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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11839, 20 April 1909, Page 4

Mr H. DeCosta, a candidate for the. Borough Council, is first in the field with an address to the electors.

The WelLington-Bripdisi Y despatch of March ia'a_rtiyed..iirl-ondo.n',oii'the night of the 16th inst. ,

A cable has been receiV-ed by the vicar of Holy . Trinity (^urch, announcing that Mrs Thomas had) successfully undergone a severe operation in Clarmore s -private" hospital, Sydney. \ A '" Townley's Hall was crowded last night, when the sixth. . annual meeting of the Freezing Works' Union was hejd. The annual, report was read by the secretary (Mr T. Jackson), and stated that the membership now stood at 508, 208 riiembers having been enrolled since the last annual meeting. The balance sheet showed the . financial position qf the Uniori to be thoroughly sound, there being a substantial balance in hand. The c^eCtibn df officers resulted m the re-election' of the president, T secretary?, and treasurer, MessrsOld,- Jackson, and Sriowsill respectively. Mr E. West %wos elected vice-president,, and Messrs Hill; Peterson; iand Sparrow a committee, Messrs Old, Hewitt, Peterson, and^Jackmn were elected delegates to the fraaes anl Labor Council. A record amount of business wa* put through, and the meeting adjourned after 10 o'clock.

The Freezing Works sports and picnic, which were postponed from Easter Monday, will be held at the Park racecourse on* 'Thursday next. The programme as previously announced' will be gone through, and all arrangemeiit,*-* for a successful day have been made.

The dog nuisance was again in evidence last evening. A young man was Cycling along upper Gladtsionte r.jad, when a stray dog got in front of him and ia collision was inevitable. The rider' was thrown heavily 'and had his buj badly, bruised and the" front wheel ut his machine twisted.

Mr H. E. Dqdd, secretary to the Mis? Stewart Testimonial Committee, acknowledges the following subscriptions to the fund :— E. Morice £5, D. Morice £2 2s Sympathiser £i; T. Craill -31 lsj D.' J. Parker 10s 6d, Rayrriond White £1 Is, Dr Wilson £5, Nelson Bros. Ltd/, slaughtermen £2 18s 6d. The list will be closed on : the 30th inst.) and the presentation will bo made soon after that date. ' Y

,Mr J. Fisher, fruiterer, had a; visit .from* ap undesirable customer last night, add the. episode caused some, little excitejrrient'. A youiig man was driving a horse along- Gladstone road, when the •' animal for sonie unaccountable reason- stoppecU and turning to the "right niade, straight f6r Mr Fisher's shop. The horse walk: ed right inside the shop quito unconcernedly and' commenced surveying.; its sur*rpundibgsA but by a little coaxing and carefulAhandling the proprietor of the fruit shop ejected his novel vistor. '..

The Makauri, troop of the /E.C.M.R, paraded at Wa'erenga-a-hika Hall last evening. There wps a good attendance of members arid Several intending rc£ emits Were also present/ Captain Evans superintended the parade, and was. uc--cbmpanied by . Squadrori-Major Sp*ragg, who gave the troop an interesting and instructive hour at* squad 'drill arid ihanttal exercises." The next parade of this troop r Will be held at the sariie: place next Tuesday, 27th inst., at 7.30 P-rii Makauri and. Waerenga-a-hika have, always been the districts that/ supply the most men to the E.C. M;R., arid judging from the .-enthusiasm of the members of the troops it is '-evident that they dp not . intend to let other districts .wrest that honor iiom.them; . .-.* Y

