TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12584, 14 October 1911, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Tokomaru Bay : Arrived at 3 p.m.. Victoria from Gisbonu'. Auckland: Sailed, at 2.30 p.m.. Mo koia, for Gisborne. Coast coaches leaves at 6.50 on Monday, and Wairoa-Tiniroto and Morere at 7 a.m. A North Canterbury farmer, .who has been watching the magpies, states that these birds are doing more than anything else to keep down the pest. From what he had seen he could say the magpies devoured the grubs by thousands. The Avondale Hotel, closed by the prohibition vote, is to be tinned to some useful purpose. The Govt rrnuent bought this hotel some time ago for the purpose of converting it into a post-oflice, and officers of the Public Works Department have been surveying the premises to see what alterations are necessary to con vert it into a post-ollice. telephone bureau, and savings bank. The following prices were realised at 'Messrs Miller and Craig's auction mart to-day : Chickens 9d to Is ld, hens Is lOd to 2s 3d, roosters ls 9d to 2s 6cl. ducks 2s. potatoes 8s and 8s 6d sack, mai/.e 9s 6d sack, onions Id lb, butter 9o and lOd, eggs 9_d and lOd. lemons Ad dozen, eabbi'ge. plants 6d bundle, cauliflower plants 6d bundle, tomato plans td bundle. Police-Inspector Black, of Creymouth (formerly of Gisborne), has received intimation that his resignation has been accepted by Ul2 department, and that he will be granted the customary leave of absence on full pay, and subsequently be allotted the superannuation allowance a.s provided for all retiring police officers. Mr Black, therefore, will retire from the duties appertaining to his office as soon after the New _ ear as the department can release him.

The adjourned general meeting of the Alhambra Cricket Club was held last evening, Mr O. R. Olsen presiding. The following officers were appointed : — Thursday team : Captain, Mr O. R. Olsen ; vice-captain, Mr B, Redgrave; delegate to P.8.C.A., Mr Redgrave; selection committee, captain, vice-captain and .J. Lang. It was intimated that the following gentlemen had donated trophies : Messrs H. J. Grieve, A. W. Home, T. Holdswovth, E- Stuckey, and Beere.

Captain Preece, lato Resident Magistrate of Wairod. district, m a communication to Mr J. Hunter Drown, states tliat Mr Pavvy, the Government electrical expert, is quite anxious to see Waikaremoana, and will certainly be here with the Minister of Public Works as soon as the session ends. Captain Preece. who knows the Lake well described the country to Mr Parry,' and u-oni ins description Mr Parry is enthusiastic over Waikaremoana being the power-head for the North Island. Captain Preece, who has occasion to travel extensively on the West Coast, says that all tho towns from Wellington to* Auckland are keen on the scheme being adopted, which ho is doing 'his utmost to turtlier. and he certainly deserves our heartiest thanks for his disinterested enlimsiasm.—Wairoa Guardian.

J.\vb score persons or more crowded round Sir John Findlay as he stepped on the Main Trunk express at Auckland, wished him success m his fight for the Parnell seat, and. amid a gocd deal of enthusiasm, a neatly-dressed little girl presented Lady Findlay with a pretty bouquet of flowers. The candidate was m a t-enial mood, and facetious. •{ have selected, a. temporary residence iv tho electorate," he remarked with a smile. "1 hope that before I come back you will select a permanent residence for mo.*' "Where would yon like it?" queried a demonstrative elector, "m Parnell. Newmarket, or Reniuera?" "Winnot have one m each?" suggested some"-* one else, and Sir John retorted, "Three residences on £300 a year! and I understand the trams m Parnell' are enough to waken the dead."

The announcement of the alteration to tho electoral boundary between Gisborne and Hawke's Bay electorates is occasioning some misapprehension m the minds of a number of electors m the southern; end of tho old Gisborne electorate. Mr Hill, Registrar of Electors.explains that the alteration really does not take effect until after Parliament prorogues, consequently ho is acknowledging the receipt of' claims from the electors iv tho portion of the district that is proposed to he included m Hawke's Ray. and stating that they are henitr enrolled at Gisborne, but that he would be forwarding their cards to Hawke's Bay, to which electoral roll their names will bo transferred. Some eW-tor-j do not appear to understand tho proceeding and are erroneously interpreting the notices that their names are being put on the Gisborne roll, which is tr n -M S ?' f ßy night's' mail Mr Hill is forwarding about 1100 cards with the names of those who are to be transferred to tho Hawke's Bay roll He cannot send the supplementary batch un. til after tho writ has been issued.