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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12752, 2 May 1912, Page 4

Tlie condition of Mr W. B. Hingston, Mho is an inmate of one of the local private hospitals, continues to give his friends much anxiety. On a charge of drunkenness, Charles Wilson was, at the Police Court this morning, fined the amount of his bail, £1. The Pouawa and Waimata Road Board became defunct yesterday, having been merged into the Cook County Council. >- Tlie- Chief Postmaster advises that owing to the alteration m the railway timetable he finds it necessary to close tlie Wheturau mail at 7 a.m. on Monday instead of Tuesday. The local staff of the Public Works Department has been strengthened by the arrival of Mr C. W. Stilmond, an assistant engineer, who will be employed on the'',Gisborne-souithwardß construction. The death occurred at the Gisborne Hospital this morning of Mrs Gorman, wife of Mr D. M. Gorman. The deceased lady, who was only 26 years of age, was admitted to the institution last Friday, suffering from a severe attack of pneumonia and typhoid fever, and despite the best care and attention passed away as stated.An African dwarf, who has been residing at Muriwai, and who has a grievance'over money matters, has been ventilating his troubles m town. He visited the police station and the County Council and Borough Council offices', and has also been addressing little groups m the street, concerning his grievance, the only "means dealing -with, .-which, l\e has been advised, is by civil action. To show the value of wireless installations on the General Post Office and on ships,, and incidentally the correctness with which, a master can gauge the time at which his ship will arrive' m ' port, a marconigram received at Welj lington on Tuesday night fixed the arrival of the Maunganui at 8.15 a.m. on Wednesday. At that time almost to the minute the intercolonial liner berthed at the Queen's wharf. Another two or three months should see the completion of the bridging of two important crossings on the Arai Valley road all Waingake. Excavation for tl\e concrete piers at both crossing* (Flood's and Waingake) is proceeding., about sixteen men being employed. The qentral pier for the latter structure if already m position,, and a number of waggons are hurrying the timber to the spot before the fine weather 'breaks up.' The bridges; are being built by the Public Works Department., At the Magistrate's Court this morning, Messrs G. Mattliewsbn and V. Pyke; J.'sP., gave judgment for plaintiff by default m the following civil cases : Clare and Son (Mr Burnard) v. Roy Swainson, amount of claim £5 18s 4d, and costs £1 7s 6d ; Walter lies (Mr Dawson) y. Watene.- Taitapanui, £5 15s and costs £1 8s 6d ; T. A. Crawiord (Mr Burke) v. Tutere, Wi Repa, .£1 6s od^ and costs' ,ss; Bruce and O'Brien and bthers (Mr. Burnard) v. Mary Paaka, 17s 6d, and costs 14s ; same v. Rauna. £2 16s Bd, and costs £1 4s;yF. Hall ahd Sons (Mr A. W. Rees) v. Bridget Murphy,. £8 6s 6d, and costs £1 3s 6dAs the outcome of an episode which occurred m Peel street about 5.30 last evening, a man named James"" Bertie appeared at, the Police Coujrt this morning on a charge 'of using threatening behavior whereby a breach of the peace was occasioned. He. pleaded guilty. Sergeant Hutton explained that accused and another man Wre fighting, and when the police appeared on the scene the other man decamped.. Accused attempted to do^ likewise, but was caught. He resisted violently, and tbe scene caused thereby, the. sergeant said, was a disgraceful one. Eventually - the constable succeeded m handcuffing the man. Accused was fined £-1 and costs 2s, m default seven days' hard labor. A middle-aged man nain,ea . George Henry Wood, a ;I |WeJle^;;'.wa^->ri'ested by Detective MjtciMl"siis ' morning; r pn a .charge that ori" February 14, at Gisr borne, lie did, by means of false pretence, obtain £7 10s and a gold chain valued at £5 from Esther Richards. He was brought before Messrs G. Matthewson and V. Pyke, J.'sP., at the Police Court, and on the application of Sergt. Hutton accused was remanded until the 10th ips^tj _.Mr Burnard appeared for accused, and urged that the hearing " of the case should be expedited. He asked for reasonable bail. Sergeant Hutton said that there were other charges pending, which the police required time tc investigate. A considerable amount war involved, and he asked that bail be substantial.