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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 8

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Redstone's roaches tor Morere and Tiniiolo leave lovvn at 7 a.m. on Monday, and for the Coast at 8 a.m. Tho small strainer Moa, destroyed by tiro off Wanganui Heads on Tuesday, was noted for the long periods her crew had stayed on her. Her master. Caplain Sawyers, -had served the greater part of his time at sea on her decks. Mr Read, tho mate, had a. connection j with the vessel extending over thirty j years, while a couple of the older nien I of the crew had served nearly as loiig. ! Tho scarlet fever epidemic at Balclutha is now conquered. Forty caseswere known three months ago. "sow the fever is confined to one family. Strict isolation ha.s mastered the trouble. It is supposed that the oiutbr-aak m Balclutha arose from contact with one person from Dunedin. The suppression of this epidemic will leave Otago with a clean public bill of health. "Do you believe m the deportation of extremist Labor leaders?" was a question put .to Mr W. A. Holman, leader J of the Labor Government of. New South ] Wales, when m Wellington on Wednes- ; day. 'Well," said Mr Holman, with a smile, "I. know that I would like to de- j port a few of them from New South Wales. There are some wild spirits who do more harm than good, and if they were out of the way it would be so much the better for the party." It is gratifying to learn that the Canterbury branch of tho Navy League has improved on its original proposal regarding the training of boys for the sea (says tho Christchurch News). The first idea was to procure a training barge on the Avon. On such a craft the boys might certainly have learned the minor technique of a sailor's work, but it would have been too much like learning to swim on dry land to be of any great value. The place to train a boy for the sea is on the sea itself, and the Navy League is on the right track m seekihg'to secure one of the schooners or scows that ply m and out of Auckland. On such a vessel the boys will get a taste of the real thing, and will, bo trained much faster than they could bo on a barge m tho Avon. The improved scheme deserves bearty support. On resuming into open meeting this afternoon the East Coast Rabbit Board, wliich had been deliberating for two or three hours on policy matters, decided to reorganise their system of working by appointing Inspector McGill, who has had charge of the Opotiki district, chief iiispector, to have full charge of th_ whole of the Board's district, with .flower to appoint two sub-inspectors for the Wai'oa end and one sub-inspec-tor for the Opotiki end. This arrangement necessitates relieving Mr Turner of his position as inspector at Wairoa. It is intended that Mr McGill shouJd proceed.; to Opotiki immediately and arrange his staff there, and "then go through to Wairoa and remain there for some months to thoroughly reorganise matters at that end, m order that the best possible results can be obtained to secure the safety of the Gisborne and Wairoa districts. To effectively do this it is recognised that the number of rabbiters will have to be increased at' the , Wairoa. end. This decision was come to unanimously by the Board, who. while recognising that Mr Turner had done his best, it was essential, in' the interests of tbe whole district, that there should be a reorganisation. Mr McGill **has done excellent work m the Galatea and Opotiki districts, having absolutely cleared the latter of rabbits.