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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12745, 24 April 1912, Page 4

Constable. Smith, of Christchurch, arrived by the Mokoia this morning to give evidence in a Police Court case on' Friday/ , > Seven! oen candidates were examined by Captain Morrison in connection, with the non-commissioned officers' examination (A Squadron) on Saturday, and all but three succeeded in passing. As the outcome of a trap accident which took, place near Makaraka on a .recent a Court ease against a} lilotor cyclist for alleged breach of the< Motor Regulations Act is pending. i SergeaJit Hutton, wJio is on holiday* leave,' returns to Gisborne on Satiifdayi ij^pxt. to resume his ditties. The roliev-; ing r.fficer, Sergeant Hogan, of Hastings,! probably return, to Napier by to-. Slight's^.steariier. y : j. Mr arid Mrs F." J. Lysnav left for; Auckland this, morning on their way to the* 'Old Country. , Last evening t Mr Lysnar was made the recipient of a Inandsome travelling rug by liis fellowmembers of the Poverty Bay Club. At St. Giles' Church, Graffham, Sussex, on March Ist, Miss Agnes Barbara Sunderlaaid, second daughter, of the late Jjjput. fl. W. Sunderland, of Poveryßay^ (N.Z.), was married to Mr Noel Gray Ireie,: Assistant District Commissioner for Sierra Leone. >Mr' C, A. deLautour, chairman of directors' of the Gisborne Sheepfarmers' Froi'.eu Meat Co., hiformed a representative of the Herald to-day -. that ■ the; season had been a fair average onebetter than last year. So . far as the coihpany could tell the meat sent in was qui to up to the usual average. It was only a' process of time Avhen-thsy would be on a line with Wellington and oilier, older established district^. .Stockwas still coming in to the works, and,' Mr deLautour added, the prospects pointed to a good season. Freezing operations should be carried 911, without unduly dragging, until June. '

I The, usual stock sales at; the Mataiwhero yards will be held to-morrow. I A meeting of tlie ; Kaiti-City Football Club's juniors will be. held- this evening. : The annual meeting, df the Waiapu [ Rugby Sub-Uiuon will be held at the Tolaga Bay hotel on Saturday night. " Mrs M. Glennen, Australian cookery expert, is to ;.. give- a*, course .pf lectures to Gisborne during , the-,. coming -Aveek.,i •The' clefctric* pumping' machinery fop the several pumping', stations 'in - connect tion with the* sewerage installation hasi arrived. • . . ..... , . ...... ' The election of a Cook County Councillor! to fill the vacancy caused by the resigria-! tion "of Mr' FV J. Lysnar will be held on' May 14.,. Nominations, close on May, 7. . j Mr Bright; manager of the Gisborne. branch' of the Loan. ; and Mercantile C0.,) accompanied- %.. Mrs Brjghi/, returned hpme thjs.jmor:ning after, a. visit to Auck-' land and papier. ;.-.y. . is •.>■.*•.