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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11248, 11 April 1908, Page 4

A start "was made to-day with. Uie extension of the railway line- at tliawJiarf.

A. meetirig of. the Poverty Bay Ladies* Golf Club is convened for Tuesr <!«ay ufternoon at TbWnloy's Hall. /

Excursionists for the southern -/po^ts next • week are reniinde4 that > the sis'. ' front Sidney and Auckland passes through. Gisborne 011 Tiuesdiiy, at the usual time of , day. . .

In the report, given, yesterday of Mr ; Justice Chapman's decision m the tea coupon appeal case, ; an error occurred m regard to counsel lor the appellant, who was represented by Mr G. Stock.. Colonel Hume j- Inspector of Prisons, arrived frohv South to-day, and m coihpaiiy with the Mayor, inspected several sites, with a ' view to a selection) foi> the ' proposed new gaol. This morning' Messrs "Williams ■"/ and Kettle, instructed by the Public IVustee, sold by auction lot . 59, ' Wai-b:Hi-harore (B block, Victoria Township), containing 1 rood, for £390. , v,/ Sports are to be held at Whatatutu ,on Jimpire Day (May, 25). A good programme of sixteen events has be'en\ arranged, arid it is expected that a. large, crowd will be attracted on that day.; y. A very interesting scene' m the drama "The Parson's Oath is one showing the soldier at the front m campi The scene is mounted as a snowjscene, and everything possible lias been done ■'., to make it as realistic as possible. was the revenue" received at. the Custom-house this week : Customs duties £557 16s 7d, beer duty £43 1%, light dues 8s 2d, Harbor Board revenue £4 18s, other receipts 17s i 'total, £607 13s 9d. .'■.■*■■ . \r. ■ -;•;•; Mr H. G. Watson, majiager of the New Zealand Loan , and Mercaiitile. Agency Company at Dannevirke, wlio has been trasferredi to Oainaraii, was present* ed with a dressing case. by a number of f riendJs. Eulogistic references were made to- the departing; guest. ■[ ; ' >.r/ A Church, Parade of the town Cadets is to be heldl-at St. Andrew's .Church • to-morrow morning, when Chaplain Captain Grant will deliver an address on "The Greatest Soldiers." Thfc Cadets will be accompanied by the City Band., and, weather permitting, a full muster is expected. A special invitation to this service is extended to the young men of the town.- •'•'.• ; r : '" Messrs Dalgety and Co., as agents for the Shaw, Savii, and Albion Co., are advised that the, following reduction , m, freight, to take effect from Monday next, has been arranged :—£d> per Jb on wool and sheep skins, 10s toij on .flax and tow. and 5s per ton on tallow and pelts. The reduction, it is understood, is 1 ; the usual one for the winter tnontbs and will remain m operation . until "further notice./. v , / In connection \vith the proposed 1 tramway to Patutahi,; it ii lnterestingi to ' note tliat the result »f the o>peratioins\of the? Saridoh-Foxton ., tramway (ai CqHiiiifcy Council lipe) for the y ea r lias • been! • Veiy satisfa^twy. Althougli'. there is ail uotu^ii debit of £45 . p.n the ■■ -year's trah^actioite, ■£300 has ben spent p,n new^rails arid ■''. £4CO on labor for nelayiiig,, work,. which. haiidly comes 1 "within ■ordinary maintenance expenditure. Tli 6 engine "Fox," . w|uch \vas receiitly rej>a,ired' atJFeiWaljg, is ruiining ©xc&ptionally well. „ '. , ' . The .prizes Avon by the Gisborne.bowlers at the Napier Carnival caind to, hand this morning. The tropljies consist -of four pairs of handsome engraved , ivory mounted' bowls. This gives a roiniijcter of tlie consistency of tlie Gisborne boiricis for the last four or five.-y ears. klii 1905 they won. the , Northern- Bowling, Association's champion fours at Gisboirne, m 1906 they were nutners-u|) for tlio cluiinprori, cigilita.- at Wellington ; ,1907 again -winners of the Noi*them Bowling Assooia,tioin's cluunpiutt ..fours ; iir 1908 were second 1 for tli« ,clm.mpion eights at Aucklamd, and now still . prove- /their consistency by rannnijf a : re-al , good 1 second at the Napier Carnival Tournament. At St. Paul's Presbyterian ■' C/lmrcli, Naipier, on Wednesday aftemoori, m: -the presence 1 of a nuittber o^f lxjlativcis and friends,. Mi' H. Warner, of Gisbprne, was un tted m?, mahumony to Miss . Alice Bauzr, eldest daughter of Mr J. Rauz'i, of Napier. The Rev. J. Asher was the officiating clergyman, i ■ The-'' bride, whtiwa.9■'.