TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12814, 13 July 1912, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Auckland: Sailed. 2.15 p.m.. MonoAvai for Gisborne. Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., returnfrom Wairoa this evening. The telephone •number uf Mr W. U Maclaurin. Stout, street, has been allorci to 561. The Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce has decided to press for an ull-nig'ht telephone service. The foundation stone of Whaiyjarei': new municipal buildings, to cost £3000 ,l\as been laid by the Mayor. At a meoting of the Committee ol tho Agricultural aild Pastoral Association this, afternoon Mr H. E. Dodd Avas appointed secretary. The Rev. G. Watson has resigned the parish of Geeveston (Tas.), and aeceptec work m the diocese of VVaiapu, uudei Bishop AA'erill.' The benzine famine appears to.be a. an end. Benzine can hoav be purchaser at Napier at the normal price, and sup plies are rapidly coming to' hand. On Friday last (says the Aueklaiu. Star) Norali Ihvyer, the four-year-oh. daughter of Mr and Mrs J* DAvyer, oi Rangatuua Lakes, Avhile standing i:. froilt of the fire) had her dress ami clothing accidentally burnt. The littk sufferer died from the injuries received. "The- most pitiful thing m the life bl New z,ea:and is me iaige proportion of i her native-born sous who are unskilled '-. workers. The waste m the use of m j complete equipment is very great, but. the greatest waste of all is m the incapacity of htfi untrained Avorkers."- — Professor Mills before the Cost of Living Commission.'. . The Napier Municipal Theatre will be ' ready for occupation by the middle of October.- Already theatre companies haA'e made enquiries- and a number of dates have been pencilled off for them. The opening nights have been reserved for the Napier Operatic Society, aild they are now rehearsing "The Greek 'Slave," for presentation. Lite first telegram that the Hon. W. F. Masscy sent -away after taking his seat ■i as Prime Minister, -was to his oldest friend m NeAv Zealand, Mr Thos. Wyllie, of Papatoetoe, near Auckland. . Mr Wyllie. is still hale and hearty, though ii) his 96th year. It was m his charge that Mr Massey, as a boy, came out to New Zealand 41 years ago. The salary of the Prime Minister is £1600 a year, the Minister of Raihvays gets £1300, and each of the .other salaried Ministers £1000. Members of the Executive Council travelling within the Dominion on public service are entitled to an allowance not exceeding £1 10s per day. Salaried Ministers not provided Avith residences" at the seat of Government are entitled to an allowance m lieu thereof of £200 a year.

Mr J. A. Ruddick, at" one time New Zealand Dairy Commissioner,' writes : — ''"When I left New Zealand, twelve years ago, I little thought that I . would "some day be eating -New' Zealand butter m Canada, and yet this is w-hat Aye are (doiiiff at present. We ai-e using it m our house, and find tho quality excellent. It retails at Is Bdper pound. The butter which is being sold m Montreal, Ottawa, and other eastern cities is imported from Londoh, but the Avestern cities get their supplies direct from NeAv Zealand. I hare not lost my interest m NeAV Zealand and NeAv Zealand affairs, and I Avatch the development of dairying there Avith great interest."

A striking . instance of the necessity of mountain , roads Avas afforded last week (saya a message from Sale to the Melbourne . Argus). Dr. Hagenauer, of Sale, was summoned -to - Talbot\ ; ille, Crooked river, to attend': the Avifo of Mr W. Guy, a resident of that place. He motored half'AVay, rode the rest, of P0 miles, and ordered the removal of fhe patient to Sale. The road l was so bad that .52 men, Avorkingj jn relays, had to ca/rry the patient up tind down the -precipitous places on a shuttfer, to Dargo, foixling the river ""-'four times.' From Dargo Mrs Guy A\'as conveyed m a Du gg. v to Sale, and reached the hospital after 20 hours of' painful journeying:

Among the victims who perished m the recent terrible tornado at Retina. CVinada, Avas a very, promising- young NeAV Zealander, Mr George Hailey Craven, third son Of Mr R. B. Craven, of Pankhur.st, Helensvilje. ''Deceased wus well-known m the, Auckland province. He left some four years ago to attend the. Agricultural 'College -in Winnipeg* Manitoba, and -wu-% successful m parsing ceveral examinations. He made great strides m his calling of engineer, and at the time he '.tn-et his death m the tornado was ' superintending the erection of sojne ne,Av machinSry for a laj,'|e butter' factory. Deceased was only 28 years'of age. His people, who are AvellknoAvn and much 'respected m the Kai--para district, 'vyere expecting him home during the year, and much sympathy is felt for them..

