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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13138, 26 July 1913, Page 2

Government motices to Maoris, in reference to the - prevailing epidemic, appear on page 5 of to-day's issue. The following was the revenue received at the Custom house this week — Customs duties £761 17s sd, beer duty £63 13s, light dues 4s 2d, other receipts (sale of oysters) £5 12s; total, "£B3l 6s 7d. Gisbome , School defeated ,Te .Hapara School by 20 points to' nil in tHe schools' football competition this morning; •Gisborne has now won this series, of school football competition^ and ihe reorganised school football competition will be commenced .next •Saturday. "' '" The usual meeting of the Gisborne No-License League will be held at 7.30 p.m. on Monday in' the Bright street Methodist class-rooms. Theueague wilJ ta-ke part in the T. "E: Tajrlor :inemorial meeting in the schoolroom 'at 8 o'clock. The public are invited tp the latter gathering. ' ' ',' ' ; ' At the Police Court ,to<|ay, before Mr W. A. Barton, 5.M.,-% John Alexander Tullpck, on a charge of failing '.to ooniply with a maintenance orjler, was remanded to appear at Milton on IViday; August Ist. ' James Swan pleaded guiltv to being drunk, anct was ;fined ;10tf, "with 2s costs, or 48 . hours' imprisonment. The petition .asking the Minister of Lands to take over the clump of bush on Mr O. Gray's property at Waiphika for a soenio reserve is being largely signed, Mr Gray himself being amongst the signatories. Mr G. E. JonesV who has been the prime mover in the rijatter, will probably proceed to Wellington' to support the petition. ■ A meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will.be held on Monday evening in Wesleyan schoolroom, the day being observed in the >ljnipn as the "T. E.' Taylor Memorial Day." Members of the Union arid other temperance bodies are specially requested to .attend, and also all friends and those m sympathy with temperance work are Specially invited. , ' A conference was held late yesterday afternoon between the 'Borough Council and the Fire Board regarding the fire station site. The wras gone into at some length, and .eventually a committfee was ap{k>irited to' go ' fuither into the matter, with power to act if necessary. /The committee met .again this morning, and drejv up certain, 1 recommendations, which 1 will, be ;placepT before a further conference on. Monda^y afternoon A meeting of the Gisborne branch union of the Auckland United ; .Furniture Trades Industrial tinion of Workers (which has been recently organised locally) was held in Townley's hall last evening. Two- thirds of the .local trades workers have already enrolled as members. The president of the branch is Mr W. Home, and Mr W. J. Sharpies jis financial secretary and treasurer. Messrs Douglas, Payne, and Kearney comprise the' committee, 1 ' At the meeting of the Cook County Women's Guild yesterday afternoon, it was decided to ask the Bor6iigh Council for permisßJon to have the 'lettering on the Sievwiright memorial regilded. . A Resolution was passed, .thanking all>hpss who ;ha{l donated money' a.nd goods '.for the different' Homes, .^nd^a ypteof thanks was accorded to' -Dr. .^Porter :^nd Mar J. iR. Kirk \for the. assistance they had, rendered phe Qui^d. A unaninious ,yote bf thanks. was tendered to '%ir AvGrahain: for audit jng \)xe^ books. • ' , Mr. John Anderson Miller, of Hast-, ings, one bt the caixdidates { pr : ; the vacancy on the Hawke's 0 ' Bay -Education Board, finds that his ' name appears on the ballot-paper as "John Alexander Miller." The question now arises, is the ballot-paper valid, especially in vjew of the fact that ;t is stated a 'John Alexander Miller ;is :a resident 1 pf anil'' .that 4 voters,' naturally concluding he ' is 'the candidate, will vote ..for , or r against the name on the ballpt-pdper) on^Mrr John Alexander .