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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10958, 29 April 1907, Page 2

A writ claiming £3000 damages for libel was issued at the Supreme Court to-day. Mr W. A. Barton S.M., left upon his quarterly visit to Wairoa this morning, where a fairly lengthy list; of oivil . .and criminal cases is set down for hearing. On Wednesday morning Mr J. Wilkinson left Napier at 6.25 a.m., per motor car, and precisely nine hours afterwards lie reached Wellington. This time is said to constitute a record for the journey. Mr, A. F. Kennedy, local manager of Messrs Williams and Kettle, proceeded to Napier last evening. Mr Kennedy returns to Gisborne' on. Wednesday morning, and on Saturday proceeds on a visit io ' t 'toOld. Country ; At a meeting of the Sievwright Memorial 'Committee m Townjey's Hall, accounts m connection with the recent gathering at the. Park were passed, and votes of thanks passed to all outside the committee who by their 1 assistance had contributed to the success of the gathering. Special thanks were accorded" tp the City Band: The , memorial fountain is expected to arrive at the end of May. Mr James Patereon, eldest son of the Rev. James Patersoh, of Wellington, died suddenly at his home near Turakina on Monday. The deceased, who was about 36 years of age, was a native of Wellington, and for some years before his death he had been farming m the.Rangitikei dis; trict. He has left a widow and four,ohijdren. The cause of death was heart disease. ."■■■';. '■■:: ..;■■.. ' .•;- >■.' ,..; Messrs Miller and Craig report a large entry of produce on Friady and Saturday last. The following prices were, realised: Potatoes (prim© Tasmanian) 7s cwt, onions Id lb, pumpkins 2s 6d to 3s 6d dozen, kumeras l^d lb, lemons 6d doz., tomatoes (best) 3d lb, imported Is 6d case, quinces 2s 3d case, marrows Is dozen, French beans 6d small bag-, celery 6d bundle, large pie melons 18s dozen, citron melons 18s dozen, dessert apples 7s 6d, Bs. pears 4s small case, cabbage 2s to 3s 3d dozen, butter lOd and Is, fresh eggs Is lid, preserved Is 'ld. A batch of four first offenders for drunkenness appeared before his Worship tne Mayor (Mr J. Townley) at the Police Court this morning. 1 hey were let off with the usual fine. of 5s and costs. One of them, William Korteyast, was also charged with refusing to quit licensed pre. mise^'on. Saturday night. vTlie case being beyond the' 'jurisdiction 7 of Justices, tiie accused was remanded for a week, bail being allowe- m one sum of £2. ■■ A young man named Alexander Albert was convicted of a second offence of drunkenness and fined 10s. and 2s costs, or 24 hours' imprisonment. On Saturday eveniug the telegraphio chess match, Gisborne v. Wairpji; was concluded. Gisborne secured three wins 'out of the five igames, two of which were left m aft unfinished state. Following were the results ;— Board 1 (Connell v. Jonson) : Unfinished ; draw pmbable. Boards 2 (Sainsbury v. Shaw) and 3 (Crawford y'i Carr) : In these two games the Wairoa players were defeated. Board 4 (Witty v. Hunter Browii): Unfinished ; game standing' m Witty'e i favor. The result of the game on Board 5 was given last Monday, King (Gisborne) defeating his opponent. In discussing the Maddison ear-marking process at the Gisborne Farmers' Union, on Saturday afternoon, Mr W. D. Lysnar (President) said the Committee had. endeavored to pull it to pieces, and to find a flaw m it, but when thfey thought they had found out a flaw it tjirhed out to be an advantage. At the same, time, the Committee wanted the Union to exercise caut ion, and to folio w their recommendation up so that tlie legislation was not made too drastic. Mr A. J. Cameron said some practical test of its efficacy was wanted before it became law. Tlie test that had already been made was a smallone. However, the matter was being re* f erred to tlie Colonial Conference, and he had- no doubt it would be thoroughly discussed there. At "a meeting of Huia and Takitimu Clubs oil Satumay: evening it was decided to amalgamate, the new club to be called Takitimu. and their colors inarooiii Officers were elected as follows :— Patron, Mr E. Murphy; president, Mr Hollier; vicepresidents, Messrs H. C. Williams, W. Currie, L. T. Symes,. A. W.