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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12770, 23 May 1912, Page 4

The Kaitaratahi chopping carnival will be held on Saturday, -commencing'- at noon. Entries close this-evening. . - Tlie midwinter holidays under, the Hawke's Bay Education Board com-meuw-ffir Friday fi'sxt*"- and- the^Stiibols re-open'on June 4th. 'lhe' Pathp Pictures .attracted a full house, last, night. -The Theatre will{be otherwise engaged to-night, but a.new .progranime of;pictures will be shown^tomorrow night. "'•; '' „-,;.'.'■ •'Messrs Dalgety and Co. vh'U sell tomorrow .by .'p-übiic auction the ftvrniture of'MrLl TV Symes, who is" lea^g'the 'district:, for' Auckland!) The .saW, which starts at' 11 -a.ni.,• Mill be held'afc';tbe residence of Mr Symes, Ballance street. Traveller^ by the night "express" frorii Otoko are complaining 1 6f, the poor lighting iii the railwayl carriages. It.is'qiute iriipossible to read by the dim flickersKat the camager:;lamps provide, arid '''me journey to town is thereby muchviriore •' tedious than' it would otherwise be. ';."V-.. .A special attraction ftfr this'evening will be the performance of "Sons of\the Sea" by the Rice Drarriatic Cl^b, m bf the fund being raised on beliajf of. Mi* Phillips. ■ The. case .is a very dese-rvihg one,- a-iid the. performance/ should be heartily 'enjoyed by. all who witness it. It is hoped there-will be a full horise:> . Ldcal coal supplies* "»yhich\ had' ;ruh very;, short.. during) the past fortnight;, and for; o^ time showed the -pvoapact^^of -a famine; are now assured. The-Kiitfow has placed some 1100 tons amdngst'the local imerchants, and. ri,ridther; 400 tons is ' expected, by - the Waimea in-- the course of a few days, Further supplies of household and steam-coal are m sight. .-<"■-- ■ '■•- '". , -• The contract for the installation of tho ' Whataupoko section bf the sewerage service is'-practically' completed. The contractors, Messrs. Brightling arid Marriott, are now engaged on applying the finishing touches/and m the scouring out of the sewers, including house connections to the boundary fences the contractors have piit down no less than,;teh miles of pipes. Arrangements have been made, for the Council to s take' over) .:• and complete the small section cdmprising;the -, Point.. T/ie Contractors expect to hand the job over m about,a week's time..l •.;'.. Mr E. H. Williams, (chairman of the Hastings Chamber of G&mmerco) and Mr.H.. A. Mossman. sintemewed. .the Minister for uPublic> Works on the railway platform,, regarding the progress of tlie East Coast Raihvay. He- said he had been under the impression -that j the soil M;as ■ light and : sandy, but he found that it Avas fair richer than •he had dreamt of, and was very; suitable for close settlement. He assured them that the^railway' Aybrilfl' #•£*• pushed on, with'<all possible despatch, and .that he would use every erideaVor toward*'this end>' ' •... V V .-..■' . . „ ■■..;;,;■. Mr A.: H. Cockayrie, botanist, of tlje Agricultural Department, v has been . closely studying the dreaded CaUfortiieih thistle of late/with a view to tb© eradi- ' cation of the pest. First of, all> as^.h'e sets out id the* . Africultuval". Jouijrial, the weed is not a native of, California, \ where it is unknown, but of Europe.. •Next it is the female plant apparently that causes the /mischief, * inasmuch as the male does not seed. Th^diff^nence of' sex is 'clearly distinguished, .as'ifr Cockayne shows by a series of excellent plates. „ Tlie Act, however, makes-no distinction m the matter 6f sex. ; In some places the male plant predominates ; m others- the sexes are inextricably mixed. : The female .plant should be cut out,) alsov patches'.of plants';6f; .mixed sexes; while the pure male patches of plants would not require to be dealt with at all. Mr Cockayne thinks that if it- were definitely • proved that it is' practicable to cut out only female ' plants, the Act. could be.' amended td meet, the changed: requirements. ■ TJTie suggestion made by Mr Cockayne, (and he does not put 'theni. forward, as, definite conclusions of fact) are expected to liave a most beneficial * effect "Upo". thistle, extermination;.; if given effect to.

