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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12450, 9 May 1911, Page 4

The Hon. J. A. Millar, Acting-Minis-ter of Finance, will announce the finan cial results of the year ended March 31st last m a speech at Dunedin to-night. A telegram received from Mrs W. D. Lysnar this afternoon states: "My husband is ever so much better to-day. 1 expect him to be out of the hospital at the end of the week." It is improbable that the Progressive League will bring out a candidate foi the vacancy on the Borough Council Some of the prominent leaders of the Progressive party are of opinion that the Labor party should have every op portunity of returning a member to tlu seat occupied by the late Cr Jackson. Owing to Mr Tribble being otherwise engaged, Mr H. W. Stewart will act a? coach for the Poverty Bay Golf Club this .season. Mr Stewart, 'who arrivec m Gisborne during the summer; attain ed to the professional ranks m F f ngland He held the South African championship for a season. The new coach is a splen did player, and his time will be fully occupied by the club m teaching and supervising the work on the greens. The weekly meeting of the V.M.C.A. Literary and Debating Society was held last night. Dr. W T . P. Porter presiding. Tho programme consisted of impromptu speeches on subjects which evoked some interesting discussion. "That England sliould enter into an alliance with tht United States, instead of with Japan," is the subject for next Monday night's debate, and should, attract a large audience. ■ i ' So far only about 20 shooting licenses have been • issued by the East Coast Acclimatisation Society this year. The .secretar}' (Mr H. M. Porter) points out that the Act empowers a holder of a license to challenge any person he finds shooting to produce his license, under a penalty of £20. Should the license not be produced, then the person found shooting without one is liable to a heavy penalty. The weekly- meeting of the Girls' Friendly Society was held m Holy Trinity, schoolroom last night.' There was a large 'attendance, Mrs Dawson Thomas presiding. After the transaction of business, the Rev. L. D. Thomas gave a short talk, taking as his subject, "The Story of Dorcas," and pointing out the beneficial influence of a good woman Members contributed musical items, and a very pleasant evening wa.s brought to a close after supper had been partaken of. , . A meeting of ladies \vas held yesterj day afternoon at Townley's hall to arrange about the sale of Indian an<J Oriental goods, to be held on May 18 and 19 m Whinray's hall. Mrs H* Wi. Williams presided. Various details were arranged, and it was decided to have a refreshment stall on both days, and also m the evenings. It was announced thai Mrs G. MfKenzie, the New Zealand general secretary for the Ramabai mission, would be present at the sale, and arrangements are to be made for her to address a meeting during her visit to Gisborne. '* At a meeting of delegates to the Canterbury Rugby Union, it was decided to enter into" partnership with the Board of Control of Lancaster Park, to retain the park as a. sports ground. The conditions proposed by the Union are that the Board and the Union shall each raise £1000, the Union rinding no personal guarantors, the £2000 to be spent on improvements to the grounds, and the term of bhe mortgage for £10,000 to be at least ten years, and the rate of interest 4£ per cent. A subcommittee was set up to wait on the Board of Control, and was given full power to act. The success of Irishmen as legislators m various parts of the English-speaking world was referred to with pride at « meeting m Wellington by Mr W. Archer Redmond. He pointed to the fact tltat the Prime Minister of New Zealand was of Irish extraction, and, alluding to the Acting-Prime Minister, Hon. J. Carroll, who sat on t!he platform, remarked, amidst applause, "and here we have another Minister with the foreign name of Carroll." It was, he claimed, utter nonsense for aoyone m modern times to say that Irishmen were not tit to rule. "Go to Australia," lie added: "go to America, where there are over 20,000,000 of Irish or peoyle- of Irish extt'a<ftton ; go to the great Dominion of Can ihda-r-every where -vyon will'-* find ; that. Irishmen are m the van m the government of the country of their adoption." (Applause.)

