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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12883, 2 October 1912, Page 4

A man suffering from weakness of the brain was committed to-Avondale mental hospital yesterday afternoon. .Attention' is drawn lo the alteration of dates m connection ' -witli. ':the Matawhero ■Stock." Sales.- > A side- will be hel'cl to- ; morrow, instead of the lGth, so that the. dates.-will nol. clash; with .Carnival Week.' Tlie auxiliary' scow Magic,, which went ashore at the mouth of the Wairda river ' on Wednesday night," was floated off and taken up to thfe* wharf 'practically undamaged. The Auckland Herald 'states definitely that , the Union Company has disposed of tlie -well-known . coastal steamer -Squall to Messrs Richardson and Co., of* Napie?.' The Te Hapara School Committee has receiyed adyice , from the ' Education' Board that that bodyvhas applied to the. Department for the erection of another addition to the Te Hapara school. Mr Alfred Warbrjck, who for yearsacter a* a guide m the' .Government! service at Rotorua, has bee^ii appointedi launch-master to the Department ofTourists and Health Resorts. "vTwo tender^ -were received by the Borough ' Council li .'f or the supply of 400 cross-arms for the. electric light poles. They were -. Turnbull and Jones £38 15s,Timber Hardwara Company £34 lis 3d! (accepted). . ; .**■ „' . .'.-,'. Two first offenders for drunkenness' were brought A. before- Mr W-' A. Barton.! S.M., this morning, at the Police Court, and were fined ss, with 2s costs, m default 24 hours' imprisonment •' . In accordance with A custom, the\Borough Council' decid«cV hight to, grafnt ; a. /request frpm' tlie ; : A. and 'P. Association to -proclaim' a"' whole holiday on People's Day, which fall's on October 23rd.. -■>.■•-■■ i A Press Association message received, to-day from Wellington , states : —The" Public Works Department had accepted the: tender of Henry Webb, £2305, -for. the erection of the Police Station at Gis-, borne./ .. -, •■..--. Mi*' : C. *F. Spooher- typewriter expert, advertises that 'he will" only' be m Gis.'borhe for a few days, longer, and that he\ can undertake 1 the repair, or overhaul- of airy typewriter. • Mr. Spooner can .be consulted at the Masonic sample rooms, or , messages left at the hotel will be attended to. ■A deaf and dumb Maori named Piripi! was brought before the Police Court' to-day on a charge' of drunkenness. He' had a -previous conviction against him iii 1911. By. means of signs the offender' was brought, to understand the charge.aaid he nodded "Yes.". He was fined' ss, with. 7s costs,- or .48 hours' imprisonment. , -;■-.■ .'-,•■..■-...■■'.■• Th;ei a'ccounlts passed 'for, payment A at' the. Borough Cojuioil meeting* last, nightamounted • t»; £-1513 .- _9_-> 3d *• in' 'the 'general •' account, and £1046 18s Id m! the? additional, ioaji aniount. , A suni of £1459 vi6s : lid. was . passed for- Messrs Robb: Bros, m rbspect' of the supply of, sewerage' pipes, contract, ; which has been, completed.^ . • . . A. To-morrow evening, Sn the, Patiitahi.' public hall, the .Te, Araj- . Presbyteriani choir- will render the service of song, "Charlie Coulson, the Little Drummer Boy of. Gettysburg.!'... T helper foi*ma,nce both at To Arai and Ma tit whoio has been well received (and much praised, and : a good house, is coitfidenitly expected A at' Patutahi: A < The -proceeds are m aid of; the 'local Presbyterian. Church.' -■■-■.