. The air has of late. been 'fu.fl. of strikes, or rumors of strikes j but the, possibility ol ririited '' action in ' this" direction pn v the part of the golf caddies was- hardly •expected (says the 1 Sydney 'Morning • Her--aid). Yet such a situation was created tlie other day, when members of the JCillara Golf Club arrived at the Killara station on the way to . tfye. golf links. It was rather amusing to see between 40 and 50 caddies .congregated there, not, as is . customary, to seek r patronage, but toinform the golfers that they would have* to- carry for themselveo. ,The lads made:, a decided .;; demonstration of hostility,- aud 'hiarsehed in regimental order to the boundaries of the-, ground, where they." indulged in ironical cheering and singing. The cause of the dissatisfaction was at,. once inquired into, and- it was found that their action was due to thro? of their number, being ordered off the link)^ by the caretaker. It was an opportunity for .the lads •to ask for increased rates of pay-, and' they stood out for ls 6d.for the round of 18 holes, instead o- the Is , hitherto paid. Upon th. demand being "refused a hostile demonstration was /riftade against the players and two loyal ; caddies, who were designated "dirty little blacklegs." The two "loyalists" were visibly affected; arid shortly joined- the ranks of the strikers. , . - L

James Hamilton, for drunkenness at the railway station yesterday, was convicted! at the Police Court this morning, before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., and it being his ' second .: conviction within sik months, a fine of 10s and costs 2s, in default 48 hours, was imposed. > Donald Baiix Pleaded- guilty, to a charge Of en*j tering licensed premises' oil April 14, during tho^ currericy of a .prohibition, oydcr. Accused 1 , in rjepiy to. his Worship, said he was ; oil liis wayAhome 'W the night in* question, when ho was met by a woman,' who asked , tim to go into the Turangariui -'hotel and see if 'her husband was there, aridhe'acceded iequestj" Sergeant ' Hutton said lie had' he a rd this story '' for.- the first time this morning. Constable Dwyer, upon being called forward by his Worship, stated that accused told him he wciit into the hotel to sec a friend. Accused had the a 'pearance of having been drinking. The barman of the hotel was called, and said he* heard' .accused call for a bottle of beer. His Worship pointed out that oven if accused's story were true that would not excuse him but he (his Worship) would have taken it into consideration when inflicting; the jperialty. He did not believe accused's story. A -fine of £3, and ;'cgsj[s r 9s was. imposed, in, default to^be recovered .p*y "distress, or iri default of sufficient distress, 14- .'days'* iiriprisonment. Accused was allowed/ 14 days to find thV money..-. "I would have thought better of you," said the Magistrate, {'if you had conies' he?e and t6ld the truth, instead of this cock and bull story." ' r

AThe l f .M.C.A. board of directors held their monthly meeting at the rooriis last night, ; Mr C. Rosie (v.ic^-president) being in the ehair. The general secretary (Mr CAR. Webster) reported that the 'membership had increased to 346. .A reriort was : submitted froni the Social Work Coirimittce regarding the holding of monthly socials for members and; was adopted The first will be held at the rooms on Thursday evening. A ! good musical programme' is being arranged for the; gather iijig. The religious iwcM*k of the Association was discussed, land the, matter Was left to "the Religious jWork; Comriiittoe.to arrange about,,meetirigs. The physical work Was also disjcussed, arid ari,. endeavoi* is* to be made to form a gyrimasium. Mr Killing and the gorieral secretary we're deputed " to arrange about ilie purchase of apparatus. It was also decided to hold a "strangers' tea" at 5a50 p.m. next Sunday.. This movement has proved very successful in' other places, and is expected ■ to ; add to the interest of the Association's work in Gisborne. "Strangers wishing to attend. can apply to the general secretary for tickets. All members' of the Association' interested in the religious Work will meet at the rooms about 4 o'clock. For the vacancy occurring orithe Board, Mr E. H. Mann was appointed to the position, and Mr J. R. Kirk was elected a vice-president. The social activities^ of the Association are: now in full swing. A ping-pong tournament .commences next Saturday night, rind the Literary and Debating Society commences its session to-night, tlie subject being a mock Mayoral election. i . / ' • •:■.- > '■ .-;

