TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13428, 10 July 1914, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

Nripier : Arrived, at Z.'?S) p.m.. N/jahero, from CJisborne. The postponed telegraphic chess mate-li betAveen (Jisborne and Napier clubs will j take ' place to-morrow night. j The following will represent Mercantile A v. Oi v i l Service at hockey at 14 p.m. to-morrow : Fromm, Hayward. Yard ley, Scarfe, McLeod.. Nisbett, Claiv. .Fraser! Kimber, Hennessy, and Sceats. It. is .intended to utilise- the Orakei block, .an.nrea near Auckland, which is bein»- acquired by the Government from Nativo oAvnei'B, for the purposes of a model suburb. It is expected that lambing Avill be general throughout the district before loii'T. and 'the, /prospects all point to an exceedin,'?ly ' ■ favorable .season. Early iambs from bis stud flock were reported to-ctay by Mir .)'..- -C. Field, of Homebush. The auxiliary 'schooner-.' Elsie Mary is ten days out from' Oreyinout'h, timberladen "for Te Ararat. No AA'ord has been received, of- the vessel having bejii, sighted on .the East Coast, and it is suggested -that' she bas gone straight up the West Coast. / The usual .. fortaiightly meeting of the Turanganui Lodge,, No. 7, U.A.0.D.,] Ava-s held at the Masonic 'hall last evening. A lot" of routine business was don". A' ■■ciialkn'.ge from the Ancient I Order Forestei's to a card party at the) lodge-room'.' oii''- Tuesday ev-ening next Avas accepted.' During: the four iioav members were initiated, and three nominated. ' '.'■■ ' Mr' W; I). ' Watsoii, of M^ste'rtonj,' Avho has been out Avith a party on the East Cimst, thinning out the ' deer herds, returned on Saturday. Ho reports that the party shot seven hundred stags and hinds; Tlie animals Avere driven-; down from tlie hills by, the siioav of last Aveek. Mr .Vyatson.'is of opinion (states . the, Age) that a considerable number or deer will still" require to be destroyed. Owing to the death of a ' member, of tlie \ r .M.P. Club, it has been decided to ppstpohe both senior and iunior' football, ■matches m Avhich this club had: -fixtures for to-morrow. The only senior game to-morrow AvilLtherefore be that in.Ayhich United meet Kaiti-City ? - and this v -will take place on ?vo. 1 ground at 3 ; O'islofck;. i i No. 2 ground Avill be occupied^ by" ajunior match betAveen St. Patri6k"&^aftd Garrison. t v ; : .';, )<'■-'/ . , The Temperance Association^celebi*ated its fourthl anniversary m Robb^>' : hall; bust evefiihg. ,: A nnisical. {p.rograntme. Avas rendered to a/ l«rge and appreciative gathering, and: hand-round supjier Avas also provided. Delegates frouv the various"' other temperance organisations m tW town ywere alko present to coivrey their , ffatern.nl greetings. Several, names 'were handed m for membership, and thej,future cf the society is considered A'erv encouraging, "Newspaper cuttings-: occupy the attention of next Thursdii.y's^meeting. ; : ;' l ln my opinion the tram Way system is doomed," remarked Dr. ;J. -R- P«»dy, diirintf a rniblic meeting 'bold at LOAA-er liutt "recently for the purpose of discusfang the question of ■■-establishing a municipal motor-'bu^ service. Mdtor-'buse^, he said, Av'ere' comiug into faA'br all oyer the Avorld, ,and. it, Avas easy'to. see-> the reason. Tbey were quite a? satisfactory means of-.-.traiirft, and, \in like .rtVaincars, tliey did not heed i*ijs,::»v;?ei4ieacl- wir^si;. or power 'plant*. Astior ;the Edison storage battery ( > car, hefdid r n^t tmnk that would vpV'T^ajctic^ble : >.'..fp^ ta come. : .'; ' , ';.; ;,:•'■;' :>■'.-■ ' r - : A- : 'X : }K\ ;■ ''.' ; : -'"-^ By the lasi Wl-'-br; %. :0i Sahnohd' (Solicitor-Geherai) received 'from London ♦he '•S'Avino'V';-' .prize for liis book on Jurisprudence." .^The prize is "a very ■■beautiful' gold cup (from a design specially prepared m 1849 for the fir>t award by I> Maclise, the Avell-knoArh. lioyai Acadeaniciahl, and JSIOO iir money; The cup itself U3 valued^t £100. . 'Th&.awfrd is made iointl v by tlie RoyalfcSoetety of Art 3 andv t^^byal,^College of : sPhysi-; c ; ans. ; : ,. pDr^'SAvihey,' who died/ah ;;.lßfW, left a^sum^ioi^SOOO; toAhexßoyaV Society of Arts for tbe purposes 'Of^^ presenting 'this Tprize on eveiy fiftb. anniversary^ of the testator's death. Dr. Sabnond, Avbo has had a. distinguif'hed scholastic and 'eflicial career, is. the fourtqeptb: prize-winner.. ? , ■ -;t ' ■■<- \ ,,-' Tsoxv Zeaiand. may expect a, yjsitifrom Mr Tlieodoie Roosevelt, ex-Priesidenti of the United States, m the not; far distant future, declared Sir Joseph Ward iii his address at the Celtic Club, Wellington. Sir Joseph; added that When he was m America; he spent, a day Avith Mr Roosevelt, \yhos had struck him as _ being a fearless, progressive m an J a, /visit from Avhoih would do the country a great deal of gdod. Both the -'lata King EdAvird arid Mr Roosevelt^ proceeded Sir Joseph; had i shown Ahat they knew a grpat deal about) New Zealand, ■' "They, fa^oth Ifnew,-' ;be said, "wjier^ the ; most important .racecourses are situated here." (Laughter.)' ! If there ' Ayere* any resMc^' 'tiuns'-'6h v 3eerr.a^botin^ A'elt visited .this country, .Sir: Joseph (suggested jthat "'-'tney should be removed for the timo being, because trje exPresident Avould : want a much largci'.bag than the most liberal regulations Avould allow.