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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13645, 27 March 1915, Page 2

The' local officers who went. to Napier* to attend the training camp returned to* Gisborne this morninj. The term and summer holidays for the current year have been fixed by the . Hawke's Bay Education Board as follows:—First term, 15th to 24tli, May. 1 both days 'inclusive; second term, 4tli to 12th September, both days inclusive ; summer vacation, 18th December tb 31st> January, both days inclusive. ' Private M. Quigley, who was with tho Samoan. expeditionary force, returned to Gisborne this morning, and will remain until after Easter, when he proceeds to Trentham. Private Boswell", another of the Samoan contingent, son of the Gisborne stationmaster, also arrived, this morning.

The Poverty Bay Squadron (C) of Legion of Frontiersmen went into camp at» Mv G. M. Reynolds' .property;, Qrmond, yesterday, under the command of Mi* ■F. E. Gaddum. Between 40 and 50 men have mustered, and during the ten days' camp general training- and skirmishes on the hills will be earned out.

Our Waipiro Bay correspondent telegraphs: — Owing to unfortunate friction, haying arisen regarding the, use of cer--tain grounds, which m ispite of the efforts of a mediator has resulted m it deadlock, the Waipiro Bay AtMetipClub's patriotic sports meeting will bo held on Easter Saturday on the beach and an adjoining paddock at Waipiro Bay.

During the time the Ngatapa school was closed at last week-end a man is stated to- have been seen entering the building by a window and after a short interval to come out and proceed m the direction of the post office. On Monday morning the headmaster discovered that some money he had left locked : ia his desk was missing. The police aro investigating the matter.

The following cases were dealt AYith by Mr W. A. Barton, SIM., at tW Police, Court this mprning : A first offender fox" drunkenness tos fined 5s aawfc costs 2s, m default 24. hours'" Imprisonment. Hobert Cqinpbell . Miller, foi? drunkenhessi was fined 10s and costs -^ m default 48 hours' imprisonment,. Adolf Danielson, for , using obscene language, was fined £3. m default seven days' hard labor.

In connection with the election of the Gisborne School Committee, which takes place at the meeting of householders on Monday, April 26th, Dr. Porter reports, that, he has already received, several nominations. It should be noted that, for schools m urban . areas nominations close at 8 p.m. on Monday, April ldth, and none can be accepted; at the meeting of householders as m the past. Thia appUes only to the Gisborne and Te Hapara schools.

A public meeting is announced to be held m Mr Redstone's Hall, Lowe street, on : . Tuesday evening next, rat which the advisability of rehearsing some choral work will be discussed. Tlio meeting has been called' by Messrs Foster and Kissling at the request of various musical enthusiasts, and as the Liedertafel have consented to stand m with the movement, it is to be hoped the effort to introduce this class • of music will meet with the support .which it deserves. ' '"'-'

A good use has been found for old kid, suede, or leather gloves* These are being collected to "be made into warm linings for waistcoats for pur men ab the front. Anyone having these articles to spare is asked #to kindly leave them at jthe Herald office,, where . they will be collected and forwarded to Wellington, whence they, will.be .sent Home. The. Work of making these linings' will give employment to a. number of unemployed women, and it would be a good #iing for ; the people of Gisbof lie to lielg toward this useful and inexpensive obi jecti -' : : - " '' ._ „':;:; -. .

- Intending passengers "would' do well to note that the time-table alterations of Cnion Company's steamers, on account of the Easter holidays, will affect Gisborne. The Tarawera next week, going North, .will pass through this port/ on Good Friday, morning, behig' tendered with one launch at 6 o'clock. No cargo will be worked, and that from Southern ports wiU be landed here on> her return the following Wednesday. The Monowai, from South, will pass through Gisborne one -day early. She will leave Napier on Easter Monday night, and Gisborne for Auckland, via Tokomaru Bay, W Tuesday, 6th Aprili instead of the usual day, Wednesday. She will, therefore, v arrive- at Auckland on Wednesday, instead of Thursday, as customary. Her departure; 1 from the Northern -port- will' remain as usual 'for Saturday, 10th April, and she will, therefore, sail from Gisborne -for Napier and South on the Sunday evening, Itth inst.

