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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13603, 8 February 1915, Page 2

The Bishop of Waiapu visits Gisborne \ on Wednesday next. \ The Fire Brigade meets this evening for inspection m working uniforms. Mr Clement Wragge,' who has boon i on a lecturing tour m this distiict, proceeded -South by last evening's steamer. The working account of the Gisborne railway for the four weeks ended ' January 2 shows the revenue to have . been £2398 and the expenditure £933. ; Representations are being made to tho Minister of Justice for the removal, ia the public interests, of certain unnamrolised subjects m this district. A first-oifending inebriate, who was charged before Mr R. S. Florance, S.M., at the Police Court this morning, failed to appear, and was ordered to forfeit the amount of his bail, 10s. ' Four : tenders were received by the Cook County Council for the reformation, of 73 chains of .the Waimata- Arikihi road, near Twistleton's, and that of Thomas Abberton was accepted. The members of the Poverty Bay cricket team, who were fto commence a match against Napier to-day and go .on ' to Wanganui on Wednesday to compete for the Tlawke cup, left, for Napier last evening. The Huddart, Parker Conipany's s.s. Victoria, which arrives' from South next Saturday morning, will be detained, before proceeding to "Auckland, until 7 p.m. for the convenience of the racing public. Captain Rogers, who succeeds Major Lilley as officer . m command of No. 7 group, left for Napier last night. Lieut. Slipper, who takes Capt. Rogers' place as officer m charge of the local area, has returned to Palmerston North to arrange about the remdval of his furniture to Gisborne. The Gisborne City Band gave an enjoyable open-air concert from Twigley and Marshall's balcony on Saturday night, and yesterday afternoon they gave another programme at the • Waikanae beach. Mr Co-well, custodian of the beach, kindly provided afternoon tea for the bandsmen, which was greatly appreciated. Collections were taken at both entertainments, .and £1 14s was contributed on Saturday night and £3 yesteiv day afternoon. The engineer-secretary to the Harbor Board has . been advised by the commander of the New Zealand training ship Amokura that the vessel will make Gisborne her first port of call ; on her return from ' the Kermadecs, on Febuary 22nd (approximately); ,It is intended that the ship shall remain here for three days, after which she will return to Wellington. The Amokura's dimensions are : Length 165 ft, draught 13ft. beam 31ft, and a request is made by Captain Hooper that a suitable berth shall be found for her. The Gisborne High School re-opened to-day after the summer vacation, under extremely satisfactory circumstances, and with evidences of the growing popularity of both the school 1 and homes. There were no less than 70 new .pupils, vrhich .will necessitate • the', formation of -an additional class, .and probably a new teacher will be required. The number of boarders at both the rectory and qMs' hostel has been doubled, and this fact serves, as a high compli-' ment to Mr Frank Foote, the rector, and Mrs Foote, and also to Miss Ban*, who has charge of the. girls' hostel. Some person with a very poor idea of a joke Was 'responsible - for ,t-he Fire Brigade again being called out on a wild goose chase on Saturday' afternoon. .As this is the third time such: a thing has happened lately, the matter has been placed m the hands, of the police. Between 4- and 5 p.m. on Saturday a telephone message was received -at the station that there was a fire in* Stanley, . toad. The brigade- turned out m the motor tender, but nobody m the.' locality mentioned knew anything of' a fire. It was subsequently ascertained that the message came from the public telephone at the wharf. There was a good deal of heartburning af the. Park races on Saturday afternoon, when T the stewards' decision m connection with the G.R:C. Handicap was announced. . During' the lengthy .inquirjy,/ which was adjourned twice while other races were - 1 run, Dame Ilinnor was at work, with the result that many of those who had patronised Despatch Carrier destroyed their tickets. Later, when the official announcement was made, there were to be seen, numerous persons diligently searching- about the lawn fdr tickets that represented a fairly profitable investment. Fortune favored some, whilst at least one man was observed to be endeavoring to solve a puzzle by placing together a handful of fragments m order to make ; a complete ticket. .-'■'-. The death occurred at Gisborne yesterday of Mr Reginald Bernard Humphries, youngest son of Mr T. Humphries, formerly ..Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Hawke's Bay land •district. The, deceased gentleman, who had been manager of the Olrig station, Hawke's Bay, came to Gisborne about a week ago to take delivery, of some sheep. He was taken suddenly ill, and removed to a private' hospital, but peritonitis had set m, and- despite all that medical skill and careful nursing, could do, 'the patient gradually sank, and passed away as stated above. Mr Humphries, senr.. and the late Mr Humphries' wife and sister are at present m Gisborne, and much sympathy will be expressed with .them m their sad bereavement. The deceased gentleman was well-known m Hawke's Bay and New Plymouth, as "well as m this district. The body will be taken to New Plymouth for internment. ■ Mr E. A. Shrimpton. telegraph engineer for the Wellington district, is at present on a visit to Gisborno m. connection with the superintendence of the local telephone and telegraph construction work. Mr Shrimpton is proceeding to Motu tomorrow to inspect the service m that district, with a view to improving the facilities- Questioned as to tho slow progress that is being made, with the installation of the metallic circuit m town, the district engineer said that all the -cables had been laid and strung up on ariels where necessary, whilst the jointing was also all. finished except for Kaiti and Maka-raka. The main work at present was the linking up of subscribers and removal of- the <xd .service Avires. The work would depend upon the weather, but subscribers would shortly be transferred to the metallic very quickly. A special* line for country wires had been erected out from towi\ as far , as Manutuke, and private lines would be, transferred to this on the schedule charge*. Mr Shrimpton is of opinion that no private lines should bo allowed, within ;i radius of three miles of town.