* Bail was allowed accused m £50, and two sureties m £25 each. The British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, of Manchester, who are represented m NeAy Zealand by Messrs Turnbull arid: Jones, Ltd., electrical engineers, Wellington, have been entrusted with th e carrying out of the largest hydro-electric power scheme south' of the Line. The plant is for the Hydro-Electric Power and Metallurgical Co., of Tasmania, and the installation will be started on immediately. In many respects the scheme is similar, to that proposed by the New Zealand Government for Lake Coleridge, and 'the electric power Yyill be transmitted at 88,000 volts. over a long stretch of country. Tlie contract includes the nee'essnry buildings, water wheels, electric generators 6f 4000 kilowatts, each, 10 transformers of 1350 kilowatts each, and the transmission lines to mining districts and -towns. Yesterday afternoon a very pleasant function took: place at. the /Bank of New Zealand on the occasion of Mr W. B. Willock retiring from the service of that institution. Mr, Pyke (the manager), on behalf of the staff, presented Mr Willock with ,a silver-mounted walking stick and a pair of pipes iii a Morocco case, and. m doing so -said it was not, so much the intrinsic value of these gifts as the kindly feelings of goodwill which prompted his brother officers to make them, and he concluded by proposing Mr Willock's good health m felicitous terms, and the staff toasted him and his family with musical honors. , Mr. Willock, m responding, thahked the staff for the mementoes of their friendship and for the kindly expressions of goodwill as conveyed by Mr!; Pyke. . Before dispersing, Mr Pyke took the opportunity of extending a hearty welcome, on behalf of .the staff, to the incoming accountant, Mr B. A. Moore, and whose health was also toasted -with musical honors. Mr Moore replied, thanking Mr Pyke anc^ the staff for their kindly welcome, which he • would certainly endeavor tol deserve. i

The Pa the Pictures <ire screening for > to-night only a choice .selection of the latest films. Another fine selection will alt-o bo presented to-morrow evening. The Timaru Hercrid understands that two more blocks of agricultural land, one 'of 11,000 ' and" the oth'ei-- of 6000 : acres, have been offered' to: the (Government for closer settleih^nt purposed m South Canterbury. ■'•*' ' '"•. *v ■ Mr Victor Booth; who "' Wiir 'Conduct practical examinations m music 1 in' New Zealand this year oil behalf of tlu?'Associated Board of- the' ft.A.MT- 'Sttd R.C.Mi, London, is amative' br Oaiharu. Before leaving New Zealand to study. in England he had published, several "songs through an English publisher, besides being known as a player ahd,' teacher.', of the pianoforte and organ. ' ' ■** ■■' A London cablegram , receive*! last week the; Doyer t Calais steamers Avas obviously, pjiutilated -m transmission,' and was withheld for further reference: It was' as follows.:' "The President of -Uie Boarid ,of Trade. (Mr Sydney Buxton), informed Mr W. ,-W. Ashley (ypionist, . nte niber,* '%, North Lancashire),., that- : K>'he , A Dover-jCalais steamers were certified to .carry! *1318 passengers and a crewtof 56. They were compulsorily provided ..with boat accommodation for 256 soul's; with acconlmodatipn for 24 m oris buoyant." .-_.. Professor David was -in hunldfohs S)*eln at the dinner of the Royal Society oi New South Wales ,!n : Sidney. He re- , marked at the comrnenoement of his speech": iii 'p t ropdsin^;a > t<iafe't'; that he had half-expected to f l>ej 'deprived' of .the . privilege., of attending ' ,the , dinner, . ,he- . cause one of the newspapers, a reputable journal withal,, had sent .him ' down; tc .the Antarctic again., „(La.ughter,) . "Bufy contrarily," he added, r "l lam still, her^j [ and, . strong 'as Tj' feet tlie .call , of 'tht . ■Sou.th, ...I am not yet ' ■ talcing part, m another ' expedi tionV-.for the. .'very, good . rea son that h\y wife won't let .ihe!" .' \ ] TheVpady wit -of the Tate :Enge^e -5". Ware, author -of "'Tlie. Washerwb'man'f Song" and other poems, 'is shown in :th« following story : . Be; } w|as giving, a dinnei 1 at his: hom^ m Kansas City,, the plade • to Hvhich he had .-. retired after . he had ' l^esigned.c.fi.'oni the office of .pension, commissioned '*at Washington, y u#ider Presi , dent Ropsavelt. ;.,The;guest3,..were equal r -ly "divided;; between. Missouriahs; -irojon > the ;t(Win; city aerosa..t'he line, andcKarir sans* . Said» ft Missouiian.: , ''Ybtt, Kansaris -always "haye .yctav brb&s'bahds . goinjg ( and youth < flags sflying. ■ ' Wej. ; -from> ,-SSSs,. , souriy doh'fc dike i your ;assertfveness. r,TeTJ ■ m% iwhat have;tyovl';)decided i-about-^the hen, foi; instance.;- does she sit or; does she set?'