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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10571, 24 January 1906, Page 2

The iuqueat at Napier Hospital yesterday upon the body of Matiria Raroii, who was awaiting a "trial upon a charge of child murder, was adjourned until to-day. The horses reported as having been stolen from Tolaga Bay were recovered yesterday afternoon. It is suspected that the animals were removed from the stables by natives. A slight epidemic of scarletina is reported to have occurred at Tiniroto. Dr. Morrison liaa been despatched from town to attend to the patients, which are children, and to inspect the Maori settlement at Te Reinga, from, whence the infection ifi supposed to have arisen.

A five year old draught mare was sold . at Ashburton last week for £75. Coast coach and Morere- Wairoa coach leave at 7 o'clock sliarp to-morrow morning. A special delivery of the 'Frisco mail will be made over counter and at the private wicket at the Post Office from 8 to 9 o'clock this evening. | Messrs Dalgety and Co. have cold the property of Mr George Ea6terbrooke, at Wharerata, comprising 978 acren freehold, to Mr John King, of the Wairarapa, at a satisfactory figure. Messrs Common, Shelton and' Co. invite public inspection of their new drapery premises, to be opened on Saturday next. The firm's fine new tea rooms will also be opened on Saturday under efficient management. Tho Vancouver cable office reports that communication eastwards has been interrupted by snowslides m the mountains. Only one wire is working, and tliat only single. A later message states tliat communication has been restored. Amongst other vegetables suffering from blight m this district is the onion. Mr A. W. Mann, chemist, informs us that he lia s found the following an effective remedy: Boil for half an hour m one quart of water 4ozs limo and 4ozs sulphur. Mix m two kerosene tins of water and then spray. While the plants are still wet dust with dry sulphur. Mr W. Miller, Chief Inspector of the Stock Department, returned yesterday from a visit of inspection up the Coast, and has arranged for the fencing of the Agricultural Department's section, ab Te Puia, where it is intended to station an officer. The advancement of settlement and increase m 6tock on the Coast has rendered tliis step necessary. Mr Miller returns to Napier this evening. For the Burns' night celebration, which all good Scotsmen will attend to-morrow evening,' a meet attractive toast list and bill-of-fare have been prepared. The formeii is interlarded with quotations moat appropriate to the occasion from the works of Scotia's immortal bard, whilst the latter gives promise of good things particularly acceptable to the Scottish palate. Last night the Rink was crowded to the doors. The principal feature of the evening was the hockey match, which resulted m a win for Turangauui by one point. Tho teams were: — Turauganui: B. Tanner, capt. (1), A. Sawyer (1), W. Tills (1), W. Luttrell (1), and B. Lucan, 27 pomts. Whataupoko: W. Lewis, capt. (2), L. Claw, E. Warren, W. Rangi, and E: Newton (1), 26 points. The goals were hit by those with numbers opposite their names. The game was very evenly contested, very exciting, and at times a little amusing. To-morrow night the toboggan slide _ advertised. A Press Association telegram from Dunedin gives the following matriculation and solicitors' general knowledge results :— Gisborne: J. A. Marshall, T. C. Orr, Hilda M. Hogg, J. G. Graham. Napier: C. Mac Donald, H. L. P. Dyett, Ellen C. Casey, Mary J. Gow, Dorothy McLean, L. J. MacKenscy, N. H. Beat<<on, Kenneth M. Ellison (Te Auto), H. Willis. Matriculation only— Napier : D. Goddard, Marjory J. Antill, Florence V. Rich, E. N. C. Clarkson, J. W. V. Mackie, G. K. Hansard, Maggie Mitchell, G. E. L. Moore (not medical), C. G. E. Harker (not medical), W. J. C. Patterson (not medical). With reference to the claim made m another column that the largest sheepowner m the colony exists m this district, the following figures are compiled from tho annual sheep returns : T. S. Williams, Tuparoa, 89^807 sheep; R. Campbell and Sons, Waitaki and Wallace counties, 86,960; Archdeacon William. 1 , Hawke's Bay, 79,772; Dalgety and Co., Wairoa, Vincent, and Selwyn counties, 74,210; N.Z. and Australian Land Company, Waimate, 62,953; G. P. Donnelly, Hawke's Bay, 60,010; R. D. D. McLean, Hawke's Bay, 56,000; G. and P. Hunter, Porongahau, 48,000; J. D. .Onnond, Hawke's Bay, 52,199. Patrons of Hi 6 Majesty's Theatre will be pleased to learn that efforts are being made to still further improve the ventilation of the building. Some time ago the ventilators m the ceiling were connected with a huge shaft rising above the roof, designed to carry off the heated air. This had a good effect, but to provide further outlets large ventilators have been placed m the loot, and the. number of inlets has, also been considerably increased. Special provision has been made for ventilating the pit, always, on account of its situation, a difficult portion of a theatre to keep supplied with fresh air. The improvements that have been carried out should contribute materially to the comfort of theatre-goers. A general 'committee meeting of the Gisborne Bowling Club was held last evening, when the