Tn a paper read before the Institution of Municipal Engineers, London, recently, Mr J. H. Evans, district main road surveyor, Hertfordtehire, referred to the use of tar ori roads. He ,said that tar has not. as yet, had a» fair chance ' of showing what it could do. When tarring was' done he considered it a mistioike, to inimedia^ely cover it with sand or hoggin. ' These materials were tpo fii^e and too absorbent to answer satisfactorily. Nothirig <bnt small clean, dry drippings should be used. He had found newly made-up roadways unsuitable for tarring, and he considered that a road should be made up at least six bo * nine • months b^ oro 'being; painted, if the work was to answer satisfactorily.. The pressure at which tar was applied^ by >the machines now in use jvas 1 too gfeOtt— a pressure o{ ;501b& or oblbs was attjple-^-and^ too riiuch at. entiori was given to the temperature at which the tar was applied. If;the tar was dehydrated in the first instance only such a temperature would be tfejjuited as would render it sufficiently fluid for working, say, 150deg. to 160deg. Fahr., but actually to boil the tar before use* was a mistake, as it was apt to dry too hard and before the chippings had- had an opportunity of being impregnated.. Mr TYH. Yabbicorn, City Engineer of Bristol, has presented a report to his Council, wliich is much in favor of the use of tar. Over* 50 miles of roads were treated at a cost varying froin 0.58d to !1.41dl per superficial yard. 'The dust nuisance was Teduced to a Y minimum j during the whole season by orie application, of tar, and an enormous saving was shown in the outjay on i-pad watering. Ori the cost of repairs, too, the_ district surveyors are" decidedly of- opinion that a continuation of the tyr treatmerit will have a Considerable beneficial effect. ,

'lhe investments on tho totalisator at the Patea races on Easter- -***Monday aniounted to over £7000, and hundreds ol would-be speculators were : turned away xit each race.

It* was rumored in Masterton lately (says a local . paper) that Mr Harley Donald, of Masterton, had' challenged tho colored champion, Jack, Johnson to a boxing contest. The jocular te*jKy"t proved to bo true. Mr Donald, WhO'^js at. present on a' visit to _ie** T Unitetflte| States, left Sydney iri the same stestaer • as Johnson. A; terrible stonh was eri* countered/and a liiWhber of the'" passengers, including Johnson, suffered attutely froih'-mal de-mer. Air Donald, ' beirig * a good sailor, suffered iio_ inconvenienco, and when the storm was at its hcjjijW 1 he conceived the idea of writing dnroßr: challenge to JolUisbtt.. The WoHdVchjHipion, boxer enjoyed the joke, arid' sent. ■a ;rep lv stating that iihder the circum- , ; . stances he had no 'alternative but to fbr-JA feifc' to his challenger. ' *--Y ■ "''■•"'.- "Pi A very pleasant evening " was s^j^t • ,at the ' "harmony ' ' ineeting held under the auspices of the Loyal ' Gisborae Lodge M.U., 1.0.0.F. ltfsfr riight/-The>e was a large attendance Of ibteriiberV and friends. Bro. P. Schwabe/ <P.G./ as chairman, in a happy Speech welcomed the visitors and representatives, ■ f*r<rin other lodges. An enjoyable, programme of musical and vocal „ items was 'provided. Songs were contributed* by Messrs McClynciont, Grieve,, CowlricltT Stenner, -Whelan, Knibbs, and McGibbbn, and the M.U. -glee party consisting of Messrs Schwabe, Hookey", McGrbbon, and ..Goldsmith. Mr A., T. Hookey presided at the piano\ Mr J. Adair played a, 'cello solo, arid Master AY Rhine-smith-a violin solo, whilst My W, Mackie. gave a. recitation'' During the evening Supper was handed round, l and before dispersing Bro. C. H. Ambridge, P.G., thanked - the performers and others . who> had . assisted to make ;tlte evening {such .. a successful one. Replies were made by Messrs 'G. Darton (Druids), W« L £^?? re^ e 3-f'' a »d -B- . ' D. - .Strii.h (LO.O.Fv, A.C.) ■■■';. '7- '■■■ • : .,' --.* Some interesting remarks, ori gerinicidal results from gaS-lightirig Were 'made"* by Dr. S. Rideal in aJectui-e recehtly in London. lii referring t(i . the effect that gas lighting had a upori the bacterial 1 contents of a roorii, he'said : "They were all aware . that tuberculosis, was a ', germ f disease, and that 'the act" of spitting or coughing distributed such' geVins in, tho ail" of' a room. .There wfere other germs which were distributed by dusting or even, by walking': across* ftY floor. 'Now, these germs remained floating in. the* div, and were breathed by the occupants- -ol p room, and alter infectious disease onlv was disinfection 'resorted 1 to in order* to remove such : geritns friSm a roorii. : A gas-burner in the middle of a room produced a centred of great heat. The air of the room was "drawn .into the heat zone, and the temperatdre of the air immediately jibove the burners was several degrees- fiiahr. Ne found in -experimental roorn^ temriGratures of 448 degrees <*nd 50&Vdegrees v as representing the temperature ol the escaping air above the burners. Now this temperature was more than sufficient to destroy all the orgalnisms in such; air ; and in the flange itself they w^re actually burned. ' ■$& fact, a gas-burner i in a room acted Upon/ 1 the bacteria in the same way a& it acted upon moths. TheY bacteria tfei-e drown to the Uairie by "the air current, ahd there "met the"ir death.

