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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12772, 25 May 1912, Page 4

Mr W- A. Barton, S.M., is expeoted to return from Wairoa on Monday morning. , • , •'

The Tahiti, Moana, Victoria, > Wimmera, Warrimoo, and Navua Avill probably be within wireless range to-night.

The steamer Victoria this afternoon took 2000 sacks of bailey for Australia.

Staff Sergeant-Major Bishop left for Tokomaru Bay by to-day's steamer for the purpose of inspecting a rifle range

Tlie No-License League will meet m St. Andrew's schoolroom on Monday at 7.30 p.m. Much . interesting business for discussion will J come before the meeting.

Probate m the estate of the late Mra Elizabeth Parker was granted by- his Honor Mr Justice Edwards, on the motion of "Mr Stock, to Mary Fairlre and Wiii. Picken.

,Mr Cameryn, of Poverty Bay, states the Wairoa Guardian, has purchased the remainder of the Wai estate, and Mr Love has also sold his section to Mr Cameron.

Tlie following was. the revenue received at the Custom House this week/ Customs duties £1380 Is lOd, beer duty £75 Is/ light dues 5s 7d, shipping fees 10s, other receipts (sale of 6vsters) £4 4s ; total, £1460 2s sd.

Freezing operations continue briskly at both local freezing works, and as previously indicated, the output this season is- anticipated to eclipse that of last year. Stock is still ,coming forward freely for this time of' the year.

Replying to the Cook County Council's protest against the Public Works Department using the Patutahi metal for ballasting two miles' of the Gis^ borne--Napier railway line, 'on the ground that. the supply 'is4 limited, the Minister states that he purposes obtaining a report on the matter.

Divine service is held m the Ngatapa school at 11 o'clock on the second Sunday m the month by the^Rev. Mr Blair, Presbyterian minister; and' at 2.'30 p.m. on the third Sunday m each month by the Rev. Mr Rawnsley, Anglican minister; both gentlemen being encouraged by good congregations to continue the services while the roads are .passable.

A mission service will be conducted by the Rev. W. -Grant m the Methodist .Church to-morrow evening. A new anthem, "Tlie Day Thou Ga yest, Lord" (Woodward), will be rendered, and" Miss Everiss will sing a solo. Mr J. A. Jones will conduct the morning service at. Bright street, and the - evening service at Te Hapara.,

A pleasing function took place last evening, when a. large number of the members of the Gisborne . Rowing Club met at the Masonic hotel, for the. purpose of- bidding farewell lo Mr A. L. (Jack) Winter, of the Bank of New South Wales staff, on the eve of; his departure for Whangarei. Mr Pufiett, on behalf of the members, presented Mr Winter with a handsome travelling, bag and rug.

The services to-morrow evening, m the Baptist, Presbyterian! and Methodist Churches will be of a mission character, m continuation of the mission of inspiration and appeal, v The promoters are m the main gratified with the results of this week's meetings. The services to-morrow; -evening will be of a bright, helpful 'character, with hearty singing. On Monday and during the rest of next week the services will be conducted m the Baptist Tabernacle..,

Mr H. S. Burleigh, manager of Messrs John Chambers and Son's local branch, is severing his connection with tlie firm to undertake the manufacture of Bickford's hygenic spring 'seating, New Zealand rights over which he obtained when m the Commonwealth recently: This new spring seating is stated to be revolutionising seating generally, and is adaptable to theatre seating, railways, furniture, and m fact almost any class of 'seating. Mr Burleigh will be succeeded by Mr Fenton as local . manager for Messrs* John Chambers" and Son.

A most enjoyable social gathering was held at Te -Rau , College last evening, when the students entertained a number of friends at their annual social. The Rev. F. W. Chatterton acted as chairman. 'During the evening games were indulged inj and musical and elocutionary items were contributed. The hosts were untiring in -their efforts to prof vide < for the comfort and enjoyment of all present, and their endeavors were crowned with success.' Amongst those who contributed to the programme were Miss' G.-. Warren, Mra Mackay, Messrs A. Rhinesmith, Tamati, Clark, Paul, Robinson and the students, An excellent supper was provided.