ThciT are no less than five lawyers iui llit* Dunediu City Council— Messrs Stewart, Stathani. Sinclair. Stilling, and Mucassey. „...., . . 'I lie third series of wool sales was ipened m London to-day. News of the j -ales will 'be anticipated with keen interest to-morrow. A hardening of prices is expected. A defeated candidate for the West!port Borough Council said he had not •anvassed for votes, because he recog-| nised that, m elections, "all men are] iars." _* i There is reason to anticipate a, big surplus for the -year ended March 31st last, and it is^also understood that the estimated railway revenue has been greatly exceeded.' ■ ■.>•! The Shakespeare -Club will hold its! innual meeting at the Technical School on Thursday evening. The vice-presi-dent of the^lub, Mr E. H. Mann, will" preside. Intending members are invited I to be prese^R?'.' Mr J. <J» Vir-go, late general secretary of the Sydney V.M.C.A., who is | on his way to London to take up the.' secretaryship of the London V.M.C.A.* was presented by the members of the Association, citizens, and friends with i cheque for £4CO and an illuminated address. ; • Mr T. Er Taylor, the new Mayor of, ChristchurcTi, says he will ask the City' Council to consider at an early date a proposal to borrow £90,000 or '.£loo,ooo for the purpose of forming 30 miles of tarred macadam streets. He reckons that the interest, £4000 a year, will be less than the cost of maintaining the same length of water-sprayed streets. The members and adherents of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and the public generally are reminded of the meeting with the Hawke's Bay Presbytery m the Church on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. Special music will be rendered by the choir, and short, helpful addresses on some ..aspects of Christian life and work will t fie given %y the southern members of the" Presbytery. A collection will be made m aid of the Presbytery expenses. •_ The opening meeting of the Presbyterian Band of Hope was held last night m the Schoolroom behind the Church: There was a .large attendance of children and their parents, the hall being full. A varied programme was gone through, several df trie young people reciting and singrfvg. Mrs *Andre\y Graham; gave a short addi-ess^ and the programme closed with an^iltiistrat^d 'story, .Mr A. W. Nloodie using his magic lantern to Very fine effect. Light refreshments were served, and a large nnrriber of children signed the pledge. The Rev. W. Grant was. chairman. Tn explaining' the small Increase, 'm the population, of Palmerston ■ .'North i during;; the past five • years, the Manawatn Standard says: ."There is one aspect of the census revelations which is worth noting. That is, that the whole of the southern part of the North Island appears to be at a standstill.. Since last census the Main Trunk line has opened, and has drawn away a steady stream 6f settlers and citizens. That Palmerston can still show an increase under such a strain is proof of the town's stability." To some extent the same remarks might apply to Masterton. — Wairarapa. Times. The Auckland . Winter Show, to be held from May 22 to 27, will be a; good opportunity of 'displaying what this district can produce m the way of pump'f kins, maize cobs, mangolds, carrots, swedes, etc. Any farmer who has any good samples of these products and desires to send them to Auckland is requested to communicate with Mr H. M\ Porter, secretary of the Poverty Bay A. and P. Association, regarding the collection and forwarding of the same. I A young man 'was convicted foe drunkenness for .. the first time at the Police Court this morning,, and was fined the usual 5s and costs, .or 24 hours' imprisonment. Mr ; J. ,W. Bright was the presiding justice. ' i The frozen meat trade is not 'the only industry m New Zealand which requires the attention of producers. The quality bf the wool sent Home this' year has been adversely commented upon by buyers generally. The special London correspondent of Balgety's Review writes: "I was very much struck at the January series m- London at many