Povrty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10962, 3 May 1907, Page 2

Povrty Bay Herald PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING. GISBORNE, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1907.

The Union Co.'s- 'collier Kaiapoi, which • arrived from Newcastle tliis morning, experienced heavy . weather during the first two days out from port. The rest of the run across the Tasman Sea was with-; out incident. The only damage reported, to the county authorities as a result. of the recent heavy rains is a slip on the Motu road near Mr Hutcliinson's, Waihuka, causing a : temporary cessation of traffic. The road will be cleared as soon as possible. [The -mouthy meeting of Hospital Trustees will be held this evening at- the office of the secretary (Mr T. Coleman) at 7.30. Included m the business will be consideration of applications for the post of • hospital superintendent, for which seven medicos have sent m their names. Tlie dredge John Toft— ley has for some days T?ast been employed dredging along the'line of wharf which now affords berthage accommodation right up to the Kaiti bridge pf 8 feet at low water. Tlie dredge is now extending this 'depth to a distance of 60- feet off the wharf . A lady subscriber writes ;^-"Sir, — Are the working people to tamely submit to have all the steam whistles stopped ? Why hot stop the town clock and the ringing of school bells? : then we might have a silent city. I airr a woman who used to dish her dinner to the sound of the 12 o'clock whistle." ; A Press Association message from Auckland states: — The s.s. Moura, wliich left Gisborne at 5 o'clock on Wednesday evening, did not reach Auckland until midnight, the passage occupying nearly 32 horn's. Tlie steamer experienced terrific squalls, accompanied by a deluge of rain. . Tlie engines- were set at half-speed for about five hours." ;.'■■■ A farewell gathering was held at the Farmers' Union Club rooms, Masonic hgtej,' this afternoon, to say good-bye to Mr A. F. Kennedy, who leaves tomorrow on a visit to England. Mr Kennedy's health was toasted, and a number of speeches were made wishing him bon voyage. He was presented with a purse of sovereigns. •The residents of Crawford road, Kaiti, .complain bitterly.o f its very bad condi-, lion: The road is in' abominable .order, and i s described as one of the worst m the borough. We are informed that several peopje >vlio have obtained sections m thj? yiciiiify are rgady to build, but there is a difficulty ''about., getting timber and bricks m until the'" -.'Council take some ; steps .to pu.t the road '-in order. At the invitation of the Gisborne Bowl-: in^ Club, the members of the Besses o' ; th BajTj Band paid a. visit to their green at Kaiti and played a number of games with local bowlevs. v "lncluded; m the Band • are several keen followers of tlie ancient ; pastime, which has a stronghold m Lan- '. cashire. At Home the game is not play--ed m rinks 1 , and the jack Caii be rolled niiy where on the green. The. Jour-rink,' game is also new to the visitors,' wjto are accustomed to playing man against man pr m pairs. ~ - ■' %$ the Gjsborne Bowling* Club's green yesterday ■ great interest- was centred m the District. Shield matches. West End had an easy victory over Whataupoko, and Kaiti scored. two to ons against* City. Tho following were the teams taking part:— Kaiti: Eure, F. Pettie, W. Pettie, Ponsford 21 v. City: Miller, Lewis, McGpwan, Coleman 15; Ambridge, Harding, Wallace, Nicholas 30 v. Ncal,' Adair, J. Martin. Harris 11; totals, Kaiti 51, City 26. West End : 11. Crawford, Cussen, Gaudin, Crawford 25 v. Whataupoko: Williams, Pavilt, Seymour, Hennessy 14 ; Morgan, Craig, Robertson, Simson 24 v. Redstone, Witty, Corson and Hookey 15; totals, West End 49, Whataupoko 29. Next Thursday a further round will be played, when *Kaili meet Whataupoko, ancl West End meet City. At the present time the scores aye : Kafli 2 wins, West End 1 win and 1 loss, Whataupoko 1 loss, City 1 loss. ' ' At the Police Court tliis morning, before Mr R. Jolmston, J.P., two young •men named Patrick Daly and Harry Svvfeeney 'appeared upon remand upon a change of assaulting James Brennan and Mark Webß^r on Monday night last, with Intent '_r*o rpb. '■' Detective Maddern iiiti--mated thajt h&.'.afd no£ feel justified m asking for a jujr'tfier .^cjek's remand, as '.the; two- 2jyifcness4s had cleared 6u£ of town and could not be found,, jEfe flitr^efbre would offer no evidence m the.easte..--=r ■Mr ••Johnston: Then you have nothing; against them ?— Detective Maddern : /Tlie jtwp men came to tlie station' and coin*' plained ib^y had been assaulted, and gave the mimes of .the -two accused, whom they said they knew. -Tlieje ,wa& po doubt- the man had been assaulted by jjointjone, for t'.ey were uiuqli knocked about, but' as they choose to clear away out" of town he did not feel disposed to detain the accused longer. The accused were acpi'i'dmgly discharged. — Accused Daly : Is there a stain against us? — The Justice: Then- j.s no evidence produced against you. i