, The thieving epidemic is apparently not confined to Auckland.. 4. Last- "'week Mrs W. R. Bloomfield', of EpsOm, was, with her daughter, staying titv,' !the Masonic hotel, Napier. As they' intendr ed to travel overland to Taupo, and did riot wish to carry unnecessary luggage, they arranged that the luggage which they did not require should be sent On to Auckland, by- the steamer Included m the luggage was a dressing case containing: some valuable- dresses.^ Wlien the case was received. *f rom' the Monowai, on tfhe vessel's . "arrival at Auckland, it was found that it had been opened and. the dresses extracted. Whether the theft tpok place at Napier, or on the journey to Auckland is not known. V

Anew legal firm has commenced business m Gisborne, Mr George Hutchinson, the well-known barrister an.d formerly 'member of Parliament^ leaving entered into partnership .with Mr Wil-i liam' Arnold, a solicitor with large prac-. tioal experience of English and New Zealand law and its administration. ■ Mr i Arnold m January, 1890, attained high legal . honors at the Solicitors' Honors Examination m England, . and- m ; ~ the course of .his subsequent practice briefed some of the emminent barristers of ( the English bar. As Crown Prosecuting Solicitor he had cases' .before some of the leading judges, and has had a wideexperience of the local aspect of public health and -municipal matters. After practising for fifteen years he came to New Zealand on account of •?h is, health &nd ' for , the past five yehr^,. has .been manager and legal adviser ; to Sir Kenineth x)ouglas, Bart, barrister and solicitor of Wellington. Mr Arnold is^a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, London. 1 .

In i'ay.. lecture on "Old New Zealand.," Mr ■" A, Hamilton (director of' th^Domi--ttion. Museum of "-Wellington) sajd he>was not at all sure' that people were right m representing tlie ancient Maoris as constantly at war. Had th6y been "so, they could not haVe perfected their notable agricultural : operations; y If one •read some histories of England, one would g-et ■ the impression that ; our owrt ancestors; were fighting ' -mos^. of 7the time. : .Ygt, it . was Imown .tl\as[|h«ft Was not the "case^ So * with ' the Jlaoris. They : -AverO. > foiid of fighting, but jarge numbers ;.bf Stfiem must have been, employed : mainly m,.. peacefiTl qcgupftiions. ■ So, too,, it wa^/questronable whether the Maoris ought to have been described as savages.^ r They .were -.not unfeeling a n<| brutal. ' /yh^y .%d , p'bjite. manners,, 4p their own way, -and thought the pakeha' •very ill-behaved. >• They 'took a- great deal of pains, WithVthehv own .system* of \ education, though they made iiq> pW tenoe of -t.eq.itah.- opportunities. . for , sail- j Education ,w.as „ only ,__ for upn.e,rJ classes." - ti . -.;.,.■; •;. ". ;..,.-.. • ■■•

R. . Piercey Government? orcliard inspector, 'gave a .demonstration of the ■grading a-hd* packing of 'fruit "at Mr Hardy's drchai'd, Reptingaerte, yesterday afternoon;'" He' dealt ■trehbhahtly' with tlie customary methods '6lt 5 marketing fruit. H orchardißts cultivate, spray, and otherwise care for their trees, and then when the fruit comes, bundle it into cases anyhow-, and wonder at the low prices. The fruit, he urged, should he graded iri the orchard as soon as picU'ed, and it should be picked, no. pulled, the stalk being left' on the apple, and not on the tree. The many advantages of immediate grading m the orchard were pointed out, and it was shown how much more easy it is to pack well-graded fruit and how much more likely a carefully graded case would' meet the appreciation of buyers, be the apples large or . small, so long as they were uniform m size. Some useful hints m regard to packing were given, the instructor recommending the use of woodwork at the top and bottom of the case and the wrapping of. every apple m special packing fpaper;- .which costs about one penny per case. f The only pack that should 'be used is the diagonal fer pocket pack. Tliis afternoon Mr Pierce addressed another gathering at the Technical School.

A Beekeepers' Associations' Conference will be held m Christchurch m July next, and Mr E. Matthews will probably be the Poverty -.- Bay Association's delegate. - »

Miss Beckangsale, missionary of the Baptist Union, is t.o give an interesting address to the parents and. friends of the children m the Baptist" Tabernacle at 2.4& pan.,. to-morrow.