of the New Zealand crack clips being distinctly worse than they were a year ago^ All this undoubtedly has -an important bearing upon the trade, and I am. just afraid that the large use of the Romney Marsh ram is going to be responsible for the surfeit of medium crossbred wool> causing a scarcer supply of long combiing fleece. I would here utter a word iof warning about New Zealand pastoraliists sticking tb one breed of sheep. Use the Romriey, I say, where it is bestsititied, but if the,, Leicester and Lincoln does as well,, then stick to these. The fact, 'is remarkable that the highest-priced: .crossbred „ wool , sold m . London during. ; th'e last half a dozen years has been be-| 'tween the merino ewe and j'the Leicester ram, and this fact is noteworthy."^. ' Mr 'fish', the Mayor of New '''Plymouth, speaking at the Mayoral inftalla-' 'tion, said -.—"The question of trahnvavs 'between Fitzrcy and Moturoa was. Very and to his "mind there whs no 'movement that Would do more t* advance the prosperity of the town^ "and isuburbs than the* establishment of atramway. New Plymouth was most favourably situated. There were no engineering difficulties, and the streets along the ron^e werp. reasonably \yideje,very- , where, and besides ordinary traffic \beitweeh: the business, centres, i there was a fair amount of pleasure traffic to the Breakwater^ whichrarmist develop largely ,'when electric cars Mere provided. Moreover, Hhte're 'the 'lmportant harbor works, the expansion of the town 'as a shipping centife/'arid th'e opening Up of the oilfields, with the great stimulus it would 'give to the district as Soon as the ■oil was put on a commercial footing. The |Cduncil f ,was m possesum of a report from ;Mr Fi Black, the tramway expert, on ■the cost of the proposal, also a summary of the working cost and revenue. The .Citizens' had also gone fully ;into the question, and the scheme should be a sound business undertaking. Although tjja tramways might result m a slight loss during the first year's working, the scheme had many corresponding which would more than compensate the ratepayers for the loss. He (proposed at an early date to call a special meeting of the Council to discuss that (important question. A London correspondent writes regarding Mr E. Parry, the newly -appointed 'electrical engineer to the Public Works 'Department: — "The New Zealand Government have got hold of a first-class man for the new post of Electrical Engineer for Public Works, at a salary of £800 a year. Mr Evan Parry enjoys a 'high reputation m this country among electrical engineers, and has been engaged on many undertakings of magnitude iin various parts" of the world. He has had twenty years' experience m electrical engineering, and for the past seven ' years has been engaged m designing and reporting on hydro-electric undertakings. He has during this later period been.associated with Dr Horace Field Parshall m his consulting engineering practice, mainly devoted to electric power undertakings m this country and abroad. He has been associated with power schemes m Egypt, Mexico, Canada, the United States and Spain, and 'with the installing of the hydro-electric plant for the New Zealand Crown Mines. Mr Parry is familiar with the water powers m New Zealand, particularly m the North Is land, as he had occasion a year or two ago to look into the situation with -a View of getting together a syndicate for utilising the water powers for transmission to the gold fields and other districts. Prior to taking up consulting work Mr Parry was m the employ of the British Thomson Houston Company, and before that with the City, of London* Electrical Lighting Company. He is a. B.Sc. of Glasgow University m the Department of Civil Engineering, a Whitworth Exhibitioner, a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, and an associate member of 'the Institute of .Civil Engineers. Mr Parry is forty -fi%a>stearS of !iige> arfa^a^fed, w^ljone.; ( c]jild. In the ■electrical: wrra New Zeahahdappears to be regarded as very fortunate m having secured the services of so brilliant an engineej.