Tlie Meynel and Gunn "Fatal Wedding" Company will commence a sliorL season at His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday, tlie 15th inst. Mr J. Peckover desires to acknowledge ; further contributions to the Friends . Russian Famine Fund : Anonymous ss, ' A Friend 4s, E. B. Pickard (Motu) 21s. . Private advice received m Cliristchurch yesterday states that D. C. Mclntyre has been detained by the British Consul at Monte Video. Some of the West End tailors, writes a London correspondent, have received orders from tlie Colonial Premiers for numerous suits of clothes of the smartest •cut and material for their use m London. Tlie sale is reported through Mr W. L. Clayton of Mr W. Maxwell's Papakorokora property to Mr J. M. Gouldsmith, at a price satisfactory to vendtor and purchaser. Messrs A. F. Kennedy, W. Adair, and R. M. Birrell leave Gisborne to-morrow morning' en route to the Old Country. Mr G. G. Wellsted, who accompanies Mr Birrell on the s.s. Ormuz from Sydney, leaves next week. The Oliief Postmaster is advised that the Motu mail did not leave Te Karaka to-day, the river at Waihuka being uni fordable. The mail will be despatched tomorrow by pack-horses, the road not being fit for vehicles. Mr J. 3lcLellan lias given notice to move at the next meeting of the Wellington Harbor Board : "That, m view of the various complaints by tlie shipping com- I panics. tlie Board take into consideration the reverting to the system of allowing the companies tQ do their own receiving and delivery of cargo, etc." Messrs Common, Shelton and Co. report the sale of Mr A. J. Coward's Motu property. 1322 acres, to Mr Little, and one of Mr W. B. Ofr's Motu properties to Mr A. Ruff, of Rangitikei, at satisfactory figures, also Mr R. Little's Kaiti. section, with 7-roomed house and outbuildings, and Herbert street! section, with' 4-roomed house, etc., to a country buyer.

Upon the completion of her loading of local shipments on Saturday night, the Tyser steamer Star of New Zealand proceeds to Brisbane and other Australian •ports to complete her -cargo, for London. We understand from the local agents, Messrs Williams and Kettle, that -this does not indicate a shortage of New Zealand produce, but is only m keeping with the company's Australian time-table. For the Australian game of football tomorrow afternoon, Kaiti v. Te Rau, the following players have been, selected:— Kaiti : Sclioefield (captain), Orpwood, Burnett, Gordon, Pollock, O'Connor, Murlow. Cameron, Cox, Arnold, Jarrett, Reed, M'Neil, Cleary, Patterson. Te Rau : Kelly (captain), McGuffie, Sutton, Story, Carri Burke, Clarke, Bowler. Cary, Cossey, Legge, McColl, Wack (3).

In order to cope with the harbormaster's additional duties under the npw bar.

bor by-laws, tlie Board decided at its last meeting to acquire a serviceable oil launch. Capt. Cumming has sinoe been instructed to proceed to Lyttelton by Smv day's steamer ta inspect a launch which'" is under offer to the Board. The launch m question appears to be a fine serviceable craft, of 10 h.-p., recently built for Profecsor Scott, of Canterbury College.