.Aft* B. « At-m^tage, one of the members of the Niirirod expedition, who has returnedto his hobie in, Australia, was interviewed in Melbourne by the ArgUR. "The success, of the"' expedition." he said, ■'is due mainly to Lieutenant Shackleton. He lsran idfeal leader. In the JivstAplaee, lie is a wonderful organiser. The whole of the expedition dtown^ to the mpst trivial details had beeri carefully thought out beforehand. The organisation was perfect. Everything that was needed i was provided. Then -Shackleton is abje ' to handle men wej*. He fchOws liriw to keep. them in. good heart," Yand hoiiv to encourage them tb do their utmbst. He has a rare chalrm of manner and a wondesfdl memory, He forgets nothing that he has seen read. We aaw a great de^ of him,, and learned to appre- 7 ciate fully his^ sjlendid a^lities as • a leader. Often, ' we f Would be perba^kr-" a little morose and gloomy, . and Shackleton Would see it. In about ten minutes •* he would have dispelled the gloom, and have everybody luughirig '.and happy again. The. expedition is riot , disbanded yet. We are all stilt Shackleton's riie '. * We are to meet in England an June, and then, after everything ,has been finally discussed and disposed l of, we shall be disbanded. Of course, there is still a. good deal to be done iii the final Work, ing- out* of results and finisbiiig off Work begun down souths Only second to Shackleton's leadership Were the*remarkable skiit-and courage arid iact displayed! by Professor David. His pluck and energy were wonderful), • hut they .■ are amplV shown by tlie work he* accohiA pushed." . ' ■■' ' \ -'■■.- A"\

Sir Robert Stout, in an interview with a representative of! the" "Melbourne Argus, niade some iriierestinjg comments on Australian affairs^ "'As an outsider," said Sir RobertvSt'orit, "I have always^ taken a great interest in * the Common' # wealth because of the 'federal spirit isA its constitution. vVo- had a kind oi federal constitutions in ? New, Zealand uritii 1876. The danger t sthought I saw in the Australian • Constitution was that there bright arise a- deinond for unitary goverrimentiias opposed to federal government Tjbat i-i' to Ray, State rights might be les^h'^ or eiven abolished. People might ask', Why cannot one Government do for Australia? I still think the possibility of uriilication is* - " the great danger before Australian federalism. In some respect I think Australia has not quite Tealised' What fede-ration-really, means, ij. It means specialisation in government, just the sanie as specialisation iri ? ' industry < ' 'Which' ; "'has been found to be.tjlfo most ecorioriiical^ Way of carrying on maniifrfctiii-eS' .The A aiiri should not merely be to get what is termed good government.' The. true aim should be to interest every citizen in the government of the country.* "If you had one Government, far reriioved from the people, established \ in such a yast continent as Australia, you should, have* no intelligent 'political action. Some people think that if the State Legislatures were abbliehedi they would haiVe cheaper government.- I doubt' it vety much. I believe thiit ■ the:nearer "ypu brihg goVeriiriient to the pdople.the more deeply you will interest the people in it, and the nearer yoii '.will -approach to cheap and effective government.'-' -