■■ -, The' lbcai >; Presbyterian, Methodist; aiid Bari tist' Churches "piiyposp -hol^irig • 'a* three . weeks' united" missiph next* month i ahd a week of preparation is to 'com-) ■. mence iifexfc Monday- wpek. •■•" Mr Hutton' arrived from HaSvera this moaning to, take . up his dirties iri'tliej mpriey ordeiyand , saying, .Dank branch, : of tlie local post-office, in place,, pf .Mr*. Hamso::; : transferred to ..Haw^ra.. „ '„ ■* Redstone and Sons' coaches for Paka? rae,. Tcloga,. Takomaru; ;and .Waipiro: Bays*- will :*:leavo-;.at 6.30 to-niornAv morn-i ing, and fcv Wairoa via Morere at 7 o'clock. i ■' v . .. . *■* An application for letter's patent has beteii filed, by ;.C. W. Hdward, of Gisborne, iii respect of 'a. sock or stocking., Aii, applicat'oh. iii Teispect of a' similar article Has "been lodged by F. Cummin g* of 'Gisbqrnc. • i. 3li- H.; Spear, M t P.O.C, Doctor, of; Qp.ties, : eyesight . specialist, ■ . .. ofy . Willis 1 sf-ree^ Wellington hpre. this mqrning v apdypp^es. that he^.m^y .ho. consulted .^t the Gisborne Hotel private rooms ; , until , Saturday next, , Consulta-. tions are free. :y Yy." >:>*. y : Public schools in Hawke's Bay will observe Empire Day and the- Kinds' Birthday together oft June 3rd.' As this day is.inolu'ded in' the term holidays and the schools • on Juiie 4th, ' the" pupils , will salute- the' flag on the 'latter date. ■'.-.*•■• .*, ...' ■■•• "-.'■ - -y .- ; • < Tlie Pathe Pictures are screening for. tb-niglit ..only, another 'choice .'selection of. the 1 latest films, ., Owing' to th,^ tlieatr& be|»g , o'ther>vise engaged to-njprroSy. there; .will^be. 'rip performance'; Aiidther' com-: plgte change will b^e presented qn Friday, night.- y* "... ;- -.:• *.' '*„. •-.',. . . ',",.-.';*,; -The work of constructing the East" Coast* raiHy'ayj.is -at last being pushed: alidad ... Q#. Monday .fourteen „-m'en were ls^n^jt'o -work at, .YV.esjtsilore;' : aiid 'further) .meji vvill b§, put; oil, nntil fifty arer.on the! woi-kv Thejineu ,are,, beijigv engaged by the inspector of factories, = ■*;. .; ;•..-.: :o ' A very large number of residents visited the Encounter at- the GlasgoAv. ; Wharf, Napier, on .Sunday. '.It is estijmated that during tliei.iafterriooiv Mty jSOOO : peopl§ inspected'.: thp* warship, and' ■.the, officers stated -.tliat' they/ had never lbefor'3 seen such -a*', large gathering on ;bqard- the, Encounter.; < i" -.--. { Fi'om 'Aricklafid'' conies word 'of tlie ideath of J\l'r Williairi. Gulliver, at the jage. of 59.;years. Deeded "was l fdr 'a (long time yaliiiet; to tHe f; Auckiaiidi'City; ; Council, but latterly' was engaged in tlie (Government .Valun-tioh Department. Mr iGulliver is- suivived by his. wife, who is ja sister of; Mi's S. ■ McLehiori, of Nttpwr. Tlie' following passengers arrived in !Gteborne.,yesterda j y „by Messrs Redstone iand Soils' coaches : From Tolaga Bay, ] AlessrsV Colebfook, %wi£t, and ; ' J^'kes • ! Pakarae, .Misses . Benson, a^id».La\v, Mr jW, A^o • , 'tyaiiqa,, M?A Milne apd chUd , 'Mv R. Orpkey,; . ... Mrs Blonquist land child. , v ., . '„..,,.; „ ,.- i .. f - n I A Napier, resident who has : just' re[turned.„from.a.; ,i visit to Gisboi'ne, ia lagtQunded. at: -th© progress the ■ town has |made. during : the past-foilr .years, when . Ihe-^tateajvlie wasi^jffereft a section in tlifc jcentieiftf the •towii.-iori i £SOQ. -Tri^making {inflttiries for the, allotment ■' the othe¥ day ithfi vprica, asked -ww -£1600.