TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11087, 1 October 1907, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

A session" of the Native Land Court was to have opened at Wairoa to-day under the presidency of Judge Rawson. Mr C. Jarvis, who has been relievingMr J. Doyle at the Union Company's office, leaves for Auckland to-morrow morning. Mr Doyle returns by the Mokoia on Thursday. The roads between Tolaga and Waipiro Bay are now in such an improved state as to allow Messrs Redstone and Sons to run their coaches right through from Gisborne to Waipiro. The coaches leave on Thursday morning next at 7 o'clock. y '■-:. -The convener of the Residential College Committee, Dunedin,. acknowledges in this week's Outlook receipt of a cheque for £2000, being the final instalment of £10,000 promised five years ago by, a Dunedin merchant, for the erection of the Residential College. / . On Monday next, the 7th inst.; the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Board will con-; sider certain applications, which were adjourned on August 27, prior to ; the Board proceeding to Wairoa. The next general sitting of the Board will be on the 21st inefe. ■■'■■' The Maori youth, Sydney Pukemajia, who was yesterday convicted of theftof a watch, the property of John West, was this morning at the Police Court griarited probation for six months upon the usual terms. In connection with this case Mrs West has asked us to state that neither she nor her husband gave information to the • police j they not desiring to have the lad punished. , ' An illustration of the severity of the high winds prevailing for the .past few days (says the Dannevirke Advocate) '.is shown by the fact that Mr W. Hairies' drying shed, 140ft by 30ft, was complete, ly unroofed at midday 'on /Wednesday, and the engineshed, oOft by 30ft, was also partially unroofed. . fifteen thousand bricks, which were, drying in the former shed were reduced ; to clay. again. Sheets of iron were carried across laide Road into Mr Wratt's paddocks, a distance of over 400 yards. Mr.Haines estimates the damage at £200. .' Mr W. Lisfeant Clayton's land agency reports that the demand for town properties is not as keen as it has . been, Vbut-J that this is to be.expected,' at tliis* time of tihe year, as the land business is invaria'bly dull "during the month of September and through October 'until' the • land sale after tfie Show. This' sale always lias the effect of stimulating business in this direction, and the valuable properties which will be placed. upon- the market on easy terms will encourage investors. Among other country . properties which have changed hands during jthe month was Mr W. Sutherland!*) Tinirbto property to Mr George Witters, thejfbrmer gentleman immediately purchasing Air A. R. Small's property, in, the same, district. Farmers, are, however,' reliiptant generally to sell until after shearing. According to the Taranaki Daily News the term "Ohild v Slavery" as applied to the condition of the youngsters pi that district is a malicious i" libel. The'paj>er goes on to> say, i' as regards the children: "Their help in milking a few,; cows each means ample food and clothing all the year round. But for this) their parents would in many cases be unable to give their children all that ' was needful to enable them to grow into useful citizens. Far better for these children to' learn early in life the many benefits to be'derived from work, than to be acquiring the elements of a vagrant existence by wandering or playing in the streetsW a town and becoming a nuisance to their neighbors. The children of our .'. small •dairy farmers have much to be thankful for, and are demonstrating the beriefits to be derived from n life of iiisefuT activity." In his official capacity, the Chief Health Officer of the Health Department has come painful duties to perform. Particularly is this so in connection with the exclusion of consumptives from the Dominion, to which Dr Mason referred at, a conference with the Wellington Hospital Board and Trustees. "It seems a harsh , law when you have to administer it/' he remarked. t( I quita agree that -we should not allow the Dominion to become a dumping-ground for indigent incurables, but to exclude a person who ig only slightly affected, and lias been eent on a round trip, and is in a position to pay for admission to a sanatorium, seems very hard, j Sueli patients could be sent straight away j to an institution, without being allowed to become a menace to the community. To refuse to allow them to land at all, has occasioned some of the most bitter letters I have ever received, and they are painful to me." / - ;■. ' , The Wellington Post, 'referring to the 40 days fast recently, completed by a Wanganui lady, Says:— "With a few more ladies following the Wanganui example, the young men will have- no