The latest. Amer ican canal; scheme is>a project for -tapping ah ritea as large as Europe with, Russia tyft out. By vvtilising and improving existing waterways and constructing ne*vf ones,- it is proposed to put a ririg of watter round the Eastern State. Tlie route of this circular waterway will be frpm Ney York southward, parallel to 1 the Atlantic . ■ coastline to Florida. The Golf, of Mexico provides / the next stage .'from Florida to "New Orleans, and the* Mississippi carries the service to St. Louis. Then it will be ' necejEsary to use the Illinois river and other waterways to Chicago, oh Lalpe . Michigan.' The Great Laked' tjivo com- ' munication with Bi^Ealo, whence the route lies down the Erie' Canal to Albany, arid then by thl Hudson fiver >> New York. The" mdst pressing' need, and the one that will leceive initial attention, is the dredging of the Mississippi river from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico, a distance' of about ,860 riiiles, _ tb provide a channel 15ft deep. -, Almo* IL as important is the deepening of the iti-*^ ternal waterwajr **• system between Cape' J Cod and Florida. At present a boat cari travel inland \from Massachusetts, .and come out: 1000. miUts sou'th at Beaufort, South Carolina,' belo**tf the storm centre of Cape Hktterdjß, but tlie d«Psh of some of the connecting' links of this Waterway chain 'is.noti.iu.-w sufficierit to make tlio rorile of '; commercial valufe. The new deep waterways will reduce freight charges to one-sixth their -pre** rf >n+* cost. Arm 3ri^an transpOi-fatriin experts estimate that one ihorse-ppwer s on macadam roads can propel two t-ohs at the rate of three miles ah hour, and the load iu increased to 15 tpns on railways, and to 100 tons oii water.. AThe water routes will be riyed for the transportation of heavy gbods, while the railways will carry the loss- bulky ( cbinmodities and those of a perishable natrire that require, rapid transit.

On Empire Day (May 24) tho Mangatu Sports Club are holding a sports meet ing at the Whatatutu ratecourse. Th programme, which is advertised in thif issue, contains 16 events, in which hand some prizes are being offered. The en tries for the handicap events close wit; the secretary (Mr C. F. Henderson) a' 8 p.m. on May 8, &nd entries for th' other events will be taken on the ground Amusement will also be provided for th children. The committee are spuria 1 , no expense' to provide an enjoyabl day's sport, and given fine weather, th outing should prove an enjoyable one. -.

The age of the steamers in service 01 Lake Wakitipu is frequently a matte* of comment by visitors in that both th'": Mountaineer and the Ben Lomond shov very little wear and tear. The oh Antrim, which still successfully, thougl. slowly, carries out her duties, was pu' together at Greenstone, on the othc side of the lake, in 1867, while the Be? Lomond (several times renovated) wa' commenced at that time at Kingston: The Mountaineer, which was also buil* at Kingston, is the most modern, bavin* been put in commission in 1878. Thfirst steamer ever on .thd lake was th«". little Expert from Victoria, which com menced running in 1863, and was quickly followed, while the jroTd rushes werr at their, heipht, by the Victoria, thi Nusrget, and the cumbersome Wakatipu* which proved too big* to pay. A striking example of the ravages o. the white ant was seen last week in Syd ney. Some workmen were engaged ii effecting 'repairs to one of the underground cables through which the electrii energy for the tramway service is trans -mitted.. In the course of their wort they found that the ant liad in place, not only destroyed the insulation of the cable, but liad eaten right through the lead pipe in which is placet 1 the" copper transmitting wire. The lead pipe showed in numerous places grooves arid holes made by the insects*. What happened to them when they reached the copper wire may be described in the words of the foreriian, who showed the writer of this paragraph soriie pieces of the piping. "Well," he said j "I surmise they had no tinie to bid good-bye tc their friends." ' „• * j