-< As" the clock showed A the A first A five minutes of this rrrOmihg, Cr 'Srtiith plac-' ed tli'4 following notice' of motion oh ''tlie' Borough Council table: "Tliat for future: 'meetings of ■-,-■ this ' Council ''all speakers be limited to ten ■, minutes." 1 The, other Councillors expressed their approval- of i;the .'proposal, and- Cr Wade remarked that he" was jiist about to move m .the same direction. The spinsters and benedicts of Ormond hold theiranhual ball, m., the; Ormond . ball to r mor,row night; --._?hei secretaries, Misses Neenan and Swain-' soil, wit.h an energetic-' committee, hiave the arrangements wejl m; hand. .The music will; be supplied- by, / Messrs Ren*/ wick Bros.' eft'ehes'tr'*-^ and the '•supper is; m the.-:- .capable hands 'bf-.'Mr;, Wobttou.. Judging by the numbeV of tickets sold, and given a fine night; a large gathering 1 is expected. ..■•', V V .: '" ■ ' At the'la*t meeting of the. Borough ' Council, , Cr ; Hepburn drew, attention to' tlie cost, of kSrbing 1 - and .channelling, which 'was from -£6 to £6 15s per chain,* and remarked that';, he" understood thei same' work m Hastings, cost £2 5s to £5. The: Council decided to write Ato' the Hastings Council for official ihfor.mation, -and this was laid beforetlie Council last ■ night, _the. Mayor j-stating , that 'il :; shbwed that the work ih Gisborne was being as economically carried out as at Hastings. . • In ah ii,ddrpss Plymouth' Sir' Robert Stout remarked : "How few'peo-< pie hi, New Zealand ale thrifty." Tlie lectiurei* A proceeded;: ",l 'sometimes -think' it would. ;be it good^thing. if. -we m thiscolony were made pobr,~ f^o as to learn* 'whut "thrift hieanSiA YSu x^aye to live ih a 'poor country. Ato Ji^im v .^'bat thrift is.' What a • different ''coi^i*y-\^:ew Zealand' would' be if we -weife- all thrifty, if wa' lived bur lives simply, were simple m, our .'foody' our clothes, our .pleasures,, and if we did not* run after amusementas if the Aone aim m life 'was to he. amused.' The savings bank account is,' the 'passport 1 for young men -in New Zealand," A •.'', „'.'"■ /'.... . ■ ;. ';.;.; Mr Hferdman.^pi^sideht.; oLthe Napier> Chamber, of Commerce, has received thei following . reply fi'pm the, Minister for. Public Works to the telegram sent yes.-> terday regarding the stopping of work on the East" Coast. railway :4-"I, regret liaving to 'discoutihwefbr the present -thei formation/a t. tlfeA 'Napier -end' of the Napkr-Gisborne lj,he, ■ ' but until tho; bridge. acijfl^sAth© harbor ! is erected any, further similar' expenditure is so obvi-b-itsly wastbfaV Afchat , the' money can be bettei* employed iii ."making roads. — W. 'Fraser.'' ' ! Feeling .is* running high m Napier at : the ,stoppagis of tlie* railway works, and this Has 'culminated m .tm^ calling. o£- an indignation meeting off citizens for to-morrow evening. ' ! Scepticism as to the pressure of Dannevii'ke's'water.suppjj^when .it Mas first' installecl was (.for a story being told by the Mayor .last week when/ the new 'station * Was opened* (says the • Dannevirke News.) i A well-Jchown gen- i tl email' had ad versely..' cri t icised 1 1 ie highpressure scheme.A'mgintaining that it ■ • would s of ilittle;(hS6;for brigade jnirt150ses,'and said.he'Avas prepai'bd to stand on top di l the tower at tho Masonic • Hotel anil leb^the brigade have a shot at Mm with the' hose, just to show hafiinadequate the pressfure'was for- practical purposes. The challenge A was taken- lip,' and On the appointad v day the civilian took his 'stand on Hue tower and defied ' the bl-igadb to -shift *hin"iV On the' second attempt the water hit its mark, andhe- : fore long the' doUbter was hanging on to the floor of tho tower yelling foi* merdy, and the efficiency of the iiresSurb was vindicated. He cafiie, down a wetter 'and wisSv man.'" ■ 'i *-•'.'•'' V- : '^ V.:v)-:.--i ■■ -,->r r-.c . ':■ -. • .- v V . v . - ( ■ r ■ Presbyt^i*ia,n -Churchy, DrniQ^d, charge. — S.ervices ;|or -Whakacau 'a\id Railway Worlds., Sunday, October 6.: Wha.karaui 11 a.m M Matawai- 3 pan., Otoko 7 p.m. | A 'hearty invitation to all to attend i these services. — H' Maiden^ assistant! ministei*. ' ■■•

