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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12097, 15 March 1910, Page 4

At the Police Court this morning a Native named Kahu Rud, for drunkenness, was fined J6l and costs 2s, m default. 4 days' hard labor. Mr. Sinclair has- on a number of occasions, motored' from Tologa to Gisborne, and last week he travelled by car from . Tologa to Tokomaru, this being the first visit of,, a motor car .to Tokomaru. «'•. The secretary of the Women's Guild acknowledge with .thanks a donation of edibles kindly left on the verandah of the Children's Horte by the Boy Scouts, also an assortment of good things sent by the rimnagement of the social to Bishop Averill. ! To-night the final Andrew Black- concert . will be giv.en. in His Majesty's Theatre. Among.',' many splendid numbers Mr Black will, sing "Blow, Blow" (Sargent), and "Young Dieterich" (Heuschel). Anton Tsehaikov will render "Zegeineruicsen" (Saransate), .'.. "Seren■ade,'V and "CauzoTtetta." . (Drigb-Auer, Amhrosio. Mr Buchanan', secretary of -the Tokomaru Sheepfa.-rmers' Freezing / Works Company, is at present on a visit to Gisborne. Ho states that Messrs Bull Bros, expected to commence the bricklaying work last Monday. Mr Buchanan joined the steamer at Tokomarn at 3 p.m. 6n Sunday, and arrived m the Gisborne roadstead at -7 p.m., which shows the convenience of being able to join the steamer on the coast. The Union Steam. Ship Company, have a special advertisement m connection with the approaching season for tours to the Islands of the .South Pacific. These can be visited ymh comfort and great benefit from April to. November (inclusive), whilst trips may be taken at any period, although' the other lftoriths may bo a' little warmer than those indicated. The accommodation of the speciallyequipped and large vessels is usually fully taxed, and early application is necessary, particularly during, the colder months of the year. , Sunday, April ' 3, is being observed by the National Committee of the V.M.C.A. as Bible rally day. Jf possible; arrangements are to be made for the Bible to be the subject cf sermons at the various churches. The local Association has decided to hold its monthly tea-table conference on Friday, April 1, when the Rev. W. Grant will give an address on Bible Study. On the Sunday following the subject will again be dealt with, either m, the afternoon or at the "young men's own' * meeting at night. Commercial travellers are availing themselves of the facilities afforded through the steamers stopping at Tokomaru. Last week there were three commercial travellers ,m Tokomaru. Word' has been received that tho new launch being built by Messrs C. Bailey and Sons., of Auckland, for the tending service is now almost ready, and is: expected to arrive at Tokomaru at an early date. Commercial travellers will then probably be able to get some ,of their samples ashore, which should prove 'a boon to them, and also be more satisfactory to coast people, , /. ■' ( -.' The dangerous cutting on! the River-, side, road was again responsible for a serious accident last night. About 7.20 Mr F. Langford, carrier, accompanied- by Mr F. Wack, was taking a. load of furniture round to Mr J. 'Monk's residence. He says he' had light -on tlie cart, and when Hearing the turn m the road, on the eastern side of the rocks, saw a motor car advancing from the opposite direction. > He pulled into the bank, but the two vehicles niet at the. cornel*. Mr C. Buscke, who was driving the motor car, applied the brakes, but being ori an incline there was. sufficient way -to cause, a collision, although the car was stopped m its own length. The horse, frightened at tho nouse of tho engines backed over the embankment. Tlie occupants of the car were sent flying over tfho bank, followed by the horse and cart. "I don't remember much," remarked Mr Langford, "but felt myself bumping up against trees and logs." Mr Wai\k got caught against the tree-, ami saw the cart somorsn.nlti.ng down the bank after him. but it fortunately wont oyer the top. of him. A siii'^ilar feature about tho miislinp was that thp horse and cart, after turning over and over down the precipice, landed at the bottom m an upright position, but considerably damaged. Tho horse was? injured internally, and will probably have to bo destroyed j whilst. t)w cart and furniture were, very much smaehod about. Mr Langford was considerably bruised and shaken, whilst Mr Wack had a hone at the side of hisleneo fractured. Ho was attended by Dr. William,-?', and subsequently, removed home. Their escape from more extensive injuries is. most remarkable, The occupants of the ear say -that no lights were visible Mr Buscke states that he had five passengers m tho car, and was travelling at a slow speed on account of the darkness of the night. To show that the collision was not a severe one his car was^practically uninjured. Had the horse f, got swerved the vehicles ; coult| have ' passed safety. .2r . • !