; The Wanganui Harbor Board's engineer reported at Friday's meeting ol the Board tliat the dredge's work oii the flats. at "present was through a perfect network of buried timber, among which were several propeller blades. Quite a timber of blades have been lifted out of the river by . the dredge. They haye evidently been lost by. steamers, through striking against the sriags. Opposite the green light in February the depth .-of the dredged channel (over .the flats) was 13ft 6in. To-day it is lsft 6in, and thence down to the Landguard Bluff it averages from 16f 1 to ,20ft. The staging of the north mole at tlie Heads has now been extended seaward for a distance of 700ft. Owing to the non-arrival of piling and othei 'timber, the work has been temporarily stopped, and cannot be resumed untii the material arrives, which should be any. day now.

The difference between a good sheepdog and , one that has not sor v ed a reliaD*e apprenticeship and the value 01 sheep-dog trials and training were referred to by Mr J. Crawford Anderson (Balclutha) m a speech at a gathering of stockmen and farmers at Gore. Mr Anderson stated that since trials had besm initiated tile sheep-dogs liad improved out of all knowledge and he went on to illustrate his point! "When shdep are being drafted at the freezing works," he said, "we know that on arrival there rejects are made — bruised sheep, in other words. What is the causer A lot of 'buHdogs' who handle the sheep roughly when they don't come up fast. enough. Those rejects mean Id or lid per lb loss to tho farmer. Sheepbreeders should support the dog trials, which mean money. It often astonishes me that the man with a large hold in the country will not lend us assistance in bringing our collie dogs to a state ol efficiency."

An American school journal to hand states that Mr William Howard Tait, the recently-elected President^ of the United States, first started to earn his bread and butter as a newspaper reporter on the staff of the Cincinnati limes. * He had received a "legal" education, and although subsequently - following that .profession, Mr 'raft regards his -newspaper period as not the least valuable of nis varied experiences. Newspaper irieri are fond of eulogising their new Preident's qualities, and they all seem to Swear by the follbwing estimate of his successor by ex-President Roosevelt : — "To a 'flaming .'hatred of injustice, to .a' scorn of all that is base -and mean, to a h-arty sympathy with the oppressed, he unites entire disinterested - ness; courage both moral arid physical, of the very highest type; and a kindly generosity of -nature which makes him feel that all of his fellow-countrymen sire in very truth his friends and brothers ; that their interests are his. and that all his great qualities are to be spent with lavish freedom in their service. Iri Mr Taft we have a man who combines, all of these qualities to a degree which no other man in our public life sirice the Civil War has possessed."

Captain Ejnor Mikkelsen, a young Danish explorer, told an interesting tale of Arctic adventure when he returned to civilisation a few weeks ago. Nearly three years ago he sailed from Victoria in .British Columbia.! in a little ship, and , made his way through Behring Strait and onward over icy sfeas to F'axinan Island, a. distance of about 10,000 miles. ' The object of his voyage was to test the, old Eskimo story that an Arctic continent lies north of the far-away Flaxman Island! The island, where 60 or 70 Eskimos live, was reached in September, 1906, and here the expedition took up winter quarters. Iri the summer of 1907 they steered tho. ship into the pack-ice, and took, soundings to discover whether the sea bed would support the probability of land farther north. They found tliat the sea bed dipped abruptly to a great depth, suggesting that no land lay to the north. The ship was destroyed in the ice, and 'Captain Mikkelsen sent his crew home in a wlialing ship, and with a sledge -and 10 dogs get out on a lonely journey of 3000 miles along the ice-bound coast to Voldez, nearest jpoint from which he could get a boat to Seattle. "It was, I suppose, the longest journey ever made in that way," he said in describing the trip, "and it took me five months and a-half. The light lasted only four, hours or so in a day, and for 43 days I never saw the sun at all."