— /Telegraph. ! = Messrs Dimock • and r Cti. notify that ithey have^ reduced the price of bacpn jpigs, to 4^d pei- 'lb.' At the present jtirhe there Is a, large quantity ' of ,* pigs ■coniing* f onrard from Tar'aiiaki arid other jdistricts wliei'fe the : ruling' price* te A f d i per lb, and tli^ pupply lis. almost greater ithan the demand. -' | The' Dritids^ 'sopial. at Patutahi, toj mpv.ro w e'veriing i .pi i pmises i to ,be. a big |SUccqss, and ainongst ."th'os'e pr^seiib \yill be .'.a' l&vgo, , contingent;! jfrpm , town, and ' al ??\ fro1 " jtho.^.uri^unduig.. country dis'tricts.., All arrahgeni.'ehts ': are well, in llianpi Ohdj' given Aa.., fine' night',, a" .very Iplea^saiit' time 'should- he speftti. ..Brakes ileave tov?ii at quartpr, to 'SI sKarp. , . „ The i e^aniinationv .: of • • the • honi-commis-sioned oflSoara jp;. the E aiid D. .Companies >vill,bp, cpntihwedi.this. week, when . theovetical saqtipn wi jji be:..takenirt)y the candidates. Thp,F compjuiy?s candiV dates; •\vi}l <j 9it to-morrow cnight . at 1 ;7v30 ; and. the D, company's . on : ;Friday ." night at the. sg,me hoi^,. Major . Beere will conduct., the jp^aminatipn.: . >Thei'e aue seventeen candidatea altogether. • Owihg to -thfe iihiSlfeintsncy of the weather there was hot such"# ; large at-, tendano© as : usual at';the '.meeting of the 1 Foresters' " Lodge^last ' iifghf. ! Bfo.' Wil-! liams,' P.0., presided, aiid he- Extended, a \velcome to B-fo. Johnston, P.0., of -Dunedin, ai^d" thie Visitor, ;in replying, made some fntereStihg' •remarks on' lodge matters. Tlie- card -tour nalnent' tohich was* to have'taklen place < was postponed for a fortnight' A h^dsohie salad bowl has. been "dphateji'Jti^ -a member fbr coiripetitioii, 4rid.the''tourrißfment will' coni.mence next Tuesday \yeek.- "': ■ •/- -j.-.'-r A well'-ai^nded .!lpeeiihg, of t -tlie Gis-.Gp-qpfirfttiy^e Sq<Ji"=sfcy : wajs held, la^t iiight ? Vwhen Jirdahs rarob'untin'g to..£lsCfc> .were .bUsM^Vof^ Y,ln No, '5 issue ;Mr G. JEdw^rAs, drew gffiO iik'the haUofipi-.£sop', ahdtJVlr H: W%ondr6Sv tA& bUo-t^ipr £Sfp \iri N9., 3;Wie„ toj^el k^B" *?o9.pe^<(ibn ..for foe loan '. of l $50p.in No •^.i^u^>ylu?br r was. offered foi sale. , Eventually. £300 .was sold " for' £43 per, ceiit. „ constitutes a redoi-d for ; the SQcipty , , , t^'e , preyjpus high^t PJ^W m Mm. M42. YTJie i-emaining £200 brought .*£2s' per £fdO. ; , • , . - A< comraunication has - -been . received! *\P d< !'&v~ Ki^ k "» *- : Member - of' the ■W^U T«tijnoft^: ; !Gip!p^»6ft from ;t t£« f£ on ' ' ' V 1 '*"'* & 1 MacDpnald, enquiniig mo , probable da,te..p,f 'fu^cJJOn.';. The (Mjni*t«r r i^aß;a4yi^ i /-U}ati sthe fixtuije ; \youJd probably . -b^; on . May! .lp, or : 16 a and. ho .;was ; , urjped ,to keep these dates 'ppen, and, td.,ask '-vthe Primp Minister and f ptlier rnembei^ of the Min4 .ist-fy ,to dp the !l jSjanie,.y*,Tiie. Ministev oi ,»iiblie .^^ l 'J^,;j^ir9-(l:''B^'ii^^'.Jblia'() he will $ie deAe' 'riVention^d,-, ajid .yyill iisk other memheis of the. Ministry to .dp likewise., .'•'.■.', ,-■-,:■ '•• , Y'Y ' '■' !■: M meetingr of the; Gisborne : Pastimes 'Club \yws held a lastl nigliti . and^Avas well •attended, JStvi 11. .'A^.Asiail- being in the (chair. Arrangehlents were made for the 'conifncr • seaspn, and; .it. was rep'orted that; ; -Lysnar's. hall had again been s obtained,' ', -'ahd alsot thei use of ..the apparatus.' ; -Messrs ''.': R.