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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11371, 2 September 1908, Page 4

Owing to the steamer not arriving from Auckland until Thursday morning, Miss Hughes, the lady temperance lecturer, will address a meeting at Patutahi to-night. In our advertising colums Mr 0. W. Muir draws attention to the fact that he. is clearing out his stock of artists' materials at cost price.: ' '■ ■ Major Holdaway and the Riroriros left for. Auckland this morning. The company were farewelled at_ a coffee supper last night at the Salvation Army; Citadel, Mr J. Tbwnley presiding. An interesting address was given- by Major Holdaway. The arrangement made . by the Gisborne branch of the Farmers Union for the services of a veterinary surgeon is working very satisfactorily. Owing to the prevalence of the septic metritis amongst cows, the Union's veterinarian, Mr Luttrell, has been busily engaged since his appointment. Those who have signed the agreement are reminded that their subscriptions should be paid as soon as possible . Mr D. N. McMillan, District Roads Engineer, who had been making his periodical visit to Gisborne, leaves for Napier to-morrow. Mr McMillan expects to return m about three weeks' time by the overland route via Mangapoike. * The road connecting the Arai Valley and Mangapoike is to be pushed on, and it is hoped before long tliat a "dray will be able to reach Wairoa along that road. The following infectious diseases were reported to the District Health Officer, Dr de Lisle, during the month ended on Monday: — Scarlatina: Napier 3, Dannevirke 5, Weber 1, Ormondville 2, Gisborne I,_ Waipukurau 2 ; total 14 eases. Typhoid fever : Waipiro Bay 1. Diphtheria : Napier 1, Gisborne 3 ; total 4 cases. Consumption : Gisborne 1, Wairoa 2; total 6 cases. Bloodpoisoning: Woodville 1, Umutaoroa 1, Waipiro Bay 1; total 5 cases. Meningitis: Waipiro Bay 1. The P.B. hockey championship shield is en view at Mr H.--J. Grieves window, and has been much admired. The shield, which is the first one of th'e kind made m Gisborne, is something Suite new m this department, and ,reects the greatest credit on the makers. Messrs Grundy and Shennan kindly pre. sented the Association with the plain shape of polished mottled totara, which was handed to Mr Grieve, who has transformed it into the handsome shield with mountings of solid silver and gold. The top consists of a beautiful handpierced P.B. H. A. monogram, design; m the centre is a large shield-shaped, polished piece of silver, and across this are miniature hockey sticks with gold handles; a cap and ball, and worked m between the sticks and playersi m different attitudes. Below this is a dullfinished piece of silver bearing the inscription "Poverty Bay Hockey Championship Shield — Pro Victoria," and there are ten small shields round the edge for names of the winning clubs.

Thp adjourned meeting m connection with the Te Karaka Trotting Club will bo held at 8 o'clock to-morrow night. Notifications is made that every member must attend a meeting of the Gisborne Defence Cadets,' to be held m the Drillshed. on Monday evening, for the purpose of electing a second lieutenant. Among the patents mentioned m the Gazette for the past quarter is a. spouting, bracket by G. Westmoreland, Waipiro Bay, and a, fence dropper by H. C Williams, Muriwai. 'Mr G. Coleman, a well-known Hawke's Bay horse-owner, is taking up his residence m Gisborne. He has brought Gold Bar. with him, and SoultChiara is to follow. ..":,." The following ■ passengers arrived last night ' by Messrs Redstone . and Sons' coaches :— Front TolagaV: Messrs Adair, Wilson. Warnsby, . and ' Harris; From Pakarae : One Native. "..'•:■■■■ .Owing to increase of business," Mr Albert Williams,' architect:., has taken into partnership Mr L. T. Brown, and the business ■v^ill now be 'run, under the name of Williams and Brown, the office being m Good's ' buildings. - The Druids' Lodge hold a progretssivo euchre party m the lodge-room, Childersroad, to-morrow evening, when members and lady friends are cordially invited. Handsome, prizes will be -offered for competition, and refreshmeiitsAvili be supplied. A. -most enjoyable ; evening -is assured.:. .. ...•„;.■.,,....'. „,.:. „; . . The Whakatane County Press of Friday: last reports : Mr D, Mndon ;gavo a political address m the Wairere Hall, Whakatane, last evening, when he dealt chiefly with the Land Laws and the Native Land Laws. Although he did not • favor the? present land- policy,; Mr Lundon expressed ihimseHS nn ardent supporter; of all the ; other measures of the present Government: : .