A ,rather singular accident occurred at the Feilding saleyards a feAv days ago. A settler Avas standing on the • platform along the top of: the . cattk) I pens, when an old coav apparently took exception tp the oilskin coat he Avas ■Avearing. The more she looked the less she liked, it, and gi-adually Avorking herself up into a- fury, she jumped on her hind legs and with a vicious shake of; the head and a butt forward put. one horn through the oilskin. The wearer was t.ikcn completely by surprise,* and Avithin another few seconds he found •himself m the pen beside the enraged animal; He fell with considerable -force, and m doing, so came m contact with the cow's horn, as a- result of Avhich his leg was badly torn to the bone.' The animal's fury instantly subsided, and no further attempt to molest him was made. Surgical attendance had to be obtained, and it will be a while before he,. Avill.be aboui again.* ' '

The Gisborne Shakespeare Society will hold their first reading of the season on July 26th. The pla s y chosen is "Midsummer Night's Dream," and the committee have arranged the- folloAving cast : Theseus, .Duke of Athens, Mr D. Mienzies ;. Egeus, father of.Hermia, Mr J. G. ! Cox; Ly sander, a loi J d of Athens, Mr j. Nicol ; Demetrius, a lord of Athens, Mr C. G. Bloore ; Philostiate, master of the reA'els, Miss X R. Good ; Quince, a carpenter,; as prologue, Mr A. Webb ; Simg, a joiner, as lion, Mr J. G. Cox; Bottom, a Aveaver, as PyraA mus, Mr W. J. Barlow ;, Flute, a bellows mender, as Thisby, Mr W. Samson ; Starveling, a tailor, as Moonshine,,. Mr C. McKay ;•' Snout, a tinker, as Wall, >Mr J. Robb ; Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. Miss A. McLean ; Hermla, m love. Avith Lysander, Mrs W. Barknv ; Helena, m love with Demetrius, Mrs X. Hooper; Oberon, king of the fairies, Mjss A. M. Hyett ; \Titania, queen of tbo fairies, Mrs W. A. Smith ; Puck, fairy messenger, Miss E. L. -Faubert ; chorus, Miss E. Roberts. The members have also under study the "Twelfth Night," the public 'reading of 'which- will be given later m the reason. '•

, A burglary uf a somewhat alarming nature is reported by a LiiiAA'ood resident, Avhose house is situated m Gloucester street East (says the Lyttelton Times). It appeal's that the gentleman left his home one night recently, leaving his Avifc and three little children alone. The wife put the children to bed, and avus sitting reading when she heard a sound ,as of someone moving m the dining room. She Avent to investigate the reason for the noise, and Avas terrified "to soo a man helping -himself to the things on the dresser. The burglar informed hrn" that it Avas no use her making a noise, as ho Avas there to take all he could get, and he Avould use violence if she made any noise to bring holp. The woman became hysterical, and her cries and laughter were heard by some passers-by. Three men Avent up to the house to make investigations, and •were just m time ty see the burglar making his exit through tho dining room windoAV, faking his spoil with him. They gave chase, but tho burglar had a good start, and made his escape m the darkness.

One by one the sands are floAving, one by one the moments fall ; some are coming, some are going; do no£ strive to grasp them all. But grasp .this opportunity: Two beautifully-bound books, by tin*. "best' niithVii's, for 2s 6c|, at M. NeUTa.*"

Next week tlie tablet system on the Wellington-Napier raihvay section should be completely installed. A Wellington Avitness toW the Cost of Living Commission that during a recent three days' sale a Wellington retail house disposed of over 2000 pairs of boots; ''This must be-^ pretty good country." remarked his Honor, Mr Justice Chapman, at the Supreme Court at Nelson, "if a laboref can go m for a gold Avatch." His Honor added that he did not know if the. Cost 'of- -Living .Commission had yet visited Nelson, but if they had not they might be able to get some interesting e\'idence. An unknown, eenpent-like fish, Mi long, was picked up by Mr S. Wagener on the SO-mile Beach, near Houhora. It has a snake-like head, no teeth, and two sets of\ Aving-like fins Avith hair at the ends. The body is about 15in. through m the thickest part, and its tail is SAVordlike and about 4ft 6in long. Tho flesh of the fish had been eaten away before it camo ' ashore. Mrs. Gillam, Avil'e of the vicar of St. Matthew's, Auckland, and a prominent member . of the Ladies' Benevolent Society, m speaking to a Herald i-e---porter, said her own cases m Avhat i.-s called the city south area, number 30 a ""month, principally women Avho haA r e been deserted by their husbands, while n few are prisoners' wives. "A Avomau called the other day, stating that Ikuhusbaiid had 'deserted her. .She had « little baby m her arms just two months old |- and another child aged two years. Poor Avoman ! She Avas, absolutely penniless, and her baby , A-ery, A T ery ill. The husband had promised to send money, but he had not kept his '.word. One other case is that of a man, an absolute loafer, whose life is unfortunately of the same helpless, hopeless disposi-. tion. There are three children. * We have helped them so much and Avithout effect that charity has had to be withdraAvn. At the- same time one cannot! see God's children stan-e. and Aye give j them the- 'bread' -that is needful. Recently a woman Svas left with a baby only three . w^eks old: Another was deserted 12 months ago., her husband leaving four children Avith her. . I think' it is a blot on -<pur civilisation arid law that AvomenAsand children should be treated m ''this /way. In fact, 85 per. ■■ cent, of our cases are dv« to wife desertion. H^wbaiids ought to be .catight and returned to their oavh town, and 'there placed on public works and their wages Avithheld for the support of their AviA-es." A '