^ Adair and- W. '.Seymour we're : -appointed joint: secretaries, arid -.an , or-* 'g'aiiisijigj committee-.'', was.*; fprriiea.y ,It wa« -decidedi.tpr hold; a general nieeting : "next flight, to be' followed b^ ' 'an -oj.ien.i night/, .when exhibitions,,, .of ' .gymnfaatic^ etc., M'ill> be given. ; Cbniplete ; a-rrangemerits have been < in cc-yn^ctipiv' .With" tlio atteijd- j .ance of A aiifl D "sqijfadrpris at' tlie fliifet ( ariiiiial 't^airiing*• ericaitipiiient" of the '9tli J (Wellington, East Coast) Mounted Riflesj ] to be held near Tutira Lake, Hawke's j Bay, commencing 011 May 2nd. T*h«j A squadron and Te, Karaka troop of D ( squadron assemble at Matawhero at 9.15 . on Wednesday morning., next, and are ; timed to commenqe.ort. the, long march i to camp an • hour lateiv' . • A squadroii i --will comprise 92. men, Te Karaka troori J 29, and, .the .balance of ,D : , sqiiadronl i which will join forc^ at ; Wairoa, Avill j muster 50, making about ,17?.. men in. all. The two squadyons, Which will' be , under the command of- jjilajdr EK T ans, are 1 due at the camp, on 'Saturday afternoon, 1 May 4. The inarch, fpr which all '. niH'anß'ement^H^.6 ...now *^}dy, will be ' the biggest thing- of its tind attempted: , on theJEast Coast since the Maori war. The squadron will camp the first night at Bartlett's, beyond Muriwai. Church of England service at Waimata (Capt. Tombleson's house) on Sunday next at 11 a.m.

The liead gaolers from Auckland, Wellington, Napiev,, New Plyipppth^' . Ltfir ., telton,, Dunediri, .and Invercargdl,; are. meeting- the Minister for , J.usticp^iHpri,.! J. A. .^arian) in s Weill iigton,' aiid O^nftfr, on various aspects of prison, manag*;. ment and discialine. , ', „, yy . : Two good piano sales, have just beem effected by Messrs Chrisp. and Son, ■cdihprising a 100. .guinea Schiedniayer.-a.nd Soehne instrument to a prominent; lqcal, resident, ahd -a horizontal u:Bech*teinpiano to a, rtTell-known NAtivie,. sheepfarmer. In the flatter, ca&e v the. ; figi|ce. ran to nearly 170. guineas, y <„,, .•'■!'»'-. The Sydney Siih.itaies : C. K. BrbWrii ifi Pitt street^auctipriteer, is -£2600 rldlter as a. result of 'Lpch'arip's Win of -the'-DPn- " paster ' Handicap. ; . A' iew .'rii'ghbsy ago 'he drearrit- that he met a friend cbmingpif tlie -racecourse,, and; asked him whit had w'pn theyDpncaster. ; VLbchanp;" .' w^s th« reply.) The; fact that. -Lpchan*> ■was a rank outsider did hot d«itei' Mr Brown from making wagers. ■'. . yy-' •"*' The by-election in- conriectibn with the ' retnirn of a .member ..« to -the l^oroqgh .Council was proceeding * to'day.? .'. 'Yer]y little interest was being t4k<en in';t^ie election, which, was shown.;by faot that at Z-ZO ; p.m.: only, 180': vp^es h^, :been polled at the main booth* vi-KhfrijJfr; .turning officer, -Mr H. M.t Porwr,i.feXr, to , have the result out .-by-.. «?.3P "o'clock-.- , ..-• -')•■,.•' <*-.-»* v" ; Gisborne experienced the edge°6f t!K*S cyclonic gale predicted .*, bjf. Abe Gloverib 4 ''' ment. Meteorologist,, „ The,.,^Jbp j r-m v burst over the tdvra yutin^' the •mMiti}\fjßCnd blew with much force, ,-440 • miles being .registered during^ the 24"i hours on the municipal windVgaugejjl'ikept by Mr C. H. Ferris. . Thp rainfall; foij th^ same (period to 9:'o'clock,.'this^mpi , al'UJg m%£. -.79 inches.'