■• . On Thursday last a^ meeting of the committee of the Chamber 6f Coinmercfe appointed. "to deal with , the matter ot 1 the Rotoruii-.GisbDrne Railway, was held at Rotorua. It was decided to present a petition to 'Parliament; ' praying for a commencement of the line front this end, via Waiotapu, and it was resolved that, .if, .necessary,,; a delegate be. sent to"' present -same to the Minister for Public Works. The application for" 1 - a transfer and temporary transfer of the license of th e British Empire hotel from Thos. Hackett to M. G. Nasmith, senr.j has been withdrawn,, and an application .for a transfer to R. S. Chilton, lodged instead. As the latter has not been sufficiently, notified to 'be heard- at the .quarterly.^meeting of the Licensing Bench --on' Friday,, a temporary transfer will be applied for. '..' The following football team represent the Gisborne School, combined junior forwards arid senior backs, m the match to-morrow against St. 'Andrew's Sunday school team: Full-back.;- R., Redstone; three-quarters, G. Porter, Butler, Paku ; five-eighths, \NlcLeod, Mill ; half, Runci- . nian; wing forward. T; Hay ;' forwards, Harries, Hansen, T. Munroi J. Dines, L.. File, F. Harding, H k File; emergency, Sweet., ■•-: .■•"■■'-- Tlie . follb wing team' will represent-- St. Andrew's ' Junior Bible '' Clh'sk" m ' their match 'with" the' school at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow: Full-back, L, Mci'icb; 'threequarters, T. Bai-low; C. "East tcaptaiii), J. Grant;' five^ighths, C.Evohdon, T. McMillan;' half,- W. Nisbett; forwards, ' H; Parsons A. Qnigley,o. Church, E. Evans. E. Hansen, IV Parsons, F. Sampey, F. Brown (wing). Emergencies: H. Moore, W. Grant/ C. Yardley. In connection ; . " with the ' Baptist Tabernacle Sunday . School, an entertainment will be held'bii Thursday evening. There will be physical drill by the boys, cradle song sutig by the little dots, vocal and instrumental piece's, , gramaphone items, and magic and mys- ; tery for the children. ' There Will 'be no charge for admission, but a Collection will be hia'dc for the Work' of the 1 Sunday School. ' ' 'j " ..., Messrs Williams and Kettle held a clearing sal© yesterday on behalf of Mr J. M. McGregor at his farm (Loriie) of the whole of his dairy cows, stock, and plant. The < sale was , very 'satisfactory, bidding being brisk. '.The following, were the prices realised: 20 dairycows from, £5 to £7 7s 6d; 7 IS-months! steers. £2 ss; §0 2-tootli 'wethers, 13s Id; 60 fat maiden, ewes, 125.6 d; a three-vv'ear-old draught gelding broken to lead, £2& Tlie farm implements also brought good "prices. Mr C. S. McFarlane, who.h its purchased the rights of the Stephenson 'loadedair gas patent, leaves for Wellington tomorrow to attend a demonstration to he given .tliere by the - patentee. From' Wei - . lingtoh. Mr McFarlane 'visits Christcliiirch ; to inspect- several large plants "',';: "which . have been installed, and oil returning will prdbably.be accompanied by Mr: ,Ste'phen r son, who will light up . His. ilajeis't'y's Theatre.,, and give a similar demonstration of the patent here. At the recent examination held by the Auckland Sundivy School Union, tho local Wesley Sunday School 'was most successful. Out of 25, 17 gained honors. The following are tlie prize winners :— Third prize, Ben,' Hawkins, first-class certificate (primary ' . grade % M. Goldsmith. Second-class certificate, Hilda" Goldsmith, Mary Johanson, Arthur Harris, Victor Goldsmith; 3rd class certificate, Alfred Foster Nellie Hawkins, E. Wilkinson L. Spurdle, H. Bull, A. Reynolds, W. Hawkins W. Kennedy, and D, Hawkins: Some ''alarm was caused last week amongst parents, and guardians' •of inmates of the children's Ward at the Auckland hospital , through ah outbreak of diphtheria. About four weeks ago i a child, about five years of age, entered the ward suffering from,- a chronic nasal complaint, which was duly attended to (says the Star). Some time after its admission , two other inmates (one being an accident patient) 'developed the ordinary and typical ftirm, df diphtheria, which was at once V observed, both children being immediately isolated. Then a search ensued for the cause, which it was: at once recognised must be m the ward itself. The child with the nasal complaint .-was carefully watched, and examination- revealed the fact that; it was suffering from nasal diphtheria, which presents symptoms very similar to those of n bad cold, from which it only differs m that the diphtheria organisation is present. .This child had evidently conveyed; the-dis-ease to the two others. Tlie throats and noses of all the other inmates m the ward were. examined, and m eight other patients were found symptoms of the diphtheria bacillus. None. of these cases developed, • although the patients vere placed vn an observation ..