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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13896, 20 January 1916, Page 4

The committee "of t&e < 'Oißborne Soldiers- CSitb acknowledge 'l'eaeipt, of a set of. ■fnopfcer balls from the residents of To AraVoa. ' • •The %eekly parade of the National Reserve takes place to-night at the Garrison Hall at 7.30 o'clock. In the absenco of Lieut. Zachariah the parade 'Will be" taken over by Lieut. C. A. Fenwick. ;A big -muster is specially requested, ...... , • . . ) Members of the- Gisborne Salvation Anrty «tnd many friendß,. assembled at the wharf last' eVenin^.: to faorewoll Adju|>ant l^nd Strs AVenblJ, who left fdi* Ohwatchurclt. The Army band dH* .c'A^edf music, and the popular officers took, tlieiix' departure after the singing d£/-".Gbd' be with you till we meet again." '•■T-Jie .' question as to \' whether pplioo bflidbVs should disclose where they obtain infbrma^ion from when investigating a case>> chopped up at the Magistrate's Court this, morning during .the hearing J of a civil action, m which the matter in;disp«te had previously been the subject off' criminal , proceedings. When counsel inquired from Detective MoLepd as to whether a certain person had given him & good deal of information the witness Said ho refused to answer. Counsel urged that the question should be answered, but bis worship pointed out that a police officer could not be compelled to say where he gets information from; otherwise the ends of justice might bo defeated.

'■■■ *'.'/ft." i> *'\ Mr* R. D. B. Bobirison, . town clerk, left by motor car for Wairoa to-day on •his annual leave. Mr B. S. Florance, S.M.. leaves next Monday on his quarterly Mag,<tsterial visit to the Coast. ; His Honor Judge Jones left this morning by coach for Tolaga Bay to preside over a sitting of the Native Land! Court, opening to-morrow. A man named John Colbert did not .appear at the Police Court. this morning jo answer a charge of drunkenness, and T-e was fined the amount of his bail, SI. In the public hall, jSiata\vai, oil' Saturday next, January 22, the residents hold a flower show and gift auction m aid of ■the patriotic funds. Luncheon and afternoon tea, will be provided. It is hoped to make the affair a great success. • Nominations for the Poverty Ba|r Turf Club's summer meeting will close l with the secretary; Mr D. B. deCosfri, at the club's new office, Childers road, to-morrow, (Friday) evening at 9 0 clock. • 4 P atriot ic gathering is being organ lsed by the residents of Whatatutu; and . , » to take place next month. The mat. ter is being taken up enthusiastically, and a number of perf owners will journey oyt from town. Some liberal donations bf sheep are being made by the settlers fa augment the funds. By advertisement elsewhere Messrs Williams and Kettle announce that they, can : deal privately for sections m the Whakawnitiria Estate. An important amendment m the terms has been, arranged m favor of buyers, being 10 per cent, cash and 10 per. cent, m ,12 months: balance* m five years at 6 per cent. These terms, should enable anyone desirous of securing ,a .valuable section- m the • flat* to do so. . „ The re-surfacing operations m Gladstone road. now extend into the third block immediately beyond Peel street. The sections that have been finished present what appears to be an excellent wearing surface, although liable, to cut up a little m the -heat of the day, where horses have been tethered or by the unloading of building materials. Questioned to-day as to the extent to which the new work was to be carried the deputy-mayor, Cr. Brown, said that it:was really a matter . of v finance;-, An order had been placed f or W larro supply of Dunedin stone, a further ssupment of which would be arriving m toe course of a few days. He understood fehe work would be carried on as far as Derby Btreet, and perhaps further, tile idea being to extend the new surfacing as far as funds would permit., person* ally he thought it showed* a marked improvement on the tarred surfacing m Read s quay. As Constable Henderson was proceeding, along, Grey street to the beach thia morning, a mob of cattle came down the road behind him. A. nine-year-old girl was walking along between him and the bridge, and the drover called out to the constable to get the girl out of the way. Constable Henderson did a spring and, seizing- the girl under his arm, just managed to get on the outside of the Twl on the bridge when the cattle came rushing along., One beast, which had. injured its leg^and was apparently aggravated with pain as well as taking objection to '-.the girl's red/ hat, charged furiously at the child and her protect tor, who were standing on a narrowled co. With such force did the beast stake the rail that the latter w.as bent . lhe stockman rode m between the rail and the .