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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13540, 18 November 1914, Page 2

. :At Auckland .on November 16th his Honor Mr Justice Cooper granted probate m the estate of Wm. Angus to Lulie__ Birnie Angus, on " the motion of M S. G - ; W - Wiilock, and also m the estate of Isabel Rachel Black to George H. Black, Ernest Richard Black and *?*-£'. Williams, upon the motion of Mr Blair. A promenade concert ,will be given at the Trafalgar rotunda this, evening' by the City Band, when the following programme will be gone through : Spanish ™ bh -J ,Gallito " (S: Hope); selection, "Mess Hook of Holland" (Paul Reuters) ; yalse, "Gipsy's Life".; fantasia, "La Passerilla"; valse,<"Th' s Blue Danube" ; selection. '.'Memories, of the Opera" \ (Rimmer)/; march, ■ "Hopetown" ; God ! Save the King. Commander George"' N. Ballard, who l was m, command of H.M.S. Philomel , until Captxiiri;P; Hall-Thompson assumed the position, of naval adviser to - the New Zealand Government, was jii < command of H.M.S. Halcyon when the , cruiser was attacked by a German flo- . tllla off the east roast of England on. t November _4th: •• He was appointed to the Halcyon on August 31st? , ' In -all parts of the Dominion great efforts are being made to raise funds to -. assist the Belgian sufferers. :by the war. i Every effort is being put forth to alleviate , the 'tremendous; distress existihg, and t in divers ways the people of New Zealand . arc raising funds and. collecting *•■ food and clothing to forward to those ' unfortunate people. On Friday evening . the.rpupils of St. Joseph's Convent School .. are holding an entertainment of a highly ' ■•meritorious""' nature m" "His Majesty's '; .Tljeatre m aid of this worthy object, » and are actively rehearsing m order to , provide a first-class performance. The '•whole of the proceeds will be devoted to '' the Belgian relief funds. _ The passengers who arrived at Wellington from London by the Tiirakina i or. Monday evening had to come from . Hobart without even a clipping from ,the Australian papers. The steamer 'made the long journey from London to ! Hobart ■ without a break, and at the • Tasmanian port, the passengers were not . allowed to take on board any newspapers. Needless to say, -they felt thei prohibition, keenly, as some of them have 1 relatives and ..friends at the.fr ont, and ', they were anxious ,to see the latest war ! news. This they had to read while, ashore at Hobart, and they were very keen. to. see the New' Zealand papers 1 when they arrived. 1 The Defence Department notify that ' alf volunteers for the r - Expeditionary > Force who have not passed the necessary . medical examination may be^ examined at the Garrisbn,>Hall on Friday/ and ] Saturday, at 7.30 p.m. Applications '. continue, to come an freely, and yester- : day a dozen men were enrolled. Tlie , authorities are endeavoring not to interfere with the applicants' work more than is possible, and as tbe men from the country conic to town, arrangements will ' be made .for, their examination. Forms are being sent up the Coast, so that tho , men need not come all the way to Gisborne for medical examination, but can Ibe put through the'^test' by the nearest available doctor. • ', . ' In acknowledging the; receipt through . the Gisborne defence. Committee of £349 .(being donations -from Mr : Murphy, £137 os '6d, Messrs Nelson Bbos. £11 12s lOd, and amount collected by Herald £200 6s 8d), m aid of the f uhd toz-jflcelieve '^Belgian •distress,- the Belgian Consul:.: states : "Kindly, oh my behalf, convey to 'these 'gentlemen my deep appreciation for their Icindness and generosity, , and, allow me at the same time to say how <1 appreciate the practical way m -which your . district has shown its sympathy "to the '.Belgian nation m its- distress. At- the •; time of writing, from all sources, , through . this Consulate I have, forwarded to; the Belgian Ambassador m London £8880." A flower show- and sale Of work will ' he held m the Mangapapa Presbyterian Church to-moiTow afternoon; andvevening» This is the first effort of the kind made by the Ladies' Guild m connection with that 'church,- and the object is-" to augment the. building fund. The display of flowers will .be an . exhibition one ! only, and those intending to assist with this part of the undertaking are asked . to send their exhibits to. the church by 11 a.m. There will be numerous- stalls liberally supplied with useful and orna- .. mental articles, : and it .is expected a profitable, business will be done. • Dr. Porter , will Open" the show." A 'bus leaves the post office at 2.30 p.m. for the convenience of patrons going fsom town. At ; the evening session a musical programme will be given by friends from town. The strong gale, on- .Sunday night was responsible for a mishap during tender-^ ing operations m connection with the s.s. Westralia. While the passengers were boarding the steamer from the tender Tuatea the gangway turned i turtle, the first time such ■■a" thing r had happened m connection: with 1 local tendering. Four persons were on the gang- ' way at the time. Three landed', on the ' deck of the Tuatea,. but havingctheir fall broken by /other passengers,- they, were ' not hurt. The fourth was ; the ■ operator on the' Westralia,. who Jhad 'been . ashore; and he did not fare "so well. He ' fell into the water between the steamers, but fortunately there was no surge* and he was caught by Can't. Hawkes and . Mr Davis (mate), of the Tuatea, and ' hauled on deck, none the worse for his immersion, .. . - ' ... •The Borough Council committees met ■ last night; there being * present: The ! Mayor (Mr W. G. .Sherratt) and Crs Bright, Black", Lawless, Muhus, ! Wade, • Wildish, and Brown. After further: considering Mr T. A.: Crawford's, application for the extension of the mam i sewer 100 ft up to his. boundary m Staf- . ford street, it was decided to reply that ( tbe Council was not m a position to ac- ' cede to the request. Tlie rfioommenda--1 tion for improving the pumping "station m Customhouse street was adopted^ Regarding the Mangapapa Town .Board's complaint about the way the trenches \ for the hospital water*. mains had been : left, it was stated that the matter had \ been attended to. Inquiries were re- \ ceived from the To wn . Board regarding the supply of metal from Waihirere. It was decided to reply that 'tb 6 Obunoil ! had still control pf. a quarry at Waihi- )■ rere, bi^t the- Government quarry; was r the most .accessible. The Mayor re. ported that, two-trucks .of screened Kai- ' taratahi .shingle had been : delivered ; at " the station yard, and it was decided that ,_ the Mayor be. empowered to : arj^nge v for • a supply of same,. according^ .to sample,. r . Presbyterian Churoh.' set vices '(M^otu chargO).^Service's 'for next 'Simday, Nov. [■ 22nbT i- Motu'fll -ia.m. , Matajrai" 7 p.m. - A Sunday- sebc^lwlli be held'-at -Hatawar r !-ba^at;3^^-^- i; ;-- ;';, : : -%i\ ] .

