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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12411, 22 March 1911, Page 4

I The Aorangi left 'Frisco on the 20th inst. with an American mail for New ! Zealand and Australia. The fortnightly meeting of the Borough ' Council, to have been held this evening, has been adjourned until to morrow evening. A well known farmer at Ormond had the misfortune to loso recently a large number of valuable young sheep. The cause- is attributed to the sheep drinking stagnant water. Mr B. Lcnihaii, telegraph operator at the Waipiro post-office, and formerly. of Gisborne, has been appointed postmaster at Tuparoa. He will be succeeded at Waipiro by Mr Purcell, of Rotorua. Mr R. W. Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief, accompanied by Mr C. E. Armstrong, Resident Engineer, paid a visit to Te Arai yesterday, to confer with Mr Tliorpc, jwho is at present engaged on the railway survey m that locality. At a meeting^; pf the Hawke's Bay Cricket Association, the Poverty Bay Cricket Association intimated that a junior representative team proposed visiting Napier at Easter. Arrangements were left in' the hands of Messrs W. J. Hughes and C. Elmes. Tho following cricket team will represent United against the V.M.C.A. at the l^omain to-morrow afternoon : — Hallamore, Seymour, Maude, Sampson, Walker," Lyndon, Andrew, Doyle, Sharpies Austin, and Gaddum ; emergencies : McLeod and Harding. • Members of the Cook County Council met this, morning, and a deputation was appointed' to wait- on the Minister for Public Works (MrR. McKenzie) this, evening. A list of works for which | the Council desired the Government to give assistance \yas drawn tip, and will be brought under the Minister's notice. Last night Miss Hyde, of Adair Bros,, Ltd.,- Was presented with a beautifuil silver cake-basket, on" the occasion of her leaving for Wellington. Mr Adair, manager, made* the presentation, and m doing so spoke very highly of Miss Hyde's capabilities os a saleswoman and wished her success from all the staff. Miss Hyde has made many friends m Gisborne, and will be greatly missed by them.

A new picture company, the Imperial Pictures, is t^> operate m the country towns near Gisborne. A commencement was made at Pat[Utahi last night. The films used by the Imperial Picture Company are procured direct from Australia, and are said to be of exceptional quality, bo that country residents will be well catered -for. One film of the present programme to be shown this week, ' named "The ■' Naval Review," js an intensely interesting and educative film.

A country settler requests that attention be drawn to the careless manner many country carters have of dropping off chaff and other goods along the roadside, and leaving it often for two or three days covered with a tarpaulin. This sort of thing is very noticeable about Te Arai and Muriwai roadß, and is a constant source of trouble to persons riding or driving along these roads, causing the horses to play up. At night it is especially dangerous, and some steps should bo taken to prevent the unsafe practice being continued.

. The compilation of the Maori census is at present proceeding throughout the district. Mr A. Kcefer, Chief E/niimew>U>r\for the Counties of Cook, Wiji apu, Woikohu, and Wairoa, is at T* Araroa m connection with tho matter. The. returns are being compiled by the following sub-enumerators : Mr O. Ferris (Cook County), Mr A. Brooking (Waiapu County), #Mr E-: G. Hooper (Waikohu County], Messrs W. Coop and J. H. Mitchell (Wairoa, County). Statistics are also being compiled regarding Native cultivations and stock. .

.. An interesting gamo was played at the Turanganui Bowling Club's green yesterday aftornonn, when fodr mombers of the Gisborne Club tried concluidoiis m a friendly contest with a team comprised of Turanganui Club players, the result being as follow* :— Gisborne Club : Elliot (1), Uedßtono (2), Brown (3), Zachariah (skip), 23. Turanganui Club : Gray (1), Dan Barry (2). Bennett (3), 11. Thelwall (skip). The Gisborne team started off well, and at one stage the score stood at 17 points to 1 m the visitors' fayor. The Turanganui team then made a great effort ; they picked up well and required 6 points to win on the last head, which was well contested, but the Gisborne skip cut the jack away when Turanganui looked like scoring well, and thus gave the visitors tho game.