The skating rink hold a. session at Ormond to-night, but there will be three sessions at the Garrison Hall to-morrow. It is reported that an attempt is- to be made to form a company with a viewto running ano.her up-to-datje boardinghouse m Masterton. Dr Rupert Hosking, of Masterton, is suing Mr Grove, of Auckland Afoi* £1000 damages for. alleged slahdei* m connection with matters at the Cook Islands.* The Pathe Picture management will screen the popular "Foreman" programme for the last time to-night" af His Majesty's Theatre. • A memorial, subscribed' by tlie friends of the late Mr Michael Quir^e, of Pahiatua, who met his death' by misadventure m Palmerston last year" during the "Powelka hunt," has been 1 ere^d m the Mangatainoka. cemetery .»j' 'y .-., - Dr Robert Stout and D^^. liuncanj Stout— sons of our Chief jfestice-^-have^ appointments m Guy's Hospital London. The latter holds the office pf surgeon, and the former assistant Ihous.e surgeon. ■ "JJv". .';,, : Irt America, it is proposed, to start,/ a married women's uni6n, \vhereby a /wife can claim as a right 6iie-Hkl/ ''* of her husband's income. Equal ri^Msjpftd an equality contract are amoiig^t'he rules, and the feeling thal|a,.,}nlanj«h6uld .not , regard her as his cha|lelis; :rery*strting. An extraordinary /^complaint "was brought under the notice of Hurstville (N.S.W.) aldermen, when .MVs C. A. Cubley drew the council's Attention, to the annoyance and destruction caused to her gaMen by the flashlight thrown.from the I^ictu^e Show. The 'light, she declared, emitted a vapor, or spray, which had a m6st withering and'hurning effect on all forms of vegetation.. -The writer trusted, that the . council , would see the justice 6f the complaint, Jand compel. the proprietors tp keep the dight ► within their own. enclosure. . -iIn view of .the large number 'oi candidates offering for the Northern Maori 1 seat, and the seeming impossibility of an arrival at a satisfactory decision as 1 to who is best fitted for the position (writes the Auckland Herald's tDargayille . correspbndent). several l.adihg l chieftains of the. Northern tribes favor requisitioning Mr Henry Stowell,- -private i secretary to the-; Acting-Premier, -to represent, them. Mr StQWellis a -ihan of , high rank amongst both- Rarawa and I Ngapuhi tribes, ahd: is- well-knotWi to l the native population. ■ Potato crops are turning ou£. excep- ; tionally well m Southland. The * Nefrs „ states, that the yield, taken •Mpgether, must be quite a third betteife Ihan last t year, and ih addition there js! : -a much larger area than, usual under i< potatoes. Ih^ the district alone It iiestil mated tgiere are 600 tons of potatoes? to ■go on : .the market, \vhi<ih ,is equal; "tolhe i total shipments from Bluff for last ,sea- ' _^ n - 4 remarkable .feature,: of ihe orop i this year, on heavy land! is'. the. ama.il i quantity of smalt tubers compared with • former years, and, what is of most im- : portance, an , entire . absence, 0 f all ,-; forms of disease. ..,. , ". .'<."•' ■ p^.i?_ > . tab^ di fP la y m the •AIl-Bi'itish Exhibition at the Festival of Empire ■ Nvill be that of the De Beers Consolidated mines, which will show diamonds to the value of between two and three milion sterling. The collection will include specimens from every one of the com- , panys Kimberley mines, and will also I embrace curious gems discovered durine the past forty, years. There will be -dia- .; monds of every, color^-the purest white various shades of red,, yellow; blue green and even black. These Willnever fee ofteredior sale, and man^v of 'them have not before left -South Africa. The question of, how to guard these precious . stones has^beenso^ved.; A steel safe of 1 f-iTvS Wis hein S ntade, and, frhile this will be guarded day and night , it w said to be so secure thatburfflars' ; even armed with modern scientific- m,- , struments, might well be allowed to- have .