-bullock, ; but the beast came 1 round arid made two mow charges, Fortunately, the galvanised iron rail sttfofr t ho impact, and tho constable succeeded m maintaining his foothold. Eventually tha bullock was tittvpn jaway. Mr Ovendon, of iTisbome, has received a letter from lias son,- Private'- F; E. Ovenden, of the Sixth Reinforcements, explaining \u:yv he came to get wound-, ed, and it,m)l be seen that t-lie Gisborne young ijjftn had awonderful esoajjo'fnwa ' more serious conseqtßences'. Paivj^ Ovondeu and hia*matp, Private- \\K ■>'&■■ - Russell, , of Patutahi,. were out after Turkish snipers at the Apex. They spotted a Turk surveying, the BUiToun,dia^B tlirough a telescope, and Private Oreriden turned his head to direct Kh mate - where to fire.,- Hi» head was? 'turned for only a few seconds, but --when he raised his telescope again he found the " Turk had him covered with his rifle, and beforo he lowered his teleacope f, bullet came down the instrument and burst through the barrel about three , inches fromi the eye-piece, spattering, lead over Private OVenden's face. The bullet was evidently turned downwards, for .'it struofc the Gisbornite on the shoulder. The- wound, .-■bled: profusely; and Private Ovenden was sent to Efeypt. He mentioned m the letter that he expected to be sent to the convalescent hospital any. time. "They dad not #et all iheir own way." lie added} referring to the sni peirs, "for I got one of them*, also." .. •; : ' ' -.."',. v >v :■ A sturdy patriot is the Mayor of Wellington. Talking of enlistment at a tramiwaymen^ "social," he $Asd that ij the age limit were raised he woiild 1 offer himself. "As far as I ato concerned/ said the Mayor, "my age is a "bar to my offering, myself, but, jf- the^Hon/. James A lie • can see his way clear to raise the age .hitt, I willbe one of the .first volunteers to offer for the war. (Applause.) I. am saying this vith , w j%>,.boast. Alany men of my ago >at.e> just, aS piywcally fit as many inon, of twenty "yeai'i* of age.-' Ho added tiiaUhe Jiad jtalSed Ithe matter over with .Colpnel.^O-ibliiiki': who had stated that nien oy&f thV.fami, limit could, stand then training- &U* l jrigl2x and would reach the^-front, b\jit ..^hen^f t came to Hie critical moment they Nvtould not. have the necessary/ physical resetrTe-*, force. 'Kefeiring to Mr I^koV remarksiatei 1 .. the Fon, Jamc» Allen; said lio.-ad^ mired the spirit of the, ' Mayor. Hjfc Worsliip appeared anxious to "go to tKe front, and he was almost vinqalidod •to take him at his M-ord. (Laughter.)" It w,a* quite possible that the Governmenfcr might be able to a<K>ept. mcii over 45 jrearß of age for a special puvposer-a '■ , wtreleas . comipany that was now being ' formed for service" abroad. Mr Luke: •<Put me down !" Mr Allen : "We want th* l Mayov; :bore. It' is quite possible that he; can be 'even <Tf more .use here than he would . Ire at the front." ' (Loud applause.) '.*- ' ' ■■'■ To-morrow at 11 a.m. Mr G. K. Miller will hold a clearing sale of furniture find effects- at the Albion hotel. '.'.- .'■ ■•■■■■ ''.'■ : . ■■ -: >- - : '■ lii oixler^to' pmvidc the necessary accommodatioii;/ for^ the «ver-inoKeaßing, nitmber of pupils at 'the' Napier tio^# HJigh School, the Governors have jußt completed arrangements for the pur.. chJase of 26 acres of land, with a fronts agd on the beautiful Tutaekuri Bivel-, wthiu a few chains of the sea beach, and just includes the boundaries of the' town of JTapier. The new site is an admi^-able one for the purpose, and the school can look forward, to even jbetter scholastic results than *^ those ..shown m the meritorious records of{;tb6lpaߣ>V' The school was established ini'i^^'auli lias a record second to none m the "Dbminion, Napier's genial climate having 1 " undoubt- ' edly had a beneficial, influen^orcipapils' physical and mental ■ deirej[opmerit,« *%&& Rclnool is under ' the. ..directioar of !Sto v vWi A. Armoui*, M*A.i M.Sb., lAssisWi!* '|W- ■'■ one of the most, -highly-qualified and ablftv staffs m the , country. Although greats ' • attention 3s .piven to the mental educa* tion of the 1 boys, their physical".%ellbeimg receives^ jiist as keeii- and- capi n.b l .e supervision, and! m that, direction the school ste justly proud- of the athletic "i-m-evs of its pnesent -a.iid past' pupsls ; The manaEreinent of the boardins estahC lishment connected with the school- is:in v the experienced hands of Miss Armour.* W. H. Clarkson/gerit]enieii*s outfitter / Coronation Buildings, Gladstone road. — ; jit is to. the advantage of thevmen folk ;of Gisborne to pay this store a visit, as C'arkson is holding a sale of sales. The whole of his uivto-datf> of men's hats, mercery; and clothing is considerably* reduced. *Gall ia>. and meet xa^ face to face.— Advt. \ Watch Bracelets m, Gold and Soldiers' Watches at* Gordon's, Art Jrwel* .ler, opposite "Bank New Zealand.* 1 For nil defects of eyesight ipemediubl' hv plassos. cnn.onlt Gordon, Sicht Spec ; ist, opp. Bank Ne.w Zealand.*