ex-, cuse for remaining bachelors. They plead now-a-days that wages, are too low and the cost of living is too high' to allow them to go into partnership, but woman, as usual, has solved the problem by again proving her adaptability to circumstances. She has demonstrated that she can thrive on air. This faster has ' set an excellent example for men and women to copy. Nearly everybody eats too much. A man, for instance, with a boiler capable of generating only two and a-half horse power, crowds enough fuel into the furnace to create six horse power, and wonders why the machinery gets out of gear. People deliberately eat themselves into a state of unhealthiness, and think they will make themselves right With a sixpenny nostrum. Nature, however, has different ideas on the subject." ' •■■'.■■•■ The; increase in the rates of police pay will take effect from to-morrow. The new scale will be as follows : — Inspectors in charge at Auckland; Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin: To commence at £420 per annum, and advance to £460 by annual < increment of £10. Inspectors m charge of other districts: To commence, at £330; and advance to £410 by annual increments of £10. Sub-inspectors: To commence at £260, and advance to £310 by annual increments of £10. Station-sergeants :-To commence at 12s 6d per day, and advance to 13s 6d by annual increments of 6d per day. Sergeants-major : 12s 6d per day. Sergeants : To commence at 10s 6d per day, and advance to 12s by increments of 6d per day every two years. Constables : To commence at 7s' 6d per day, and advance to 9s 6d by increments of 6d per day every four years. Chief detectives: To commence at 15s 6d per day, and advance to 16s 6d by increments of 6d pec day every two years. Detectives : To commence at 10s per day, and advance to 15s by increments of Is per day every three years. In connection with the Dominion Day celebrations the Minister for Lands communicated with Mr Edward Marsh Williams, of Pukehou, sole survivor of those who took part in the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and received from ■"•Slim the following reply : — "Thanks for telegram regarding Dominion Day. I am probably the sole survivor of .those who took pail in the Treaty of Waitangi, which treaty may be. said to have laid the foundation of the colony of N§w Zealand. I had the honor of translating the treaty for Governor Hobson, and was present at the signing of the same at Waitangi on February 5 and 6, 1840, 67 years ago. I subsequently took part with Major Bunbury during a voyage in H.M.S. Herald in obtaining signatures to the treaty in the htfrbors south o( the Bay of Islands, as far as Stewart Island, at which place the British flag was hoisted. The Queen's sovereignty was proclaimed, and » Royal salute was fired. At Cloudy Bay tljo same ceremony took place, on both of which occasions I was present. I have watched with eager interest the rapid progress of the colony from that time to the present day, ond have rejoiced in its continued prosperity, and now that the country is entering on another stage under a new and still more dignified title, I dfesire to congratulate the people of New Zealand, Europeans ana Maoris alike, on the advance of the country generally, and increased civilisation of the Maoris, whom I knew as far back as 1823 as untamed savages, and now see a civilsed and law-abiding people, including in their ranks clergymen, doctors, and lawyers. In conclusion, I shall feel grateful if you will convey my congratulations to the Premier and your colJeagues.— Edward Marsh WilliamSt

Since it was gazetted nine months ago as a place of .detention under the Habitual Drunkard's Act of 1906, the'Samaritan Home, Christchurch, has received ten habitual drunkards. The workmen at Home have more privileges, and their wages have a greater purchasing power than in New Zealand, according to Mr Ben Tillett, the English labor leader, who arrived by the s.s. Naimshire from Australia. "He qlso found that while Australian trades unions were numerically strong, there did not saemrto be the spirit and vim of ten years ago amongst the unions, there being a tendency to be satisfied with what he -considered small advantages. He thought the English colonies had made ■striking advances during the past ten years, and they all had tremendous possibilities for the future; but they were becoming too stereotyped in methods, going still to the. United Kingdom for food products, whereas the Old Country was becoming 1 less and less an agricultural country. The degenerating influence was the snug content of .the people in these countries, whereas the people .should be mo-re alive to their opportunities and the 'tremendous v possibilities. The vigorous youth of "a country like New Zealand should send it far ahead of the hidebound traditions of the older lands.