An adjourned meeting of the Rabbit Board was held this morning, there be - (- ing present : Messrs W. D. Lysnar (chairman), Holdcn, Hutchinson, and Ross. Mr Kirk, the Board's solicitor, was m attendance, and the legal post* tion of the Board m regard , to several matters was considered, and gone into. The Teport of Inspector McQill, from Opotiki, was received. It was decided to authorise him to construct a small piece of fencing over a point mentioned along the Rangitaiki river.. Regarding the reported sighting of a rabbit at tho back of Hicks Bay, the secretary reported that he was unable to make satisfactory arrangements with the person mentioned to show tho inspector where the rabbit was seen. It was decided that a plan of the locality be sont to Inspector McGill, and that he be asked to go there at an oarly date, and make an inspection himself. • • «

A great deal of surprise, was caused m Chrißtchurch (reports a correspondent) by a cable message stating that the medical officer of health at London reported that from 27 to 56 per cent, of three consignments of ox livers from Brisbane, and Lyttelton were diseased and unfit for food. Inquiries made m ChristchuiTch failed to find any information m regard to ox livers having been exported from Lytteltort withiu the past few months. At any rate, neither the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company nor the Christchurch Meat Company exports the article, and the Collector of Customs states that it does not appear m his lists of exports for the quarter whjch will end on March 31st next. The Agricultural Department evidently shares m the surprise caused by the statement. Early the other morning it .sent a telegram to Mr A. A. Johnston, Government Veterinary Surgeon m Christchurch, instructing him to inquire into the statement. He is doing so, and will report to headquarters. It, is believed that a mistake has been made m the health officer's report or r t^ie, cable message m associating the consignments with Lyttelton.

A meeting of the Electrical Committee of the Borough Council Avas to have been hold on Monday night. There being no , quorum niatterfv at issue- wore discussed m, a general manner with the Engineer^ but. no formal decision could bo minuted. Last night there was to have been a meeting of tho Finance Committee, but m this caso also thei-e was no quorum. However, those present, the Mayor and Crs. Harris, Pottie, and Jackson, authorised the payment of wages for the fortnight ending to-day, and agreed that tho ordinary meeting of the Council to have been held to-night should be adjourned until to-morrow night, m consequence of tho Chamber of Commerce banquet to be tendered to the Minister of 'Public Works to-night. It waa intended, that there should be a full meeting of the Council last night to consider the. tramway proposals, but as there was not a quorum present, it was decided to have the whole thing referred 'to ;ihV Council, b.u^ that m the meaptime the. Mayoi* should see MiHolmes and get; his' opinion on the matters m question. It had been arranged for Mr Holmes to attend the meeting, but tho Mayor and tho Borough Engineer waited on Mr Holmes, and had a two hours' discussion with him. The various questions at issue were , gone into with him. Both the "Mayor and the H^rough Engineer agreed to accept the decision of Mr Holmes on the various questions, all of which were cleared up. ihe decisions arrived at will be duty repotted to the Council, which will be asked to act accordingly.

Kaiti-City Football dub's annual meeting will bo held at the Royal hotel this evening. The box plans for Amy Castles' concerts will be opened at Mr W. Miller's at 10 to-morrow morning. It is setimated that tho cost of taking the census of tho Commonwealth will bo £160,000. A deputation representative of all sports bodies will M'ait on tho Borough Council to-morrow night m reference to the reserves. A special attraction for . to-morrow afternoon .will bo the horticultural Show m the Garrison Hall, under the auspices of the Gisborno School. To-night a new programme of the Pathe Pictures will be shown. This series will only be shown to-night, as another entire change is promised for to-morrow night. The steamer Victoria, from Auckland, was about 18 miles off the anchorage at 2.30 p.m. Arrangements were made by the Mayor for a launch to go out, m order to bring tho Hon. R. McKcnzie ashore as early as possible. 1 While bathing at Limestone Island, near Whangarei, yesterday, a five-year- | old boy named Walter Eadie wandered out of his depth, and got into difficulties. A boy named. George Charlwick happened, to be passing, and went to the little fellow's rescue, and after a struggle managed to bring him ashore m an unconscious condition. . By meas of artificial respiration a recovery was effected. It is the intention of -£he Limestone School Committee to bring Chadwick's fallant act under the notice of the Royal lumano Society. A large consignment of English wild duck has been presented to the Waikato Acclimatisation Society by 'Mr C. A. Whitney, of Auckland. "Mr Whitney has over 100 of these birds to distribute this year. The ducks laid exceptionally well during last spring, 420 eggs being obtained, and 95 per cent, of these being fertile, but, unfortunately, a number of the early ducklings were lost during a spell .of very unfavorable weather, j During tho spring of last year over 300 1 eggs were, distributed gratis amongst -various acclimatisation societies and friqnds m the Auckland province, which brings the total eggs distributed to date to 900, and the number of mallards liberated to over 400.

