TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12465, 26 May 1911, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Word received from Tolaga Bay today stated that the condition of Mr "Maurice Fitzgerald's health had become more critical. S . The team to represent Kaiti-City seniors m their match with V.M.C.A. tomorrow will lie as follows : R. Huston, Smith, Roderick. Skilleii, Rice, locker, Tait, Morse, Stagpoole, Bristow, Nicolas. ■ Hargreaves. Leach. McCarthy, Fromm, Douglas, Hogg, and MeLem. One of the incidents of the Hawke's Bay Hoods had its humorous side. Dr. Barcroft was summoned from Hastings to a- patient at O'kahu. but found he could not cross a swollen torrent opposite the patient's house, so he shouted his advice across the gap to the patient's relatives. , On Sunday next the happy custom which has been initiated by the V.M.C.A. during the past two years, of keeping one Sunday m the year as "Mothers' day," will be observed. Addresses will be delivered at the V.M.C.A. rooms at 4 p.m. by Mrs Graham and Mr J. A. Jones, and solos by Messrs Hood and Meikle. Everyone is invited to show his respect to his mother by the token of a white flower m his but-ton-hole, and to attend the meeting. . Passengers by Saturday's Main Trunk express from Wellington to Auckland suffered much discomfort on the journey, owing to the Railway Department putting on an' ordinary first-class carriage instead of the usual steam-heated ones that are run on the Main Trunk line. After leaving Ohakunc, m the upper levels, the air Mas very chilly, and those who were unfortunate enough to travel m the car m question found the journey very unpleasant, especially during the early hours of the morning, when the cold was intense. Certainly chemical foot-warmers Mere put m at the commencement of the journey, but instead of being renewed at Qhakune, they Mere alloMed to remain, and, consequently, became cold M'hen they Mere most needed. Further, there was only one firstI class non-smoker besides the tM-o sleepers on the train, and women Mere forced to sit m a smoking-car all night. The train M*as M*ell filled. When the Union Company* steamer Waitemata was at Samarang, Java, on her way from Calcutta to New Zealand, an accident occurred while boat-drill was being carried out. One of the lifeboats M-as being hoisted up to the davits, when it "took charge" and fell back into the sea. A sailor named William Motfatt, Mho M*as m the boat, was shot out into the water, and disappeared. Two other sailors, Charles Irvine, of Lyttelton, and W. Johnson, instantly plunged into the sea from the boat deck of the steamer, m an attempt to rescue Moffatt. The latter was evidently hurt m 'the fall of the boat, as • traces of blood were found. He was also probably knocked insensible, and Mas never seen again. The action of Irvine and Johnson M-as a particularly plucky one, as Samarang harbor is infested" with sharks. Moffatt was a single man, 38 years of age, and was. a native of the Shetland Islands. A busy time is m store for those connected with shipping. The following steamers are due : Waipori, this evening, from Newcastle direct ; to-morrow the Victoria, Squall, Ripple and Kairaki are to arrive, and on Sunday the Tarawera, Haupiri and Wairuna are due. The goods sheds at the wharf are at present m a very congested state, and ■« as fully 600 tons of cargo is expected withiu the next few days storage room will be at a premium. A quantity of cattle are to be shipped, and this generally causes a block and prevents carters getting at the sheds.' The Harbor Board have erected a cattle race, which should be of much service. The dredger Maui recommenced work to-day on the rock m the channel, and to enable the John Townley, M-hich has recently been employed m towing, to shift the silt at the end of the wharf (the Squall's berth), the Gisborne Sheepfarmers Frozen Meat Co.'s Nautilus was engaged to-day towing the barges, leaving the John Townley free to do the other work!