TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 8

TOWN EDITION

An additional birllt was registered this aitoniooii. making the total lor die mout'h 62. • "

T!u» Druids' soci;i! t ommil U\> hold t'heir- .-<ixt!i "all-right" iii.^hl in tho Masonic hall no.vi rimr.~(l:iy. A large attt'iiciaiKv.' is expected.

The installation of new turbines in tJte Union Company's .steamer Maheno has now been completed at. Port Chalmers. Shu will probably re-enter the AucklandSydney service about the middle of Julv.

The following mil ice appears in the Gazette: — Empire Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 3. the anniversary or th<! birthday of His Majesty the King, and that day will be observed as »i public holiday ,in tho Government offices throughout the Dominion.

The management of the Laurel Dancing Assembly lkivc decided to hold their weekly dances un Monday evenings. The next series of these dances will bo the ninth held this season, and tho committee have decided to make next Monday evening the monster night of the

season

As evidencing the- fertility of the soil at the Willows Settlement, there was on exhibition at the Loan and Mercantile Agency I'd.', Ltd., today a huge yellow iClobo mangold grown on Mr U/ Maxwell's property. The globes never grow as largo as the red kind, but this one turned the scales to 401bs, and as it was not fully grown when pulled, it might have reached 501b:?. It might be mentioned that Maxwell has produced pumpkins as 'large as 1601bs in weight.

Iji Holy Trinity Church ■ to-morrow eveniij.r the vicar of Gisborne will deal with tlie fubjpct of the anniversary of the- parish', which is to .be celebrated to-morrow week (Trinity .Sunday), the Right Rev. Dr. Sedgwick coming to Gisborno specially for the occasion. The vicar will also occupy the pulpit to-mor-. row morning, dealing with the subject of Whitsundiiy. A circular from the churchwardens, concerning the parish anniversary, will he sent through the post on Monday.

Last evening tli» management' committee of the Druids* Lodge met, and tho case of a widow of a. late Druid at Waih! whose .circumstance had been .reported- to the Lodge, was considered. H was unanimously resolved that three guineas be passed from the benevolent fund', and n sum of two guineas was also donated bjr the committee running the. --"all-right night" socials. Sir James Carroll, on hearing of the matter, generously donated a guinea towards the

fund

There- was a large attendance at the concert held at Manga pa pa last evening in aid of the funds of the Maugapa-pa school. Various children of 'tha school gave interesting musical, items in the iirst half of the programme, while several . well-known local amateurs contributed towards the success of the second half of the evening's entertainment. Mr Goldsmith, who occupied the chair, thanked the performers, 'th'-a children, and Mr Cole and his skill' for the satisfactory manner in which the concert had been conducted.

Trials of the' retorts erected at Wliite Island by tho Ncav Zealand Sulphur Company have produced highly satisfactory results. During the six or sevei^ weeks the retorts were at work about 80 tons to 100 ton? of pure sulphur, absolutely tree from arsenic and selenium, were produced. The absence of arsenic and seleniuni, both deleterious substances, is claimed to be most unusual. Tho Avork at the retorts ha*' been stopped temporarily to enable the company to make investigations as to the cause of an accident that resulted in the death of one^ of its employees.

The Criniee arrived at Marseilles the other day with a hundred tons weight of little sacks on board, which gave a metal clink as they dropped from the cranes. Three or four other ships, of the . . ' Messageries Maritimes unloaded smaller quantities of little bags, and all the bags have been sent on to Belgium: They contain bullets which have been collected oh the battlefields of the Balkans (the. Daily Express says). They are going to .Waterloo, where they will be sold to tourists as relics. The stuck of genuine Waterloo buliets gave out some, time ago, and tho demand is very steady. The Balkan war will now supply a long-felt want.

A qifaint poster, minted partly in French and partly in the Tahitian language, adorns the office- of the Union S.S. Lo. It announces -that on July 14 and subsequent dates there will be held a| "Ville de Papeete" a "grandu fete national©," Mn which there will be tiowtr feasts, bails, "procession de Hambeaux," fancy dress balls, and displays of native -dancing, otc. July is the height of the' soason at Papeete, and the place in then visited from .ill parts of the Tahitian group, and also from San Fran-, -Cisco, .Australia, and New Zealand. The island verdure is greenest and the weather coolest in "Jiullet."

-At a meeting of the Marlon Beautifying Society it was resolved : "That as page 290 of the Year Book shows that tho Dominion revenue received something like £90,000 derived from the recreations of the people, in the opinion of the Society the least that the Government can do is to return a portion of it to the people of New Zealand in the shape of grants towards , the upkeep and improvement of public parks and domains throughout the Dominion, which are used entirely as places of recreation of the inhabitants by whom the tax is indirectly paid ; and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs."

A strong demand continues for the workers' dwellings thjit are being erect' ed in various .' parts of the Dominion. Up to the present, about 300 houses have been built in different towns, Wellington's share being 23 at Island Bay, 12 at Newtown, and 28 at Potone. Tenders Jiave now boon called for tlie erection of 10 more houses under the scheme, two at Island Bay' and eight at Taitville ' (Kelb'urue Extension). They will comprise one four-i-oomed, eight /fiveropmed and one six-roomed houses; and the rents will range from' l4s to 16s per week. Under the Act more than £600. cnuiiot- be spent on any one home, and tho occupier gradually pays off the interest and capital cost until at the end of 25j years he possesses his- own house. As might ? be expected, the demand Uir theaa dwellings i* very much in excess of the supply, and the Department of Labor is getting ready for., the erectipn of still another Ibntch when the approval yf the Government is notified.