TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12614, 17 November 1911, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Mr A. Rounthwaite, who met with a painful accident at Te Arai last Sunday, resulting in the amputation of one of his legs, is sloAvly progressing towards recovery. In order to more readily meet the demand for their pipes, the Gisborne Brick and Pipe Company are about to erect another pipe kiln at their works on Kaiti. Miss C. W. Christie, whose lecture upon "Reincarnation, or tlie Return of eA'ery Soul to Earth Life Time, after Time," so greatly interested her hearers last Sunday evening in his Majesty's Theatre, will give the principle lecture of her course in the theatre next Sunday e\ r ening. Whilst driving one of Messrs Clare and Clare's carts, which was drawing a couple of ironbark telegraph poles on a trolley from the wharf to tlie post office, Mr J. Moss had his foot painfully crushed this afternoon, necessitating medical attention. It is not thought that any bones Avere broken. At the Police Court this afternoon, Charles Hindrup, carter, -Avas fined 20s and costs 7s for leaving his Avaggon team unattended in Gladstone road on October 22. It Avas stated that during the defendant's absence the horses moved off, and narroAvly escaped colliding Avith a A-erandah. An unusual complaint was mado by Mr* W. Coleman at yesterday's Labor demonstration. Speaking on' "behalf of the Trades and Labor Council, he said they had received very generous support from the business people of Gisborne, and for which they were A'ery thankful. It had, in fact, been a trouble to find events for the prizes Avith Avhich they had been overwhelmed. It shoAved that the people, although • they • might not agree with everything the Council did, sympathised Avith 'the Council, and knew that what they did they did it in the best interests.

"I am really an old *haiid at. this game," remarked Mr F. Hall at to-day's function at the Kia Ora Dairy Company's factory. In the days when he was associated with a ■ dairy ' factory he explained, they did not have the knowledge that was possessed to-day, nor had; they the same appliances. They did not have the little Babcock machine to test a man's milk; it was paid for at so much a gallon .- water and all. (Laughter.) In those days ' they had to take what they could get. and pav 3_kl for the . milk! and water. A voice: "What, djd they cross the rivers?" Mr Hall -.r "No, it rained very hard in those days, and they used to forget to put the lid on the tins." (Laughter.) With the present appliances, however, the farmer could be quite satisfied that, he was getting jnstice. Mr Hall went on to say that he had visited the Kia Ora dairy factory once before, when Mr McGregor had it. It. was a one-horse show then compared to now, but Mr McGregor was doing his best for himself and his suppliers. He agreed with his friend.' Sir James Carroll, that they had not enough dairy farms on the flats. All these flats should be carrying cows instead of sheep. They were too valuable to carry sheep. It was- only a matter of time when Sir James's prophecy would be fulfilled, and the sheep would be all turni ed off the flats for cows.