. The Weather wasiiUqcert^in tw-day, and a fui'ther-^torm;is predicted^ ) ... Orchardisis; o( ' Otago , r^itf 2 .I^^ "chnckjing,. pye* > 'prpfij'j,.'4us^.!'^6'w. f *'^r!B' ithe„S</ar).. ;^Hc^i %F^ dowin' to beoT-ock^' japd ,the,;prp^tj.pn & cas.e..p-f appl^ s*^/ •from.-iTevipt,; niu^ bft,. about, the t sissp ( 'pf |the famous widow's mite. It is sai^,^^ j'cost-pf .-4,. caset \alpne; is a shade lintel? j9d; and jif ,a^grpW^<^u,objta|n. only v .f rom lis to 2s'fpT.=aYcage. l .p£ apples' .a-rXd^Si^. :in Dunedin, .jt-iistelear. he is '/ppjbTqj^tEie (way>itpfprtviirie,' ..,;.; j, .. .--. . , f . Cabled r ',m k forrrlaticln has beeri'li^Ccived '.by * the" acting-c^iiejf ; ih^pe<iftdr i; f6r t ' tN^WjZeaiahd ■ (fe oi.^ke. tbhn^ri) ; that thw jsqh^ne., of^ b*apitjlL re^arrangein^h^'' wste' 'passed •" ' i u|iari'ynpu'yiy lat a' jS>iaT.ehbiders 'df, tKe New' Zealand LokiV 1 |aud " &l&Ecaiite!e Agency. Qom^a'iy , ) h«ld 'in,. Ltindoii;,' On. t^p f jaut^o^jlatively tstatQ,d :, th^t; r fotes fftVoif", , ja)>iq f ;to , thd .solieip^e' were v ' j^ecoi'ded >l»y ; .fi t y,e-si'^ths of!' ; the shariehoiaerS'reSidjßnt , jin thT& Domihipn, th>re .being practically ' jnb^PpppsitipnV,; . ;"./ ", • ' ■■'*'H.* l i :, ;.'.'i [ ; Some idea of the universal , interest ' 'which : thei;game of Association football 1 icpmmands iihay .be' feathpred . (says^tha iSydheyc-Hawfld) the jf ftcfc tt^at,.^ Eostcard; 'irpm Bprd^auxj, B>a,rip6jc; haia feen j.. received hy.. Mr ..S. Lynch^Ksecijetary of the' New South' T^ales Football , j Associatipn. „ The -,; communication . is written in French, and the card, bears a reproduct^pPij.of^ a,' photograph of the .champion team, of, the (South- west of France.' Fpllpwihg;! is a. translation of ■ tne, message '.: ' "Sirjr-Our' <&Wfaipipn club woiiKTlike to organise I,'1 ,', for jthe. first '-tiinii • among; ..all [.French clubs, a tout;in'Ait^- , tralia. I hojpe that, .Pur : proposition may ! int^reat , yoUji^therefdve; .1 l;ake" the , plear sure to", .subriii^-. it ,tp "-y pu* jtrusting' ' tM&t it may' bp realised. Aw-aiting, ypur kipd reply, accept, Sir, the,' ass^pance dt r; m.V coiisrderation-^^enri.Gasq'tte'ton, 47 R^ue Hqguerie,! BprdeanXi Ex&Vfie.'Y \y 'Y ', . An amusing 'incident happened 'at the Wellington Opera -House . during;nJPro* fessor NorWopd's ; ' hypnotic; '• entertaiiiment. . =A gfdup'of subjects had (beeir 'duly : 'h^phqtised' arid -giVeri /the suggestion , tha't'tiiey- Werei'.a "fishilrg;, party,. aiid that', tbe- orchestral = pil** . arid!* the' audi-' tprium ,wajs "a riWt alive with^big* iflsh: One ysubjectV'' : iri -his; eritviusiasmicKiijfe--ed ' frPm ■•" tlie* Stag'-I -to 'the i'corrter- of »- -t'tiifj dress'cii'ele, ariti :so great Was" tHe'.filaiih of one. lady patron who was sitting ;nda'r the' ' corper that' she* , incontinently fled' the spofcaiid tii&do heiv.way to the" back of the circle; amidst slirieks of laughter froni;. the audience, w\fiXe the calmly sat himself ' on the balustrade arid fished' among. ths' heads of those. -seated in the stalls below. ' -,;'.,.