The Ulimaroa, Victoria.^Mloaiia. will probably;.-be „ \yit.hi«l.';\i'ir«i'eßS range to-Jligllt. • ';..;'■'..,,<.•; '!■•*' „'!.'('-'' The balaiic'e--Bne^t?'irf- •connection with the band contest held 1 at .Gisborne some months ago, shows, a credit, balance At £9 odd. The amount of money disbursed ran into about £1100. '.' " The weekly meeting of; tihe Girls' Friendly Society was "held m ( -Hofy Trinity hall on Tuesday.night. 'There, was -a good attendance, Mrs H. William^' presiding. The evening Avas devoted to readings from Shakespeare's "As You Like It." : , , Numerous enquiries liave been made concerning the Marshlands dairy farms to be submitted to auction by . Messrs Williams and Kettle at, their Horse Bazaar at 2 p.m. on. Saturday next. The vendors, m order- 'to effect a clearance, have' fixed, very moderate reserves on the sections, and'this fact,, combined with^.the liberal terms offered, should evoke spirited competition among buyers. A series of monthly entertainments m connection) with the Holy Trinity Church building fund' is to be inaugurated on Wednesday next (29th May), when a concert .will be given m the Parish Hall, next the Church.- An attractive programme is being .arranged, particulars, of- which will l>e advertised at a. later date. A man named Phillip Francis.lrenry Allpress, said to be a recent arrival •'from-. Lyttelton,.. appeared at the Police Court this morning on a serious charge .Of attempting to assault a. boy 14 years of age. On the application of Sergt. Hutiton. accused \ Mas remanded until Wednesday next. Bail was allowed, accused m £50 arid two sureties of £50 each. k '..• v For drunkenness yesterday John Page \yaij convicted at the Police Court this morning, before Col. Porter and Mr A. H. Wallis, J.'sP., and lined 10s and costs 2s, m default 48 hours' haid labor. To first offenders (one not appearing) were dealt with in' the usual manner. Samuel Doleman, who when called on to answer a. charge of drunkennes, appeared m a state of semi-intoxication, .having been .'-out on bail, was fined £2 and'costs 2s, m default seven days' 'hard labor'r A (hvnce was held by the Poverty -Bay. Dog Trial Club m the* Ormond Hall last night, and) a most enjoyable evening* was spent.-' Splendid music was supplied, and this helped to make the affair a. great success. About 60 couplers took •part m the dancjng, which >vas kept up -qhtil 3 a.m. An. excellent supper was provided. by Mrs Enrskine. -Messrs W. Bougeri and J. Herbert officiated as AlC.'s. The gathering was said by those present to have been one of the most successful of the kind held m Ormond. .' The Bishop of Waiapu and Mrs -Averillj who have come; over, to this country (writes a London correspondent) to attend the golden wedding celebrations of the Bishop's parents on April 22, arrived at 'Marseilles-.'at;-'the end of March, spending a day.at Avignon and a short time m Paris before coming on to London. Mrs Averill 'is at present paying a visit to her father and sisters *m London,' and 'the Bisjtiop is visiting his parents near Stafford. ?>He is/making 1 the trip also to find three or four clergy who "will go out. to his diocese m New Zealand m the P. and O. steamer Malwa, leading about the middle of July. oArrajigements have now been completed for the camp of instruction for officers.of junior cadets to be held next' week at- Ha^'i 11^ 8 ' Captain .