The Pa the Pictures reopen at His Majesty's Theatre to-morrow night. The principal film depicts "Consul the Great" (the trained ape) crossing the Atlantic. The following have been added to the Telephone Exchange: 226, Thomas, Rev. L. D.; 584, Crawford, W. F., Ghidstom road ; deleted : 127, Thomas, Rev L. D. ■, According- to that excellent Home piiiblication, Cricket, Mr A. G. Relf, who left for England by the Ruapehu, received £500 ■ for -his services as coach m Auckland— about three months' work. The tender of Mr W.- E; 'Hutchinson (£7777) has teen accepted for the erecion ot a new theatre for Messrs John Fuller and Sons, on a site m Upper Pitt. street., ono hlo'ek removed from Karangahapo' read; Auckland. The Bluff oyster trade for February represented a" take, equal to 300,C00 dozen. This is a .somewhat' lower average per boat than. what is. regarded as a normal yield. Allowance must be made for the start of the- season, which invariably entails interruption of some kind. Tlie .vages earned .mayb e approximately estimated'at £1500. ' •' "During all the years I have; been connected with politics," said a Christchurch member -of .Parliament- to a correspondent, "I have never known a time when tho' people have taken less interest m public affairs. Politics are 'deader' i than they have Wer been before." „ . "1 will guarantee," said another member,- a visitor to Christchurch, "that if a politi,al address were advertised m Clmstohurch next week , it. would not be attended by .fifty persons. " According to advices received from London, "the Orient Company's R.M.S. Orient, which but a few months ago mad© her. .last trip from Sydney, has been disposed of to foreign ship-breakers to be demolished. For 30 years the 'Orient carried the -'mails from Australia to London, and m her time was extremely popular with the travelling public. Built m -Glasgow m \ 1879, - the Orient was a vessel of : 5453 tons, and' had accommodation for 650 passengeirs. Tlie price paid for her by the shipbreakers was £12,000. About 30 members of the Gisborne Rowing Club atitended a special meeting held last night at the Cosmopolitan Club. Mr W. Johnston' occupied the chair. The principal business" was the consideration of . /alterations to rules which were agreed upon and which will be confirmed at' a subsequent meeting. Owing to Biitler going, away it hos been found necessary to alter the junior representative crew* and " F. Traill previously selected aa stroke of the senior crew but .who 'owing to pressure of business had to retire being now available the Selection Committee have picked - the following crew :-r'F. W. . Traill (str), R. Wheeler., (3), H. MclJernon- (2), C.» Morse (bow). A nasty accident .befell a 13-year old. lad named Bert Spurdle yesterday evening. He ; was employed at Clayton Bros, and' had been allowed to -ride a, quiet horse. Seeing' another horse m the yard the lad thought he would like to try it. He mounted the animal bareback'i but bef<)i*e he had time to tighten up the : reiiis the horse made off down ; Childer's road m the direction of the residence of its owner, ' Mr A. Luittrell. When turning at the gate the- horso fell, and m recovering kicked the^lad on the heart. Ho was rendered for half- an hour and was attended byDiv Wilson. Although mnch?;shak6n the lad* was not seriously injured. { ; ' "' ■../*•-. ;. . Instead iVf . the excursion ! to the, W v^t,; Coast Sounds ; this. Easter A therf Puloiy Steam Ship Company intend" winding: a. special, excursion to the^.lKlaslDiorbugih Sounds. if sufficignt indu^c-niient offers. The /Tak&puna would leave on Thursday, M^arch 24, and is intended to call at Picton both ways, returning io Wellington, on Tuesday morning, March 29. . The fare for the trip will be only £5 and m order that the matter may bo definitely decided, intending .passengers must notify tlieir intention by 4 p.m. on Monday next. Those Sounds m some respects surpass thbse of the' West Coast, and the excursion by the Takapuna should prove a splendid opportunity for visiting such The fare for tho trip -jsvery iow, and should be a good inducement for many to make a nice Easter holiday trip. «■ . .... . < ■ - "I must say that it is quite a to me to deal with evidence so straight! forwardly given" and so. honestly given as that -tendered .by. Sergeant-" Hutton m this case," remarked the Crown Prosecutor (Mr J. W. Nolan) m the course of the hearing of the charge of arson investigated at the Supreme Court today.- "Tt : was something more than usual. Reference has sometimes been made to the. efforts of the police 'to secure convictions, . and' their manner of stretching things to obtain this .. end. ; You have an object lesson here, however, that such is not the case on. nil occts^ ions." Proceeding, he referred to Sergt Hutton's evidence , respecting the state of accused's hands when examined at the police- station. "Had' the- sergeant wanted to have made a conviction of the case,'' continued the Crown Prosecutor, "he would have mid .the oily hands smelt of kerosene^ He did riot; however ; he said he' thought it was cartgrease."- , : ".' j During last week crickets swarmed -in th c Northern Wairoa district m ' -mil^ lions. . The oldest residents cannot remember anything like it, and the paddocks on the river flats; . instead Qf. looking verdant after the recent rains, are as bars of grass as it is possible, to he. The crickets have simply taken pos session of the land, and m some parts the fields are black with immense moving armies of these unpopular hoppers. So serious ' lias the matter become that farmers have lost hundreds of pounds through the devastation caused by the ravaging battalion, arid quite a number of dairy suppliers have been obliged, to dry pff their herds and' place them m paddocks further back m the country where pasturage is more plentifuh^'This has absolutely been necessary -to save the stock from dying from starvation! This visitation is attributed to the mild winter of last year. What is really, required is several days' heavy rain'; and a cold winter.; The chirp .of 'the crickets would not then* b?,sp -much heard as it is now. In addition to tlie loss of the settlers on. the land, they have, also had to endure several trials inside, their homes, which have been similarly invaded.. Clothing .'.and' boots have been, simply riddled and placed be von d Use. <