- an undisturbed hour or two at work on , its circular sides. t -„y Tlie •much-dJscussed ' -jittid-'eulbiti. or • ;J»hen three fair visitors decided to tfon Sr« W and give them a' trial ™. "\ onn *» in - d 'Whing.' -As Way be imgj j ,*H youn *T iadies attracted a good deal of attention as they journeyed towards Leura Falls. A large crowd of tnountain visitors followed close on their neel6, and made facetious remarks The wearers first went up the long line of steps leading from the shelter shed to the Bridal Veil lookout, and after ascending and descending several flights ,ot steps, they unanimously voted the harem .just the thing fd^mcointaineer,ing. At the top of the /alls a large number of sightseers, were being amused by a young lady wearing the harem's -forerunner—the hobble— and vainly endeavoring to step up into a vehicle. After m » n . v attempts Miss Hobble had •to be lifted bodily, into the Vehicle. So the harem skirt has gained one point ih its favor, on tlie Blfte Mountains, •• *-. ; ; The Queenslahd.r of April '8 states: Ihe sale {is announced through Ihe agency of the Australian Estates And Mortgage Company, /of Feltrtn Station, .Darling Downs,' at a figure which places the sale amongst the largest transactions , that have so far taken place; m Queensland. Felton, which, it will be remem- , bered, was one of the late James'tysoh's faVorite properties, was sold some ;seven or eight years ago by the trustees , ol tlie Tysbn estate to Mr 1. Greenaway, a New for sbmething between £2 and £3' per acre. This gentleman has now sold to Mr Neil Gillies, of Toowomba and some others at a price believed to be ab6ut£4 per acre. The'estate comprises 34,200 acfes, freehold, together with 31,500 sheep, 200 horses, and 600 head of catle, the terms of -delivery being "walk m, walk 6tit." Mr Neil Qillies, . the purchaser 6f • Feltbn, was for a number of years the Owner of St. Helens Station, Darling Downs, 'but disnosed. of it to the Hon. J. D.' Ormbnd oi New Zealand. * There was a vivid lightning or electrical disturbance at New Plymouth on Thursday night, and it continued at intervals until Friday morning. It was particularly manifest at Motbti, where it struck the old Crowry creamery (states the. News). The elementary messenger struck' the corner of the building low down on the 'northern side and Opened >up the weather boards and travelled along^the ground plate, taking off splinters, large and small, and Tipped >offf the down .boarding at the end 'of tlie l)tdldiing. In. the cenlre of'the floor WSs'a kerosene tiir. It made a hole through this like a bullet "aud elitei-ed the south wall tif , the ! building it again ; shattered the timbers. The' course 'of its travelling left.- further larace* along the wire -clothes line, knocking 'splhltfers Off one line .post aind ' shattenftg the ■ other into kindling pieces. The lignthihg, when ifc came into contact with t v he bufldmg, raolde ?a hoisevlrke artillery ' firmg, and avOused ' those Settlers who^fwete 'living -.within' a few chains. It 'Was 'lucky for the Macfie family that thei^e_tl'uctive element coursed clear of •their "residence, as the distance b_tween the 'two i buildings is only about a chain. ' Mr Arthur \Kidm'an, ,w,h,o ;is , oh Xis 1 ref ur \\ London to Anstralia lias "been inquiring as. to the p'ossibyitV .of opening up Cbntinentkl ,' markets for Austraiian meat (says the Sydney Telegraph's lundon correspondent). 'He is hot -by arty means sanguine about the prospects m this" direction. He does aiot think, is aiiy likelihood of Continental markets being. opened uji i for some time to <J6ine, for though the people of the Continental cdnfttries other than the farmers and the lai'ge land-owners are clamouring for cheaper' meat, there is, a serlouV.'hWtadftm the. shade of the. influence of the f^|- T mers and lahd^vhers' votes on . tbeir political representatives, who a'rfl practi- • cally told to bolt tlio. door 'agaihst "any meat importation sclieme. Another subject which Mr Kidman has been looking into is. "the quality r of .'the meat "_xpdrted from Australia to England. He Recognises that m the pakt muchnieat has been .shipped Which ought never to hjave been alldwSd to leave Australia. He considers that the 4p'p6intment df p'rop-erly-q\ialified xhspectors . to 'lSsjtact- at ship's side hieat intended 'f_>r export is .m absolute heceSsjty, if a gdoVl reputation for Australian meat is. to be cnitivated and niaintafhe'd. In tlie past .the shiphieht of meat totally unfit' for export lias been the cause of placing the reputation of Australian meat on far too To\tf - •i standard.