There was a large crowd at Fergusoh'd this, morning, when the box plan for tha Kennedy Concert Company's return performance at the Opera. House on> Mondaynight opened,. and sufficiently brisk business was doUe to ensure a crowded house. The decision of the Kennedys, m response to a, large number of special requests to play another night m Gasborne, has given keen pleasure to lovers of music- ihe company is the best of v its kind which has ever visited- thistg wu> and the enthusiasm their talented performances created at the Opera House on Monday and Tuesday evenings last i s still,, fresh m thp -memory of all who had the pleasure oft 'beiiig! present. They possess violin^ 'cello, hute, , aud cornet salists of the.. highest degree Of culture, while Dorothy Grace (soprano)', and Roso Fitzgerald (contralto) . ara ypcalists whom it is a delight and an, education to listen, to. The Kennedys have made a specialty of concerted work, and to hear the full strength 6$ the company, with both voices and instruments going, m the compositions of the best-kuown composers is a greati treat. The performance oil Monday evening i s being looked forward, to with the most pleasurable anticipation.

Under the new Education .Act tho scholarship examinations wilL t be different from what they formerly: wjere. They; will be Colonial or National,; Scholarships although issued by .the Education. Boards. They are toi.be- given on a de^ finite basis,. -The State, will give one. fdholarship ,for eyery &00 pupils m), average attendance throughout, the "Dominion, but this does iiot mean that the children m an -Education district, with an average attendance of 10,000 /wili get 20 scholarships. The new system places the children m the Dominion on a competitive basis. . Whatever! . scholarships are carried m the district | they will be awarded by the Education I Board. Previously there were two kinds of scholarships, the National and the Education Boards, but now there ia only the National scholarship to *pQ competed for m the way stated. Am other important change is m connection with synchronising examinations. Hitherto m the Hawke's Bay district synchronous examination was held for all Stan-i dard 6 pupils, but under the new system this plan will be abolished, and all schools will be examined m the couin try on the old plan; this is, at the time of the inspector's annual visitswhile m towns .like Gisborne there will be centralised examinations f or all Stan-t dard 6 pupils, under the immediate direction of the inspectors.

It is notified that Mrs Frank ' Ma^'a .ball-room dancing classes will bo held m Lysnar's hall on Tuesday and Friday, nights of each week. Messrs Samson Bros., Auctioneers, hav«| received instructions from Capt.' Palmer; late of Nelson Bros., tq sell the wholo of his furniture and effects next Thurs. ■"< day afternoon at his residence, Aberdeen; road, opposite Barry's brewery. Reliable Watches make themselves M necessity for auy man. Grieve, jewel--ler, guarantees every watch that ■hg aeßs.* Rheumatic Thimbles, m solid silver, 6s 6d, are a great relief to elderly peo-r pie. Obtainable from Griefs, jesglwr^*

A daflclt of £527 2s 4d te shown by the annual report of the Auckland A. and P. Association. Over £100,000 is at present being spent on the erection of the new buihiingß m Wellington. Tho nominations for St. Patrick's Sports (to be held on Easter Monday) close at Mr C. Morse's shop at 9 o'clock to-uight. There is a movement afoot among the Jewish community of New Zealand to raise funds for the relief of their suffering co-religionists m Poland It has heen decided to nominate twelve Labor candidates for the Auckland City Council, three for the Harbor Board, and five for the Hospital and Charitable" Aid Board. Some of the Taranaki cheese factories that adopted the consigning policy .w.'U, it is understood, pay out from ls 5d to ls* 8d per lb butter-fat — truly a phenomenal return! Maior C. Hellier Evaiis, of Meesrs Dalgety and Co.'s Adelaide branch, formerly of Gisborne, arrives overland from Opotiki by this evening's train, on a holiday visit. At the Acclimatisation Society's meeting to-day it was mentioned that a deer had recently been seen amongst some cows at Ormond, having travelled through by way of Tahunga from Waikaremoana. Mr Len. Wilson, a worker m the local Baptist Church, is leaving for Wellington to enlist m tlie Ambulaiice Corps. His many, friends will wish him a good journey and a safe return. '

Entries for the Burton trophy, vvliich will be competed foi- on the Turanganui green at Easter, were coming m freely Xo-day, and it is expected that when they close to-night there will be fully twenty rinks, entered.

A Taranaki war warrior named Te Iki, who claims to have been the man who shot Major Von Tempsky, when the latter stormed Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu pa during the Maori war, died last week at Wanganui. He was 90 years of age.

The New Zealand flying machine— tho ''Britannia" — which was presented some little time ago to the Dominion by the Imporial Air Fleet Committee (England), has been sent to the front by the New Zealand Defence Department, states the British Australasian.

The Rev. R. Raine,' minister of tho Methodist Church, Bright street, who has returned from the conference and his holidays,, will resume work to-morrow, Breaching8 reaching at Waihuka m the morning, •rmond m the afternoon, and Brignt street m the evening.

To-morrow, the Sunday before Easter Sunday, the subject at the Baptist Church will dwell on the suffering and death of our Lord. Services will be as usual at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. ' All visitors and friends are heartily invited to ,attend these services. The preacher "is Rev. P. J. Wainwright.