A lady spiritualist whb was denounced m Auckland 14 months 'ago by/hei''deserted husband has been divorced by him hi Christchurch, the grounds being miscondtfet. ■'• ■ ' ■ --..:.-

Tlie 'Pathe Pictures .are screening f-or to-night only a choice selection of 'films. This programme can only be shown r for to-night; as the "tneati^ is Otherwise engaged, for Monday 'and Tuesday. *

As illustrating the ' productivity of » Matawai s6il, Mr: H. Lan Simson states that on recently-cleared land he has turnips' as. large as one's head and rape 3ft high, though only -planted m Feb- . ruary. ' ' . ■ .i . .

A uuartet-acre section, with dwelling thereon, situated 'm Pox street, ,*and facing Ormond' road', 1 Was offered for 'sale to-day by Messrs Murray, Rdberts -and Co.,. and was disposed of to Mr F. Hall for £630.

The. Rev. T. Keith. Ewen will conduct an evangelical service m the' Baptist Tabernacle to-morrow at 7 p.m. ject, "Three Important Beginnings, Heralding an Old-time RevivaL" The morning subject will be, "The Coming of the Holy Spirit." Bright music and singing will be a special feature of the services.

The 'following, passengers reached Gisborne yesterday by Messrs Redstone and Son's coaches;— From Wairoa-, Mr Ritzman; Ahimanu, Mr Blackburn; 'Waipiro, Miss Kemp and Mr ■Watkine; Tolaga Bay, Mrs Oldfield and, child; Misses Bradley, A Rouse, Martyn >: Messrs Kamoko, Kecidi, Stepliens and- -Smith; Whangara, Mr Thompson. „ ,< ,-:y

The Boy Scouts will attend" the>mbrning service at St. Andrew's ChurcH-tom-orrow,, when the Rev. • -W.-'Grant ViH give an address on "Scouts of thfeXKihg- v d'om of God." In the evening the -Bfev. J. A. Lochore, wijth whom Mr Grant exchanges, will conduct -an evangelistic service. Mr Meikle will sing , the solo; "Rock of Ages," and .'| the choir\ will sing an, anthem. - >

The programme of the first of a series of winter entertainments^ to -be given m aid of the Holy Trinity Church. Building Fund, appears elsewhere - in '.''this issue. A pleasing variety has ' beert introduced into the programme, which comprises glees,' male' quartette, ..and songs and i-ecitations^ Ah -enjoyable evening is assured to -all who attend.

Last week. Mr and Mrs Walter Isle* entertained the - residents df Ngata^i. and surrounding "district at a, social, held m their country residence. ,' No pains were spared m order to provide, for the ! comfort and. pleasure. 61 -their guests;, and 7 a most enjoyable time was spent m games, music, and dahcinjj, !ihc! the' entertainment concluded by the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." On Monday one of the Waihi .Grand Junction Company's employes . engaged m \ feeding the company's "horses ; : :was approached by representatives of ; the Miners' Union and s informed that -.if . he continued he would be .fegarded as* .a blackleg, as m, attending to the he , vvas^ assisting the masters. After consulting; his employers, the man decided to "down noseoags," and, arrangements we*e made for the despatch l- of the horses to Katikati. «. „ Mr T M. Wilford, ;M.P.,, is expected to arrive at Auckland by the Marama on June 4th. In , writing undelr date April 7thj from. London r Mr . Wilfordi said he proposed to leave Liverpool; .on April 25th, having meanwhile Xo awaiti the' reporJ> of the, doctor,, who had operated upon -'Miss, .Wflford's eyes. ./-The -friends of . Mr Wilford m the Upper Hutt district intend giving a. banquet m his honor at the earliest suitable date..' Miss E. v Beckirigsale, who for-many years has labored m ihevniission. field A 'ir> India, as .a representative of- the Baptist union, is visiting Gisborne, fand. oil. her -.arrival she was tendered a drawing room reception at the Baptist Tabernacle. ; "The gathering was for ladies only, and the visitor gave a graphic urid heart-rendering account of the condition of the Hindu women. On Tuesday next, Miss Beckingsale Will give a lantern lecture m the Tabernacle, descriptive of her work m Tipper ah. >