A soci.-il m connection with the Patut'lhi Presln-lerian CJ lurch Avill* be held to-moixow.. evening. , ... „. M ' A,!^- l ' l ' f, 'i- iy ir te m iu r z&°4tip .s.iitoji^.of (lie New Zealand 'limes, has.ptirchlisp.d tlie Northern Advocate, Whangarej; V.' m the United States, where there are now 21.8C0.C00 dairy cows, values We appreciated from £6 m 1909 to'^7.''^ Redstone and -Sons' eoaches'jeave for Pakarae, Tolaga, Tokbmaru t , a'nd*"'Waipiro to-morrow (Thursday) at ;9.30 'a.hf'. '" ■' A benefit euchre party' w^ll' be -Ji^e'ld -AtVVootton's rooms to-night m aid of , the widow and family of , the late *. A \h* ' W Owe];. .-*. . ' ;'.•-.. yy" Tho social to be held at" M'-ang^Sana. shoi-tly has been fixed .for' ' Thursday' of next week* (October 10)' arid'iibt foi* 'this wee-'t. .). The ijstfal mid-weel-;' change 'of' pi*o, gramme ,of ,the Pathe Rictur^mltJe ■ screened .this evening The "new, series is a. specially attractive lot, and includes the Vitagraph. Coritpahy's latest comedy ."Ai Charnliiitf Mamma." v '"> The Americair Science Association -'h_„ declared there is no.- -proof thatvhujnah beings ever ge)> tiiberculosis. from;-ani-mals, and that the tubercular bacilli of animals and humans are not alike. *•»;.*. Lord Liver])ool, Grovernor-i^jstgnai'e' is expected to arrive m ' the 'Dominion by, December 20. Tlie^Wtatemeii't 'is m ado that Aucklan d will' "be" ' his home .ior. some months gfter his arriyal.s' ' Nearly £400 has b^en subscribed^ 'towards tlie proposed memorial at'Godal.inltigi England, to Mr Phillip S> t^e'clnef Marconi wireless operator on the' Titanic, wJio was a native of the town, Li,-.... ; The failing health ;of Sir . fc.te.ward, now m the 72nd yeatLof his ag^, is causing . some anxiety. , The teteran ex : Speaker is buffering from an oldrstandmg tlux>at. trouble '*„.**> „t AAccording to a cable'- message to ■■{% Sydney Sun, Mr Josenji Chamberlain >S a sinking tast. During 'the la_fr '■fi'-^b W6eks_ he has ceased to take any interest m political events. He is lying m bed, mentally and physically helplels. ' , The committee of the Cosmopolitan -Club will , be pleased to* see * * M-ge attendance of members «dt the .club tomorrow night -at 8 o'clock, when *a : series ot progi*9?sive euchre tournaments Awi 11 be ! started.' . Trophies are being , nueeented by Messrs H. Martin and T. Adair for; competition. ..•.'■ .'.':■', . Although tho fishing, season opened yesterday (states . the , Napier Tefegraph) local angleris are not showino* any 'great anxiety with the tempting fTy. Sportsmen m.. this district , usual! v * wait. -nntil the .tourist i-esorts, Taupo^ Rangitaike and Waikaremoana- have been <tofeh<sa which takes, place on November Ist,'--be-fore becoming enthusiastic, i. ■*•■;: Hunter, Schultze and^ &iWff, of Napier, the welMvribwn l_iid ag«v have been appointed district agents tOt the Hawke's Ray and Gisborne districts fori the Australian Alliance Assurance Company (fire and iharine),* "vicrVMv W.^ Kinross- White, resigned. : v '•The'y notify elsewhere m this, issue that Mfes&rs Petchell and Co:";will continue toAA.ct for the company m ASoverty. Bay. ' '*'**