Realising the great importance of the dairy industry of this province, the executive of the Auckland A. and P. Association opened a dairy herd . competition, and offered £30 m prizes for the herds producing, the largest amount of butter,- fat per cow; the returns from the factory, to be. the means, of deciding the winning herds. .But the number of entries were so. small -that they were compelled to postpone the initiation of thia promising .method of improving the dairy herds m the province. It is,, however, intended to offer these prizes again during the coming season, and a larger am lount of support from the dairymen of the province is expected than was given last year.

A cry was raised at Victoria Park, Auckland, on Saturday afternoon during the progress of a cricket match that a boy was sinking m the soft mud at the roar of the parkj where the Harbor Board deposit silt. A large number of spectators left the cricket match and proceeded to the scene of tho trouble, where they noticed a boy about 10 years of age buried up to his shoulders 'm the silt. One of the cricketers, D'Arcy Comber, set out to rescue the boy from his perilous position, but Comber had, only proceeded a few yards when he suddenly sank up to his waist m tho mud. By this time the onlookers . had gathered several pieces of wood and throw them to Coniber to rnak© a platform on which to gain a footing. After several oV tempts Comber was succesful m reaching tho boy and pulled him out of the mud.

When four young students appeared befqre Mr Justice Cooper at the Supreme Court, Auckland, fof admission as practitioners to the legal profession, the Judge took the opportunity to refer to the manner m which the traditions . .*" he desc rihed as tho highest profession m the world had been sustained by lawyers practising m New Zealand. He welcomed the new-, aspirants for honors m the legal world, and hoped they would not be responsible for anything that would lend to lower the reputation of practitioners. The traditions of the English bar for the last SCO years had been the very highest, and those traditions had been excellently maintained by the members of the New Zealand bar. His Honor sounded a note of warning, however, pointing out that with the. increasing' competition there would be temptations to ' depart from the strictest adherence to the rules of the profession. '

An adjourned meeting of the directors of the Gisborno Oil Company was held to day, there being* present : Messrs. W; D. Lysriar (chairman). Clark. Harris, Anderson. Barry,..p'.Tian, ar«d Adair. It was decided to send the manager over tq Sidney to, expecfyo the shipment of the '.plant,. that is sbeiiig, ordered , for the shallow boring. It ..was alsp decided, iqij.yiew of . the n'umher of requests by shareholders for .further shares in 1 the companyy to make a further issufe of 16()0 jshares .iipbii the same terms as the last issue, 2s on application, and Is a month thereafter. The shares will bo offered to the.' .present shareholders until the 22nd of next month. If they aro not all taken up by then the remainder will bo open to the public. The, new issuo is being made mainly because of disappointment among shareholders who were unable to increase their number when the last lot .of shares were allotted.

'The frequency of these delirium tremens cases at the Auckland Hospital is gottino; to be something very like a scandal," said Mr P. M. Mackay at the meeting of the Charitablo Aid Board, when the Board were discussing how such cases ought to be dealt with. "There have been 30 of them since January," ho aaid. "And you would be surprised if you knew who they wore," said Mr Cbyle. "They were not poverty cases ; some of thorn are well to do people, -and they come back very regularly." Some members of the committee thought such' cases ought to be treated m Mount Eden Gaol, but Dr. Valintine assured the board that they would be held blameworthy if a man Buffering from alcoholism, after being refused admission at the hospital, died m the hands of the prison authorities. He advised the erection of a padded cell for the treatment of alcoholic and other delirious subjects. The, hospital committee wanted to get rid of the* patients, however, end recommended the board to refuse such cases admission. One member wanted them to bo dealt with at the Costley Home, but this suggestion found little or no support. Air Jenkin thought the matter ought to be referred to the Citizens'" League, a* being the body, best fitted to deal with it. The reoonimertdation of the' committoo was not accepted. Tho creation of a padded coll Will not bo necessary, as there is provision made for ono m tho new building scheme.