^filler's personality? ; ; /■-, .] Tho affiliation case against Edward Austin, heard at the' Magistrate's Court some time ago, was mentioned at the Court this morning, before i!Mt. R-. S. Florance, SiM. Mr kirk, counsel for complainant,, said tliat some time ago Jiis Worship ordered defendant .to find sure"-> ties to the amount of £J11X). Defendant had found difficulty in raising , the, amount.'; JETe (Mi Kirk) ; had received .a---telegrani, stating that defendant was able to find £50, which, counsel thought surety, and >he .t'hat ,the order be Varied accci!rdiAgly. This 'his Worship agreed tp do^ TJie work of beautifying the. bank opposite the Post Office is blirig continued, and the Beautifying Association' is obtaining on ' estimate for .the , fencing,; which will be gone cm' with 1 next week. ,Iti is proposed to run a fence along the top of the bank, taking in ' £bo'u.i six feet of the footpath. This wiU provide' for a walk and room for seats similar to the work along the Taruheru river bank. Some more spoil is required to level off tliie bank, and it is proposed to sow grass and make several small flower beds.. A start will also °be made on Monday with the work of beautifying the end of Fitzherbert road, where it joins the Waimata river. "I have often been, asked who was responsible for the Cook Memorial," remarked the secretary of the Cook County Women's Guild yesterday." She raid the seventeen ladies who coinprised the committee responsible for the monument formed tine nucleus of the Cook' County Women's Guild. Of the '.original meriibers one had passed aw.ay, and seven still remained in the Guild, namely, MesdameS J. Townley, J. Maynard, West, T. Fraser, Ghurch, G. A. Beere (senr.), and Scott. Since the advent of the memorial the Guild had been instrumental in bringing about the following matters :— Waiting room at the wharf, better lighting of the wharf, .two children's homes and maternity hbtne. The vicar of Gisborne has received a cable stating that the Rev. V. Grey, who has been appointed assistant in the parish, hopes to leave Sydney on Wednesday next. A meeting will' be held in ! St. Paul's Hall, Kaiti, after service to- ! mortbw evening, to discuss an impprtant [proposal in t opnnecti6n with the work of , the assistant clergyman. The meeting will be presided over by qhe of the local clergy. The vicar hopes that every member of the' church in the Kaiti i suburb will make a point of attending tq-xnorrow. The vicar also asks us to say that a Church of England) service will henceforth be held every Sunday evening in Te Hapaira public schopl at 7 o'clock. There will be service thesre to-morrow evening. Redstone's coaches leave at, 7 a.m. sharp on Monday.

I "To Right the Wrong," a fascinating s.tory of revenue officers and smugglers,, will tie the big feature in^l&^^fiffcftt^r ' programme which the P^the* Picture' I management will introduce 'at^ His Majesty's Theatre to-night! • ■ "' • , , T The Scottish Society /will vary 'jwieir • monthly meeting on M'oiiday^ e'yenihg', having a programme of so'ri'g arid' music, followed By a ,few dances.' I ' Me^fb^s are requested to attend; a good '.evening is anticipated. ' "' j '' . , "The poisoned grain has come to hand. The mice are eating it and doing -W'-11. . I gave an old heW'a'hatldf«rof i>v\iand she is still alive," ran a section of .the curator's report to : the Southland Acclimatisation Society the other day. Gisborne exports of frozen meat : for the six months ended June 30 we/re as follows :— Mutton, 12,044,706' 1b5; lainß, 3,602,082 lbs ; beef, 4,647,693 lbs. Tokomaru Bay: Mutton, 4,007,856 lbs ; lamb, 1*268,533 lbs; beef, 854,278 lbs : t^tal.for district, 26,425,208 IBs. '*';'• '" " :! /'^ST '■ A woman with over 2X)Q pr^viqu^i convictions informed. Ithie.Cjtoistch;vir.cl thie.C j toistch;vir.ch rhajjjstrate the other morning th,at^ she I ', yr&t not very strong, and wpuld like.to t go' J|o\ the Mount Magdala Home ■■'■•'for' three months to recuperate. "I^wul make jfe six months," replied Mr BjSjiqp, "Sn& you will get stronger still." 