.

Particulars to hand of the arrest at New Plymouth of two men wanted m connection with robberies at Hawera and Wanganui, disclose that word being received at New Plymouth that the suspected pair liad made their way there, Detective Benjamin and Constable De Lurue kept a bright look out and finally located them at the Trocadero., Ome of the men was easily overcome and handcuffed, but the elder, aged about 28, made, a lough light of it with Detective Benjamin, and was oirly arrested after the furniture iv the room had been severely knocked about. The men gave theff names as Frank Boltoci (aged 24) and Edward Black, alias Maynon (aged 28). The former had a loaded six-cihambered revolver m his possession, and the latter a similar weapon unloaded. Black, who is known to the police, boasted that At he had had his revolver ready he would have "repeated the Ellis trick."

Mr* 6. J. Roberts, Commissioner for Crown Lands for Westland, who is visiting Christohurc-h, luis been a keen observer of nature on the West Coast for many years, . Amd m the course of an interesting convViisatinir with a Times reporter, he snid ho was convinced that many birds which at one time seemed to be almost dif-a.ppeairing from the coast were returning, and could be seen iin tht> biish aaid on the seashore m fairly liurge . uu'iik bers. He hud often seen large flocks of saddlebacks lately m the beautifully.sheltered, country at the back of the immense elift'.s nea.r the coastline. Tuis were decidedly on the increase. A few years ago, on going through the bush, he had remarked upon the absence of tha native robins, but they ateo are returning. The wekas are more tluvn holding their own. Dogs that had grown wild were attacking tb» kakapos, and reduced their numbers. The aiarmang decrease that took place m the numbers of the native birds on the coast some time ago he attributed to the ravages of the nils. Mr Roberts says he knows of. a heronry of the white heiou, below Jackson's Bay, m tbe. southern portion of the district. He believes that a fair number of white herons breed there still. When he was going through the district on affairs connected with 'the Lands Department he often firetf at white herons, m order to make them "gunshy." It could not be denied that they were a temptation to the sportsman-. He liad seen one standing m tne wafer with one leg up, until lie pushed up' hi« ■ "dugout" so close that it almost touched the bird.

Some little while ago a couple of young fellows came to this country from the Home country, with the intention of investing their capital m this district. Tltey were (says the Ash-burton Guardian) a little dubious at first as to the wiwlwn. of their procedure m coming to New Zealand, but on that point they now have no doubts whatever. While putting m a few days "looking round" after. their arrival they fell m with a few local sportsmen, who invited them to come out hua - e shooting. The "new chums" accepted the invitation, and being very fair snots bagged m a day some thirty hares between them. Their delight knew no .bounds. "In England," . they declared, "if we had gone out like this, 'tramp jug over other people's property and shooting their hares, we should nave been arresUd and imprisoned for poaching." When told that the shooting of hares was regarded as au not more meritorious than otherwise, they were unanimous that New Zealand is a- glorious country. They were thea introduced to the local trout fishing enthusiasts, who Aold r them storks of fourteen, and eighleen-pounders. The Englishmen' smiled knowingly. Ihey had heard fish stories" before. However, they went out to whip the Ashburton raver with the alluring fly, aiid succeeded m landing .' seyeral very fair-sized fish, including an eight-pounder. All doubts as to the ■«'glori(Awnoss"'<>f New Zealand disappeared. They averred that m England anything larger than 'a four-pounder would be considered a freak.; ,Nev. Zealand 'was' 1 the place for themy "arid they immediately wrote m glowing terms to their brothers, cousins, uncles and friends advising them to sell all they, possess and leave ' England immediately for this south.' em El .Worado, which flows -with large trout and rabbits m abundance. It may be mentioned .that Mil order to thoroughly equip themselves witli a knowledge of up-to-date fanning, these two young men are now serving a brief apprenticeship on the best-managed farm m the colony. j

So muchl energy is being devoted' to the prohibition, campaign m. Southland 1 that the Parliamentary election is likely to take a secondary place.

Evidence was given before the Tariff Cbmmiwsion. m ..Sydney last week that fusel oil is lai-gelv used 1 m the manufacture of essences and teetotallers' drinks.

