TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13395, 1 June 1914, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Tho Iniuii S.S. Co. 's Monowai wi)! bo delayed at Auckland until !i o'clock on Wednesday morning m incler to bring South a. portion ola - large ship ment of unit. Tho ln*-t launch to tender the steamer at (Si-borne will Je-ave the vliarf at 10 a.m. m Thursday.

*'.\ curious iVatiuv of tin; .present outbreak t:l' infantile jKirulysifi (says the X um>s' .Journal) is that many adult pationtuv have het-u attacked. In <i country hospital wo recently saw two cases— one -a- little boy of about six years of age, crying bitterly with abdominal pains, the other a woman of thirty-three. The acute stage mvifi pa.st, and the patient was sitting on a verandah m iv. whee|-chaiv, both legs completely paralysed. So far there have been tow deaths and many cases of recovery. After the acute stage, is over, massa&'o has been largely employed, with very good results.

A complaint was received by the Whangarei Harbor Board from Captain Maxwell, marine superintendent of the Shaw, Savill. and Albion Company; that several of the buoys marking the harbor entrance were' out of position, and he requested that tho matter should receive attention at once, m view of the approaching visit of the Home steamer Kia Ora to load frozen produce. The complaint was supported by a fisherman, who staged that his launch 'had been badly damaged earlier m« the week through striking a submerged buoy m the vicinity of Urquhart'.s Bay. The board, by a unanimous vote, decided to dispense with the harbormaster's services.

Probably the largest military parade yet held m Wellington has been arranged for the morning of the King's Birthday. All the city and suburban troops will bo assembled for inspection by General, Sir lan Hamilton, and a royal salute will be fired. A large number of men who saw service m South Africa will participate m the parade, and members ol the irregular corps and ex-mem-bers of the Imperial regiments who fought m South Africa will also be invited to be present. The review will be rendered moro interesting, as General Hamilton had several New Zealand contingents under him m South Africa, and this' will be his last official inspection m New Zealand.

In an interesting ' article q-n grapem New Zealand, m this month's issue uf tlie Journal of Agriculture, Air S. F. Anderson says that tho approximate cost per acre' to work an established vineyarl is £38 per annum. This includes the making of the wine as Well as the cellar work, and the main-, taining of tho vineyard m a high state of cultivation. Many Austrians, who are earning a livelihood by gum-digging and grape-growing m North Auckland, are spending as muc-h as £40 per acre on deep-trenching their ground. \ There are now 376 acres m the Dominion devoted to wine-making, producing about 90,000 gallons of wine per annum of the value of over £11,000, calculating the price at 2a 6d per gallon.

By an explosion of gunpowder at Whangarei, n settler named George Brad, ley. living at Helena Bay, was somewhat severely burned. He was m the kitchen of his residence with a sevenpound ciinuiste-r of powder. One of his children wished to see how it burnt, an^, to gratify her curiosity, Bradley took a small quantity out of V' 16 ca»nister and sprinkled it on the fire. In doing so he must have laid a train, as a Winding flash and explosion of the canister followed. Bradley's trousers and singlet caught fire, liis whiskers were singed off, and' his face was burnt, but luckily his eyes escaped injury. A doctor was summoned, and ordered Bradley's removal to tho Whangarei hospital. With the exception of painful burns, his condition is not serious.

A Maori named Tai Heketn, at one timq prominent m football circles m Wellington, appeared at the Police Court, Auckland, on a charge of forgovy. It was alleged that Heketa forged m hiß Post Office Savings 'Bank book an entry purporting to be an ji'-knowledg-ment of the receipt of a deposit of £500, and caused W. T. Oilmour to act upon it as if it were genuine, the suggestion being that Gilmour lent Heketa £3 on account of tho indications that tho latter had just recently deposited £500 m the bank. The police stated thaX it was probable a further charge' would be forthcoming, and a remand was requested. The application was granted, bail being allowed, Heketa himself m one bond of £100, with two sureties of £100 each.

An --accident, attended with serious consequences to Mrs F. W. Tadmah, of Ruapekapeka, occurred as she was being driven home from Kawakawa by her son on Monday afternoon ln.st, telegraphs t!b» Auckland Star's correspondent. T-li© birgay brake failed at Dawson's lUU, and the horses, setting off at a gallon^ ran off at a sharp corner and plunged- headlong into a- gorge about sCoft deep. The son called to his mother to jump, doing so himself at til.? same timts but Mrs Tadman's dress became caught, and she was dragged some distance down the-, gorge Iwfore the dress tore loose and released hrr. An hour and a-half passed before help arrived, and the injured lady was then crnveyed to the Kawakawa hospital, wliere it was found she had sustained a compound fracture of the log and minor injuries. Tho horses \v-?re found tk?. following morning at the bottom of the gorge, practically uninjured.

When most Wellington people were thinking about hot dinners and roaring fires on Thursday, a young lady took a dive into the icy cold of Port Nicholson. jShe had no thought of self-destruction, nor was her adventure accidental. She dived ,for a purpose, that of making money — a wager of £10. The lady's name is Miss Tiny Thrmark, a performer who appeared on the local stage as the mermaid m Arthur Troutt's troupe. Her diving platform Avas the top of the navigating bridge of the steamer Willochra (berthed at Queen's wharf), and the height was probably about 60 ijeet. She made a brave appearance m the strong southerly, and, without any signs of nervousness, she dived. Her take-off was pretty, the remainder of tho flight hardly spectacular. She entered the water flat on her wide, came to the surface m a few seconds, arid .was greeted by the hand-clapping of about a score of people who witnessed the act. "Not a bit ' 00ld — wouldn't mind doing it again," she said on returning to the boat/ "I* would have done it for> nothing," Miss Thrmark remarked to an 1 Evening Post reporter, "if they had only dared Vne. " The young lady goes on- to San • Francisco Exposition before returning to Stockholm, her native city. _

Sad circumstances were revealed at an inquest held at Masterton m connection with tho death of a youth of 17 years of age, named Francis dimming, of I'aiinerston North. , It appear.-? that Ciuitmiug and a companion were on a shooting expedition at Pivinoa, near Martinboroujrh, South 'Wairju-apa. 'llic camp was situated m •dente bush, m a very wild part of |he hilJs. On the Thursday morning Cwnming took his gun and went through the bnsli m Ki>urcli of wild pigs. A heavy southerly rain canio o;i, and was followed later by. dense niist; As dimming did not return towards night, his mitte became alarmed, and aroused thp neighborhood m the vicinity. Despite' the rough weather, heavy rain falling incessantly, ■ large search parties scoured the thick bush and Maded through swamps m search of dimming. Day after day the search was kept up I until indications were seen of where the missing youth had apparently been. These were followed up, a-nd later m the day his dead body was found. It appeared that when retnrning to camp, Gumming 1 became enveloped m thick mist and rain and lost his way. Thero were tracks where h& had repeatedly walked m a circle { then he seomed to wander away, tearing down vines m his passagft. Marks, were found where, he "had "blazed" mijiny trees for a guide. He then no doubt became exhausted, and lay down m the bush to die, the indications being that he struggled a lot before tho end came,