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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13131, 18 July 1913, Page 2

Timaru continues to attract people from other, centres, ( both for residential and trade purposes ..(says the Timaru Herald.) A Dunedin. mercer and a Dunedin grocer have each secured business premises m Stafford street, and intend tq.start there at an, early date. V 'The Mayor of Christchurch stated i{hat owing to the change dnf thef halfholiday, the demand for (oecfcrf6 current' from the. ' destructor station had fallen off coijMdembly. Last month the decrease m" the quantity taken , was 5000 units ; which meant, a loss of. £j125. "I travel about a lot, and I find that it is quite a rarity to find a native driving at night with a light," remarked Mr W. A. Barton; S.M. , at the Police Court this morning, when dealing with William Babington, a native, charged ■with driving a vehicle without lights alonga road at Matawuero. "The practice is greatly prevalent amongst natives, and is a dangerous one," .continued His Worship, x "you will be fined £1 and, 7s costs." \ v . Arbot Day was celebrated- with great enthusiasm at Cook County College yesterday. The feupils . to thef nuhiher of 38, under the .direction of a professional" gardener, planted a large number of ornamental trees', shrub's, arid flowers, each girl having her ' little garden and taking great interest m it. During the afternoon Dr Singer vaccinated eight girls. The, college was being inspected to-day by Air. H. Hill; Inspector for the Hawke's Bay education district, aiid directly the . inspection is 'finished the school will be closed for ... a 'week, to enable the sewerage system io bo installed, j /. ' An "At Home" was held by the Gisborne Women's Club on Wednesday, heing a very r enjoyable ,; affair. Mrs Lamont Gurr sang) and /Mrs '• Morgan played the accompaniments. ;: It Has been decided 'to hold fortnightly meetings for the future, such meetings to be held once a month. Two or three members will be responsible for the entertainment of the ' afternoon. ,At the alternate fortnightly; fmeeting. there will b«e a discussion on subjects interesting to /women". Next Wednesday week, at the first meeting of the .kind, .a paper will be .road ,by. the secretary on "What Wohien's Clubs are. ddjng ,m America." Tlie Borough Council met m coihmittee last night, there being pres&vt • MisWorship the Mayor (Mr J. R X Kirk), Crs Smith, Wildish, Hill, v Bright, Brown> Hepburn' Wade, and jSherratt. '■ ; The applications for the portion' of engineer to the borough, amounting m number to 21, the f testimonials in* ■connection with which were previously gone through by some of7>the Cbilncillors, were carefully: considered. The^. Council reduced thei number to four. Further: inquiries are to be made by the Mayor m >itapect off tlvese four, and the matter, will *gairi be 'considered, and, if possible*, a ; final appointment' made "at the' ordinary meet, ing of the Council on Tuesday next, .y In a letter ■ yesterday regarding the Oamariinuii erigagerhent, " Mr _ A. G. Withers stated: "'According records of that event m my fa^lier's'handwriting, and now m my possession, Omaranui engagement tookijjplace bh^the'moi'hin'g of '12th ' October, 1866, ' and lasted nearly Lj, hours. Half the Hau Haus Wero either killed or^vHlurided, tho loss on our side being one killed and three wounded (^Europeans), qnd five wounded (native contingent.)" Mr A. Skillicorn points out that there were five Europeans wounded,' one fatally, m addition to one man killed, and fhe supplies the following list:— "Killed and wounded at the battle of Omaranui, 12th October, 1866 : Young, killed ; Morrison, died from wounds; J. Shirley, wounded; R. Brooking,! wounded ; Captain Kennedy,'wounded; A. Skillicorn, wounded; Regarding the finding of shells on White Island, referred to m a recent article m our columns, 38r ■ Luke; Humphreys, an old Gisborne resident,] states that m July or August, 1868, ,his, ship, H.M.S. Rosario, deposited a num- ! bier of shells on that island during target practice. Afterwards some of the, officers landed and 1 went over the island. He also went ashore with the boat's party, and they had;. to use long poles for sounding on the island, owing to the soft nature of the ground. It was at the' same time, he said, as they were taking Sir H. Botoen, tho Governor, from Auckland to Wellington. When they got as far as Tauranga the Governor would not travel any further m the Rosario, as she rolled too much, and he transhipped, to the Government steamer Sturt. That night a heavy gale came uip, and both ships -sheltered at what was known ,as the headquarters. During the night the Rosario delivered broadsiderswhich landed over the Sturt. On arrival at Wellington the men on the latter vessel wanted to know why they were fired at. '