A spirited duel is preceding m tlia Woodville Examiner between Editor Grant and Prohibition Hawkins. Mr Grant refers to Mr Hawkins as *'a coward," and intimates that '"he lie.«." MiHawkins responds that Mr Grant's statements are "deliberately false, and must prove to the Woodville* public the shameless length to which you are prepared to go m your bitter but futile attempt to discredit the larger and more lvspt'ofuble section of a community upon which y:>u are dependant for your 'bread and but. ter." Honors would seem to be about even. — Manawainn Times,

An Ashburton resident, who recently returned! from a tour m the Taranaki district, informs the Guardian that he was much disappointed with the electric lighting m Hawera, Stratford and Elthum. Jit the former place the Electric Light Company was competing against the Ga« Company, and as regards the light there was no comparison-, gas being "much superior botlv as regards street illuminating and for general use. He believed that electric lighting m Taranaki, or at least m the towns lie had' .mentioned, Mould only be short-lived as it was generally conceded that for effect, cheapness and general utility, gas was far th© better.

Tho Saturday Review thus remarks on Mr Cluiinberliiiin's vitality as evidenced m a recent address : — ''Mr Chamberlain's worst enemy cpuld not help being struck with the wonderful vitality and vi.vacitv of his effort m the East End. We do not know of anything like it since Gladstone. There are plenty of other menwould they were fewea- — who can .speak for over two. hours to some tlwusands of hearers without failure m the supply of words. But there is hardly one — i.l another — of Mr Chamberlain's age who could make a speech which m effectiveness wois a sustained crescendo to. the end." Writing from the Wintoji district, a conrespondent of the Towers Register, Queensland, says :— "Most of tlie pastoralists are jubilant over the season they are having, and with the continuance of tlte fine lambing, splendid prices for wool and slieep, the West will boom again and people will forget all about the late drought. Most of the stations under estimated their wool olip, one station seouiiing 200 bales more than they expected, and another 100 bales. As scoured wool is realising up to 24£ m London, it will make a big difference to them. Kyuna will shear 132,000 sheep next j-ear, and Dagworth 110,000.

A gentleman who has had considerable experience m endeavoring to eradicate the Calif ornjo-n tliistle (says the Oama.ru Mail), and who recently visited that portion of the Totara. Estate on which 19 sanguine men have been at work endeavoring to wipe o\it the noxious- weed with their various concoctions, holds out little hope of success for any of tlito experimenters. He was strongly of opinion that the best means of exterminating the thistle was that advocated by the Government Agricultural Depart mont— the frequent uy* of the skimmer for about 18 months. This method, he says, he luis never known to fa.il, and farmers whose ground is afilicted are enabled tlterdby to obtain a snatch crop.

"Though costly flowers are scattered on tombs and' large sums spent on 3iionuments, it rarely happens that a penny is spent to make sure that the subject of the ostentatious display is really dfead." The speaker was Mr William Tebb, F.R.G.S.. who presided at a meeting of the London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial. Here are some of Mr Tebb's warning .statements : Dr. Franz Hartlnami, a German physician, had personally investigated 700 cases of premature burial. Professor Huxley had declared that it was extremely difficult to detect the true signs of dieath. The Home Secretary liad stotedl that m five years there had been no fewer thai* 53,000 cases of dieath certificates being signed without any cause of dieath being stated . ..

Tho New Zealand Times, reviewing the trade returns of New Zealand, says the large increase m imports last year over the previous year points to great growth of .spending power ihi the people and willingness to expend freely, which may or may not be considered admirable according to the point of view. The opinion was hazarded that a spirit of extravagance prevailed, and the statistic^ of our imports and Customs revenue with the ■ igli scale of increase they exhibit as compared with, the increase of population supply presumptive evidence of the existence of this ■ spirit. At the same time it has to be admitted there may possibly be a measure of over-importing working m the same direction. The high volume of imports llend . s io . reduce the margin of exports, which, m a country having oiiiside financial! obligations it is desteable to maintain.

Discussing the subject of the potato disease with an old' Yorkshire farmer, from. a, district largely devoted to potato growing, m his youth, a. Timaru Herald reporter elicited from him the statement that after the appearance of the "dternmick" (epidemic), farmers planted potatoes as before, and', took, their chance of a. crop. The "demmick" behaved capriciously. One man might, lose half his crop ; his neighbor only 10 per cent. There was no spraying them, no scientific preventitives at all; but there were experiments made m special ways of earthing up. A great deal of trouble had to be gone to m sorting out the diseased tubers, when they were dug, and if they were pied or pitted they liad to be gone over at intervals of a few weeks to take out those that showed signs of dtecay. This had to be done every year after the disease became establislwxl m the country.