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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12378, 11 February 1911, Page 4

i Applications under jthe optional system will be received at the land office until 4 p.m. on March 8, for two sections m ' Opotiki survey district. A dance is to be held at Waeranga-a-hika next Thursday night, the secretary being Mr H. B. Gardener. Music i will be supplied by Mr Norman Kirk, and Mr'S. Wootten will be the caterer. The following was the revenue receiv- 1 ed at the custom house this week :-— Customs duties £748 0s lOd, surtax £1E 9s 2d, beer duty £54 3s, light dues £lc 3s Bd, shipping feeß £3 16s 6d, other receipts 10s; total £840 3s 2d. Owing to the dry season large orders 1 from Auckland for Okitu butter had to be cancelled. The export to .London has also been stopped for the season tc enable a sufficient supply to be maintained for local requirements. A prolonged whistle from the s.s. Stii of India, lying m the roadstead, caused some little alarm m .shipping circles last evening, and the tug Hipi was despatched from the wharf to ascertain the cause of the trouble. It was found that the whistle was set m motion through the halliard becoming tightened with the raih. The following is the list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the erection of the Nuhaka river bridge: A. R. Gardiner, Wairoa (accepted), £3136 4s : J. J. Gilmour, Dannevirke, £3200; T. Dillon, Wellington, £3372 6s 8; G. M. Fraser, Hamilton, 3494 10s; McLean, Donald and Co., Wellington, £3750; J. A. Nicol, Gisborne, £3798; Beagley and Austin, Napier, £4700. A social was held m the Methodist schoolroom on Thursday evening, m order to farewell Master Ben Hawkins, who is about to enter the Wellington Teachers' Training College. For years he had been an active member of the Junior Christian Endeavor and Junior I Boy's Bible Class. These organisations, I through the Rev J. A. Lochore, presentI ed him with a beautiful Bible, a copy oi Tennyson m a»t binding, and a toilet set of brushes m a case. The Rev, J. A. Lochore, Mr J. Dawson, his teacher, and others dwelt on the good work of this young lad, and on his promise for good m the future. Master Hawkins and his father made suitable replies. The case regarding a fencing dispute between J. E. Benson (Mr Stock) and R. C. Miller (Mr F. W. Nolan) was re sumed at the Court this mornipg. Com plainant gave evidence as to the bad condition of the fence and the necessity for shifting the line on account of the moving nature of the ground. The whole fence required repairing. His Worship said he did not see any difficulty m settling the matter if the parties would only be reasonable. Mr Stock ac quiesced, and said he had no objection to Mr Holden being 'appointed to adjudicate upon the matter of the line of fence, but there was the question of repairs. It was agreed that plaintiff repair the fence, defendant to pay his quota of the cost, and that Mr Holden be appointed to decide the line of deviation. At a meeting of the committee of the i Gisborne Rowing Club, held last evening, the resignation of tbe hon. secre- i tary, Mr A. Donald, was received. Mr ■ Donald has for some years past been connected with the local branch of the i Bank) of Australasia, and is severing his .< connection with that instiUttion to take the position of secretary to the newlyfloated company, the Tolaga Bay Trading Company. Mr Donald leaves Gis- i borne m about a fortnight's time to take up his new duties. During his residence «: m Gisborne Mi* Donald has taken «• keen interest m aquatics, and has held tho s position of hon. secretary to the Gisborne Rowing Club this season, a position that c he filled most satisfactorily. At the committee meeting last evening, members spoke of the excellent manner m s which Mr Donald had carried out his, duties, and regretted his coming depar- j ture. It was decided to place on record c the committee's appreciation of Mr Donald's work! m connection with the r club, and wishing 1 him success m his new position. d