secretary (Mr T. Adair) presented a report upon the visit of the club's representatives to tho recent tournament at Wellington. It was decided that the representatives should to-mor-row afternon play a match against two rinks from other members of the club. It was also decided to alter the boundaries for the district shield matches, the first of which will be played on Thursday, February ist, and also to invite entries for the 'club's championship, to close on the same day. ' To-morrow entries .'will close for the champion of champions and runners' up contest, for which a special prize is donated by Mr R. Johnston. Shearing on the Coast, Mr Miller, Chief Stock Inspector, informs us, has been much retarded this season owing to wet weather, with a consequent backwardness m fat stock for freezing purposes, but these are coming on very fast now. Te Puia is becoming quite a busy place, and there are a good, many invalids and others visiting the baths there this seasou. Hospital buildings are m course of erection, and' are expected to form a substantial and up-to-date institution. The different townships up the Coast present an air of advancement. Travellers between Tolaga and Tokomaru will be glad to hear that ah excellent accommodation house has been started at Hikuwai by Mrs ,o'Shea. The plans of the proposed municipal bath on the town beach at Nagier show that it is intended to erect the structure at a spot opposite Mrs Pro vis' residence, and abutting on the Marine parade wall. The bath, which will be open to the sun, is to be 100 feet- in length and 50 feet m width. Provision is made for dressing rooms to the number of 46 on three sides, with a ladies' waiting rpom, caretaker's apartments, shower baths, etc. The water will be pumped into the bath and then turned into the sewers. The depth of the bath runs from 3ft, shelving to Bft 6in, A flight pf steps is provided leading to the beach,- so tbat those who prefer the open sea can indulge their fancy and yet use the dressing rooms of the baths. The cost of the work is estimated at £2382. Writing on Wednesday last (says tbe Napier Telegraph ofraturday), we suggested that an lnvestfgatibn would prove that about thirty thousand pounds of the money borrowed for the construction of the breakwater had been diverted to other purposes for which the general fund of the harbor should be liable. Having made some inquiries, we find that the position is much worse than we then stated. We learn that there are excellent reasons for saying that if justice were done there ought now to. be some sixty thousand pounds to the credit of the breakwatet construction account. This money has been spent m part for work which ought to have been met by ordinary revenue, and m part has been directly "conveyed" m actual cash from the breakwater fund to the general fund. The mission conducted by .the Rev. Lockharb-Morton was concluded at St. Andrew's Church last night, when a thanksgiving meeting was neld, there being a fair attendance. The missioner gave a very interesting and instructive address on the joy of salvation, basing : his remarks on Psalms lxi, 12, "Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation." At the close of the meeting a number testified to the blessingtbey nad received during the mission. To-night m the Theatre Royal, Mr Morton will give a lantern lee. ture entitled, "2b to 400,000." Views of tbe rooms and homes that he used to rent at 2s a week and the valuable homes which he now possesses will be thrown upon the screen. These homes, one a young ladies' and one a young men's missionary training home, cost £13,000 and £8000 respectively to erect, both being obtained and carried on through answers to prayer. Besides these, several local pictures will be shown. The two Hawke's Bay scholars who won National scholarships are A. White, Havelock North, 661 marks, who headed the list of candidates, and Susannah Hopkirk, Dannevirke, 651. Of the six Queen's scholarships allotted within the Victoria College district (entitliug the winner , to high school tuition and the chance of a College scholarship) two come to Hawke's Bay, viz., William Neal, Havelock North,* '593, and Thos. Grant, Onga Onga, 564. In addition, the Education Board scholarships (value £2 10s and free places to town pupils, and £20 to country pupils) are decided upon the same examination, the following being Hawke's Bay winners: Jack Asner, Napier, 563; Frances Doren, Porangahau, 563; Marion Whyte, Havelock North, 551; William Dumphy, Ormond, ,650; George Froum, G_borne, 542; Lionel Hall, Napier, 540; Henry Thompson, Havelock, 501; Sarah Moore, Gisborne, 495; Ernest Anstirs Waipawa, 485; Orton Mangin, Onga. Onga, 478; Eric Sargis6on, Poranghau, 469; Arthur Ayling, Napier, 465 ; Dorothy Wiseman, Waipawa, 462 j Clive Lehndorf, Frasertown, 461; Ruby Crawfurd, Port Aburiri, 457; Benjamin Hawkins, Gisborne, 447 ; Da-vid o"Donoghue, Napier, 445; Grace Sidwell, Porangahau, 437; William Corbctt, Napier, 436; Dorothy Bull, Waipawa, 435; Arthur Engebretson, Norsewood, 435 ; John Ennor, Napier, 434; Ralph Scrimgeour, Kaikora North. 434; Winifred Casey, Napier, 429; Alice Spink. Woodvillc, 427; Gordon Laws, Port Ahuriri, 424; John O'Brien, Woodville, 421; Eva CHimming, Patutahi, 410; Alex. Wilson, Napier, 406.