- Rees, A. Dewinp. F. J. Lysliar, H. N. Lysnar, R. G. Hallamoi-e, R. Cole, W. D. Lysnar, J. S. Wauchop; captain, Te Reinga; vice-captain, J. Gibson ; secretaries, Hemi Kara and B. Malone ; treasurer, J. S. Waucliop; committee, Kaipara^ Miller; Hurahura, Fergusson, McKenzie, Thomson, Herewinia ; selection committee, Kai. para, xc Reinga, J, Gibson ; delegates, J. S. Wauchop and B. Malone; auditor, C. J. Hamilton. Mr Forbes W. Riach has been selected by Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co. to succeed Mr Murray, who has resigned the managership of their Gisbbrne warehouse. Mr 'Riach recently came North from Milton, Otago, where he had for a number of years conducted a large wholesale and retail store, but the trying winter's -of those parts obliged Mr Riach to gcll out and seek the more congenial climate of the North Island. As a business man of wide experience, Mr Riach should be a gain to our business circles, and haying travelled m many countries and held numerous pivblic offices m the colony j he ought to bo a decided acquisition to the public life of Gisborne at the present juncture. Before leaving Milton Mr and Mrs Riach were publicly entertained and made the recipients of valuable tokens of the respect iv which they were. held by the commiHiitv, while flattering references were made by the Mayor and members of the Borough Council and District High School Committee- on both of which Mr Riach was a valued member, to his services to the district generally. He is also a Justice of the Peace. Mr Riach returns to Gisborne to take up his new duties on Wednesday. Dealing with, the question of encroachment of rabbits, the Chairman of the Gisborne Farmers' Union (Mr Lysnar) informed the meeting on Saturday afternoon, that {on the Wairoa side rabbits had got into the Maurigataniwba district. In this parj ticular locality bush was being felled, and j the country opened up, and if not exterminated at this point the rabbits would rapidly spread. The cost of the 30 miles | of fencing from tlie sea to Lake Waikarei moana was a mere nothing when comI pared with the clanger from the rabbit 'pest. A thousand acres of this Maungittaniwha country was being fallen, and it was only the toush that was preventing the rabbits from coming through. People Jicre should communicate withi Wairoa and I Opotiki people, and get their support. An endeavor should be made to keep the rab- ! bits beyond the boundary of the Mohaka : river, 20 miles from Wairoa., On Opotiki bide rabbits were getting pretty t luck on the sandhills coming towards Motu. He understood the Department was not doing ; anything at Wairoa. - They should be more vigilant, and insist on people keeping them m check. He was told by a gentleman who had experience m the south that the cost of rabbit-proof fencing over ordinary fencing was £20 a mile.— Mr J. C. Field considered 'that it was "best to make a personal request on the Department m order to obtain the : appointment of a rabbit inspector. Directly the bush was broken m the rabbite' at Opotiki wou}d be right on to this district.— Mr Birrell said the time to put up the fence was now, not when the rabbits trot into the district. He suggested that tne matter be brought under the notice : of the member for the district. I—Mr1 — Mr Holden said the experience m Hawke's Bay was that after tlie rabbits pot through the fence lhej r spread over the district m a couple of rears. In Poverty Bay they were m ;t worso position, as the eountrr m Hawke's Bay was comparatively clear. — Mr Field: If they get into this light country, with its many old watercourses, we will never get them out.

Messrs Miller and Craig hold a clearing sale of Household furniture at the residence of Mrs H. Knowles, Victoria Townsjrip, at 2 p.m. to-morrow. Messrs Davys, Third, and Mitchell, en. ] gineens, have decided to erect an up-to- 1 date motor garage. A start was made on 1 the concrete foundations this morning. I Messrs Miller and Craig report having * disposed of Mr C. Webb's boarding-house to J. Melrose, of Palmereton North, at a satisfactory figure. £ His Honor the Chief Justice (writes a ] Wellington correspondent) is now taking ' gentle walking exercise. The effect of ] the ptomaine, poisoning may be regarded as a negligable quantity. There is no ' reason now for not admitting that his ill- ' ness was an extremely dangerous tiling. ] There is considerable and widespread ! pleasure at the happy end of a grave : danger. . ! A batch of twenty -one parents were , prosecuted at Auckland last week for fail. \ ure to send their children to school the number of times per week required by the School Attendance Act, and fines ranging from £2 9s with 7s costs to 2s without costs, totalling £14 18s with costs amounting to £6 6s, were imposed, llie nominal penalty prescribed by the Act is 2s a week for a first. offence. "I would not like your, Honor to pass a sentence that would keep me m gaol longer than Christmas. If you do so it will upset all my future." fhis was the statement made at Sydney recently by a young man named Robert McSweeney, who admitted the truth of seven charges of stealing. Judge Murray upset his In-/ ture by imposing a sentence of three years' hard labor. j The whereabouts of Mr Hugh Mcllrath, a member of the firm of the well-known ; Sydney grocers of that name, is causing I his friends some uneasiness. He left on a trip to China some time ago, and has