•,,.; , A) ; A Squad of ' men are iit present making haypc of the beautiful grpiinds^urrounding the; present Hou^e in - Well ington,- .formerly : Governmept House. A great deal of grcciiqi-y^ trfee ferns, and,- some well-growiii English trees have' been upropted.-arid. 'cut^dpWii. It is necessary to provide a new eriji'wuice to the.newrbuildihgi hence the destruction. A 1 broad, . wifcdirigproad. vriU il^ad through the tre'es,wor such of ; <th6hi^as are left,- -from Lambton • Quayi'' s t&.., tfo front entrance, r Boweri strepV whjcjK sKirtsi the' grounds- on the- south, -i^to be widened ; to ; bne chain) yand ls> v.^hbp. at the of Boweri. -stfjßet.Yiand Lambton Quay is tplbe 'dembli^he'd''^ get rid .of a sharp corner; ; -T^^n mwh of the turf /roin the lawn att the Side **if '*- tlie present buildings is beingi;ski'inrii?d .off. and conveyed; elsewhere. „- in{ hr-Y "In rejily tor a; question "as to whether he was in fayor-,pf.,0. municir^al milk supply; Dr. .'Oiabker, a^ * mavpval j election meeting at Chris^u'relv^, Md ! he'dbjected'tp aJ^:ithie'jmiikY,of 'the citv being-dumped) into on&)<Jepot(i l? v p«?awse if one mrlkriian J Urpugl^t a^png :imp v «*re.!j^iijk; the : Whole-supply , -wpuld be^ yinfected witliin ; two ; mirtutes^ ; , < WHen,, ,^e' „}vmi.& Dublin; aii outbreak of ..ty^jwidiJln^l been traoed.'to a- milkman '■-■ffjvft n*id's-* sistier ill- witK rthe- jfeyjer, stKp^h'.hA^Witfs iinawarp'of it.. Th^,testin*iOfiniiik;tPok ,a v f cdnßidet , able time. 1 ■The'., ster^i^tipn had'- to he donA aa- perfectly as, $\ doctpr *'ste'rili^sd''his.-JnstrumPnts ;whw } pe^JCJttihg an ope*ation f aiid,--the pijo/jessj woiwd mpain holdirigrtip the rn^lk Nsqipplyi /fcr 'spine' haul's.'. .If thisubig diMc«)^y cpji).i,l be •' overcome/ he<^ would b©|. strongly, .in favor of a city milk supplv. .„ "'i r-tt : » 7 ,,, .. . . .J-'I: .-.V Considerable interest 'is l^feing evinced j at the preaent; tiin^ in, - 'th^'t-work of a 1 uiumbcr of Maoris who are preparing a I -'c^rioie;'. iri. this '"; : PtikekPhe' ]£ast> disttict .''(-^rites', ai.cprrebp&rid'ant ot.Ather.A'uQfer I t lan<i Heraid)i TTife >^ork- h&sr beeh^iuiJdejrtakeri My Vs*fy/ <>* l^ft%irivi natises, obtaihed ju, splendid 1 kahikatea t^pie t 4w -the .puyripde. The^iairifetep ofiiathp ,^pe,;;*t „-the. .hiiftt -Jk 4ft 9in,r;arid» ife J^il^W^bf -the ; oarioe *beirig snaadß T/tt' iu. lerigtli. !' ; • Tli^'-tre^Flu* 3 been low.ere^, an^PVciirifiri^iy I '^ .the, caj*pe T§& ' hcen*\c6ihi^ ; ?iipcd'"'-«hdya •jfurt)i,e>;; reinforcement" *-■' of, '• ' WWkafeo skilled, in thie wprfc 6| •ftipd'Bljl^pg,, etc.; are '..t'o..AYi'.ive ai^ i^i>ibt with the Work. ITiVc^ptf-i^-to-be iiia'riued .ftfteiv^f, l district in wljicli^iliipv *tfe^ ; v;was / ..g^qijrii, JiM\ .\ylieit' !, !<;6n?i!^^i: «wMV,ji'^«^i^ J .^y;.^of;^'&'^ jbX distance ; <Jf tyvp .ririie's.^Mti k' htflfY'tio -Bucklarid, -fropa, 'whi6ii \'st r *tion v it'- : 'H\\t jbe ri'ftiled, a>yay; to ,thi6 . W^uait'pi, ■'*;•■ ';fV : y'Tlle* mpveirient' iiV'favoi' -pf forhifi)B.|a •bi'ftricli ; Pf the-Leigipn .ofv-Frottti^'raßCwi-'Waa sticcess'^ill^ inaugurated uahi Aws'land ori THXirsday •- (writes Va.eori^poipIdent). at'ti; publije me^tirjg in.i<t!haiToS^r (rjall,/ Wlieri a'^ proyisiPtial coihmittipe^pf •■ -wJell'kiVdW^i t'ltl^eits 'was'^et .tirivfcp Jp^oebd ' with the \yprW ' of '•» oopgiwiis^tion; rtowriieht wii's' -w.mrtilyi.conurifii^^d jlKr O- •'•• YX&yot, Ai\d { seYplrH} hieinbeVs^^f. Parlian^ißfiti'.'