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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13300, 9 February 1914, Page 2

The district schools reopen to-morrow morning after the summer holidays. Letters of naturalisation' ha.vo been issued to Alfred Ralf, of Gisborne, fellmonger. A vacancy having, occurred on the Waiapu County Council, through the resignation of Cr. Knox, it is understood that Mr G. Kirk, J.P., of Port Awahui, has consented to be nominated for | the vacancy. The burning of a quantity of waste paper at the back of the Gisborne Publishing Co's office was .the cause of an alarm of fire - being given at 8 o'clock this morning. The brigade turned out, but their services were not required, as the fire quickly burned out. . Tho operations of the Gisborne railway section for the four weeks ending January 3 resulted m a revenue' of £1791 and an expenditure of £1080, wlrich brings) the total revenue, April 1 to £16,302, and the expenditure to £9926. Tho country at the back of Tolaga Bay is at present looking exceptionally well. More rain has fallen further back than near to tho seashore. The recent heavy rain has, ' however, brightened the fields up on the Tplaga Bay flats, and once more the country looks well. On the motion of Mr J. R. Kirk-pro-bate of the will of Carl Ivmil Hindrup, deceased, was granted by his Honor Mr Justice Cooper^ on the 3rd inst,- to Messrs 'A. IV.'i^Epokey and G. S. Kemp. The Fire /Brigade will meet for practice this; evening at 7.30.. A peculiar case occupied the attention of Mr J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., at Reeftofl. on Tuesday, .when- a man; named Heron, who did not ; appear, was charged" with obstructing Constable McMa* hon m the execution of his duty>\lt appears- that the confutable avbs approaching a hotel on a Sunday ,> and' the accused, who noticed the constable, threw a -stone, on the roof of the hotel. ; lm» mediately afterwards' five men made a hurried exit from the, licensed premises: In support- of the prosecution the sergeant .of, police cited an English ca*e m which the Chief Justice held obstruction "proved where a- motor police "trap" was signalled to other "motors/ and that obstruction need, not be physical. Tho magistrate Agreed that ' obstruction had been proved, and inflicted a fine of ss.

Gisborne's meat export m 1913 totalled 26,603,2991b5, as compared with 29,749,3591bs exported m 1912. For the-year ended December 31 the value of the . exports from Poverty Bay totalled £1,215,284, as compared with £1,192.067 .m 1912, £1,008,727 m 1911, and £1,189,263 m 1910. -Arrangements are 'being made by the Government to. name that part of the Tiuakori hills on which the Wellington wireless station is erected, "Mount Wakefield," m order to perpetuate the memory of Edward Gibbon Wakefield/ the founder of Wellington. The supplementary list of . candidates that, either m the scholarships or special tree place examinations have given evidv ence of sufficient attainments -for ad^ mission to junior free places has been issued m tho Gazette. The candidates, incjude Walter James Robertson and Jessie Margaret Robb, of Gisborne. A further area of native land m the Waiapu- County . has been set apait as prohibited, against all private alienatiqn. The blocks comprise subdivisions of Waitekahay _ Whareponga, . Waitangi, : Taoroa, Rahui,--Matarau, Ngamoe,- Mah- ; gaharei and Tokaroa, totalling a little over 8000 acres. The election of three members of the Public Service Superannuation Board will be held on March 2. The executive" of the Public Service Association has , nominated Messrs Gi Allport, H. W. Bishop and J. W. Macdonald/and it is understood they will receive the sup- - ■. port of local officers of the service. Sir James Carroll did: not enjoy much lof J a rest while' visiting Wairoa. ; His : footsteps were dogged from daylight till , dark by natives, most of> them .after ; military pensions. They •> gav_ him little enough time- to eat or sleep, biit to- all "Timi Kara" was urbanity ►itself.