TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13352, 9 April 1914, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Dr. Collin. , who i?. a candidate for tho .Mayoralty. will meet liis supporters at- Townley'* hall this evening. ! It has been clt'tinitfly decided to tenj dor tlie Ifiulclart- I'uvker Co.'s s.s. Vic- [ toria with the outward passenger., at 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. ..'.out 170 passenger.? loft fur South by the. s.s. Takapuna last evening, but the accommodation of the vessel provider for 266, so that everybody obtained _. berth. Our Napier correspondent telegraphed this afternoon .—The weather -prospects are perfect foi: the bowling tournament I at Master. Seven f. i.sborne rinks are j competing. 1 The Christian Endeavor Convention will be held as usual to-morrow. Meetings have heeif arranged as follows :. 7 a.m., Salvation Army citadel; 11 a.m., £t. Andrew's Church; 3 p.m., Methodist Church; 7 p.m., open-air'; 8 p.m.. Scottish 'ball. Substantial additions have recently been made to the Roto Roa Institute for Inebriates. A new wing, to accommodate, thirty men. has been finished, •and a five-roomed cottage completed, for- the u.'ie of an. assistant' officer. There are now 100 men on tho island. A pathetic sight was witnessed at tho Orakau unveiling ceremony, when six Maoris, who had taken part m tho defence of the pa, came forward to take their seats. .Went, feeble, nearly blind and deaf, their united ages amounted to 482 years. " The Druids' second "all-right"' night m the Masonic, hall this evening gives promi;.. of being largely attended. The committee have arranged a more spacious dressing room for the ladies- m the upstairs portion of the building, and it is expected that this arrangement, and novelties shortly to be introduced, will tend to make for the comfort of patrons. The floor is m good, order j- and the music by. Bro..' N. Kirk should leave nothing to be' desired. J . In nn article dealing with "Petroleum m New Zealand the latest issue of the Mercantile Gazette says: — Drillers are at work ,m the. Weber distirct and near Mangaone m ;t,lie Wairarapa, but so far as can be.. ascertained. without any great results. The work being carried on m the Weber district is for the Shell Company, a powerful.' British concern, and it is uot likely that any information will be -allowed to get out to the public from this concent. Mr MacDiarmid, solicitor, of Hamilton, and his wife had a narrow escape from, being killed on Monday. They -were driving a motor car over the Lake ItVjgd level , crossing. . 'where a sharp cornel- completely, obscures* tho railway linej and they failed to notice a train approaching. " Tlie engine struck- the back of the car, which, fortunately, did not upset, and flun£ it off . tho line, smashing the bick axle and wheels. The "occupants, by the'-greatest luck, escaped uninjtired. . ' - A guard. Geo. Col-hurst, met with' ia severe .accident when travelling on a goods train about ten o'clock on Saturday- night,. from Putaruru to Auckland. After giving the signal "right away" "below Arahiwi station, tho train jolted 'and Colt hurst was thrown on to the line, sustaining a broken arm and several briii.'«?s. Tlie train proceeded on its way. and Colthurst managed to wilk to Arahiwi. from -which '-station th.e train was\ stopped at Mamakir. and returned . to pick un the injured man. who was ; taken on to Rotorua for medical attention. •'..'. *- Some excitdmept waa caused m Hcretaunga street, Napier, wlh.u a, drunken man announced his desire* « -to fight a Maori, liaVung no individual preference for "an opponent beyond the fact that he must possess ; a brown skin. His beery ambition was backed up by two equally valorous mates, and proceeding to tlie .Grau'd YHotel they discovered, standing oqtsi_.e, a quiet and inoffensive abor- ■ igiual,, who was. so' completely taken by tliat he so.ujjht safety m flight. ! The pugnacious "trto'V gave chase, but mi fortunately, for ' ttienvi. Ives they brought their quarry to bay, when he unexpectedly showed f._£}it, aud to the delight of an assembled crowd, completely turned the tables on them. A telegram, from Adelaide to tha Sydney newspapers stato that Air anu .wis tjohn Lewis, of I'ioiipect, went to vie races at Aioiplietvillc recently, and during itieir absence, Leslie Lewis, aged 14 years, ran his father's motor car out of ijhe ■ garage, and took two younger lads* Percy .Martin and Brimage. for a /'joy ride." Lewis had., never driven a ■ motor before, but .he _ haJi evidently studied the mechanism of /one.- They had a merry time until they reached a levcl-crosfsng at Islington," near Adelaide. A goods train collided, with the car broadside on. Lewis was hurled many feet .clear of the permanent way ; one of hi^ companions was thrown high I out of harm's way; and tho third was caught by tho cowcatcher, and carried for 100 yards. None, of the boys reI ceiygd more than severe bruises. The motor car wis smashed to pieces. At the Native La-nd-Gt)iirt this afternoon, reserved judgment was delivered . in v the application by Mr Geo. Hutchinson for the, amount of Kis» costs i i | Maraetaha, 2a> sections 2 ' and 3. to be .- paid out of the trust. fund held by Mr T, ,A. Coleman, East. Coast Commis- , sipner. At 'the' 'hearing Mi* Hutchinson I appeared, m person. Mi* Nolan for the I Commissioner, and Air Kirk for- the j .native, beneficiaries. Tlie Court overruled the. objection „ rkised a.o to tW |, effect of -the Native Land Act and Amendments on tho trust funds, but held. 'Mi, the Validation Court had no power to make the order 1 "- asked for. The Court said, that while it 'might be a good thing to have the money pajd out of the fund it .had no power to make the order asked for. . ''...-.' <■. .A "fine piece of work has inst been ■completed by Mr F.YT. • Lancaster, at Mr J. H. Ormond's residence at Whataupoko. >. This consists of concrete yards and paths, '"altogether" about 515 square yards ' having been laid. ' The concrete is from 2_- to 3 inches thick, and is practically everlasting, without any cost for upkeep. The work has' been laid down m {dabs, thus allowing for expansion, without detection, and does ayvay with'- the ultimate cracking that is so frequently seen ' m work of the 'kind. The work adds r considerably to the appearance of the house, and so pleased- is Mr Ormond with the work that he invites anybody to* inspect it. As- an evidence ,of the* quality 'of the work and the endurance of the material, it might he stated that a motorcar -A\sfis driven over the-Hurf_.cc, three days after the work w/is fiiijshed. without making an impression. A London correspondent writes under date February 27 : "Scolsnipn from New t Zealand who come Home, this year Mill i be able to take part m the celebrations I of 'the 600 th Anniversary of the. Battle I of Bannock burn. A committee reprej sentative of Scottish ivitional feeling has 'the matter m hand. One of the intentioits of'the committw is to erect a per- | maii-Mit niemorial on the field of battle. I If s suggested that feveral acres of land [ should be bought round the I.orestone on the v field of Banuockburn, to be laid . out as a public park, and that a vojume. of historical studies 'hould be published. In eonnuction with the volume. Professor Rait; whu. occupies the chair, of Scottish history at Ghsgow 'University, has consented to.ail tht* work. A imtipnJ.l holiday is expected to he proclaimed throughout Scotland' on the anniversary of the battle — Jini* SMr-and the Braemar and Atlio'll Highlanders are to be asked to co-operate." - .