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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13785, 10 September 1915, Page 2

air M. W. Horton, traffic manager at Wellington for the Union Company, who has enlisted with the Army Service Corps, goes -into camp .on November Ist with the 9th Reinforcements.

Dr |\ G. Shinn, the examiner of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, is timed to reach Gisborne on Saturday' September 25th, and, will conduct the practical examination m the Gisborne school duririg the morning. There are twenty candidates m various grades^ :Mr J. Dawson will' be the principal speaker at the weekly meeting under the auspices of the Social Democratic Party to be held m Townley's hall this even'n,f\- Hw S cJl b i e<i^ is t0 be > " The L^«or Question : State Ownership no Remedy " Aa usual -the-' subject will be thrown open for full discussion, everybody being cordially invited.,

: The question of< the registration of motor vehicles was brought up at the meetingtof the; Waikohu . (Wy CbunS ■«**£ f^^^eacc-cke, who pointed ou^ that the; Council was losing over ■**}. a year m license feees. He ureed urged that the Council should form itself into, a registering body. This was agreed to. Tn the meantime the Borough Council is to be written to, asking for a. refund, of the Waikohu Council s proportion -of this year's fees

The womep's branch of the National t u erv ? ppe soon to commence St; ;l John Ambulance and sick nursing instruction classes. Dr Reeve has kindly ( consented to arrange for these lectures. A number of .people have already expressed their willingness to join the Reserve and if others intending to do so will send a post card to the acting-secre-tary (Mrs J. R. Kirk) before the 16th of this month, a definite date can be announced for the first meeting. Members are at\hberty to join either the active or the hdnbrary branch, or both if they prefer it. ; • "*

Regarding the complaint about stock wandering on the Waikohu County roads it vvas stated-at the meeting of the Waikohu County Council to-day that there wer f ll Prosecutions to be heard at tho next sitting of the Te Karaka Court. Counci or Gaukrodger : "That's good " Council or, Peacocke took exceptfon io pr^ecution being confined to offenders £ aLu M *i?' nd i ng * The ™tter should Conntv m & all over the County. The Clerk said, there were some Mangatu people included m, the 11 STmia be h T d .* Th « Chairman .^id the roadmen all over, the CountW*vould |be instructed to report strayihfeSk Reporting on- the matter, th£lg& fit a i oum V ll ke' the Council, to stand behind me m this, as I think the policy adopted' will eventually, when every, servant of .the Council &es his duty , ln the matter, practically stop ■\^hJT*?'-A , Unless ! BO ™ e be^? 'B«W *r i ? ld l d upon * l sho « ld **« tins method to be approved by the Council, so as to placo your employes ■m a, position to stand any unpleasantness that may arise. ''-The . Chairman said it was certam>.the Council would .back up tie action**>f their employes, and a motion td that 4 - effect was earned! Several cyclists .were pi^bsecuted -at the lolice Court, this morning, before Mr W. A. Barton, S.M., for breaches of the Borough by-laws. For cycling on the footpath, Colin McDonald was fined £1 5s and costs 7s (second offence) ; Fer*us G. Duinlop and William Arthur,. *l Ind' i^l*? Ilr ca f- h .*„ cycling without a light, WoodviHe Bousfieid was fined £1 and. costs 7s. Two motorists were also proceeded against for travelling at night tun© „ without lights, v J W. Parker foe .driving a. car without headlights! was fined £1 and costs 7s, and' a. further fine of 10s and. costs 7s for failing to .carry a tail light. Two Similar fines were recorded- against Dr. Charles F. beptt. Somewhat unusual circumstances were related by the police in' connection with a charge of cycling on the footpath against Wm. * Pearson. Constable Morris stated that the offender gave his name as William Pearson,, but professed he*did not know tlie name of the street he lived m. No person of -that name could be found m the locality direoted, and when subsequently accosted he direoted the police to Stevenson's lane,' but here also he was unknown. Later, when served with the summons, he- disclaimed that Pearson was his name, and threw the "piece of blue" into the gutter.' His Worship .considered a fine of £1 5s and 7s costs would meet the case. A prohibition order was granted against a local resident on the application of his mother. A first offender for drunkenness was dealt with m the usual manner. ,

, Owjng^ to the illness of Plunket Nurse Sykes, the Plunket rooms will be closed until Turther notice, prohablv a week or ten days.

iv % • 9 rpheus Soc iety (until recently the Gisborne Liedertafel) has engaged M^Jlarmllon Hodges, the well-known Wellington baritone, to sing at their concert on the 28th of this month.