The Maserton municipal gasworks are I a valuable asset to the borough. The I , gross profit on the operations of last / [year amounted to £3440. Practical demonstrations m the spraying and pruning of fruit trees will be given on dates announced m our advertising columns. The brilliant A.B. star drama, ''Broken Ways," which has been causing much enthusiasm at "His Majesty's" Theatre, will be shown for the last time to-night by Pathe Pictures. There does not seem to be any immediate prospect of much relief for the large number of men, the great majority of whom are general laborers, who are out of work at the present time m Dunedin, states the Star. The Napier Retailers' Association has adopted a "credit control system," whioh, when • finally arranged, will be put into operation by members. It is claimed that bad debts will be greatly reduced thereby. *. There was a valuable collection of motor cars at the reception accorded to Sir Walter Buchanan at Masterton last Thursday afternoon. The number inside the grounds was 186, while 18 were* stationed immediately outside. The approximate value of the cars was about £80,000. A careful count showed that there were at least 300 couples at the County ball at Te .Karakfiy last night. The chairman of the committee, Mr A. M. Lewis, received telegrams . from Mr W. D. S. Mac Donald, M.P., and Mt O. E. Armstrong, expressing regret that they would be unable -to be present. The- newly-elected officers of the Temperance Association provided a musical programme for members and visitors at last evening's meeting. The ■ various items were appreciated by tbe large gathering present. The reading of, and subsequent discussion upon "Newspaper Cuttings" will occupy the attention of next week's meeting. • Steps are now being taken (says' the Press) by Mr W. J. Courtier, the Government ordfoardist, for the planting of test aores m Canterbury, fihe'-i&ea being to^ demonstrate the most suitable varieties of fruit for each district. At tne same time as the planting Mr Courtier^ Will give demonstrations of general orchard work. In four of the Farmers' 'Mutual Insurance Companies the following is the statement of losses made last year: — • Hawke's Bay, policies ih force, £112,---241; loss, £16 10s; Otago, policies, £175,769; loss, £5; Taranaki, policies, £234,454, loss £7 17s 4d; Wellington, policies £187,459, loss £250. Upon- the policies aggregating £709,863 the loss was under £300. ; • ''T* v *. V . vlri a case of theft which came before the Chi'lstchurch Magistrate's Court, counsel for the accused said that "the case ; presented some sad features. The lad's education, m counsel's opinion, had been unduly forced. The lad when J2 years ot age had secured a junior education scholarship, and two years later a senior Board scholarslrip. yjf^en 15 years of age he passed, the* matriculation, solicitors general knowledge, falnd medical preliminary examinations. -';A y As showing the remarkable virility, of disease germs when buried . m t/he soil, Mr C. J. Reakes' instanced recently a case where aftthrax had- been contracted by contagion after a lapse of 40 years. On a farm a cd*w was destroyed;- suffering from the 1 complaint; and'as'she was 1 a great favorite withr the farmer's family a "fence was. ■erected around . the grave. Forty years' later, other , beasts broke through the fencing and feasted on the succulent grass growing ther©. : Within a . short time . they developed 7 symptoms of anthrax, and when they ; were .slaiigh- ' tered the true disease was .discovered. > f By an arrangement with "'the Blen- , heim Borough Council, Mr John Sturrock, late of Napier, has cancelled his three yeaatf engagement with the Council m consideration Of the' receipt V o f £607. The agreement had about two years to run, and the cancellation was , the, outcome of Blenheim's original loan proposals being upset on a technicality and the ratepayers refusing to again sanction the borrowing Of the amount, ' £70,000. One of Mr Sturrock*s assistants