^he: 'opinion- '-beirib^i^rirossi^l -that N'ey Ze^an.d-.c^iildl pro^vepi-a bpffiy; df froritieAfhlßn secfcWd' to. not& Elrripire. TKe organisation .. ishdi-gy pe cpmmeiitpd in j.oths6i'Vpj| v ts- of the-0<?-" rnihibil. , Th ? officer rfef>es-; v ed : th;at comriiands had .^ri- - fpWri<*d. •thi-mighout the 'Briittd Ivirigdt#, #jri> !CaiV4dfa;,.^British Gbluipßi-a-^B^a^^Wift'-rridieSySariioa'i 'Ti'arisvaal, ■O^p^Gpfetiy; Fiji,, : Egypt,; Mlarichriria, Horig- ftm-ft- . ■Bit-rma^ arid othev eastern -statSpiifeV -jilfd' 'l^qypral: ; paj^s*; pf^Au^niliaj aiid 'W*. Mm m^^w>'^^' :^W^l ! ' Jparta of. thd; AvpHd, wliei'ev^r :Britr6l#s 'gathemd togetlie'r. It riow -publjkp^ ; r ft.;. .n^wspapei^ devot^d'^tp. its^ o^' ifr.. .t,afe>ts. .^ It. was entirely se(f-^ippok-' liig, asked- 110 aid froiareith^iWttH'-s: ) Bfi'!al.,;pi' colohial • ., Goveriimdril^* *$$ •after the manner* of pioneers anff^fi^t.tdersmen was indepenjjpnt^of (ts mva control, and gpverned brily'^V .tfte British lo\{e of cbuntny. v". : it *wa,s r t#Signed .tp; come to .the help' of t^e iifigrila^'forpes in time of trpulil.e,. ''a-qjjf that help that Avas so necessary t^ib only men of resource used to free, open life could render, and it asked no reward. The only prize frontiersmen, sought was a piece of bronze— the Tictoria Cross.

There are no-w'^SS consumers of municipal electricity in Auckland. There is an epidemic of measles at New Plymouth, 142 children being absent from one school at a recent date. , The statat'ory Annual meeting of the Harbor Board will be held on Monday for the appointment of chairman for the •ensuing year.,, ,, , ....,,.■, Mr M. Marshall, a Melbourne aviator; made a- successful flight in an aeroplane ,of his 'own construction between Fair, .field and Ivanhoe. '- It is refeprted ,tjhat 50 acres of or-, chard, in full healing, at Stoke, iu the' Nelson district,, has been . sold for : £8000. ,:.,. . .;'■ ;' To-morrow afternoon Messrs Miller and Craig hold a clearing, sale of house-i hold furniture at. No. i27o> .-Palmerston Toad, commencing at ,1.30. ... , .: Freezing works, with a large capacity, have been completed at. . Whangarei Heads, and operations . commenced on ■Monday. ," . ' The old-established . 'saddlery; 'business of Mr W. Morgan has been taken over byt > jMtv-vJapk j ,wJio t .ha» for aj number of years been foreman to Mr Ed. Williams. The Matura Ensign is informed on good authority that the Hon. J. B. Callan will-vbe u |a'M)9i'ate.d leader of the Legislative .^Council, •= with , a seat in tlie Cabiii^ r on Parliament reassembling. The p-ypprietress of the Piccadilly tearooms notifies that oW.ijj'ig. to the urjjent necessi^yjor -alterations Hp the premises to . the., rush! .at luncheon, it .h&s , Wen M necessary i io; close ' down ior a lew/ddays. „ - ■While '/playing Indians" the Feilding Bt^tlpuma^tpr's son, Bobby;,, lies, was fihjjji oYflp(ithe eye with?, an arrow and received a riagty gasfr,' • yrhich, if 'it liad been a little lojyer, would- have meant the loss of^.ayeii. ; , A - y'. ;, ; ,, ; . Irt .attiotlier .column will be found an< ■anno'uiiee.m^nt .of the, National /College of,' Mvsic, <• established' iii