TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10377, 7 June 1905, Page 3

TOWN EDITION

The Coast coach leaves to-morrow morning at 7 o'clock. Th Gisborne Co-operative Building Society have tenders closing to-morrow for the purchase of a ballot loan of £100. The Chief Postmaster notifies that there will be a delivery of the 'Frisco mail at the Post Oflice between 7 and 8 this evening. Captain Edwin wired to-day: Strong winds to gale from between * north-east and north and west after 16 hours from now} glass laid; tides good; sea moderate; rain probable." A member of the International Women's Council is urging Mr Roosevelt to secure the passing ol an Act making, marriage compulsory. She says that men are to blame, and asserts tliat there are at present m the- United States over iOO,iXX) single women who are vainly iuoking for husbands. "Father Hays : "I want total abstinence and voluntary at that ; " "1 do not believe m coercion of any kind" ; "I bear no enmity to publicans; I am their very good fuiend if they will allow me to be so : the one idea which every true patriot should have is an industrious people practising tlirift and temperance." A number of farmers m various parts of the Ashburton County (says the Guar, dian) are already complaining of being overstocked with sheep. It is estimated btiuit there is % large increase m sheep m the county as compared with last year. Several prominent graziers consider that the over-supply of sheep m the district will become a serious matter m the course of a moiitiii or* two, more especially m the event of a severe, winter. The usefulness of the groynes on the St. Clair Beach (says the Dunedin Star) is forcibly shown by the fact that the new lines of piles gathered a great lot of sand as soon as driven m, and though standing separately, each pile is now buried, so that tlie planking cannot be put on unless the sand is dug away. Mr J. H. Hancock, who is the accepted authority about this beach, holds that the groyne will do its best work without any planking at all. — We are convinced the groynes on the Waikanae beach would save a lot of dredging. In the back country of Stratford the losses occasioned by slips, cattle falling over precipices, and tutu poisoning are great. One witness, giving evidence before the Commission, said lie luid known of whole herds of cattle having been practically wiped out by tutu poisoning. Last March he lost eight working bullocks iv one night. Cases where individual .settlers- had lost as much as £700 m one year through tutu poisoning were within his 'knowledge. Another settler said lie did not know of a single "settler but had suffered to a greater or lesser extent through) the causes named. Mr Millar told his constituents at Dun.edin that although a party man he was not going to keep his mouth closed if lie saw the party not going right. The thing that astonished him was that when the Premier had such a large surplus, he never stated' his intention of doing anything with the surplus m the form of assisting the manufacturers of the colony. When the Premier had such a surplus as this, ho would far rather see him, instead of reducing duty on certain articles, take the duty off raw material, wliich hampered! many of their industries today. The industries of the cities sliould go hand m hand with the development of the colony, but- they were not making the rapid progress they should. The passengers on the Waikare (says the Wellington Post) were so much pleased with the seamansliip displayed by Cap. tain Morrisby during the trip from Sydoiey that they desired to make a presentation to him tin recognition of his services. The passengers deputed Messrs J P. Shand and G. Webb, of Wellington, to take the matter iv hand, and a- sum of money Mas collected. When the captain was approached, ho declined a presentation, 'replying that the expressed apprecia. tion of his services winch he had received from the passengers was sufficient tlianks and reward. The passengers then decided to present the money collected to the Missions to Seamen.