-'Stevens will be-in charge of the canlp, and,:will be a«sisted by his staff instructors j The camp will be attended by all.'officers within reach of Hastings, and it is expected to include officers from Wanganuii -Palmerston, and .Wairarapa, as well as the Hawke's Bay Education' district. The local officers will proceed by the steamer Mokoia on Sunday evening, and will, return on the following Saturday. Major Kinder lias been, authorised to arrange with the Union Company for, the necessary passages. The Poverty Bay., Hocke- Association is. looking forward with confidence to a liberal response to the appeal for' subscriptions towards the expenses.of sending a ladies' team to Auckland to compete m the' New Zealand championship, competitdon. This is the first time the Association has sought assistance from the public, and;as there is a-possibility of .fending a very strong combination of lady, players, it i® expected tliat ways and means will . be provided for the teani".,: to make- • the trip. nThe local ladies'at present hold the.o'Ross'shield, which they -won at N^apier last yeaiv; it is iipw felt tlhat they are m a position to*'ain^ higher, and the conibination that can be raised'from the four ladies'' teams ''dioalriV have a good chance of securing the championship of New Zealand. „ Before Colonel Porter arid-Mr A. H iWallis, J.'sP., at the Magistrate's Court to-day, judgment was given for plaintiff by default m the following civil cases: Walter lies (Mr Dawson) v Charles Miller. £6 19s and costs £1 3s 6d; Bruce and O'Brien and others (Mr Burnard) v...Rarigi Wi, £3 Bs, and costs £l..lls; F. tHall and Sons (Mr Bright), v. William' Thomas Samson;,, '£12 2s 2d. and costs £1 16s 6d; Bruce and O'Brien and others (Mr vßurnard) v. George Te Whaa, senr., 1,6s 9d, and costs £2 10s: same v. Te Whaa, junr.,! £10 18s Bd, and costs- £3 15s 6d; Alfred Coker (Mr Burnard) v. Harry Paul, £2 12s 6d, and costs 1.35; George Smith (Mr Bright) v. rfuaiiu Pomare, 10s, and cpsts 10s; George Alexander Holmes (Mi* Burfwtid) v. Thomas) McCarthy, £13 14s Bd,and costs £1 '10s''- 6d; William Arthur O'Meara (Mr Burnard) v. A; K. Boss, £7 9s and costs £1 3s 6d: Bell Bros. (Mr Burnard) v. Samuel Doleman, £6 3s lid, and costs £1 0s 6d. '■Af middle-aged woman named Annie Adams, alias Brown, was brought before Col. Porter and Mr A. H. Wallis, J.'sP.. at the Police Court this morning on a charge 1 of being deemed an idle and disorderly person, having insufficientlawful means of support. She pleaded not guilty, stating that she had beejii working at different places m the town and country. The evidence of the poMc r 3 was that/ accused had made herself a nuisance for the past two months. She liad been seen m the streets at all hours of the day arid nighti hi. company with drunken men, and had frequently- accosted men m. the street,. She was herself contimiallv under the influence of dvink.. Ift .reply to the Bench, accused said she came from Rotorua, find wanted*to go to Palmerston North. She admits ted having stopped only two or three days at the places she said she worked at. , Accused was sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Napier. ') ■ , Those interested m the united mission of inspiration and appeal were much gratified ai- the,large attendance at last night's meeting. Th* Rev. W. Grant was the, preacher, and took St. Paul's words to the Galatians as the basis oi •his thought: "Be not deceived!; God is not mocked, for whatsoever a man soweth. that shall he also reap." Trac ing first the'natural order-between seedsowing and the consequent harvest,' the preacher went on to show that a.'similar logical sequence obtained m the moral and spiritual realm. The < latter was as much dominated by law .and order as was Nature, as evidenced m the harvest field: sow sin and an increased crop of x mi would be reaped. All were exhorted to oease sowing to the flesh and to begin to soav to the spirit. The singing was led by a large- choir, and the whole service was bright and helpful. Fresh evidence was forthcoming of the spiritual grip which the mission is taking of the people. To-night's meeting m the Methodist Church will be preceded by an open-air gathering at the • fire bell at 7 o'clock,