TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12654, 24 January 1910, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

A mail for Au-ckland. per s.s. Wanaka, j closes at 7.50 this evening. I Bluff: Anivcd, Moeraki. at 1.35 j p.m., frum Hobart, with an Knglish j mail. Mr C. J. I'.ast has been appointed organist m connection with- St. (Andrew's Presbyterian Church, and Mr 11. J. McClymont hus been appointed choir- : master. A line of 30CO two-tooth owes (Rom-ney-Lincoln cross), lrivn- To-iaga Bay and Waipiro Bay, were ollered by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company at a sale of sheep recently held at Opotiki.. At the present time about 4000 applicants for employment have their names i legistered on the books of the WellingI ton city electrical tramways department. : The applications come from every part of New Zealand, and from manj' parts j of Australia. ! The following passengers left by Messrs Redstone and Sons' couches this ! morning : — For Tatapori: Mrs Brownj lee and Mrs Malcolm. Whangara: I Mrs Hurry. Tolaga Bay : Mrs and I Miss Murphy; Messrs Cox, Phan are Hikuwai ; Mrs .Marshall. Waipiro ; Mr Hartman. Frasertown : Mr and Mrs Murphy. Tarewa : Mrs Skip .-wi j.riih|. M)jrc.Ve :' iMr 'D'Ailjara and child, Mr F. Jeune. Waliroci : Mi Hobbs. The necessity for a large steamer on Lake Wakatinu, which is frequently shown at this lime of the year, was demonstrated m a marked degree en Monday last (says the Wakatipu Mail), when the .steamship Ben Lomond wis literally packed from stem to stern with I passengers for Kingston. The lake was somewhat rough that morning, and con sequently there was much uneasiness m , the minds of many as to i^e safety oi ! the passengers. 'these fours were not I unfounded, for the steamer was certainly j carrying more than she is licensed to. ; Her license entitles hei- to carry 130, whereas she had; fully forty over that number. Fortunately, there was no mishap, but many of the passengers got a thorough drenching. Passers-by on one of the Wellington wharves on Sunday could not help noiieing the spreading of prayer carpets on the steamer Ula just as the sun was going down. Of the 70 odd Mohammedans on board the vessel, a considerable pumber arc said to be strict worshipped according to the dogma of the Sunnite sect, and not a few of them hope some day to see Mecca, to perform the "tawaf," or procession round theKaaba, and then to come back to the sea — "the great black water*' — and the *'kumpani's"' boats, wearing the coveted green turban, which is the symbol that, the pilgrimage to Mecca has* been achieved. At their devotions these Mohammedans turn their faces towards Mecca,- which, judging by the postures of the men on the Ula, seems to lie somewhere back of Brooklyn. The second of the progressive tennis tournaments took place on Friday afternoon on the Kaiti courts, when twenty lady members took part. Play was keenly contested, and some good cards were handed m. Ihe players included the following ladies : Mesdames Carmichael, Barlow, Traill, Gover, Maude, and Burke; Misses McCredie, Reynolds (2), Bradley, Crawford, Bull, Black (2), Agnew Brown, de Lautour, Bright, Murray, and Coleman. Prizes were donated to the ladies handing m the best card out of live rounds. Mrs Carmichael and Mrs Barlow tied lor first place, playing oil' for first and second i prizes m the A grade. Mrs Maude | secured first prize, and Mi>:s Murray | -second prize, m the B grado. 'lh;\ j croquet members were a.jain the guests I of the tennis .members at afternoon tea, Mrs Preston kindly presiding.' A tournament is to lie 'played shortly for a prize donated by Mr W. Good for ladies' doubles. There is a possibility of a new railway time-table, as affecting certain section's m the North Island, being brought into operation shortly, though the Minister of Railways, when questioned on tho matter, would not make any very definite statement. He mentioned that beYore the present time-table was -compiled he had received the representations of , the various Chambers of Commerce, as they were stated to represent the people of the respective districts m which they were situated. Now he found, judged by the results, that the Chambers did not reflect the opinions of the i>eople of the different districts. "This time," he said, "I am going to take independent means through my own channels of ascertaining what the wishes of the people are." He was not yet certain, but probably some alteration would be made on the Napier and New Plymouth sections. The Wairarapa .time-table was giving satisfaction to everybody except Masterton and Eketahuria. The lower end was quite satisfied Avith it. Regarding the Napier-New Plymouth section, Mr Milhu\ made it quite plain that if an alteration were desired tliere the connection with each place m ono day would have to be given un. They could not .get through from New Plymouth to Napier or vice versa except under the present time-table.