It is really wonderful what a rapid transformation the recent rains have made m the appearance of the country (says the Timaru Herald). Fields„.which before were brown and barren ore now a rich green hue, and winter-sown wheat haa.. been., given a good start,.. If frosts keep off for a while, the prospects of the farming community for the winter will be much brighter than was anticipated a month ago. The engineering, building at the Napier Technical College is neaimg completion,' and will probably be finished m three or four weeks' time. The machinery' will arrive m Napier early m June, and instruction m the hew building will be given before the month of June elapses. Though plainly built, the structure will be a handsome addition to the architecture of that part of the city. The m struction given to the pupils will be thoroughly practical; and should have very beneficial results. v The fishing season, which closes at Taupo on May 31, has been exceptionally interesting by reason of the large catches made.' ---Parties which proceeded from the Terrace Hotel, Onekeueke, had great lnck. Being favoured sby the fact that the fish m Lake Taapb are jufct now making for the mouths of the various streams running into the lake, for spawning purposes, the anglers were enabled to. bring back loaded baskets. The size of the fish, of the rainbow species, has been flatteringly commented on by fishermen tourists, who say that they have not been able to secure such sport m. any other part of the world, not even m the North American rivers. A charge of having conducted an unregistered, race meeting at Kerepehi, a native settlement on [the Piako river, was preferred by the : police 'at the Thames against a European named Charles Hart and two Maoris. Evidence was rgiven- that , when a- constable m plain clothes protested against races being held, he was 'told try Hart that if he did not clear oiit the natives would dump him m. the river. The defence was that a sports meeting had been got up for ..the, entertainment, of some Maoris who were visiting Kerepehi m • connection with the opening of a, church, and two oe^three races for Maori horses >were. placed . onJ' the. programme. The .Magistrate (Mr F-, .J. Burgess), m disj'misgtng.tlie case, said the gathering couldnot be regaided as a Tace meeting twrthhii the meaning of the Act. '" Ih the course of a characteristic speech m. the Masterton Town Hall, Sir A. W T . Hogg, M.P., said he had an "Sft&nse Tespect the Honse of Commpns,. but he had always regarded that institution As a natural freak — he was going to say monstrosity. (Laughter.) "Just imagine," he-Ssaid, "six hundred and seventy members sitting together and trying to discuss Imperial questions. It is impossible. If the members of the House are only half as talkative as the members of the House of which I am a member, it must be worse than a poultry show. (Laughter.) -Why, I recently opened an exhibition of poultry at Eketahuna, and when I attempted to speak I was summarily crowed down. (Laughter.) It seems to me utterly impossible for 670 people to sit together and rationally discuss any subject. Fancy a poultry farmer with 670 fowls providing them with one nest m which to lay! (Laughter.) And every one. of those fowls a rooster. (Laughter.) 1 am afraid there would not be much Home Rule there." The Waikoto Argus tells a story of a cleric, widely known and highly respected throughout the southern portion of the Auckland provincial district, who was travelling along a. certain road recently ; when he met a carrier, to whom he wished a Hearty ''Good morning," and as a reply thereto, he was advised to "Go and work." To "I beg your pardon," the same rejoinder was received, and the man was then politely requested to ''pull up." This he declined to do, so the divine promptly took the horses by the heads and led them to the side of the road. He then nimbly jumped up on to the dray and lifted the surly occupant to the ground, where he administered some corporal punishment. When he had finished he gave him some paternal advice, telling him never again to answer a friendly salvation with inault.; -The man of peace then proceeded on his wfcy, leaving the bewildered carrier wondering whether he was on board chip or on' horseback, but perfectly convinced that a parson is not necessarily a safe butt for the display of elephantine wit.