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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11298, 12 June 1908, Page 5

Sir Joseph Ward is going to make the Tnglewood public a present- of the hat hi* raised "at twenty miles an hour" tliu other day. They need it. — Free Lance. The "Grand Imperial Fair" and Bazaar, in', aid of the building fund of the new St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church at Waimate, was a great success, tho sum of £1120 being realised. Mr G. E. Butler, a- Wellington artist, ! Avho had some Home training, and Avho recently returned to England to practise his profession, has had tAvo pictures accepted, and one hung, by the Royal Academy. Dr Chappie was one of the first men to see great possibilities in the Makai.ua swamp, and as a result ''of his enterprise he made £60,000 out of the drainage op: erations ' and flax royulities on that rich area of land. ..-.-. The young man. llobevt Gahvay, Avho was brought 'ashore 'to the -hospital from the s.s. Matatua last Sunday, suffering from slight concussion, the result of a fall doAvn the coal bunker, is making good, progress towards recovery. Immense numbers of . cocoaniits Avere being collected last month in the South Sea islands for the making of copra, which commences in July next. Itvs estimated that 400 tons will be the output .foi* the season. Oranges were ako plentiful. One of .the shops in Erskine's neA\buildings has been taken by Mr W. SteAA'art, who for the past five years has been studying tlie requirements of the Gisborne.. public in the matter of boots.' Ani" announcement respecting tlie Paragon boot shop, to be opened to-morroAv, will be found in our advertising columns. At Woodville Mr Ebbett being told by the Bench that he 'might "be a very good contractor, .but.it was' afraid he Avould make, a very bad \ solicitor,," replied that he would be a A r ery bad solicitor, as he had not got cheek enough.; ' During the discussion as to the effect of a report of "fairly satisfactory" at the Licensing Court ."Woodville, a smile was raised by Mr HaAvkins asking if the licensee could be given three-quarters of a license. Native matters will 'not 'form' part of any policy, legislation this coming- session, so the Minister for Native Affairs informed a. reporter .to-day. Amendments, however, to the existing legislative machinery will be introduced in due course, in order to facilitate the cany - ing out of the recommendations of the Royal Commission in respect of the opening up of the jNativo lands of the Dominion. For the past few weeks theuHpn. 'Jas. CaiToll libs' been- quietly recuperating' in health, and is now almost himself again. To a pressman this morning the Minister •said he had' been undergoing a, system of dieting and compulsory rest*— in. fact, he had not CA'en indulged ui;; his usual pipe since.', he had been in Gisborne, whilst he had also had to ;' conform strictly to teetotalism. But for his throat, lie Avas feeling quite -strong, and. healthy, again, and, ready for his Parliamentary duties. The state of his '.llunat, hoA\ r ever, \v»hicli Aras also iniprdving, would 'riot ullow liim to participate in public spcakinig yet 'to any extent. Ten minutes, lies added; avus 'all he was fit for at present iii this respect. New Zealand timber ami its durability haA'e '; been, brought under, notice at the ' Bluff, where wharf extension .necessitated ' the pulling- up. of pifes Aritliin - the extension area. They are all of totaira7 placed' ill position more than 30 years ago. The ' oidy evidence of decay is oh that part exposed" to the action of the tides, between high and loAv-Avater marks. AboA-e „ and '-beneath that the timber is perfectly ; sound, tlie intervening-portion being y hpneroonibed and ea&eh away until barely [ li connecting link remains. The theory deduced by those best able to judge is that the destiuctiA'e element— possibly an* ] insect — floats on the surface, and tliat all beneath. Avaterlinev and above tidal ; limits remain intact for what seemingly may be set down -as im indefinite period. J Mr A. Barron, chairman. And Mr A. . Reese, of the Land Purchase Board, do. j not appear to be at all sanguine that _ any important results Avill follow their j recent inspection of properties'- iu the j Wairarapa. Tlie lea, estate, of 18,000 l r\ acres, could not, they /report, reasonably ] be divided into more- than half a dozen < homesteads. With the exception of the 1 Whareama river flats, comprising betAveen i 2000 and 3000 acres, the land is very ; rough ahd mostly sheep country, of y A-ariable quality. The family of the late i oAvner propose to, divide it among them- < selves, and the cost of raiding the property, which would be very considerable. Avould bring the total up to over £100,- j COO. This would mean the impbsiti'on ; of a rent that would heavily tax the ten- ,; ants of the CroAvn. i In the course of an address -delivered i before a largo meeting at the Liverpool Produce Exchange, the Premier of South Australia stated that the exports of his ; State had fticrea.sed from £5,700,0C0 in : 1904- to £9.000,000 last year, in which yeat 2605 ships left its ports. Dealing ' with South Australia's commercial rela- ; tions Avith England, Mr Price said that J if the merchants of -Liverpool Avould give them more for their produce than they ' were getting in Londop, they would send < diicct to -LiA'erpool,: and, 'moreover, they < would smash up all the economics of the < Avorld by giving a bonus or subsidy to i ships going to Li A'.er pool. Some day < they Avould understand it'- would "bo bet- '• ter to give Australians some kind of a ; preference. Certainly- it- Avould come from their side, as they intended to offer ; to tho British people 7 a preference in trade matters. \