Regulations for deer shooting m the Nelson district are published m the (luzette. Licenses are limited to the , killing of six deer stags or fallow deer bucks. Miss L. Livesay, a recent arrival from England, where she had considerable experience m bee-keeping and horticulture, j has been appointed assistant apiarist at the Government experimental farm, ltuakura, Waikato. It is reported that the next move of the New Zealand Union will bo to arrange for the visit of another British team to New Zealand m 1908. Why British? And why not Welsh? asks "Fullback" m the Otago Daily Times. I The first two racehorses engaged at the coining race meetings to put m an appearance are Mr Urmond's Mouru and JJetiant-Hinewhata filly. The horses, m charge of W. O'Reilly, arrived last night and are stabled at the Matawhero hotel. People m Poouah are flocking to see two Hindu girls who were born joined at the back, with their faces m opposite directions. They have separate legs and feet, and -when one goes forward the other is dragged behind. i A pri6onor m Lyttelton gaol justified 1 an attempt to escape by stating that he ' could not get proper treatment from the! gaol surgeon, and had made an attempt! m order to have his complaint brought ! before the magistrate. He was ordered to forfeit, two months' marks. The Premier's contention that there is plenty of money awaiting investment m the colony appears to be borne out by the fact that for the East Gore loan debentures, totalling £2300, no less than £15,000 was offered to the Gore Borough Council by numerous tenderers. — Ensign. The death is announced of Mr Horatio Nelson Warner, who was weJl known m religious and temperance circles m Auckland. The deceased, who was 86 years of age, was for many years official liquidator of all the mining companies at the Thames which the Supreme Court had ordered should be wound up. A strike occurred last week among the men working the landing service at Port llobinson, Cheviot. In consequence, the s.s. Baden-Powell had to go on to Kaikoura without landing her cargo. The s.s. Wakatu, which was to have called at Cheviot on her way to Kaikoura, did not do so. The potato blight lias pretty well swept Otaki district from end to end, and the Maoris are sadly bewailing the loss of their much-needed "Taiewa." Some, indeed, have actually sat down and wept at the Bight of the liavoc wrought by the peat. Many families will have a hard, struggle during the winter, more especially if there be many "tangis." la the Auckland Police Court.— The Magistrate : "But tlie Domain is a beaxatiful place, with its natural bush — just the place where blackguards would secrete themselves and assault women." — Mr Lundon: "There is no difficulty m finding people sleeping there." — Chief Detective Marsack : "They sleep m Albert Park, too, and we turn them out." — His Worship: "Yes, I frequently see people lying m Albert Park, as thick as dead men on a battlefield." Considerable uneasiness was felt m Auckland at the beginning of the week concerning the safety of a small cutter containing Lieut-Colonel Porritt (son-in-law of the Rev. James Patterson, of Wellington, and brother of Mr O. Porritt, of this town) and five friends, including [ \ two ladies, who had left for a day's cruise between Auckland and the Thames. The cutter lost her rudder and drifted about ' for hours until picked up by an oil launch which had been sent m search. , In the Masterton district this season, , says the Wairarapa Daily Times, selling . lambs according. to quality and weight , instead of at a standard price has been , more popular than usual, and satisfactory , prices have been obtained. Three con- , signments from Masterton lately passed the standard of 11s per head, the figures reached being lls Bd, 12s 8d and Ids v ' respectively. The highest price was obtained by McGregor' Bros., and is the , record this season for fat lambs. Mr Thomas Watchman, a storekeeper at Brunnerton, is reported to have been the victim of a highway robbery lately. On his way home at night, a man called i out from the side of the road "Stop !" ' Mr Watchman took no notice till a shot rang out, followed by a remark: "Well, :• if you don't my mate will stop you." i At that moment, another man came into . the middle of the road, and seeing that assistance was impossible Mr Watchman dismounted, and was robbed, of a . £5 note. He then proceeded oh his way without further incident. There were 32,685 new arrivals" m the colony from all parts during 1905, the bulk being made up as follows: — New South Wales, 17,615 ; Victoria, 5618; United Kingdom, 5553; and Tasmania, 1896. The 'departures numbered . 