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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12698, 16 March 1910, Page 4

: ... Mfttawhero stock sales ..to-morrow. The Hon. J. Carroll accompanied the Premier on - his trip .from Rotorua td .Napier via Taupo. Tlie annual . garden party m connection with the commemoration of Frances •Will ard's day will ; 4he held 1 at Mr A . Graham's residence, • Kaiti, .'■ to-morrow afternoon . ,;, The Andrew Black company concluded their Gisborne-' season 'last night when a fine programme, was presented and intense enthusiasm was aroused, Mr Black and members of the company being recalled time after time. Although the Maternity Home has not yet been opened a patient was admitted, and at 1.30 yesterday morning the first infant (a boy) was born. . The patient was attended entirely by the Matron (Miss Anderson). To-night 'the Pa the Pictures re-open at His Majesty's Theatre with a new programme of .pictorial ' gems; For Sfc . Patrick's night special attractions' are announced, including , scenes m Ireland and a stirring drama,' "The Brave Ijifish Las.*.." ■■'■'■'". '

Tlie following passengers, arrived by Messrs Redstone and Sons' coaches last evening : — Frorh Waipiro— Mr Harrison.; Waipare— Mr Roe; Tokomaru— Messrs Davies and G. Williams ; Tolaga BayMisses McMillan and Lowe, Messrs Brernner, Best, and White, Master Clare; Tapuae— Miss Westbrobk ; Morere — Misses • Siricocks (2)" and \MeLeod.

The freezing works'. picnic and .sports, to be held at Kaitaratahi on Easter Monday, promise to be a 'great success. The arrangements are well m hand, and to make, the outing aa cheap as. possible, the committee have decided to admit all .women and children to the grounds free.' A good running track will be available, and .with:: favorable' weather a record crowd is expected. ' ,

A lady and gentleman went to the Napier breakwater last Wednesday evening- for the purpose of seeing some friends off by the Tarawera, ahd boarded the boat.' Their leayettakings were evidently protracted, for before they were aware, of the fact the steamer had left the wharf, and they were unwilling passengers to Gisborne, the nearest port of call.' A wire sent next morning relieved the anxiety of their friends.

A good deal of loss is being experienced by dairy farmers owing to the stock being affected (blown) by the rich growth of feed. As the weather becomes colder, 'and there Is .-more "moisture m the s grass,' th^ danger increases, and much trouMaßfl^^ guarding against itT' One setTnlr^^Tfnnohd Oost two valulrb4aM>ws;on' Monday night, and other settlers s %ye I lmd difficulty m" saving cows affected* , The secretary of Gisborne Chamber of Commerce has received a coramunipation from the Department of Industries' and Commerce, asking "»fpr an expression of opinion on the point of time limit for furnishing export entries. The mat. ter will be .considered at the quarterly general meeting of the Chamber to be held on. Thursday, the 24th. The local Chamber already has a . • ;. scheme for checking the returns regarding the declared values of exports. ■■-'■■ ', .7 ■"

A three-roouned 'house at Ormond, owned and; occupied by Mr J. Brosnahan, 'was destroyed by. ■', fire ' shortly before 8 o'clock last night.- Mr Brosna- J han, at. the time of the' outbreak, was J a courile of hundred yards- down- the! paddock, attending to his stock. He heard a report as of an explosion, which he attributed to a lighted lamp that he had left on the table. He had been reading - the evening -paper, and -before retiring to bed early, had gone out.' specially to look at a cow' that had been |'blown" by the rich feed. After hear 7 ing the explosive report, he. hurried back to the; house, having noticed . a great increase 1 m the light. He soon found that the house was on fire. He tried ,to 4 get water to subdue the outbreak, but tlie tap of the tank being insidecould nbt : be got at, owing to the flanies. He could' only manage to- get a few clothes out, the house soon being reduced to ashes. Amongst the property lost were some valuable articles 1 which Mr Brosnahan had brought from South' Africa.' The insurance on the building was £120 m tho Atlas office. The effects Were not insured. '

■ Mr F. W. "Marchant, who has been on a professional visit to the district ..during the past week, returns South by. this evening's steamer. Chatting with a .reporter- the engineer said he had a busytime before him. Under his supervision a- reinforced concrete ; bridge, 960 ft m lengthy had just been completied on the Main North road between Teriiuka aud Timaru. , The structure has a roadway of 20ft arid is designed to carry the heaviest traffic. The contractors, he said, had, made > a splendid .job of it. Ho was;- about .-' to supervise! the erection i of; another bridge of similar construction near- .Asbloy-j .north of Rongiora. This structure was to be 1015 ft long arid, a Commission was nbw being set up to up-;' portion the eost-7 Besides, this work, •he had alsd to look after the sewerage ih'stallation • now m progress at Timaru, harbor work at Motiieka'j and improvements to the New Plymouth harbor 1 including dredging to a depth pf 33ft to enable the big liners' to come alongside the wharf. 'Locally Mr Marchant lias been engaged to design plans foi- the breakwater extension, tho Kaiti hill reservoir and the sewerage installation of the town.

The newly-appointed Borough Engineer, r Mr Paterson, accompanied by the Town Clerk, Mi* Robinson, paid a visit yesterday to Patutahi and : Gentle Annie quarries. ' Mr Paterson, it is understood, was favorably impressed with the gradients ,of the road,' which offer no difficulty for heavy haulage, but the character of ' the road surface he considers is quite a different matter. Quarrying operations at Patutahi he considers nro hampered by the want of height of the works above the loading road, consequent upon the configuration of the quarry, and also by, the dist'ancc stripping will have to be conveyed to remove . it ' out of , the way. The quality of the stone, he is inclined 'to think, 'is slightly m favor of Gentle Annie, but this could only be verified by opening up the quarry. . At present it could only be judged hy the appearance on tho present outlook^ G<entl>3 Ann:i> provides a- site that is a good one for a first-class quarrying proposition. Thauis ample height for automatic Jiuridjing, screening, etc.,' and sufficient and'icohvenient room, for diiimpiiig; strippings. which tho Engineer .. estimates should probably yield 25 per. cent, of hard metal m the first stripping. As breaking and supplying operations must bo m full swing by November, . no time should lost 'm opening up this property.