77^ -"-\ ' Mr Cole, a sub-dnspector in the Post and Telegraph pepartinent, left this morning for Tokomarji Bay, where he will make inquiries regarding the installation of a telephone exchange i&b that place. . From Tokbmarn ■ Bifcy. Mr . Cole will go to Tolaga, where he; ynii\ put a telephone exchange in operation. ;':-; The case of a woman, v ag©d .26 years, .:■ who' had seven children, 'was mentioned in a report presented t*r tihe PalmeriicJii North Hospital 'Board ■'meeting' .by the Relieving Officer.' It was [ showri that the family was made up of . two seta ,pf ; triplets, and a single '.child ]bprh .m $£&? interval between their .' v " About 25 hordes were yarded at Mesira Williams and Kettle's horse bazaar today the eiitryoompfising. chiefly ; f ha(jiat and harness horses'. 'Hacks ; .real^ed prices as' 'high' ad £11 .15s, whilo hasK& arid harnessr hdftses ( hrough,t f rojri ;427 , to ' £12 J 15s. {The . .well-^npTfrn etallMth Cologne was offered, but .the jbid^uig failed to preach , the reserve. . "';V^' The River Board meets at secretary's office at 11 a.m. 'dp next. The classification of the JftLftiT Board district having been >comt>i^iea, Mr H. M. Portei 1 , the Secrctd^iiijiiffSr working out the valuation cf; the ferent classes, A, B, and 0. THe Boa|d , will, at the meeting, go into the iri&tter of what rate' will be" strflck to provide the required revenue*. •'.-;' Actinß under instructions irom Mensra C. and W. H. Gedye, tfie Jfew , Zealand Loan' and Mercantile Agency "(!20., L&d., offered for sale to-day a ' property G'dn"taining 16 acres ' 3 roods 1 ' 27^' jSerdhes, v : ; situated on the Ngatapa ;road, Pattitahi, and containing a dwelling. ' ,'Hier^ -wfto a large attendance, of Patutahi settlers, and bidding reached £80 ati acre,: 'but no sale was effected under t/he hammer. The sacred concert to be given at Hia [■. Majesty's Theatre tp-morrpw night,,opmmencing at 8.30, should attractf i^lM^a audience, the entertainment beuig organised by the City Band." A good programme has been arranged, and;, sow® special Hems are to , be- given -fey tEe> band. Mr Payne, a southern Cpxnet player, has- joined the band,' and Ifts services 'will no doubt prove* ah acquisition to the institution. A collectaott ja to be taken at the door. '"' 'V' Mr D. Buckley, an unsuccessful applicant in the land ballot" recently held at -Mangatainoko, in the (Wellington land; district, -complains that the provirions pf the law. which give preference" io married men with children depending on them were not observed. There were 375 applications !^6t r '21 > setations/ arid many^'you^ single men v 'were allowed to have theirs riameis' -in ?/ihe ballot, married men, some df fwhorri, ;lj£e himself, had been .unsuccessful at . previous . •, ballots, : ha;ring,- f v: vtp : VS^* l^ an: .eqw& chance "wjth. :^^m,;* T^ft Hawkes Bay ,Land Jjir .BucJ^y. , asserts, conducts ■ things differently, and at the Pahiatua , ballot jthis ,nWriedirien and. previous unjfocc,esslfjul I£pjplicants1 £pjplicants were given the . preference. ' Supported by the Chamber of 'Commerce, Auckland merchants are. moving iri ; the direction df estaibii|hing a regular andi ". adequa^p ateaniei: service * between Auckland and East 1 Coast ports betweeft Cape Runaway: ana.',t3i^l)Q|ne, v , As^a^rg* suit of the better Napier -and^Wellington, 'a g<k>a dear' of trade is being diverted froni Auckland, and *. to counteract this Northern S.y. Company was appr^died'wttfiLS. request to take up the JEastv, Coast Jfcfening to the ports indicated, and II : *hto* enable -local merchants. to .compete Jor j,t*ade on equal terms with . the .s^u^hern biiaiH ■ ness people. . The Northern Company r has decided, however, not .to at ..present include the . run in their atiri-erary.'