■given' nyniy fry lier father, ■■■ wave} :a costly da-ess of ivory crystalline trimmfed sM-ith silk lace, irisjjrtioin. and taifcels, with orthodox veil and ■blbsso'miS, and cuu-ned a pretty shower' bpuquet. Mij» Minnie Rauzi (sister of tlie : bride) and :Miss Jean Coleman, both mttired; m; white embroidered Persian lawn arid tulle .hats, acted as bridesmaids; -They^arried pink bou<juct^ and tlie former'; wore; a gold chain and] ■pendant, : gifts of the .bridegroom. The bride's glti, totW bridegroom consisted of a gold ring, aiid that of the bridegroom t<> p\\s bnde a lianclsome ;piano. ; , lite .many beautiful and useful presents received .by .the..y oung couple testified to Uie este'em'iii whitli they ai'e held. v Jlr ahd Mis vWai^er 'left/ for Waimganui, ■where tlw? lioneynioon "will be ■ -spent. . . . „/. .-.'.•'.. ;: : ;"v''; '))' ' There was a fair muster of vY.M.CrAmembers at the Wesley; schoolroom 'last evening, when the. work' of the % Assocla :^ tion was freely discussed .•'•with, vMr W^ Gillanders, •• the national . secretaiyi At was decided to. go m, ior the 'iu.-round \vork of the AssociationvinGisboi^aeyulthough two or tlu^ee, members; ;-«'niJst realisiiig the importance of ; ; tlie/ work, did nol see their way blear 'to etiter inio the scheme/ After x Mv Gillanders hiid outlined the initial steps U> he taken );n the movement, a membership committee was appointed to ascertain. ho\y • jjafry young men would be williW to ; join;^iii view of the privileges, of the" Association being offered them.:., Whep^that 'is.dtjjie a number of the .Chi-isti^n, business men will 'bei waited op, and 'asked ; 'l»,action, 41 board of management^ Steps 'will tK^n be taken, to secure suitable .rooms, whijih are to be attractivejiy 1 . f urnrshed: It is intended to commence the work fr.ee qf debt, and m connection '-.yri'th the financial problem a 6tron'g representation is to be sent to M* H. N. Holmes,. the Wejling-, ton general secrtary, : to visit Gisborjie an^t conduct a campaign, for raising; the Isnirii of JE5250, a year for. thre^ years. Should the- cir</inrislanees wnrwflt il ,"at the' end of that time Mr nillflndorftr^iH probably re-visit Gisborne arid condxict a building campaign. ,

Wuiroa Town Board lias a credit of £377. On Good Friday the Telephone Exchange will be open for an hour, from 9 to 10 a.m. t Sir Joseph Ward states that a vote will be placed on the Estimates this year for a better class of steamer for Lake Wakatipu. An old resident of Gisborne, Mr L. Poswillo, has been ill for some time, and his frieridte will regret to learn that his condition is at present critical. ■ The drought m the Gundagni district (N.S.W.) is the severest experienced there since 16*51) when the cattle died on the river flats.' Mr Bert Robb, of the local Post and Telegraph office staff, who was admitted t o the ; hospital recently, .• suffering from a poisoned hand, was operated on yesterday, the case necessitating the amputation of, the right arm. The patient was getting on fairly well to-day. The annual meeting of the members, of the. Poverty Bay assehibly dances was held last evening. A satisfactory bal- J ance-sheet was adopted, and a committee of 17 elected. Mr A. T. Coleman was elected secretary pro tern. It was decided to hold dances during the months of May, June, July, and August as usual. Entries for Easter tournament, ini•doi' the auspices of the Gisborne Tennis Club, close with the secretary, Mr W. ,G. Evans, next Wednesday. The following is the Dannevirke team to play against the representatives of the Gisborne Club next Saturday: Misses M. Ryan, F. Ryan, Mrs Nymandi, Miss Irwin, Messrs R. B. Varfcan, Ransoui, PoWnes, Saunders, Bickford, and Alexander. . At the meeting of the Tai-Rawhiti District Maori Land Board yesterday, provisional approval was granted for consent to lease Kopuatirakihi 8, part of IB to .Chas. Ferris, junr. The Board also agreed to the recommendation to remove the restrictions on Poututu A. 4a m favor of Heni Whakaetenga. The whole day; was busily occupied by the Board m sealing and signing leases already dealt with, and a number of fresh applications were adjourned to June 1. The Board then adjourned until, May 18. Messrs Miller and Craig report the following prices at this morning's sale : Hens Is 2di to Is 6d, cockerels Is Bd> to Is lid, roosters Is to Is Sd 1 , drakes Is 5d to Is 9d, d.ucks Is 5d to Is lOd, turkeys Is and Ssjeggs Is lOd to 2s, butter Is to Is 2d, honey 3£d lb, pickling onions Id to l^d, pumpkins 2s 9d doz, potatoes Id lb, . 