-ward. In no case was, the disease serious, and the children isolated are pronounced to be progressing satisfactorily. ■■■ The Petit Marseillais publishes, with an illustration, the history of the oldost steamship afloat, belonging to t.'iat pert. It is the Orient, 1060, of the New Mediterranean Navigation Company, formerly the firm of Caillol arid fcaiiitpierre. She was built at Bristol m .1855, and during her lbng' and sue ctsful career has carried the flags of K-'ur countries. She was built for the Portuguese Government,- but in ' consequence of troubles with the buildars she Was not delivered, and was bought by' «n English firm as a trader, a>:d first sailed under the name of the ' Mean ire. - Sho was afterwards sold to the Belgian General Maritime Company, and' Was renamed the Baron La-mbermont. In 1877 she was bought by MM. Caillol and Saintpierre, arid has since carried the French flag. Ia spite of her fiftythree years the Orient is still an excellent sea boat, making her eleven' knots. She makes frequent voyages between Marseilles and Algeria, "her Homeward cargoes consiting of sheep, and her fittings are so perfect that the mortality among the animals carried is less than that on many steamers of more modern construction. Her owners, count., so much on utilising her for some time hence that three years ago they -had new boilers put m her. The port of Marseilles also possesses two sailing ships of still earlier date — the Apollon, of 114 tons, built m 1837, and tho Marie, of 111 tons, built m 1842. ' It is reported that the Maori prophet, Rua, who is said to keep his Temple m a scrupulously clean and orderly manner, is likely to purchase a half-covered Japanned Dustpan for fifteenpence this week at Pamell's Popular Saturday Sales' fifth instant ojily.*

Mi' W. J. Napier, a well-known Auckland solicitor, and formerly a member of the House, sustained a broken collarbone and rib at the Wade on Friday owing to a fall from a trap. There died at Rongotea on Sunday, m his ninetieth year, Mr Gordon Furlong, a lawyer evangelist, a man whose name was well known throughout New Zealand, more particularly among people who liave- passed the heydey of youth, for the deceased had lived m retirement for some years past. The starboard propeller dropped off the tail-shaft of the Arahura at Picton on Wednesday afternoon. The accident is a -very unusual one m a deep harbor like Picton. The Union Company estimates the value of the propeller, which is a four-blade manganese bronze screw, at £500, excluding the cost of fitting. The agricultural officials in' Queensland have discovered instances of contagious inflammation of the udder having been transmitted by milking ma-» chmes.' Owners are being warned to milk cows by hand if they 6ho\v any signs of udder trouble, and to take care to disinfect the machines. One of the American motor boats built to defend the British International Cup against the two English challengers, m- the race scheduled for August 1 last,, is of: 650 h.p. ; She is the highestpowered motor boat m the world. She would need to be fast to defeat Wolse-ley-Siddeley, one of the English .representatives, a boat which has averaged over 50 knots to the hour. "Hawkhursb," the fourteen-roomed residence at Opaki, Masterton, formerly owned -by Mr J. Watchorn, of Palmerston Norths was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday morning about 4 o'clock. The place had y.:st been purchased by Mr W. P. I. ..^.pson, who, however, had not fiiiAaued the building.. The innimiice was £600 on the house, which was valued at £1400. Mr Simpson's manager, lost his. furniture, which was uninsured. £ It has been 'stated tliat the rates charged by the' Union Company for the carriage of bananas from the Islands to /Auckland are higher than those charged, from the Islands to Sydney. This, the company say, is . n#fe the case. The charge to Auckland is lid per bunch, and m cases 20s per ton of 40 cubic "feet; that to Sydney is lid per bunch ,and 24s per ton of 40 cubic feetr and there is besides a duty m Australia of :1s per cental, equal to 6d a bunch. A . ; 'pleDiscite was, taken throughout Switzerland on July 5 on the absinthe question. The question submitted to the electroate was. whether an> article should be introduced into the Federal Constitution forbidding the manufacture, sale, or importation of absinthe upon Swiss territory. The result of tlie voting was as follows :— For the article, 235,232 ; against 137,702. In two cantons only, Geneva and Neuchatel, was there a majority against the article. The people also approved giving the Confederation powers to legislate m matters affecting trades and crafts. A large number of people m the area affected by the recent storm m Central Otago are suffering from snow/blindness. Many wear colored glasses when out of doors, but all whose eyes- are inclined to be weak are affected, m a greater or lesser degree. - The complaint manifests itself most at night, when persotis afflicted are unable to see clearly m an artificial light. There are. on the other hand, shepherds and others accustomed to the mountains who remain all day out on the great snowy wastes of Central