Dr. F. Kahlenberg, medical superintendent of the Gisborne hospital*-'' leaves on Wednesday for three weeks* holiday. During his absence Dr. A. LSinger will act as superintendent, whilst Dr. Porter, of Auckland, will occupy the position of house surgeon. It is reported that the Admiralty . may send" to England some of the steamers captured on the West African coast and j those now at Cape ports. Whether the^/i steamers on arrival there will be sold . or put into commission for Adnliralty work is apparently yet to be decided. The Indian Government made almost immediate use^of some of the German vessels captured m Eastern waters. The lad' Baxter, of , Dunedin, who met with a serious accident last • Tuesday evening at' Waimate, is progressing satisfactorily towards a good recovery. It appears (says the Advertiser) that he climbed a pinus insignia tree, and seeing / a bird's nest out on a dead branch about 20ft up, essayed to reach it. No sooner had he put his weight on the bough than it snapped, and he fell. Though both forearms were broken (with-, bones protruding), and the base of the skull fractured, tvie lad never lost consciousness. x Writes a Greymout'ft correspondent:— The fatal accident that caused the death of Mr Hugh McQuillan,, at Ross last week, was shockingly sudden. It appears the strong wind that blew during the night caused some trees to be uprooted and to be thrown across the electric wires of the power-house, breaking them and bringing them m contact with. the telephone tvire. Unaware of this, Mr McQuillan was about to use the telephone, but no sooner had he touched tho receiver than the electric fluid passed through his body, causing almost instantaneous death. " When the opportunity arose to glorify the local navy fiction the Prime Minister of this Dominion and the Miuister of Defence could not restrain their exultation. Perfervid messages of congratulation were flashed across the Tasman Sea. and the astonished electors of rural Milton were half-angrily asked : What about a local navy now? We think we may search* the files of all the newspapers from the day when the news of the Engagement off the Heligoland. Bight cam© to hand up to that of the past week and wo shall not find particulars of any Ministerial congratulatory telegrams tb the officers and men of New '-Zealand's gift battleship. . Why? — Dunedin Star. For sheer courage there is probably no story of the war which excels that told by M. .J.. Faivre, .m the Paris journal L'lntransigneaht. Every -morning m one corner of the Somme battlefield French artillerymen received a visit from a small boy, who brought baskets. of beech-nuts,, which he exchanged for biscuits. Tbe captain grew suspicious of the boy's visits, and was about to speak to him, when the little fellow. ' laughing, said-: "The' Bosches can't knock you out, eh?" "No," said the captain, "they are not very clever." "Don't worry," said the boy, *doh'fc bother about them; they won't jknock you out in' a hurry. Yesterday l told, them you were m front of that£beecn^ tree." As a matter df fact lhatVeven- J ing the shells had fallen m the'fplace indicated, an old thatched hut. :*"Yoa give them information, then," said tho captain, roughly. .■'.■;•*'. ' Yes. . toretty^ bad." . "Do they send you here ?"-#-' Yes," but don't M r orry; I shall tell them today that you have changed your, place — that you are near that htotise." '• What •*' said the officer, "are '• you' gojng' back there?" "Why, of 'course,'.' said the boy.- ''"l must be "there -for breakfast. If I am not they will kill my mother. They^told me so. . ..=-.>s", And on? he went smiling, as if it was nothing to risk his life* Happily the village m. which the boy lived was\. taken 'by the French a few days ago, and tins plncky little hero of the war is no longer under the heel of the German. '• Mr L. Grey Barton has' resumed practice m the Herald Buildings until about the end of the month, when he is moving. to the new .National Bank premises. A large crowd gathered before . Mr H. A: Armstrong's window on Saturday night, viewing a few enlargements from, pictures taken at the races by Mr E\ B. Borham. It is intended, to have on view a» series of each day's- meeting, so people interested can keep a look-oat for them.* Messrs Samson Bros., auctioneers, announce -the two final days of the fire saie of Mr T. Adams' bookseller's stock. "The insurance adjuster is leaving Gisborne on Wednesday morning, and .the whole "<-f the balance of the stock, valued at £500, must be sold to-day and tel-morrow, ai any price offered for. it./ The sale will commence at 11 a.m. each day, at the sample rooms, next the Gis- V borne Hotel. ' Full particulars appear m another column.^