jnot been heard of since November. Another brother left a few weeks back to I search for him, tut nothing of a definite nature has been gleaned. It has been asi certained, however, that Mr Mcllrath left Ms .hotel one day and did not return. The Waiuku correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes :— An accident '•which" occurred to a seven-year-old son of Mr John Pye, of Waipipi, on April 8, ; terminated fatally on the 14th inst: The I deceased via& m the habit of making flatfishing excursions, and when retaining home on the Bth inst. was pricked on the heel . with a fishhook. Blood poisoning supervened, and medical aid proved of no avail. The janitor of the Timaru High School has- resigned, to retire on a superannuation allowance of £1 a week, under the Teachers' Superannuation Act, after five years' service. A member of . the High School Board expressed surprise tliat a janitor, after 6uch a short service, came under the scheme at all, and especially that he should receivo an allowance almost equal to that paid to. the late secre-. tary to the Board of Education after a service of .naif a lifetime. . An exciting experience happened recently whilst the barque Rona was making port at Kaipara m tow of- the tug Sterlings When -half-way over the bar,, which at the time very rough, two tremendous seas struck the barque, and the tow-line parted. ' Tlie vessel broached' to, and things wore a serious aspect, but with remarkably fine seamanship Captain Cash brought the Sterling round, and within 15 minutes had a new tow-line aboard the Rona, and, without further ihciderit, -brought her safely into Kaipara wateiis. Captain Keeble. and the officers of the Rona speak enthusiastically of the masterly way the Sterling was handled. A slight diverelon occurred on the playground of. the Woodside (West Taieri) school on Friday, says the Gtago Daily Times. During the dinner hour- while the hoys wer© engaged at cricket, a deer, chased by\two dogs, came careering across 'the reserve into their midst. ._■ Seeing the boys,? it turned and made for the mountain'again, taking in' fine .style all the fences and whihjbedges m its way. The animal was a stag with a fine set' of antlers, but where it came from is a mystery. Needless to say, there was quite a commotion among the children, many of whom had never seen a live deer^ before. The fame of Rua is spreading abroad, but it is a class of advertisement that is not always to be appreciated, as may be judged from the following distorted paragraph m a Sydney paper i— "The dark-brown ! fanatic Rita is, now storing tucker and men m the bush previous to wiping the pakeha off the face of the 'Long White Cloud.' The 'prophet' has consistently done no work for' many moons, and his faithful followers have helped him and supplied the tucker, clothes and cash. Poverty Bay Maoris, who are not his followers, begin to rsk for white troops arid Maxims' to wipe Mr Rua out:' before ' he executes- a "/threat? to do the like for them and for the 900,000 Maoriland pakehas who don't credit his assertion that he is the Messiah. It was the same Rua "who, a while ago, predicted the early arrival of^ Jesus Christ and Edward VII. m those parts; but, apparently, he has explained away somehow the failure of that part of his prophecy." Mr J. Peckover writes :— "Sir,— On the 6th inst. you published an -extract from a' circular which t had received from England on th c subject of the Friends' Russian Famine Fund. It contained a statement that m tue Russian famine of 1891-2 friends collected and disbursed £40,000, and m view of the present one, involving the- lives of many more millions, and disease' being also present " ..- owing to the dreadful starvation i that exists, an earnest appeal for help was made. I. had your article printed as a oircular, and 'posted to our wealthy land and sheep farmers and others; My first response of £50 was from one who knew from, past experiences the funds would be most carefully dispensed. I had hoped it would have been followed by other wealthy sympathisers. But it has been otherwise. I have ■.•bad one of two guineas, and 13 ranging from 2s to 30s, giving, a total' of £10 5s 6d. The account of the awful sufferings as shown m your last Wednesday's suppl eminent is very distressing and appeals to everyone with any soul to sympathise. So maay m this district have lately be-comeposses-ied of great affluence from the proceeds of the land and stock, I still hope I may receive some further contributions to the funds. Tlie great personal assist-, ance given to the, sufferers m the Boer war by many Friends, helping them to procure clothing and slock, and opening schools, have helped to create better feeling between Boers and British, as they did also after the Franco-German war. I purpose closing th© fund m time for the English mail on May 13th."