During the chambers sittings of the Supreme Court at Auckland, Mr* , Justice Edwards, glancing -at the press table, gave instructions that m. future ; any jokes that fell from his lips while proceedings were m "progress m chamv befs were not to be published yin the N newspapers. It^ was -with considerable reluctance that he had opened the doors of these sittings to the press, as reports of proceedings published ih the newspapers might prejudicially affect .-the..' case when if, came up for hearing. VAfry?. jokes I niight be indiscreet enough Atomake m- my judiciary capacity, " reifc^r-; ated His Honor, with a smile, "must not be reported." ,° ... v/ ..,

Mr J. W. Bright, J.P V presided B the Police Court this ': morning, and' dealt with six inebriates. John Colin fticDbnald and, John 'Peterson we>e convicted for the second time this . week, and each fined 10s arid costs 2s, m default 48. hours' hard labor; Whare- , papa Taihiao- was fined 5s ■ arid cost"; 2s; in -, default 24 hours' imprisonment! '% first offender was fined the amount of .his bail, 10s, wbiist John Ryan * for a third -' , conviction within six months,- was Xeh- • teheed to 7 ,days' hard labor. Thomas ; D^yer, .who Was rel^aJsedyes'terday after ' having been detained for- & week for : medical observation, , stated " to be the outcome of suffering from alcoholic de- ' li4Bioiis;.'ww fined 10s. and costs 2e, m default 48 hours' imprisonment. J

A ropresentatiyebf the Edison-Beach storage battery :i*amcarsv waited dn thY Mayor of New Plymouth on Monday, afcVintimated the wiUinghess of the firm "he ' represented to send its expert from Aus- : traha to confer with the Borough Cbun- ' cil on the subject of those cars. He pro- } duced, literature showing that the cars are running with perfect success m over sixty towns m th©^ United ,'Stetes,.-in r - eluding New York, and that .they cost .-' one-third less to operate as against 7tho -' trolley whilst the cars -Imve ,a < power factor of, 90 per cen,t., as .against not better x than 50 per. cent,. wUhtroHey cars. Moreover, he stated that the Ed*' " son-Beach people are prepared to gu&r--antee, the efficiency Q lafmed for tie 'ewe, and that. New Plymouth 'would thus be ' indemmfied against any lass; supposinK the cars did, not fulfil expectation ' :

An extraordinary mis-hap occurred *£cute ut 4 ...R£>- X$ Saturday (says' -thl Wanganui Herald), when the loud crash! ' ing of falling timber m the Vicinity of the Wanganui post-office drew nundred£ ?i P e °J?® to *he spot, m the belief that ' Jmii C £ *£ * ?!? t> uil *™S : "ot^something/ similar had 'taken place.. ' What had happened Vas the falling over Of most of the exceptionally heavy ironwork .being set up.:m connection wit/h the build- / ing of Messrs. Hallenstein's new, ©i*. / mises, at ..the .corner of Avenue Mid J Ridgeway street. •?> Workmen had' been engaged^* lifting, by .meins^ sheer legs, a heavy iron girder in-order so that the girder WW' sit .better on ■' . While-pinch ng> 'the column into position with L a i crpwj a r> the heayV mass Of iron overbakpiedV arid, fell VghtS ' to the next column. The columns had 7 evidently been placed 'in very, accurate ? i position, for each one, as Iti. . neighbor on one side'fell on .it, , m turn fell X *i he °u ne i °? *be .other side, till finally the whole lot,, columns and off ders/ came crashing down on the foot, path. A telegraph pole was, chipped, and. part of the asphalt of the footpath cracked, but that..- appeared to be . about Ue sum total of thractualdamagS, the iron work- apparently being uninjwredV

T. Parker Col beg to notify *h e My Uias. L. Schm6ll has Arrived' :^,d may be intervieM-ed at the Ma-sc^c sSiMay^h.*^' 14 ' UniU

To believe the' half 'of . what heat and to.forget the half of tfft is^S pnnciDle, Tmt ladies can '&f4lf r benero that for value -m cosy all-wool jeTserk m all colors, M: Neffl'a is to -be relied »pon. Do not forget us * . ■ '