got compensation equal .to six t months' salary and another ..to three > nibntns.' It. is Mr Sturrock's intention j to .either enter on a private enterprise » pr, -failing a suitable opening, to return t to Scotland. • ' » L An excellent illustration of the cuni ning of the average Chinese came to ■ light at Masterton a few days agoj • when Mr W- V. Hobbs,' auctioneer, re- • ceived a consignment of bankrupt stock. I Among the ..spectators watching the removal of the , goods irom ithe . lorry , to the ■ Auction room /there was an elderly • Chinese. •When the; last case had been • 'trucked inside, the Mongolian hastily -followed iheT'aUctidneer, and, pointing • to a small-sized case, ho "said, "How rauchee?" "I 'jsell' Mm tO-morrow," replied the auctioneer. "No time to-. ( angered the Chinaman. "Me t buy how/ aiidi he eventually secured the case for f £16. Half 'an- hour had } elapsed when he made a' reappearance, and so great , was his emotional vocabUilaiy ; that an interprfeter' was summoned. The ( outcome was' ludicrous. It appears that the case bore an inscription written m Chinese characters, stating that the case contained a false botton concealing £100 Of opium, but on being, opened up, another label at the bottom of the case 1 read, "Better lluck next time." > Referring to, the work of ..vaccination at Wellington) the Dominion ! says: — , "The doctor^onduity was steadily'working away, by. his side a hunch of needles, a box of tubes of lymph, and a biasing , spirit lamp: As eaohVVpatielit" entered, he or she -Was asked by one of the nurses to bare an Arm. The upper arm' was , then carefully cleansed with "a piece 'of cotton wool dipped -m absolute alcohol. Then the patient, having' duly registered his name, wak submitted -to the or-i deal. And what, a trivial tiling it turned out to' be ! A few gehtle — very gehtle-H - scratches with a needle, the application of two or three drops Of lymph, the flow Of an infinitesimal quantity of blood—-, far less than a man loses when he cuts, himself with his razor— a joke with thedoctor,, a friendly 'rally' from the other, victimsr— and "it was all over." ' , One litdy did' not wish. tofhave he? arm. disfigured ; — it was so ' awkwaa*d inevehihg dress—' '• &o, . without '[ any apologies to anyone; .she there arid then offered the calf of her leg to . the needle-point, and after "the faint' scratching, whioh is the onlysfehsatioh* felt at the time, exposed, the 'sign to t'he sun until it had dried sufficiently. 'Everybody's doin' iti^whistled a , facetious . citizen, as he entered the room and took m the >uniiKaal scene.. And so they were. Ministers and pro-; fessional men, police officers, pressmen w.ere there, standing beside factory hinds, laborers iand little children— a small-pox scare is a great leyeller.'' "Mr J. G. Cox, who returned to Gis-. borne on Wednesday from the annual Dental Conference recently -held m Wellington, informs us that there was a record' attendance of " members at the conference. An instructive programme of clinics and demonstrations Was- gone through. One Of these especially elicited the praises of those present, via., gold crowns, gold and aluminium plates, etc. A "casting demonstration" was given by members of a Canterbury Club (working m accord with the Dental Association), of which Dr. Patterson and Mr St. John are the leading spirits. Among the clinics was a veiy interesting one showing "skiagrams," by Mr Fairchild, bf Wellington, and an able paper was also read npon "Local Anaesthesia," by Dr.' Levien, of Napier. The presidential address given: by Mr Cox's brother, Dr. N. K. Cox, proved to have a stimulating effect upon dental matters^ m the Dominion, as it led to a definite proposal being' made to the Ministers ? pi Health and Education that the services of a duly qnah Red dentist should be obtained for eaoh of the .four -centres to be devoted to the care of the' teeth of* schoolchildren; the' 1 idea being to extend the service' subsequently to -all the schools of . the Dominion. To this proposal a favorable reply was received. It is generally agreed that the inauguration of this scheme will- be fa . marked step forward m the annals of dentistry m New Zealand.. The lighter side of things was hot "', overlooked at ; tho conference, for an enjoyable smoke concert was held at Godber's rooms, Cuba ' street, at' which the Hon. R. H. Rhodes, Mr Justice Denniston, and others attended.