10s sack, grapes' 4d lb, rhubarb 4tf and 6d, bdl. cucumbers 6d t6 Is doz, cabbage Is t 4d to 2s 3d dos, swedes : £dlb, ■ citron melons- 4d to 8d each, . marrows 3s sack, unions Id £ud l£d lb, parsirips 3d bdl, green tomatoes Id lb, pears 3s box, carrots 2^d bdl, apples 3s box,2d lb, Id lb. Fate seemed to overhang a case of alleged false pretences, which has been waiting bearing for a couple of weeks m consequence of a warrant issued four years ago. ; After several, adjournments m consequence of an important witness being unavailable, the matter came oh again this morning. Four tinies the case ws mentioned! throughout tlije* morning, but on each occasion the delayed krrSyal of the steamer and, consequent non-ar-riyali of the witness prevented matters beint proceeded with. The customary half -holiday' was broken into, and ultimately! at 1.15 the hearing was commenced. The following motions of which notice has been given, will come up for consideration at the meeting of the Education' Board on ..Monday: — By Mr Whittington;;' -That whenever a school changes its grade, the Board shall consider what readjustment of the staff are necessary.!' By Pastor Ries : '■''That Regulation 15 be so amended as to : "The, teaching m the schools shall be for 5 hours daily for 4 days every week,. and 1 for 4s;, or ,5 hours for one day. a week on the recommfindation of a school committee and headmaster, and on tho approval of the chief inspector; except that m the preparatory classes it shall be for 4 hours only; but m every case the afternoon instruction must be separated from the m>rning instruction by an interval of not less than one hour." , ■"■ > • The horse attached to Messrs T. and J. Parker's milt cart took fright this morning while standing m McLean street. The bluikers, being loose, fell pff as the animal set off. Taking to the footpath, the cart collided with a willow stump, smashing the splashboard and one of the wheels. Rounding the corner into Clifford street the frightened horse took the bend rather sharply; when the broken wheel came off. The cart still remained upright, and the weight of the cart, through dragging- on the ground. on one side along the footpath, acted to some extent as a brake, and the house came to a standstill m Stafford street. There was no milk spilt, but the cart was considerably knocked about. My Parker is at a loss tq know what frightened the animal, as- it is! usually very quiet. This is the second time this milk cart has come, to grief, the former occasion being on the Whataupoko bridge, when one of the wheels was wrenched off through a colli r sibn. The Opotiki Mail's Motu correspondent writes: "The building trade m Motu is very brisk just at present. There are six good' houses m liand, besides additions to otlier residences. -Tlie new school is to be opened next Friday with a social and dance. Mr Hsansen's. new residence is just about completed, and ia a credit to both the owner and 1 the buildfer, and! Mr Hansen is justly proud of his new home. The Presbyterian Church, people are going to hold a teameeting about Easter time, and; are endeavoring to raise enough money to build a. ismall churoli m the village. The congregation lias already bought and paid for an excellent site for a church; 'and just lately lias bought five acres as a manse tdte. to be used m the sweet by-und-bye. Tlie recent heavy rain, has brought on an abundance of grass for. the filter months. A further section of the Pakihi road has just been gravelled by the Opotiki County Council, and is very much appreciated by the settlers." The Gisborne City Band held its halfyearly meeting, for the election of officers, "last night. The conductor, Mr A. Lawrence, presided over a large meeting of members, and m a few remarks advised the members as to