! . "Me: don't bother . About things Tike rthat," flashed WareY" What concerns us> when she cackles. 18, has sh« ! laid or has she lied.". -. -y ■..■< -,-y,t ... ;..;• Yvi: When a motorist changes his gear and flets go his clutch: an appallihgwrioise I; ensues on some cars. Aflexander ,Mur- . doch sought • to convince ' • the .. Dunedin I Police Court .Magistrate, oh. vWednescUij , that he was driving. past .the Post- Offlct at about the -legal Emit .6i. four ,milea.4n hour, and., that 'this .ferocious hois*' gave a fictitious, appearance of speed ■ and deluded the senses of the thret j police-officers: and .the; tramway inspec 1 tor, who all Swore-that -he went .past- .the • Post Office at 10 miles; an hour. ; .Bill j the tf eyidence pf his ; . brother,, who-adimt "* ted th^t the. ca^v^s travelling, tyri^i J as quickly as a man. could walk, jcein - forced the .ob v serv«tiQns of - the pbljce and , m ansvyer , to Ids indignant profcfisi . that he had always driveji carefull^ajtw" [ never been stuck up before, the -Magistrate -replied., coldly : i^Fhm you >hav< j met your Waterloo at last-'- *A fine oi , 10s was imposed.^ '..'.,. "I confess that 1 like the Americar ■ commercial man's manner better than tht Enghshmhn's," said - Mr ". M; Manthel, who has jiist retimied from a trip to tfi< United States. "When you go into a bii Einglish commercial hp'use and state tl^al i ypu wish to see the manager, you are f as a rule, looked up aiid down, cross i questioned as to your business, told. foM t the manager is a very busy man, etc. „ etc. li\ fact, they do all they caii U . freeze you and 'put you off" so" to speal ; before they have any idea of what -youi f business may be, and o( what advantag< f it may be to the firm :<foi*th'e manage) -■ to see" yoii. Contrast- this . 'with>!- tht ; American. .Go -into an American: office 3 ask the same. question, and everyone^wil fry and help you to see him as > soon a* . possible — everyone- in the offlcev, is train ' ed- to be pleasant and : polite> -„ond. ,y6]l > are made to feel a.t . <m&& right away, The nianager welcomes you Warmly, 'listens- attentively to what youhave-. M say- and even if At does, not lead . to busi ' ness he preserves the same; charming air, and is courteous and hospitable to thi j last." • / ' ._■■ 7,,7.-_ i In the course of a; reply at ; a .social-^r i his honor at . \ \yellington, '£ Jm|] } James Mackenzie, ' the .new' Stir . veyor-General, made an elpqu^ni V and touching appeal; on behalf of th« I back-block settlers. "I hope," , he com menced, . "I* am not Wenching on poli tics, but let your railways get a rest. tin J a year or two; let money, be, devoted' tc L gettihg lor the men who' have only « ' track .at present, sonje sort of ite ■ their holding's. ' M<iny people canhol I reach the; MaAnJirunic 1 without- going '•■ twenty or thirty miles. Let railways resl . for a bit ajud let us have good roads. "• do not Avish r to, see extravagant roads' I but just ordinary roadg giving the *t '. tiers access % their. t homes.— (Loud applause.) - plause.) What these, people h^ye to con tend with makes a terrible toll of tht . bush. Imagine six children carried ovei ? mountain tops on their motJfeb^inc fathers backs, dying before aid of an 3 . kind could be made available.' T kildvt i of Avomen -who, rather than return tc their isolation m the far back, oommil suicide. One runs against this, not ; once but dozens of times, when travelling through back district*. Nothing v really more necessary than making Toadj m the far book couhtry. ■■.«'».■ 1 t fy ?• A/ B,^ kniore » medical su^rin- , tendenb. of The Consumption Sanatonjim, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, . reposed Inst vveelc to the Climichurch H&tal Board giving the. members the detail*. ol , he years work m ' attempting to oheck the advance of consimintion. He said m his report that of "the SI natients I who Avere discharged or died during the year, three were.iibt tuberculous. The remaining 48 were 'classified as follows »n admission as regards the state 'ol 'heir disease:— With early disease^ or 37.'5 per ceht. ; with a moderate amount of disease, 11. or 22.9 per cent ; mth .advanced, disease 19, or 39.6Yt>er cenfc. .' Of the 18 cases wi,th early disease ! 