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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13546, 25 November 1914, Page 2

Mr W. D. S. Mac Donald will address the electors at Ormond this • evening. Sir James Carroll will address the electors at Makauri, m the school-house, at 7.30 '. this evening. ■- ' ■ Owing to December 10 being election day, the - Tokomaru Farmers* . Co-opera-tive Cq,'s sale at .Tilritiki has been post.poned until Tuesday, December 15. Thanks to the efforts of Captain Rogers, the local area officer, the Defence Department has definitely 'arranged to supply the ammunition --''lor the rifle meeting from the stores. This will be hailed with relief m territorial, cadet, and. I'ifle-'- club circles, where ammunition requirements' .are literally a "burning" question. ' "* . ":'''. "... Recently the Borough Council receiv ; ed an account for the paddocking of a •hor.a, incurred-, by tha. late ;Engi.neeV, ;uvJ ,m view *of the .circ'unistanb'es decid-i-d to repudiate the claini.y A. civil tt-ctiou ensued, and the Council secured judgment yesterday. Tlie matter came ■up m .general'* business before the Council last evening, when Cr Wildish surged that having vindicated their position, they might remit the amount. The suggestion raised a protest from other • councillors, and the motion was rejected, the Mayor remarking that Cr Wildish had acted with the_best intentions. The following information has been received from the Defence .headquarters, Wellington, by a member of the Women's Patriotic Committee, and may be of interest to those who have sons or brothers or friends m t&e Expeditionary Forces: Anyone who sends parcels may be sure that they will reach the men if sent to the Defence Headquarters, Wellington j and addressed to ■the military number of the recipient. This number can be obtained from headquarters if unknown. Letters travel for Id an ounce; , parcels, 31bs for Is, 71bs for 2s, lllbs for 3s. The gifts recommended by the Defence Department as most suitable are any warm woollen garment, , such as shirts, socks, singlets, cholera belts, Balaclava helmets. For small luxuries, Christmas puddings, almonds and raisins, figs, chocolate, and of course tobacco are recommended, but it is essential taat all 'these should be packed m tins. The Department will inform friends of wounds or-, sickness without enquiry. Tlie Citizens' Defence Committee met yesterday afternoon, Mr J. W. Bright presiding. Mr E. H. Mann moved: "That the names of all persons who had contributed to -the. war funds m cash: or kind through the committee, together with the. particulars of such contribution, be acknowledged by advertisement." He (Mr Mann) explained that he'had really tabled the motion at the meeting on the" previous week to prevent any division of opinion -m the committee. They . had Avorked hafumoniously m the past, and he wOuld be the last to wish to disturb the good feeling that prevailed. Mr W. ,G. Sherratt ,said he could see no good purpose m -the motion being carried. Other members signified their intention of opposing the motion, which was accordingly withdrawn. The following donations, were acknowledged: — "Boroug-h Employee," British relief £1, Belgian' relief £1, Mr and Mrs C. H. Morris .£5, "Matawai settler" 10s^ G. Maxwell (sale of 7 lambs), £5 2s 3d. G.R. Moore (sale bf. "two bulls), £6<165.6d. Miss Grace Robertson (sale of a l£mb) £8 19s. 6d. ' The Naipier Borough Council lias communicated with tha local Borough Council desiring either to purchase or borrow sufficient rails to lay six. chains' of track. When the request came before tha Council last ; evenino-, Cr. Wildish moved that the offer be not entertained. He said they would want the rails some time, and they would have to pay more for them later on. — The Mayor said he had gone into -the matter, and found that- to extend the tram lines, m the distant,, future, they would require four miles of track to carry the service to the Park, to Mangapapa boundary, to de Lautour road and the railway station. He thought they could dispose of the rails asked for.— The Town Clerk .said that the rails, fish plates, and bolts cost about £900 a mile.-^-Cr. Lawless urged that, rails were not like butter -and' qid not depreciate. — Cr. Black said that rails did , depre- ' ciate; they took the rust. No one could say they did not depreciate. . It would be m the distant fu-ture before, they could raise a further loan, , especially as things were so uncertain m consequence of the war.— Cr. Munris agreed ' that the rails were rusting, aiid he did not see the wisdom of keeping them for ' three or four years, as they would have to do if they were depreciating. If there was any prospect oi disposing of any of the- rails they should sell them.