. JB^t the Chamber of Comriierce does net Intend to let the matter drop, and wijl take further' action to protect the biisi-, ness interests of the city. . A social was held in To Haparaacbool, ropm last night to obtain funds ityt the coming carnival. About 40 couples i/wejeV present, and ,ajnpst 'was spent. 1 s t3?h,e, ! sp<?^Js. he]d / « ; Jxf Hapara arev fasfc becoming amongst tne most popular dances held'4n the, .district, thanks'.ta a moist *cptamltte^ of ladies, at the he&tL. of -vrhpni is Miss Cook, who , is; >bly ' a^istM':'by Taylor arid Bushhell, 'Mesjitoes NewtOtt, Algie, .Jones, Xrigramf flepten,. A. Hepburn and &mih. ' The %nimlttee's thanks are due .to fe ' Jr.M^^X.f 0 * her valuable assistajKie.' 1 The^ cpminittee went to no end pf .trpuWe ,^o g«t .a beautiful floor prepared f6r' t d^Cnig/ was greatly appreciated biy those: sent. Mr Copley presided!- at We p,^<>» wljich was a 'guarantee;, "of wfirst^lasa music. Shipper was dispensed, ite >«3*° ladiM, and Miss K. >Mdllington .luniUy p&yedi the extras. .^"V;' . ;:,-,' , Regarding a r^mpr M^+MSP 10 J*% payers in the Poverty Bay River Board district have expressed di^MiafVsn with^the' classification ifif. tft 6 , ifflMP chairman of the Board., j»F r ,£vtf^ ters, stated to-day that so .far thß mSttfer had 'riot :been .before vt-h^Bpp^^fc , would be consideted ,at, i^s v next; ,ijHjN->, ang on Thursday, and he was .ajfc/ Joss,, to know how such ja r^9?. 9^fj^J^» seeing that no information as. ,tp cTassincalidn has been avmlable. „■s/}* boundaries of the district have becin^bjected' to, and it is understood the &«&»;; bers. of the Bqard (ire .nfit a]J feaMfgeji with this aspect of , the. ,4:ivjei ' .^ggft. Wheh this question was , n^eiition.e^^> the chairman, he said that- was .diir ferent matter. Mr G. E. Jones informed a reporter that a public meeHng would probably be held at Wae^ga^hjka ( next week to discuss the ,cjjie|iion : s of boundaries and the advisabjhty §t requesting the Board to tttke; steps to have them altered. He uridejsiiooa \thafc the Board would not bp adver^ '^ip|h a petition. : ' -■ i%.* The Huddart-Parker irt*amier mera, which arrived ,atj C[}stK»rne,^ Jin Wednesday from Sydney, is nia!dj|a;ofer last visit to New Zealand' for- the t|ine being. On her arrival at Sy/dn^y fr^rii Auckland on August 8 she Withdrawn frorii the 'New Ze?4^|;'sei*i(ifce, and will leave the following : ; day /for Hobart, in ! place of the We^tJaJm.' Wimmera will remain in th^»Sydn*yHobart trade for an indefinite perjod, and the Westralia will go to jSlelpourne to relieve the Loongana in'\. ;,t|V9 M?}boivrne lrffturices|on ? tya,de, wh^Je; the^fcitter vessel lays up for survey, and' 'qver- k haul. "As previously stated, the Biv- 1 erina, of 4?58 gross tons, a^jjreselit eav gaged in the West Auf (r^Ji&ri: t^if^ WJH leave Sydney for- Auckland on/ Auirot 13, in place of the :;Wb^^.r^;an^jajjfilJ . continue running in > the Auckifpd'Syqney service. The Riverina ' favorite steamer, as she has *?c<imm^La- ; tioh lor a far larger number of pasjjerigers than the Wimmera, and - J* cajole of showing a good turii of speid. ' '^ is understood tl](at^Qaptain ; Gi F» EntiVlisle, of : th© .Wimmexa, is , to "have cpmniand •of the Riverina. The 'vessel >y ill visit ("•outh^rn ports, tas is .now done by . the. 1 WimHiira and Victoria, 'but during tno : j press.of the : pummer ' : nvn betAveeri Syoftey ! an3 Atfc^lanff,''- in isiiich case ..the. Victoria wpujd;a-ot ja^.tHe connecting ■ steamer; on the 'cpa^t^ .' '*"*