Advice has been received of the reappointment of Mr C. R. Spragg to the position of inspector at. the local abattoirs, subject to the usual medical examination. Mr James Chrisp, who is assisting the Gisborne Baud «s a soloist at the Palnierstou band contest, leaves by to-mor-row's steamer, and will arrive at th^contest iv time to lake part m the first test selejtion. The new-Pathe Picture programme can only bo shown to-night, owin# to the theatre being engaged on Monday and Tuesday for the Johnson -Jeffries fight pictures. Mr J. McMahon arrived by the boat this morning with the films of the John-son-Jeffries fight, which are to be shown at His Majesty's Theatre on Monday and Tuesday nights. Mr A. Forrest, * who lectures on the picture, also arrived. Mr J. C. Williamson's representative has made arrangements with the railway department to run a special train from Gisborne at Waikohu and Otoko, after the performance of "The Lion and The Mouse" on Wednesday night.' A trial run of the machinery at the new Okitu bacon factory at Matawhero will be given on Monday and a few days later it is expected that the factory will be m full swing. Thqre has been a largely increased demand for both bacon and butter from the Okitu factory. The Met weather wnich set m last evening caused Messrs Mac Donald and Ross, M.sP., to postpone their departure for Opotiki to-day. They will leave on Monday morning if the weather clears sufficiently. The Hon Jas. Carroll's visit to 'lahora has also been postponed. Mr Nosworthy, M.P., has left on a ride to the Bay of Plenty. Satisfactory progress has been made with the plate-laying on the Patutahi tramway. The rail ends are now within sight on the Wairoa road, on the long straight past McLaughlin's. There is a gap of 1_ miles to lay at this point, together with another section at the sandhills at Awapuni. Additional trucks are now available, and should facilitate the work of ballasting. . The anniversary services of the Methodist Church ' are to be celebrated f to-morrow. In the morning a parent's and children's rally is to be held at 11 o'clock, and the special music will include an anthem, and a solo by Miss Gray. At the evening service the anthems "Onward" and '^Hosanna m the Highest" (Stainer) will be rendered, arid Mr Mac Gibbon will sing "As the Heart Panteth." The Rev J. A. Lochore will conduct both services. At 8.15 tbere will be a special anniversary celebration of the communion. Mr J. A. Jones conducts the Te Hapara service at 7 o'clock. A valedictory social was tendered to the Rev. Mr Rawnsley and Mrs Rawhsley by the parishioners of St. Paul's, Wairoa, last week on the occasion of j his departure to take up duties m the Patutahi parish. - During the evening Mrs Sargisson, on behalf of the parishioners, presented the rev. gentleman with an address, accompanied by a purse of sovereigns. The address afso made reference to the good services Tendered by Mrs Rawnsley as organist. They{ trusted that m their new parish Mr and ! Mrs Rawnsley would find a congenial sphere of work, and that they would be happy and prosperous therein. Miss Waldmann, on behalf of the Bible class> presented Mrs Rawnsley with a handsome silver-backed brush. Eulogistic reference both to Mr and Mrs Rawnsley's work was made by Messrs J. Hunter Brown, J. Powdrell, and the Mayor. The rev. gentleman suitably replied. Mr Rawnsley arrived at Patutahi last evening. Many farmers on the flats are under the impression that the present season vs a low-testing one. To show that it \s not so, we publish the teste of the farmers supplying the Okitu Butter Fatffory's creameries at Matawhero and Makauri, obtained from the , manager, Mr Armstrong. , While the last period shows a slight increase, the tests for the , past three months have been higher than any previous year for the past seven years, and there is little doubt that when *his season closes it will be shown that it has been the highest testing year on. vecord for the Poverty Bay flats. . The , testing is carried out by Mr M. H. j Clark, whose ability is well-known. I Period ending February Bth: — Matawhero : O'Donnell 4.2, Page 4.5, Steg<?all 4.3, Nikora 4.8, Moore 4.8, Gibbs 4.6, J. Campbell 4.4, Stephenson 5.1, Cameron 4.3, Greaves 4.1, White 4.4, Knox 4.5, Jones 4.3, Nicholson 4.7, Finnucane 4.3, Winter 4.1, Bousfleld 5.2, ' Spragg 4.6, Whittle 3.7, Parker 4.4, Siwainson 4.4, Jackson 4.2, W. Campbell 4.3. Makauri creamery : Jones 4.4, Springay 4.3, Gordon 4.6, Cassidy 4.6, Holt 4.4, O'Grody 4.5, Jackson 4.8, J. Walsh 4.2, Henderson 4.6, Pitcher 4.4, M. Walsh 4.4, Taylor 4.2, McCredie 4.5, Bidgood '4.6, Haache 4.2, Greaves 4.7, Smith 4.2, Ryan 4.5, J. Gordon 4.4, V; Bolton 4.4, Moore 4.8, Higgins 4.3, ' Kimber 4.2, H. Gordon 4.2, Scott 4.3, VlcOullough 4.2, Brooking 4.3, H. Clark 4.8, Weeks 4.4, Monk 3.8, Houltham 4.3, ; M. Clark 4.8, A., Gordon 5.1. I