On Thursday, next.- at- the farm, Te Karaka adjoining Mr J. B. Poynter's, the A.Z. Loan and Mercantile 'Atfencv Company Ltd., will hold a clearing sale of dairy cows, horses, pigs, implements, etc., on behalf of the owner '

Owing to the failure of the usual .Saturday boat from Napier to make her appointed run/ several local teachers wiJl be unable to return before WednesV* i ! Tb % o P eniri g of the Gisborne school has been postponed to that day

i Ji c {° n ?, wn g tenders were received #;.j he .Wa.ikohu County Council to-day VVidennig Rotorua stock track to Bft : W. Mnyne £300, M. Moonev £280 10s' lhos. Lynn £257 (acceptedT-^nirinler's wsidence : Morton, and Pryor £1075, Pkck- £* llei s' 1 £916 ' ** iller a »d Freaks £898 Howell Bros. £895. The tenders lor the residence are m excess of the estimate, and it was -decided . to refer toe plan to Mr P. H. Grifham, architect, with instructions to call fresh .tenders: to close on 25th inst. .

J*h \ B - S * -o Wh^ te - * former. pupil passed his final examination for the degrees-of M.B; a-nd Oh.B. He Y hte been .. appointed house, surgeon : at Dunedin Hospital and been recommended for militaiy service. His brother,' Lieutenant David Whyte, R, A -M.G,, also ■SSEf 17 a Boys.' School and recently senior assistant % i»Jh^T ***&%*>■ London, ha*: been attached temporarily to .the Cambridire Military. Hospital, Aldershot. monoge . "An enjoyable social gatherincr J 'w_L 5k d atTe K *™ ka inlaid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund The .function was^ organised by the - ladies £ Z township, and as a result of "their efforts the fund should benefit to the extent of abou* £25 or £30. About 100 couples took pirt iv the dapping, and excellent music was provided!' by Messrs Morgan, Grant, Delari6y^ah_ if. WJ \,T I,llst extvas were : played, by ALsa. Malone and Te K_ni ' Tuhoi, :' Mr J. W. Brown officiated as M.C. 'During the evening Master Delanev San* Tippsraay," and on a- flag- that was spread on the stage - numerous coins were thrown, totalling. £6 2s 6d. , •An excellent supper was provided . '

The Waikohu County' Council hag ite face set against the possibility of Isium areas hemg created m any jmrt of that ' district.- At the last meeting o|V'the Council, the Chairman (Cr: C. White) tabled a notice of motion that the Obuncl/ , ma1 * 6 a by-law regulating the size pt building allotments. When, the .mat-ter-came up at today's meeting, -he sard lie had seen; m; Gisborne areas* that were' likely to become* slum areas, , ahd they wanted- to -prevent' that at'Te Karaka; ; According . to their solicitor's opinion^- However" it appeared they had no power m thd matter, excepting to see that a 40ft frontage was provided ;witli*each section; ' When the- question ' of subdivision came before them, they could then act. With' the permission of the Council, the. Chairman withdrew his motion. • ' -. "'' .-.v~-.

A Dusiness man lately called on an Auckland merchant, asking him if he was able to supply ah indefinite number of sheepskins with ah inch of 'wool~on. These skins were, of course, to be used to makej warmcoats and waistcoats for British soldiers. The merchant ! was thoughtful. "What length of wool did you .say?" "About, an inch." The merchant looked several times mofe thoughtful than before, and went into ., the countihgrhbuse to. look up some papers. He returned .quite pal?. "Eighteen (months ago,'" he said, "a German agent came and bought enormous quantities of these skins. We air woridered what they were wanted for, and presumed i%ey were for new exp^mehts." As a matter of fact, the Huns ..are wearing tens of thousands of skeepskin" garments bought m New Zealand by innocent--1 looking agents before the war. ;