—O. Wade took " up a similar attitude.' Ak the rails were 'depreciating, he would like -to see some of them sold. There were more urgent works than the extension of the trams. — On goinp*; to the vote the motion, declining to dispose of ' any -rails, was lost; by 3 votes to 4. .A frank opinion of the natives of Samoa wa3 given by a member of the expeditionary force m a letter to his parents m " Wellington. . "Physically, the natives are magnificent," he states,, "but to quite 99 per cent, of them work is -iapu. They are absolutely the. laziest lot of beggars On the ftice of the earth, and another unpleasant trait is their continuous attempt- to.: take ' down the I fiti fitis. (soldiers.) Now they are up m. arms at -the 'suggestion "to 'send Maorishere, and' judging by what one hears I trouble will follow soon, after the Maoris land. I don't think the bulk of Samoans are interested, but one or two chiefs and half-castes have been busily . engaged stirring up trouble- ever since the .news about the 'Mabris .was received. Personally, I think the Maoris ought to be sent. Most of them, I take it, are educated men, and from what 1 know of -their character and temperament they would scorn to barney with the Salhoans. I believe our medical men have advised the Government not to send the Maoris, . but for . what reason I don'-t know. The natives here are not treated like our Maoris. For instance, they are not allowed to pur? chase liquor and are only allowed to play games on Saturday afternoon. Previous, tb the German ocoupa-tion crioket was all the go, and the niggers used to neglect their work m their enthusiasm, for play. Village used to play village, and a side sometimes numbered 300. As a result, the game often lasted a., fortnight, with disastrous «on- ' sequenoes to the copra business. Since we landed a few big games have been played, bu-t the principal occupation of the Samoans appears to' be sitting down, eating, and sleeping." Eighty per cent, of headaches are dn* to eyestrain. Gordon* aocurate Glasses are the best relief.* ■" "- -.■^ s - w 'i

Business people to-day have had great reason to complain of the inefficiency of the telephone- a ?rr ice through wires being m contact. Mrs Sunderland, of Poverty Bay, -ia leaving for London by the Turakina on 17th December. She is at present staying with *Irs J. H. Williams, Frimley, Hastings. Members of the Scottish • Sooiety • are^ notified that there will be no meeting of the society this week. The monthlymeetin/T has been postponed on account of the annual concert being held next Sriday m the Opera House. ?' deLautour addressed a meeting -* at Makauri last evening, Mr G. Witters presiding. In the course of his ad* dress, the candidate replied at length to Sir James Carroll's Gisborne- address. The candidate secured a vote of thanks and confidence. A youth named Roy Frederick WririnV appeared before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M thi3 morning on a charge of evaduie personal service under the Defence Act. He pleaded guilty. Senior-Sergf. Hutton said defendant belonged to the TaranaH terntoriaLs, and on coming to Gisborne both failed to report himself. Defendant said he had been, travelling round, and be had not reported himself here because ho thought he would be" sum-' moned, Sergt.^Major Henry said defendant had volunteered for the war and passed the medical examination, but i/Sl-^.^ Would *» accepted. His Worship advised defendant- to -com. IL W W arid imposed a W^' 161 . andc^ 'm defeult 48 flours imprisonment. y of F ?L%- H f ?? horn the member*, of the Borough Council last evehim? Son" o?sP* f discussing the.rlu^ Set •S e *'iS a action JiH ■— 6 «f '^tentfo,. was th* ht tfo a vendor tkkin„^ohis stand with his barrow m th™tr2t fi Remises of. a sho^S upon to pay..h^vy P rents should re?ei?e exhTuS^i P r ° tectio^ and afSr^an, resolution was carfied wt, W^J*.. Town Clerk Z SaVe t^hk^ -P' m Question that hTshnnM haw ¥ r stand elsewhere or Th. n & 8 probably rei^'^^J^ e to^^^ : tions.from Miss Wale SKI m^-"' E Murphy, an d Mdßkhev?^^ Mesdames Hamilton anrin!*,^-^ 111 Davies Matthews, D. Blair and v^i- 7 jersey M M Goffe^S^f4Jte' iay, Martn, "a fripri^'' # £% JaniiesoiJ We$ * t*fe^ <£ Robb, S. Pyke W R Ttf^i 5 ? 011^ ' B » well, Noble Campbell WduVT ««sa£S_^JS'."' rugs, ahonymou^.^paS for holdalls, Miss r AnS,^^^o^, of^andSsffet^^Pearl of ' th^pLific » L— tes; <* of Dr. fl^,S^-.^ggpS i J^ g^^ntertlfe he made a profit oTSBSj' % 4, * y<?aP trees have to be snrSS" i,t- ft ? OOQa chards i» . New fl^iSr^ Stein 11 "^ Pli^VnS^ A lee^Uch ; C Scks o£ th! 6 tr ° Üblepalm, is also causS a veSt c ? coannt fnthe e^ortatioT g o^ - gards land values, I hav?nof i?^* a chance of getting teSl^f^- i^ d Hilly bush LdTs teStin^Tt*??' -.' per acre. The nati^Sr? af f^J - fine-and attractive rac^liil'pSS being; more uniform and betSr ?£Tf?E Maori- -Educated' melbeS 81^^appear to be ebual if -At '-"-j- ." r^9? tfiSr Mkori %S&* ThlvffiS^ < no work WnfL I • ydo iJ ttle_-oi» iSIS^^ ;^^ for ;■ Pcrtato), bananas, bread; fruiL^S apples, and , almost, ; a ll tibnifal When the Avar is oWr .an/ thinjS he come settled, , I have no ? doS? 8 tW speculators wiU turn ' thai* attention tJ Samoa, bemg. a place that has neve? <\ been much exploited, and a coW 1 which, as far as planting is concerned A * has hardly been touched. ««nec_^