Otago with their eyes quite unprotected and who suffer no inconvenience at all. !Mts Meadows, of the Crown hotel, Balclutha, had the misfortune to lose a considerable sum of money m Dnnedin on Thursday night. . She had been" at Hawea, and went to Dunedin m the Otago Central train. The money was m a chamois bag m a small handbag, which she: fastened on to her waist-belt on arriving at the Dunedin station. _. After looking after' her luggage she sat m tlie waiting-room for a little while, and then went to a tea-room near the station. Tliere she found her handbag open and the chamois bag gone. Returning to the waiting-room, she found a glove Which, had "been, m the handbag. She informed the police, 'but so fax no trace has been found of her lost money. The amount lost is £211 m notes and gold. "The wonderful recovery m the Australian shipping trade since the passing away of the great drought shows no sign of weakening," a London shipping exchange remarks. "Every five or six days, m addition to the mail boats, a* steamer leaves the Thames with, some 5000 to 6000 tons of cargo including' a very large proportion of 'fine measurement, while the growth of the trade from the West Coast during the hist few years m remarkable. Large as are the steamers going out of London, those employed on the Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and Bristol berth are still more capacious, averaging something like 10,000 ions d.w. The capacity for expansion shown by the Australasian colonies of late seems to be limited only by the supply of rain and water storage, and the water problem seems to be m a fair way of being solved. . I\n accordance with the advertised promise of a theatrical company,a large motor-car, containing uniformed members of the company, drew up at the Union Bank, Brisbane, one day last week, to procure a large box of coins, whicli were to be thrown broadcast through the main streets of the city. Long before the car arrived fully 2000 people congregated at the bank corner, and the proposed route was literally packed. Soon everything was ready, but a sub-inspector of police stepped forward and informed the principals that, as the necessary permission had not been obtained, he could not m the interests of the safety of the public, per. niit the distribution to take place m; the city. Outside the city boundary a few handfuls of. coins were distri-. buted, and the manager of the com-, pany 'decided to hand the balance to the "hospital. Mr A. A. Preece, Native interpreter, is inclined to doubt the statements that have been made to the effect that the rabbits have invaded, the Hawke's Bay district. Mr Preece has recently been through tlie Urewera district on foot ami on horseback, and saw very few- nibbits indeed — for miles none at all. Other good judges, who know th© district thoroughly, say there are no rabbits within 40 miles of the Hawke's Bay boundary. Rabbits are met with beyond this distance, but they are on the west bank of the Waikato river, which should prove a fairly effectual barrier to their further progress. In fact, experts who have had experience of the rabbit pest m Australia, say there is not tlie slightest fcur of the rabbits m the North Ldand getting across to the HaAvke's Buy district. Tlie Department has men constantly at work keeping the rabbits down. At Galatea, where there is another outcry about the increase m rabbits, a local resident, who should be m a position to know, states that they have been so rigorously coped with by the Department's officers, that it not eradicated, they have been jjiven a check from wliich they cannot recover for many years. Mr H. F. Blanchett writes as follows to* the Marlborough Herald: "Experimenting some years ago, I discovered that wood ashes would instantaneously take out frost, no 1 matter how severe, and leave the growing plant a* good, if not- better, than- before. I have many times tried this, and have never known it to fail. The method of application is as follows : The ashes must be dry from the fire.* If they have been allowed to get damp they are not half so effectual, and once wetted are useless. Then, before the smi gets on the potatoes, take tlie bucket of ashes under the left ami, and with the right hand thoroughly dust tho plants as you walk between the rows. In this way four of us have done a quarter of an* acre m 20 minutes, and the land has crunched under our feet during the operation. The potatoes look very ' unsightly until there has been a shower, as the ashes adhere, but after the rain the leaves will be a darker trreen have more gloss, and the plants eenerallv have a stronger appearance. I think the effect would bo the same on tomatoes, etc., but I liaye not proved thi* It is quite interesting to wntch the frost disappear from a plant, which it V>. "ii* to do the instant the ash is applied, und is gone m a f<w seconds.'?

