TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13350, 7 April 1914, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

'i'li.- il-iU> of the loi thc;uiiiii.u Mayoral election lias been tk-linil-'ly fixed for Wednesday. 2!)th in-;t. Nominations cl.itfc uu Wi-dne-Mlay. 22iid iiiHt., at noon. Accordinir to -the Ashlinrton Guardian. i'a-rniers are very busy at presr.-m sliin-ploui-hiiig. and : labor agents have lately arran»ed for work for a large number ot piniigiiincii. The extensive additions to the Motu hotel are Hearing completion, and the greater part- of the new wing will be available by Easter. The formal opening will take place about llie end of the month. A telegram was received yesterday from the -.ec-rotai y oi th 3 i'ira'tes Football Ciub, Napier, stating tliat a team was leaving there on Thursday evening next to play a match with the KaitiL'it.y juniors on Eii.stor .Saturday. Tlie visitors, w!i,i arrive on Friday morning by the Takapuna, will be niet at the wharf by members of the local team. A meeting will be held this evening at the Royal hotel to make final arrangements for the' visit. Dr W. E. Herbert, ot Wellington, visited a large number of leading hospitals in America, Great Britain, and the Continent of Europe. Ho 'was particularly impressed with the efficiency ! and thoroughness of German scientific ! methods, and is strongly of opinion that every New Zealand child ought to be taught the Uerman language. As regards his own profession, at least. Dr. Herbert is of opinion that German methods are far ahead of British. Information as to the befct terms on which the right to work the ironsand deposits in the neighborhood of New Plymouth, within a convenient distance of shipping facilities, would be granted, was asked of the New Plymouth Harbor Board by Hendy Bros., of Glasgow. They wrote that they are fin a position to* commence the construction of a plant at once, and providing the terms are suitable for a sufficient supply of sand, . the plant would be on a very large scale. They would require to be assured of an ample supply of ironsand for a considerable period of years. Tlie Board expressed its pleasure at the possibility of anything being done towards working tho ironsand, and the secretary was instructed to supply all information. Speaking to a number of farmers at the Ohristchurch poultry market, Mr J. B. Merrett gave some interesting figures as to the value of the poultry industry in the Dominion, and especially in Canterbury. According to the last census, thero. had been in five years an increase of half a, million head of poultry, which laid 19,388,971 dozen of eggs annually, I valued to the producers at £969,44*8. i The table poultry was valued at I £300,066, making "in, all a total of i £1,269,514. The export of poultry and eggs by means of overseas shipping and tho Vancouver trade from Canterbury showed th? possibilities of the poultry industry to farmers. During 1913, which, owing to the strike and smallpox scare affected our exports considerably, we exported 22.893 head of poultry and 28,803 dozen of eggs, representing in value £509 for poultry producers in Canterbury. The following leases wero granted by tho Tairawhitf M'aori Land Board today : -Mangatuna IH3C No. 1, 14£ acres, to Arapeta- Rangiuia (Mr Hei) ; Tututohora 2A2. 187 acres, to Riwai te Uha (Mr Hei)'; Toturanui No. 1, 300 acres, to Tuta Ngarinm (Mr Matthews) ; Nuhaka 2A4E, 101 acres, to Tame Mehe and others (Mr Nolan); Nuhaka 2A4G, 220 acres, to Tame Mehe and others (Mr Nolan); Nuhaka 2A4M, 168 acres, to Tamo Meho aud others (Mr Nolan) ; Nuhaka 2A4F, 204 acres, Hori 'Mehe and Tiemi Mete (Mr Nolan) ; Nuhaka 282.J No. 2, 699 acres, to Hori -Mehe and Tiemi Mete (Mr Nolan) ; Nuhaka 282j No. 1,349 acres, to Pita Mete (Mr Matthews); Nuhaka 282D, 238 acres, and Nuhaka 2828, 94 acres, to Peta Mete (Mr Matthews) ; Toreohawa Ni*. 17, 6i acres, to Raihi Kota (Mr Bright); Papakorokoro 4E, 3 acres, and 40, 5 acres, to J. M. Gouldsmith (Mr Bright). At the Supreme Court at Greymouth last week. Mr Hannan applied to have the money found on Wilson, sentenced to a term of two years' imprisonment for robbery with violence from Thoma3 Morrison, paid over to Morrison. The amount found on the prisoner when arrested was £2. 6s .6d ; he was convicted of stealing £7. The prisoner objected to the money being paid to Morrison. His conscience would not allow him to consent. His Honor said it was clear the money found on the. prisoner at the time of arrest was not the' actual money, stolen, though he had stolen Morrison's money. - It was a question whether the section in the Act applied to all moneys found piv a person at the time of arrest or whether the restoration cidy of the actual property stolen was meant. He would like to order that the £2 6s 6d. be refunded ; to Morrison, for there was no merit in tho prisoner's objection. He would I look into the logal aspect of 'the question, as it was a very iihportant point. There is no reason according to the Naval and -Military Record, why the ', British Admiralty Vhould not send to New Zealand waters the two Bristol cruisers for whioh tho Dominion Government has asked.' The Record says : "Although the. pressuro in, European waters. is severe, the rc-ources of the Admiralty in cruisers are happily increasing owing to the number of ships laid dpwn in tlie past jthree years. ; Whereas last spring we possessed only 31 light cruisers to Germany's 30, and next month we shall have only 36, by March next year the number, including Australia's cruisers, will have been increased to 47, while Germany will then have only 28, also less than 15 years of age. In the spring of 1915 our position will be still further strengthened. We shall then possess 55 light cruisers pf less than 15 yeara of age, and Germany will have only 30. When it is remembered that wo shall afe tho' same time he in the proportion of three and a-half to one in large cruisers of less than 15 years of age, it is difficult to see how we can 11m any serious danger if two of tho Bristol class are despatched to the i Pacific in order to enable the New Zealand division to be reconstituted. Three of our newest protected cruisers — tho "Falmouth, Bristol, and Liverpool — are , in the second fleet, and their despatch to a foreign station would have no serious effect on our strength or administartion at Home, especially in view of the fact that the Arethiun. will -shortly he coming forward for trials. Considering what has happened to them since they were commissioned, it wonld be interesting to have the Admiralty's candid opinion I not only of tho Bristols, but also of the DM'tmouths, Boadieeas, and Chathams."