23,383, of whom 14^544 left for New South Wales. The excess of arrivals over departures tlius amounted to 9302. Of the i new arrivals 31,371 came . from British ■ possessions aud 1314 from foreign countries. During the month of December the arrivals numbered 3808 and departures 1787. Five Chinamen arrived and four departed -during the month. During their eight months 1 tour of the colony, West's Pictures and the Brescians netted something like £14,000. The sum of £650 was taken at Dunedin for the ■ four nights aud matinee season last»week. r At ChrifitcUuich, over 23,000 ■ persons visited the Canterbury Hall during the fortnight season, the last night of which was unique, both m attendance as well ac being the occasion of an event which . is probably without parallel m entertain- ; ment circles m New Zealand. Thifi was the public presentation of an illuminated 1 address — signed by the principal citizens of the City of tho Plains — by a deputation headed by tho president of the Burgesses Society to Messrs W<r»t and Hayward, the proprietors of this mascotte 6 bow, thanking them for their stand for a higher and purer entertainment, and wishing them sucoea. m their coming I tour ot Australia. ' The payment of ±520 per day for a 5 suite of rooms at such New York hotels < as the Waldorf Astoria (says a writer m ' Chambers' Journal) is not by any means 1 uncommon; indeed, there are people liv--1 ing permanently m the Waldorf Astoria > who pay that sum all the, year round, ; and it, is entirely exclusive of board. 5 One millionaire m particular seldom ex- ' pends less than from £30 to £40 per day for his accommodation, for 'he is a lib- ' eial entertainer, and will sometimes have ! as many as 15 or 20 friends to luncheon 1 or dinner. For the Koyal suite £100. a ■ day is charged. A single bedroom m the ' ordinary way may be taken by the visi- ■ tor at what may be termed a /moderate charge for such an establishment— that is £5 (per day for the smallest apartment on ) the highest floor, but even that, wpuiu • prohibit any lengthened residence to > other than a rich man. ! A discussion about prohibition orders 1 m the Auckland Police Court on Satur- | day went to show that licensees of hotels have, since the passing of the last Licens. ' ing Act, been placed m a position of in- ' creased responsibility m relation to pro--1 hibited persons. Mr Kettle, S.M., re- ' marked that frequently hotelkeepers sup- | plied prohibited persons, but no proceed' : ings were taken against them. Sub-In- • spector Black : Unless we can show that ; a hotelkeeper really knew that the person was prohibited, we cannot do anything. r Mr Kettle's reply was that the law in--1 sisted that hotelkeepers should take rea--1 sonable precautions to find out whether men were prohibited. The onus was upon them to show that they did not know, and, under the Licensing Act, i they bad to satisfy the Court and not the police upou that point. Sub-Inspec-tor Black : Only the Inspector gives instructions for prosecutions. Bi6 Worship: Apparently that clause is a dead letter m Auckland. Duriug 1905 some 1116 foreigners resident m Australia decided to forego their nationality and to apply for naturalisation papers at the Department of External Affairs. Their decision being carried into effect, the: Department issued 1048 certificates to 1 - men and 68 to women, 626 of the total being married and 492 single. Of the 1116 new citizens, New South Wales is the new home of 544, Victoria of 213, Western Australia of 166, Queensland of 150, South Australia, of 34, and Queensland of 11. The original nationality of the now naturalised British subjects is indicated m the official returns thus:— Germans 379, Swedes 120 Ita- ' liana 403, Danes 82, Russians (including 26 Finns and 21 Poles) 77, Norwegians 69, Austrians (including 2 Hungarians) ; 65, Greeks 61, French 47, Turks 28, Swiss 23, North Americans 15, Portug uese 14. Dutch 13, Roumanians 7, Spaniards 6," Belgians 4. and Cubaps, Brazi--1 liana, Central Americans, Timorians and Icelanders one each. According to the Otago Daily Times, Messrs Watson aud Mackay, of Dunedin, have succeeded, after considerable research, m discovering a process for bleaching New Zealand flax, which is likely to have a most important bearing on the flax industry. A sample of the fibre turned out from an ordinary flaxmill after being subjected to Messrs Wilson" and Mackay'e process, went far to show that the process is likely to be a succeßS The fibre was free from gum, of good color, and presented no appearance of having been Jn any way prejudicially affected by the process. . Messrß Watson aud Mackay obtained .letters patent for their process m May, 1904, and since then they have, been making preparations so as to be m a position • to offer it, to flaxmillere. It ia estimated that, by the new process tljere will be a. saving of £2 10s per ton as compared, with the present system. Ac the flax exported from the colony during, 1904 was valued at over £710,000, it will be at once evident that the new process is of much importance. Under the present system from four to six weeks are occupied- in manufacturing the fibre. The. patentees claim that they can tun), out the fibre of I a superior grade m 24 hours. ' I »'..-• -■ . ■ ■■•■ r ■ ■ . .