- — Wairoa Guardian. Last week .a meeting of the Tolaga Bay Hall committee was held at Tolaga Bay. Mr W. E. Holder was m Ahe chair, and it was ultimately decided to rebuild the hall, which .was destroyed i by -fire last year. The cost of the new , building will be about £1200, and subscriptions .are being collectebV <Atvthe meeting £20 was subscribed. Customs duties collected at the various ports of the Dominion during the quarter, ending December 31 last were as follows :— Auckland £198,772, Wellington £197,374, Lyttelton £110,461, Dunedin £101,335, Napier £27,081, Invercargill £23,140, Wanganui £18,086, Gisborne £14,176, Timaru £13,801,' New Plymouth £10,316, Nelson £9173, Greymouth £7498; Patea £3337, Bicftm £3294, Westport £2342, Oamaru £1783, Hokitika £1356;: The total for the quarter was £769,237', as against £867,---115 for the same period the previous year. '..,, :.,:. „ The vague idea some Maoris have of modern means of locomotion -was demonstrated the other day. An elderly native was driving a light express down Gladstone road, when; he was startled by : the clanging* of the tramcar's bell.. He' pulled to ohe side to let the horseless 1 vehicle pass, but later oh he again got > on the tram track, and ■ the bell rang again for him' to move..; .Just w as:. he , pulled out of the way, the car stopped at cne of the loops.- Leaving his horses, the bewildered natiVe rushed over to the car, and addressed the motormah some- , thing like this, 'Py korry, pakeha, wha' for you no pull to one, side and pass me — yoi keep the centre all te time." Wellington should follow m the foot--1 steps of Australia m the direction of . -holding; all public holidays on the nearest Mondays, urged a speaker at the last meeting of the Central Cham- ' ber of Commerce, Wellington The ' speaker urged that the "Mondayising" * of holidays was conducive to . good ' health, m, that it allowed. people to -get away for the week-end and enjoy a good holiday m the country or . at the seaside The chairman favored the idea, I stating .that an endeavor had been made „ to legislate on the matter. There were difficulties, but it was a matter that ' should bo kept m view. Personally he ■ believed that the suggested proposal i would be, preferable to ~ the preseht , arrangement. Thc^ Chamber delegated a [ committee to fee.- into the matter and ' bring, down a report. . . c , . .; . The initial issue of . the Public Service Journal, ,-the organ^ of the >. Public -Service Association of Ne"w Zea- ! , land, has just been published. Included ! m the "section notes" are the following interesting remarks from Gisborne on the 1 matter of tho Public Service Commis- > gioner's visit : Much curiosity has been [ aroused m this section ds to when the . Public Service Commissioner is likely ' ito .visit the smaller offices with a. view ' to obtaining- a thorough insight into deJ tailsvof working. Take for: instance this s place (Gisborne).,. An assistant Comnris- , sioner came here one morning about I May last, and k officers were asked to : wait upon him m a certain room. Few, * however, had an opportunity of doing t so.. In the alternoon he started to 5 make the rounds of. one office, but had to leave again by the boat. This was ' the first and only time -we .have seen i any of them. Good headway, remarks j the correspondent, is being 1 made m the , , erection .of the new Government build-. * ings m Gisborne, , and by next spring we should be m ouar new quarters. AS ■ instancing the condition of the present [ offices, it may be mentioned that' on , completion of the new premises, the former are to be pulled down to make room for- post office extension. The cor- " respondent also 'records the recent suci 'cessful.' .social . gathering ' of local mcmi hers of the service. Attached is the fol» lowing footnote: Gisborne section ; is one of the most flourishing m the Do? ' minion. It take's a strong interest m l all questions affecting the officers .of the - service, and it is always to' the, fore ' with expression of its. opinions. -It i is hoped that certain other sections may emulate its good deeds. 