A farmer who has recently acquit ed land m Manawatu district intends to grow flowers extensively for the Wellington market. "Keep the children alive" was the text of a brief passage m the address by the Minister for Public Health, delivered at the annual meeting of' the St. John Ambulance Association at Wellington. He referred to the serious position of France m the question of the falling birth-rate. In New Zealand also the birth-rate had declined. It became more and more imperative that the children born should receive the chance of growing up to manhood and womanhood. It was the duty of the people and the Government to do what they could. A good deal had been done, and much would be done to reduce the infant mortality. The spread of consumption was another serious evil. If they could disseminate a healthy public sentiment, throughout, New Zealand, and ensure remedial measures, they might m a few years eradicate the dread disease m New Zealand. "A very important feature of the training of the midwives at the State Maternity Hospitals," says Miss M 'Lean (deputy inspector) m her annual report, "is the > stress laid on the necessity of every possible means being used to induce mothers to nurse their infants. That the efforts .so conscientiously and carefully made are attended with success is indicated by the fact that the number, of mothers - -unable -to nurse among the patients confined at St. Helens, Wellington, or attended by the nurses, m one year is only 2£ per cent., and m each case these women were incapacitated from performing this natural function by' disease.- Thene have been instances m all these hospistals where patients giving 'birth to their fifth and six children,' aidd previously unable to nurse, have,, by proper treatment been enabled to do so: a This strongly emphasises the fact that practical and theoretical teaching must be combined, and practical training^ must be carried out under the close, arid Constant supervision of a well-trainedAnat-ron rather than' under, a doctor, however efficient, whose time and: opportunity for superintending is necessarily-limite-d. l ; ;; This is the story of a whale thatjmade himself ridiculous. From the nature of his .proceedings-, it is safe to assume that the animal lived a, very few miles off Botany Heads, and when .the. "great fleet from the United Statesj arrived yesterday (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph of the 21st nit.), and patrolled' up and down what no doubt he considered to be his particular portion of' th«s 'Pacific, he made a public , exhibition of himself. When- three or four; of the warships had passed ove/ the place where " he " was roosting, his whaleship evidently came to the conclusion that something untoward was going on. So he bounced to the surface as if he weie a newlyelected ''member' of the Legislature. In fact, he tore a great hole m the roof of his | dwelling,' and spat half a- ton of it as hign as' he ' could see it. Presuming, prx^ably, that this sign of his illwill to , the . proceedings would immediately ..check', them, he returned to his dwelling, no doubt to wreck the seaweed'furniture and ! ill-use his wife. When eight or nine warships had passed over him without sign . that the . whale gentleman's protest had been observed, lie came up on the lift again. This time he was more furious than ' ever. He rolled' over twice to get a good grip with hie fins. With that he turned round and broke a wave into fragments with his tail. Then he spouted gallons of water at the Missouri, arid took another watch below. When about 12 warships had churned np his "' surroundings he made a final effort. A paddle wheel was a bed of pansies coirtpared to him. He spouted, dived, and spouted three times, and still they came. He rushed at a breaking wave, and got the strangle hold on to it. Bunting through- the -surf, lie saw the lapt ship go past. ' , :