Mr Tom Pollard, of Greymouth, has received word that his brother, Frank O'SullivaiT, who will be remembered as the advance agent for "The Merry Widow" -.aijd "Our Miss Gibbs" companies, hajsr been seriously injured m a motor accident, m Queensland.

The Stratford correspondent of the Taranaki Herald' says that the town was full on Saturday of' "farmers engaged m the cheerful business of cashing the monthly milk cheques. These are generally of not quite so satisfactory dimensions as those of the same dtte of 1914, but fhe decline is not alarming, and will fade into insignificance beside the huge bonuses already m sight for the cheese-factory suppliers." ■

A meeting of the Cook County Women's Guild was held m Townley's hall yesterday afternoon, Mrs West presiding. Satisfactory reports were received from both Homes. At the Children's Home there are 20 inmates. Comment made upon the fact that m the report of the Patriotic Funds handed to the Hon. Jas. Allen no mention was made of tbe £129 raised by the Guild. A euchre party and dance will be held on April 18.

Another £20 towards the Belgian relief fund was received to-day from the Manutuke Patriotic Committee. This energetic committee has contributed tho following sums:— £3l 4s 5d (through the Savage Club), £25 (through the Herald), £25 (through the Times) and n £20 acknowledged above, making a total of £101 4s sd. It is intended to supplement the amount during the winter by a series of entertainments. The committee desire to thank the proprietors for use of the hall free of charge and also musicians -who have generously given their services.

Ihe Rev. G. Brown, M.A., purposes dealing with very important subjects at St. Andrew's Church to-morrow at" 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The subject for the morning service will be "x'roblems m tho Bacblocks."' This part of the church work has become very extensive, and presents many peculiar and no doubt many people will be anxious to hear Mr Brown's views on this question. The subject for the evening service will be, "Taking Life Seriously." Mr J. Williams (assistant) will preach m Mangapapa at 7 p.m.; and Mr A. Gardner at ivaiti at 7 p.m. Collections during the day will be m aid of Home Missions.

A Christchurch paper remarks: "There is a somewhat unusual demand by in- *•'■" ■- for suitable investments— -that is, gilt-w^-jd securities. Money is' freely offering .v varying sums at 5£ per cent.", and borrowers m this district, with rural land as security, have no difficjulty m obtaining the' amounts they require at reasonable rates of interest. This is rather singular considering the fact that , the greatest war the world has ever ocen is stdl m progress, and it may be taken as an evidence of the confidence investors have m the stability of this country. Ihe cessation of hostilities hi Europe probably, open up- other channels ior investment, and this will have the natural effect of reducing the amounts now available here." . /

Interesting accounts of the exploration of the wonders of the pyramids continue to be received from the local members of the Expeditionary force m Egypt. hi a letter to his parents Mr Reg. Scai'e describes his visit to the pyramids and sphinx, adding that the earth is full of, ruins round where they are camped and often when out trenching they find skeletons, pottery, ancient beads and coins, wliilst m some places the boys, for paßtime, have excavated whole houses. He describes the Turks as a very poor crowd, and that they are deserting freely, whilst the boys had simply made practice of them at the bayonet charge. Of 130 "Turks, when the bugle sounded there was not one left standing. After referring to the guarding of prisoners tbe writer adds that as far as he knows there had not been any of their men hurt. Their camp was, very sanitary and they have not nearly the amount of sickness there as was m camp m New Zealand. To give an idea of -the ruling prices he mentions that oranges are 40 for Is, Virginia cigarettes 10 for 2£d, pipe tobacco 2ozs for s£d, eggs 2d per dozen, butter 3s 6d per lb, Turkish delight, a box 6 inches long for l£d, tomatoes 50 for Is. A garry (cob) costs ten piastres (a piastre equals 2£d) per hour. The natives do all the washing and dirty work and it was fine to be a soldier. Of course they (the soldiers) get their hard work, too. For instance, one day he was on guard for 24 hours for a start. Next morning they got up at 3.30 a.m. to unload oats and bran from the supply trains. In the afternoon they had a stiff two hours' entrenching m the desert under a blazing sun, and after that he was on town picket till 12 p.m. Of course that was an exceptional runj but it would show that they had to do their "little bit." The writer also mentions meeting Chaplain Major Grant, who told him that if ever he needed a helping hand to see him, ao he had a good friend to go to. The place was swarming with locusts, which were as long as cigarettes. The men had excellent food, stew twice a day, bread, butter and jam for dinner. It might seem plain, ' but to one working hard all day it tasted good. As to the weather, he. states that it was cold at nights and he had seVn his blankets into a sleeping bag and kept warm that way.