Tho Defence authorities have defh*. ltelv decided to. abandon the annua! military tournamen t this yea r, . . The Native Land Court, under tho presidency of His Honor Judge Jones* is at present sitting m Gisborne, dealing with miscellaneous matters m which na* tives only are interested. „. , v i A , kfnefifc musical 1 entertaijime_A-..witt be held m St. John's Hail, Mangapaoa*. to-night. An excellent programme^***; been arranged, aitd it is hoped that there will be a large attendance, the^objacfc being a worthy one to render asswU ance. • ■_-...*• At a general meeting of the Gisborne Lo-operative Building Society held last night, appropriations were disposed of as follows:— BaUot m No. 1 tissue,drawn by A. Clayden (£300) and MM' E. M. Cuthbert (£200); sale -in .N0.;.! issue £400 at £10 per cent.,' no buyer S^Vfc £I °or sale No. 2,>im^ £500 at £15 per cent.; ballot -Nor 1 »«. issue, drawn by Bert Steggall (£500). While working on the winch punt m connection with the blasting operations' being carried on m the Waikanae Creek by the Harbor Board, a man.namett Hadmen was yesterday struck by -a handle of the winch, and sustained' a" broken wr,;st and a bad cut on the side, of his head. He was removed to the hospital, whore his injuries were attended'to, and to-day his condition* waa not considered dangerous. . .-. .- The_official counts ; in connection with' the election of representatives of 'th** Hangaroa and Pouawa ridings to tier : Cook County Council were conducted; to-day by the returning officer (Mr D. .Moir.ce). Although the result of. the Hangaroa riding election. is not changed,-" there. is an. alteration of the figures'compared with . those previously given.'. ?sS&~ rF. J. Lysnars total is reduced from ' 79 to 76. aricl'Mr. J.. Orr's is increased frpni j 55 to 57, whilst three votes were put 83 . | (informal. There is no alteration rh/tW Pouawa results, Mr Holdjen defeatingv Mr -L. Coop by two votes, 30 %&'■s&: : y At the Magistrate's Court his inorn^ -ing, .before''- Mr R. S. Flbrance,' S.MXf Maude Eliza Foster proceeded • against her husband John William/ Foster. (Mr Burnard) .for faUing to provide. toainten-.-' ance, there being £36 m arrears. De*' fendant admitted the order, but. deriiecV the arrears. T,. Fahey, assistant cleffc"of. the Court, produced \the : .. officii' records, which showed that £36 had hoi heenpaid. TheTe was a credit;of £9. which had been paid direct to , inform mant, arid hot to the Court as the ©Her. directed.' Informant contended that/she: had 1 not received money other' than £9> and £3 10s. for. the. children from dV . fendant, and, the awears were due.- Defendant .swore that he. had .paid: a con-, siderable amount of money : to .inform. m £ n i'n a^ a th^ : there was . only about. *4 lUs due. He was out of work at present. Bis Worship directed that *de, : lendant should pay the £4 10s m four : weeks' time. , .. , -Mr John; Lamb Dickie, , Government surveyor died at Invercargill on Wednesday last The deceasediuwho was a "^I 6 2? Glas Bow, was for several veara chief officer of the ship J eSß ie ReadnS one of, the- fastest vessels; in the «*»** pany s fieeV' which in ■, thoas days r eotw sisted entirely of sailers. She was late* wreckeclonsthoi Chatham Islands, oh^ho. homeward voyage.. Resolving to .quit the sea for .a more settled sSve^Sr^ **»*•& m survey work,,-, but, again returned ,tb>hia* oW avocation^; and. was engaged as a »" officer m the Union JS.S.T CompanvVw a n- al _, * e ** l( fy P^ncipally , betweetv Welhngton and .the We^st X few years later. he returned .toV the. field;' and' with characteristic perseverance passed his examination a S P a .Sfied surveyor.- In' that capacity feSS gaged ,prrvately, ; apd*fo/the< S£er£ ment m Southland, North Otegoy Pb£. ■SRi^ Dlc J ,e T was transferred' from tha S^T* *° * n ™* ar g«l where he had resided .ever since .. ««** ' , '■ • :•'-•. '' ' " .: .■■,.•■■>.- -.yt '."v