14 >yere discharged with the,disease^arrested. The othep four, had every prosoect of having the disease oermanently irrestedj but .elected tog o" out before i their .treatment", was completed. '"f hfiy 1 were a,ll continuing to do "well outside. Of the 11 cases with moderate disease, nine had the disease arrested' and two i were, improved. Of the' l9 -cases' with advanced disease, six had .ihe : disease arrested, three were improved, six* were not improved, and four died. Tiro lot the unimproved cases had since died "outside, but four wereistill living. • - The Wair6a Guardian, states* fhe Hon. W. D. S. , MacDoiVald, '^.P.Yfor the, Bay of Plenty, and. .recently"'appointed Minister of P^hliq Wftrks'^d N^ative .Minister, has hiniself' told us W was . once, "known . as. " Bill j'. the buckjuniper rider/' ■. It m^iy hot., be generally known thatt m the early days he was a Wairoa .resident.. . Aboht 34 years -ago his: father, arid mother i"esided at . Kj\yi'. -jvhen'.that estate was m, the Hahds of •Mr M.R. Miller. Later: he lived with .his. parents and one sister,.. if, 'we rightly recollect, m a small cottage m. L<?cke -street, opposite Vibe present Cram's private hotel. The lads were well known to the then boys of Wairoa, and "BiH," as he. iwas called; was known as <i. fearless rider..,, Later on m- the Gisborne. district he pnee bought what S^as said to, be, an uhrideable horsie to mouni. B.e slipped, on" the bridle, .'and after blindfolding The, ahimal, r was about to mount, . \yhen a bystander remarked' he had forgotten to fasjten .the Cfhoke-sti-ap. "Ejxcuse me,"- said^ the' fearless rider, ."j^am taking, on this job, and hot you; •thanking. ,you| .all ' the same."' v Mouniing tbe, refectory steed, he reached .'Wer and slipped off, hot,, only tlie HahoJ&rchief, but the bridle also— and was ijot thrown ! The rise of 'ihis 'Waif 6 lad from the position of station hand to a Minister of ; the i Crown • should be an. incentive to others not to" despair'of -aiso rising some day to an equally proud liositt6h. '• :[ - ' : , *'■>'• -.'

The Gisborne-Wairoa, via Morere, mail service lias reverted to the former running, leaving each terminus on Monday, and reaching its destination on Tuesday. Amongst the saved from the Titanic there was reported to be a. one-year-old child. A Wairarapa resident has communicated with the American Consul at Wellington offering td adopt the child, and asking that inquiries be at once made with that object, i ,- ; A woman' public school teacher at Ballarat (Vie.) 'cut' the tongue of a talkative scholar with a pair of scissors. She declares that -it , was. accidental,, and that her intention was to frigh teji*»the boy. The injury had to be stitched, and the school committee is inquiring into it. ' Mr W. C. Buchanan, M.P:,*' donated £350, and ' the- Wellington Savage Club £50, to the national art gallery, and the money luas been devoted, to the pur«iase of two pictures — a very fine landape, "Highland Pastures," by Henry Moore, R.A., and Oswald \Birley'scleveV painting, "Professor Smith." It is now 1 known with ■ certainty- that Mr Joseph Bell A^as chief 'engineer of the ill-fated Titanic, and friends who knew 'him as a regular visitor to Ne\v Zealand may possibly remember the cablegram's laconic statement, : "No engineers were saved." Mr Bell traded for many years as chief engineer of the old lonic and the present Athenic. The Trade RevieAv, referring to -the growth of imports, expects to see a reduction Avithin the next two months. This, m the opinion of the Review, "is desirable, and 1 would assist, materially towards' easing the"* money market. In the., meantime lending institutions are getting fairly high r »-tes for their funds, and can afford —to take their choice of the securities offering." The passage of the Moana on her last run from Wellington to Sydney was exceedingly rough tovvArds the close of the voyage. It was someAvhat marred for the saloon passengers by a „ tragic occurrence on the thirct night out. The three-year-old daughter),-, of Mr Tyler, commercial traveller, !of i Island Bay (who, Avith his Aviffe, was oiYa holiday trip to the. Old: Country),,was ; .seized Avith convulsions, whipur,, ended fatally. Dr. Drew, of Timaru, .who Avas a, passenger by:. th.e Moana, was m attendance, but coulejYdoi nothing for the child. • The funieral -.-.took place at noon on Monday, Apruo?flndj.,a.i seaj Avhen theVyessell Avas about, three hundred miles from Sydney. Thei Rev. Mr Page, who had joined the Moana at. Wellington, read- the burial service" prior to the body, Avrapped m the Union Jack, being committed to the deep, m the presence of Captain Collins, his officers, and many .of-, the saloon and steerage piissehgers. A 'concert m aid of the sufferers by the Koombaha marine catastrophe, which had been arranged for the same evening, Avas abandoned m consequence., „ _.. ,„, ' . .',,..,