TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10526, 29 November 1905, Page 3

TOWN EDITION

Auckland waters arc teeming with fish. In the northern city six schnappers are being sold for one shilling. The New Zealand football team declined a banquet at Glasgow, and suggested instead a high tea and theatre afterwards. They had their high tea, - and saw 'Hamlet."

Speaking at Hastings the other nightSir William Ruswll said that personally he had not touched liquor for tax months, and if similar examples were made it would be better than prohibiting the sale of liquor.

Complete arrangements have been made for large seating accommodation at His Majesty's Theatre tliis evening, when Mr Carroll addresses the elecloiK. Ushers will be -ill attendance ti> »ho\r people to their scats.

Attention is directed to the advertisement of Messrs Wm. Ashton and Co., Wanganui. who ace offering a fine station property of 6250 acres freehold and 640 acres leasehold, within a few miles of Wangauui.

Out of about 130 immigrants by the Rimiitaka, 53 occupations are included in Um list, though six included more than half the immigrants. These are: Farmem 16, farm laborcre 7. laborers 12, carpenters and joiners 14, domestics 10, clerks 8.

The Dunedin dog-tax collector has a novel method of rounding up defaulters. He keeps two 'fighting dogs, and when on his walks abroad sets them going at each other, with the result that all the canines within hearing congregate as referees, and the defaulters are discovered.

A curious disease has afferted some Japanese yellow plum trees near Tiniaru. Instead of forming small plums (the size of peas now), as other trees have done, the fruit lias grown into large, hollow, tough skins, an inch and a half long. Nothing of the kind has been seen at Timaru before, and specimens have been sent to the Biological Department at Wellington for examination.

Mr John Tusker, chief clerk in tho Police CouuuMwioncrVf ollice (who hats been acting as Deputy-Ooramk'sioncr during Mr Diunie's absence in Tasmania), died -wii Saturday evening. Deceased wiiM clerk in the Native Office at Gisborne, under Colonel Porter, leaving here in 1879 for Wellington, where he had resided ever siuce.

Some amusement was caused at the Premier's meeting at Martinborough by a speaker referring to Mr Seddon as the "right reveiened gentleman." The Premier, who looked decidedly bashful under the imputation, gave a ready explanation of the slip "I have been preaching the gospel of Liberalism to-night," he said, "and probably the statement is correct. Anyhow, ouc can never tell what he may come to."

Two WeJlingtonians who have just returned from South Africa give gloomy accounts of the. distress in that country. The condition of many former New Zealanders is suidto.be pitiful, and the misery prevailing in the larger towns is very great. Before they left Capetown severul of their countrymen appealed to them for a- few shillings with which to purchase food. The Wellingtonians state that nothing would tempt them to leave New Zealand again.

Dr. Chappie, (.peaking at Newtown, said that it would have been more humane and just to have made a concession to uged womeu by granting; tbcm the oldage pension at 60 inslead of 65 before making eoiieitßions to the men. He said Ihat women suffered first, and most by the intemperance, of men. that they lost Ihe power of earning a living at un earlier age than men, tiuit fhey bore more of the hard-. hips and burdens of lift, aud that a pennileNf- woman at 60 wa6 .more helpless aud more deserving than a- penniless uiutl a I 65- -• lii giving evidence at the hearing of a caty at the Christ church Supreme Court, a mother stated .hat lwr daughter of 15 had been accustomed to run about with boys at all hours of the night. Tito admission drew from hit. Honor Mr Justice Denni-stou some sharp eoinmeiit on the failure of some parent*, to realise their responsibilities. His Honor r_aid that the Court had hud to deal willi a number <it' offences against girls, und he could not be blind to the fact that iu some eases the. girls were not entirely blameless. ''Wi* .see too much," continued hi. Honor, "of mothers who will allow their children to roam the streets at all hours and are content with telling, people that tlie children are beyond control. One would like to «ee n parent or Iwo in the- dock occasionally, for their neglect is really' cii•niinnl.''