1 , The disagreeable odor arising from the Taruheru river during the past three or four weeks became, so: strong, last night as to be almost unbearable to the" residents. within range. Numerous complaints- have : beenj made.. So: -bad ; was the state of things that a resident m Upper Palmerston road, not' knowing the source of tlie stench, thought that there must be a dead- dog-near his house, and,, he turned out m the night with disinfectants, which he used liberally. Approached to-day on the subject, the Mayor (Mr J. R. Kirk) said the matter was reported to him about 10 ' o'clock last night. At his request the borough engineer; accompanied by Inspector Ferris, • immediately made inquiries, and ascertained what the posi-. tioh was. They continued their investigations until an early hour this-'* morn" ing. Residents m the neighborhood of the river thought that something might have gone wrong with- the sewerage system, especially with the Stanley road pumping station. Fortunately, however, I everything was found to be, right there. "I had little difficulty m concluding where the trouble was," said -Mr Kirk, "because on Friday a complaint reached me regarding offensive matter going into the river. This is a state Of things which must not be permitted, and 1 took steps to obtain the necessary evidence m support of the complaint. So far as I can ascertain, the position is simply ■• disgusting, and prohibitive measures are heing.tjiken, which I think will have the effect of seeming the town from a recurrence of the nuisance. There will be no half; measures,' -because at this time of the , $ear especially, the health of the cdmrhunity must be the primary object. I*haye called the attention of the chairman of the Cook' County Council and the chairman of the Hospital Board Xo the matter, and with them I propose* to* go right up the- river by launch to-morrow morning., ; Needless to say, of course .'-added the Mayor, "this is "not all .'that is being done. Our resnonsible officers -have- the -matter m I hand at the present time, andi the public can 'rest assured. that the position is not- being neglected." Attention -is -directed 'to an- inset ap-» pearing m this issue of- the Herald m reference .to the Big Drop Carnival, which opens" at. Adair Bros., Ltd V next .Wednesday morning, at half-past nine. In order to effect* speedy clearance :the firm hay© decided to absolutely sacrifice their. enormous stocks pf —general drapery, .mon's and boys' clothing,, and house furnishincfS, at big drop prices for cash. The big carnival will last for a very^shor^Jiinle,. and tho public? : 'aro therefore advised "to" attend c&rly.*'

A new idea for street adornment has been hit upon by a resident of Weston road, Papanui. Outside his front, fence. . he has prepared a narrow . . strip- and planted it with flowers, which, without' encroaching appreciably .on .the • foot- '< way, gives to the locality a most . attractive appearance. Another scandalous affair was perpei trated by larrikins at the Belvedere Methodist Church on the'evening of^Stmiday week (Says the Carterton News): When people had assembled for service, and while the service was going' on, some larrikins fastened the ffbor-oi"^ the church with wire from the outside, winch prevented those within 1 from get-v ling out. After much exertion it-w as found .necessary to damage the dodr to* provide exit., : • . , . f : < Mr A. C. PMlpott, district agent for [Hawke's Bay , fpr . the Department .of. \ Agriculture, Industries, and :.;Oommerce^' •' has received .notification that he^.isVtoy travel New Zealand .to give ihstfuctioni to certain officers m- special departmental work, and to inquire *into-:cohd , itioh_' v at present existing*; : Mr .Philpott".;iioll> hi's: way southV and >ahtieipate§ " Betnjf absent from N&pier for! prohably tnree . months. . . ..