McKee's buildings^ jtCjie -, management cla;ini, that un'dei/,. }KSJLt ■'■ pew and marvellous .method of ■readi^jiat .sight, piano-playing is made tea*y»^.a^td maloe ths .offer that money xviH-.b^ ipeturnPd'.if;^ pupil cannot play a tun&;tli^./fi'ni^ ; m r eek'.,':r-:-Sv'-'^' - Froniii inquiries by a Timaru Post re- ' porter it would seem that , the , shortage of labor iii South-nCanterburyat present, is acute. It is to obtain men, and -the position is -worse -now than ever itvW«s. ;! , l The supphf; . of. mjH^ha-nds,! crunchers, and ploughmen is very short. One reason put forward for the dearth of labor is that, the harvest is late in tlie.i&outhy and., many of< the men have; * gone to Otago, where good wages are o%^ing, v .. My ... , . l(> . . lJ ., : . y .'v •}■<-■- „y ' Sixty-two marriage licenses were issued at Dunedin from April Ist till Upon on April 11th, says the Sta... A marriage" license holds good for three months, so that it would be a. Job tofind out how many weddings have actually taken place in Dunedin this Ea, tier, b,ut in reliance on the belief that - u the men at any rate, are. iiot v ip.qiin'ed to, let. such documents. lie:, about I , ;.UTi!«S')cl;; YiO hazard the opinion 'tliat there' ha*, u b?»n fully 50 exchanges of vows during '.he .week. „--..-,,' r Canon Sadlier will leave Melbourne for New . Zealand to take ;up diis^dutiesas Bishop, oi- Nelson. ,about thi end of • May. A public farewell,; isi.to<be..,teii..-j ■ dered .to him at St. Paul's Chapter House j Melbourne;, on May. 9,; wlien he •will,,be, presented. witha, purse of:sover4 . eigns aiid other gifts as mementoes of his association witli the Melbourne diocese. Among qhuirchmeii of all schools of thought it is^nerallyv-recjp.g-': t nised that Canon Sadlier thtW'djighly deserved the high' honor bestowed' upon him ? and at a meeting of the clergy and laity, in MeDbowne ,j*t was; unanimously. -' agreed t%t 7 p3cj[ir^Bsiort, be .given,>to.*tlieS admiration of tJi^v>vork wliich he .l^aa done for the Anglican Church in the State. „.- .---■'. _ Miss Ada.- Ward, the! !actress-e.vange-list, who has been inveighing • against her co-religionists for their coldness and up(il^i*U^bl'j|iies|t, findt has threatened tfxf e. return tb her "dear, noble arid gener°"ft^t^ t W?» l iRSPRJe/l^c&n^hardlyMi.bei •■ taken seriously.'' Only two or three , yeara ; .agoiAhe .was describing the stage as a huge sink of iniquity, and making , capital on the Salvation Army platform of her experiences iji, the *'sjnk;/' Now ' eihe is turning round 'on her' evangelical , friends and, lauding up stage-folk to the skies. Her varying attitudes are. theatrical to the la^tt(iiegv)eei aiid a's,shojorily deals in vague "geriei-alities— whoever she js lashing; wita- Jfier active tongue — what she says or does is hardly of import- ' ance. Miss Ada Ward played a season pr dra-ma- hi !Sykjlitß.y| 25 ( years agcu Her chief "paiMr was the dual role of Lady Isabel Madame Vine, in "East Lynne." Some of .the older actors concerned in the performance remember the occasion with crystal clearness because the fact that they received--, nq salary, burnt into their memories. /Miss Word must now be in the vicinity of\so years pf age. — Dominion.. .*..,_.. .