Mr R. Everatt, acting district agent at Napier for the Agricultural Department, is at present on a departmental visit to Gisborne.

St. Patrick's social is»to be held tomorrow evening m the Garrison Hall. Pi'izes for a grand art union will be drawn at the gathering."

The Opotiki papers are making warfare over Run. One urges that he isbeing treated with too much leniency, and the other that too much notice is being taken of him. - •

The liippector-Geneml oif Hospitals approves of the employment of women on hospital and charitable aid boards. Dr Valintine is also of opinion/that the new Hospital Boards should have complete control of health matters within their respective jurisdictions.

Cood for Kitchener !" Duiring his visit to Rotorua this week the Maoris broughtout their greatest- treasure,, a sword.presented to the Arawa tribe by Captain Cook away back in/ 1777. The Maoris wanted K. of K. to take the sword to King Edward. The Field- Marshal, with a rare sense, of- honor— for why should the tribe lose so . gi'eafc d" treasure ? — told the Arawas to lc«eep the sword *'as a memento handed down by your ancestors." How many are the men who' could lui-ve resisted taking 'such a trophy to a King?— Feilding Star.

In view, of last- week's cable news of the deathVr.of- the; Earl- of. Carriwath, thefollowing item, from; an English paper, is of special Interest: There is at present' serving on . a certain P. and O. liner a young and zealous officer known as Mr Ronald Arthur iDaJzell,- .who m real life bears the title of Lord. Dalzell and Liberton, Jieiiv.to Lord Carnwath, a Scottish; earl. He is'; not -the only- earl, however, who has served m the mercantile marine. The present Earl of Egmont ahd the late Earl of Aberdeen both served before the mast, ' while 'the- present Lord Lyvedeh was at one time a ship's steward. '

The polling m connection with tlie Hospital .Board election passed off very quietly to-day, and from, present indica,tions, it is expected that bot,h m town and "country the polling-, will .bo. light.' Voting concludes at 6 o'clock, and , Mr H. M. Porter, returning officer, "expects; to have all the returns to ;hand by 8. The results will be placed m the Herald Avindow. Up to; 2 p.mJ 440, votes had been recorded for the Borough candidates.' . Two hundred exercised at th© Council Chambers, 150 at Dunlop's buildings, -50 at' the Old Men's Home, and 40 at''Moreirs7(WhataupbkoJ. ' 7 7

'Mr J. F. McArtbur.. (states -the Opotiki Guaidian) met with an unpleasant experi^ ence during his recent, journey tb Otoko with Mr K. Donaldson to confer with Mr Armstrong! Public Works Engineer. While endeavoring to cross a flooded stream ,on horseback he ? was swept oft' his horse, and carried down stream by the turbid waters for a considerable distance. Fortunately he was carried near, te one of the banks; ahd:.after a severe struggle he managed to scramble on to, terra .firma. The' experience was exciting, ond the escape was- a. narrow one.

Mr C. G. Blpore has just negotiated j the sale of the well-known' property of Mr G- Bai'rori. at Whataupoko, compris- 1 ing 200. "acres of 'flats' with; • the' fine.; homestead formerly occupied by Mr; Barker, the purchaser being Mr H: D.' deLautour. It is interesting, to note' that when some seven ye^s ago Mr Bloore,, then connected >yitk,^he Intercolonial Land Agency, asSust^d m. the j original subdivision of ; the VWhataupoko estate, he. adtvised buyer's that {Although: some of the flats were offered at" £25 and! £27 per acre..- within this timo^he readily get £35 per acre ;- ; -tlirsj has 'Otf-'j curred, Mrßlopre havingihlst Week sbld^ 1 the last of the estate at|q3§; another 1 block adjoining at „£36** a property; opposite, at £40, 'and iy sbct3dri farther out at £41 per acre. V

For the four-weekly period epding February^ the revenue on the Gisborne: railway was £1198 12s 6d, and the' expenditure £74& 9s lOd, the' amounts for the corresponding period last year'Tjeinjr £1019 8s Id and £631 9s sd. The num. ber of passengers carried .was 6894,: as compared with 5368 m the corresponding period of last year. Parcels' totalled' 393 (as against 319 ; 7066 sbeep were carried, as,, against 10,046,- ; .Goods by tonnage/ ambihite'd'' j to : • tons, -/ob) against- 1578, .but of this minerals" (Target ly gravel) totalled 208?' tons, against 1578, .tons m. February}; pf last ..year...... The revenue was as follows, the corresponding period, being shown ;. within parentheses: passengers, £455 0s lid (£360 lis 6d); parcels,- luggagej and, mails, £39 10s 9d (£37 0s Id); goods. £626 13s lOd (£552 6s sd) ; miscellaneous,. £40' 10s 6d (£52 16s Id) ; "rents arid 'conK mission, £36 16s 6d (£l6 14s). '. The totals to 'date -for < the, ; twelve-monthly! period were • Revenue £10,441 ,9s; 5d (£8721 13s 7d> ; expenditure, £7121- 10s lid" (£5988 : 135),. the respective j>erceW; ages ■ of- revenue to' date being 68,20 arid' 68 . 66. The '.'cost of tbe line ; ; to .March 31; 1909, wa5^£186,421. . 7