the class of officers required to promote the welfare of tbc baud. The election, of officers resulted as follows: Drum-major, Mr Spurdle ; Iwuidmaster, Mr J. Richards; chairman, Mr A. Young j corporal, Mr W. Faulkner; lance corporal, Mr C. Williams; treasurer, Mr T. Albrecht ; assistant sec^. rotary,' Mr F. Quigley: librarian, Mr Spurdle; custodian, Mr T. Morrison, It Was decided that the present committee should, hold office until next election, as tlley had several important matters m hand. In connection. with the position of assistant librarian, it was i decided to allow the bandmaster t 0 nominate two different orderlies each month, so that the work might be equally divided amongst the members. It was decided to hold periodical concerts hi His Majesty's Theatre on Sunday nights, definite arrangements to be made later. A motion to vary an order of the Court and an application for additional waintenace came before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., at the Magistrate's -Court this morning when Edith lalian Jobson (Mr G. Stock) proceeded against her husband, William Jobson, sheepfarmer. of Mahia. Counsel for the complainant stated that an order lias, been made against defendant, who failed to appear this morning, for the payment of £1 per week for the maintenance of his wife and child. Since that date two other children had been born, and complainant found heiselt unable'to meet requirements with the present allowance, besides which she was m a* delicate state of 'health. Her husband had never provided, tier with a home, and they had practically not lived together since the marriage. Complainant would be satisfied if the total amount was increased to £2 per week. His Worship, aifter healing- complainant s j evidence, said that defandant, failing to appear, he would have to assume he was able to pay. He therefore made art order for i\w payment of 10s, per week ftielum behalf, of Hie Iwo children, :igod two yoars and nine months respectively. The application to vary the former oixler was accordingly withdrawn.

Mails for Freinantle, Durban, and Capetown, per Damascus, close at Sj'dney on April 27tb. The annual meeting of the Referees' Association will be held on Monday evening, at the Royal hotel. It is understood that an Auckland syndicate is arranging for a Maori professional football team to visit Sydney during the coming season. Commissioner Trent and members of the Hawke's Bay Land Board arrived from South to-day. A meeting of the Board will be held on Monday. A Hawke's Bay resident is offering I £100 reward for information that will lead to the conviction of the persons who have taken nearly 500 of his sheep since January. There are now 320 students at Wei- 1 lington College. No other secondary school m the Dominion, it is stated, has such a large number of names on its roU. The racehorses Te Rahui, Marangai, Stylish, and Haldane were shipped to Auckland by the Mokoia to-day, to take part m the Auckland meeting next Saturday. ' At the meeting of the Land Board- yes. terday, the following returns of "thirds" and "fourths" were received : Cook County Council £241 16s 5d and £1669 7s 7d... •■:.:■■•• ■-/... Redstone and Sons' Coast coaches, Morere-Wairoa, and Tiniroto-Wairoa all leave on Monday at 7 a.m. Persons wishing to avail themselves of the Morere springs for the Easter holidays can leave by Thursday's coach at 7 a.m. . , The Union Co.'s s.s, Monowai has been detained at Auckland until 6 o'clock this evening, to enable her to bring forward shipments of fruit ex s.s. Mana* pouri from the Island.^ The steamer is expected here late to-'morrbw afternoon, and the last launch is fixed m the. meantime at 5 o'clock. . A huge consignment of Arijerican farm machinery, according to a Reuter's telegram, will shortly be shipped to Europe. It is stated that six steamers have been chartered for the transport of the goods, and that others will be. engaged shortly. Practically every steamer sailing within the next four months Hvill have a cargo of machinery, valued m the aggregate at £5,(300,000 sterling. .;■ '< ..'-.