Attention is drawn to the sale of Mr E. M. Hutchinson's Otoka property at Messrs Common, Shelton. and Co.'s wool store at 12 o'clock to-morrow. Tlie pro. perty is to be offered m two sections of 2000 and 1000 acres respectively, and taking into consideration the fact that such excellent land ts very hard to obtain and very seldom offered at auction, no doubt there will be keen competition. Conditions of sale may be seen at the office of the auctioneers. - The 137 th anniversary of the landing of Captain Cook on Australian soil was celebrated at Kurnell, Sydney, last Saturday afternoon. The celebration was an imposing one, and, on the British flag beI ing unfurled, a salute of 21. guns was fired by H.M. S. Py ramus and by the batteries at Bare Island. Tlie warship, which was dressed for the occasion, lay at anchor m the vicinity of the spot at which the Endeavor first dropped anchor. Tlie training ship Dart also was at anchor near by. Speeches appropriate to the day -were delivered- by the State Governor and the Premier. The vaiue of the branch of the New Zealand. Tourist Bureau m Sydney may be estimated from the fact that Mr E. H. I Montgomery, who is m charge, has, within a few months, had over 14,000 callers. Many of these have since come on to New Zealand, and settled m the colony. A gentleman who returned from a visit to Sydney the other day spoke m high E raise of the wisdom of the' Government aving a Tourist- Bureau there, stating that besides being a great convenience to people going across from New Zealand, it was also an excellent advertising me* diiun for this colony m Australia. At Chiltern (Vie.) last week two children, Linden, aged nine years, and Alex, six years, sons of Mr Wm. Vance, of the main street, were lost m the bush. Fully 200 horsemen and cyclists with fire 'brigade torches turned out to scour - the locality. Ultimately the children were found. They had reached "the hut of a selector twelve miles off. After giving them tea he drove them to their overjoyed parents. When the news arrived of the safety of the children crowds assembled m the street and cheered, and tlie firebell was rung to inform ' tlie bush searchers thati the children were found. In an interview on his arrival m London, Sir Joseph Ward touched upon the system of old-age pensions m New Zealand. Every person over sixty-five years of. age who has lived twenty years m New Zealand is- entitled to £26 per annum. Previously the figure was £18, but this was found to be idadequate. Asked if he thought a similar system might be successfully introduced m England, the Premier replied that he thought not; too many questions; were bound up m the matter. With regard to women's suffrage, he said he found that women having the vote took a more intelligent interest m the question of the day. They had had it m New Zealand for about thirteen years, and his experience was that the women all went solid for progressive measures and Liberalism. In his opinion, women undoubtedly did much towards improving the social conditions of the country.

A traveller from Ohaupo to Hamilton was horrified at about 11 o'clock on Monday morning to discover the body of a man lying' at the^ide of the- road, with a revolver a few feet away; and a horse and trap standing alongside. The spot wliere the discovery was made was close to the Waikato hospital, and Drs Douglas and Wilkin were soon m attendance, but life- was extinct, the deceased haying blown his brains out. He had driven a boy into Hamilton to catch the early train for Auckland, and was returning home to his farm on the Ohaupo road. Tlie deceased- was identified as Mr Allan E. Coe, a man about 50 years old, and m comfortable circumstances. He was of a light-hearted disposition. He was about to be married to a young Auckland lady. At the inquest it transpired that he had worried very much over the failure of a turnip crop and growth of blackberries and other weeds on his farm. A yachting party consisting of four young men had an exciting-experience m Auckland harbor on Saturday afternoon. They were off Devonport, when the Union po.,'s steamer Tarawera, outward bound/- was" l seen ; coming close behind. The* yachtsmen a ) ttempte I d !, to put their boat about, but the Big Wl of the steamer apparently "blanketed" the little boat, for her sails flopped limply. Before anything could be done the starboard bow of the Tarawera grazed the side of the yacht, which was turned round. One of the occupants" of the yacht jumped into the water and quickly dropped astern, where lie had a harrowescape of being struck by the steamer's propeller. Lifebuoys were thrown to him from the Tarawejca, thd' speed of which was slackened, 'and a/jter being m the water for some minu.tes, the man was rescued none the worse for his experience by Mr J. W. Emmett'.s oil launch Queen, which was cruising m the vicinity.