-....,' , ■'. , • , , r . Two plumbers,- Thomas! Dunn and Aw" G. Wilson, employed by Messrs-,' J. JNiven and C 0. ,. -were „ rather '•'^badiy; .burned about the arms and J " Oh Thursday on the .. steainer.Msi^pa^,', which is übdeigoing overhaul : t . at vl§fl Clyde quay wharf, WelUhgton. :.-TJfsiyt were working, m the engine-room/.; wtU|fe the engineer wentrto close !a -steam-cocJc, and as he was doing this the steam-cock broke, and~allowed the steam tO escape from the boiler with full forced .It. reached the two plumbers, wjip, we'reworking several feet away, and/ they: were scalded to such an extent thEt rlhr Henry, who' was summoned, ordered their removal to the hospital. ; ' ii 6 The Right Hon. Sir* Joshua : Wilha_ns/ .prior vto huf departure from Duhedih;, forwarded, a letter to the MayprJ tha,hk-: ing. the citizens for the. ( r.ecept»pn tijti-; „ dered to .. Ifcurt pn January 27.' -'-'- -^The letter concluded \.^ r "It was; ah ofceasioh. I. can neypr- forget .;". l shall, value.' the address not "only for the_Mhd sehUmeht# tin it, but also as a beautiful eijimp^df artistic u iuuminations, and f -of j^jaft^pJE book-binding, which vshowS' what- Dun > edin ein do.;, jf trust that there": .is-i'a--great and prosperous futurefoivpttrfkir, city, a city where I have, p^^#' js many hapgy,,days, and .from which*?* is am to part." Th6 r letter was i_%ce^v : ed jwith applause by the? -cohhcillpisV/ whiph was <a -further - ; tribute >to^Wgjpjffc. man of the citizens of -DunV(l-_i : arc -justly proud. . " ', ' v .'•-; J ;s-y. A telegram tp.^tlie Sydney vSun7fiUt<&> # that :Dj MoKinJgy, .«of nEYelei^i/^W^ 'driver of No. 1225 passenger, ti-a^f^i Sydney <to- >Pieton< ■ on*, the aftQrJ&oiaDL^a^ January 23, after passing' (^bram&tta, had occasion^ to mount the tten<|fer ot'jßils engine m connection with jdeitam^tt^S/ * , A loose telegraph wire whTch was ifflfeihg over the -line at the time caUg% McKinlay .uhcler 7 the chin-. • ;Iflfe^oP> was travelling at- 30 miles tfcn hfctir, -\ffi» the i driver was- dragged from tfife/wnl36iß and,' suspended m ipid-au'- (W/hife.^fikhh train passed on, and Mc^nlay/ fell pi^ to fhe platform of the ; tdiird carriage. When picked -up he was ) found >tbf" have a hone of the ripht arm hroken andjpa badly lacerated" throat. The . Jtrahv was stopped, and,McKinlay was taken jto. Liverpool. After .being treated- By. 'I*r." Pirie, he was, sent home .to Eveleigh^' A South Wairarapa, paper : is' responsible for the following,.. strange story ir—' "There is a mysterious light up. on "^he cliffs at White "Rock; Lower Vauley, aj&k oh "pitch dark, stormy nights^ when.*the wind howls mournfully, .this beacon flickers, burns steadily, arid J^"oes natti, comes again, and is gone. ■ . -UJhe mOst exhaustive searches m daylight reveal nothing — no cover *or* caves it/- which- ; anyone! might, hide, .and, the --cliff. wJ^ffff the -light shines is very <Hnl(*ult^to chmh, A well-known man m the~Valley wafcfched for the light one au^ht and' .essiy^d to discover what it was.--^He Va_ia.'li% man, with plenty of courage, Jinji'.' utteiv ly. unsuperstitious (or thought he was). There were several other, men with ' t him 'but haying an awe of,j^e.hn.cjanny: Jigh^, not one of, them would accompany m .saying that the., lisl^t was., a "^Mbsx''. . lamp, and they- would not go hear it.fcjr. . a fortune. Thei yehtu^onie .njan ; we^t alone, and a . half-hour later v he came back m furious Jhaste.lAlamimeditK.'ddhr of the whare where the other men were, and sank white and exhausted , on ' the floor. What he saw, he- could not (or would-not, for fear. of. ridicjjile) . explain ;_^ but is is' a fact, nevertheless, thaitTlie" will not pass the place now .anywhere near the midnight hour on a dark £nd stormy nighty :/. . -, •..:.J./:ft;q"^;^^C '