-• A clearing sale of Mr W. Peryer's horses and plant was conducted by Messrs Commouy 'Sneltoii and Co. this morning. Mr Wachsmann officiated as auctioneer, as. Mr Ingram/was -suffering from a severe cold. There was spirited, competition for the /better classes of horses, which all changed owners-, at prices ranging from £25 to £42 10s. The harness. and other gear were -also disposed of, but the dray and waggon did not sell. In order to allow the children to avail themselves of an opportunity which is not likely to occur again for some time, the management of the High School Magazine has. decided to invite the pupils of the upper standards and tlie town and suburban schools to : be present at Dr Bell's lecture on "Eighteen 1 months m the Arctic Regions of' Canada,' which is to be given m His Majesty's Theatre on Wednesday next. v With the recent flood a large quantity of silt has 'been deposited m the river channel.-. This morning- the steamer Ruruj drawing 9ft, endeavored to enter the river on a three-quarter ebb tide, but the channel was found to be silted up, so the vessel was anchored m the roadstead. Another attempt was made on a, three-quarter's flood tide, and the steamer came up the 1 river nicely till opposite the wharf, when she took the ground again, and was delayed from getting alongside for some time.. The heavy range , experienced m the harbor at Napier yesterday made it impossible to work the s.s. Mokoia at Glasgow wharf, and the steamer; twice broke her mdorihgs, and ultimately had to be anchored m the stream- and tendered by the lighters. This necessitated a great amount of delay, and. it was after .3 o'clock tb is morning before the Mokoia ! was able to resume her northward jour-r ney. The steamer arrived at Gisborne 'at 11 o'clock, and 'her passengers,- of whom was' a 'large number; r^ere landed at 1 o'clock. 1 .'. ' \ '> •Oft* Mr Eustace Lane's motion m favor of ',the Land Board supporting the nibye- ' merit 1 for a survey of the railway line from Gisborne to Napier beintj brought before the Board yesterday, the Commissioner said he was sorry to have to. again disagree * with Mr Lane, as the matter was outside the province of the Board. Mr Groom acquiesced. Mr Hyde said that however much the Board in-, dividually sympathised with the motion, they could not as a Board consider it. There being no seconder, the motion lapsed. At,, the usual fortnightly meeting of the iTuranganui Lodge of Druids,' lield on Thursday evening, the principal business was' the installation. uf-Bro. H. E. Bright as District President. The ceremony Mas most impressively carried out by Grand Ladge Guardian, Bro. ,A. Wade, assisted. by P.D:P. Bro. Spiers and P. A. Bro. G, Durton, who- acted as presenting officers.- A vote of thanks was accorded Bro. J. A. Eaton, the retiring D.P., for tlie able manner m which lie liad carried put liis duties, and it was unanimously resolved tluit he be, p.npsented with ih P.D.P. collar." Tlie.eonimittee set up to gt> into- tlie matter of erecting it, hall <m tlie Druids' section i,n Grey street presented; itliejr report, and after discussion it Was decided' to leave the matter m abej'ance until quarter night, the committee m the meanwhile to §o fui-tlier into the matter. -, One ctundiate, \vn's initiated^ and t-lirce ' others, pro-posed-for membersliip. The extensive alterations to the Park Racecourse,, which were detailed some time ago, ihavo been commenced. It is intended to completely reverse the present arraiigraent m the enclosure. In additioii to the grandstand .being enlaiiged >and fitted with' the latest conveniences,, tlio saddling paddock and stable^ sire to be removed to the opposite, or town side, of the grandstand. The outside •'public will then occupy the ipresent saddling paddock and from there will be able to view the races from a far better position than before. Steward*' quarters of the latest tyjre will be ei-ec-^ ted on the town side of the enclosuve, a special feature of tin's building being a balcony right rc-und, Avhich will enable the officials to view tlie saddling operations as w^ll as the racing. These alterations will probably necessitate the removal of th© A. and P. Society's produce shed to the opposite side of the grounds. All the improvements Will hot be done at oaie time; but it is claimed that when completed the grounds will be Avell suited for a public park.