TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13896, 20 January 1916, Page 6

TOWN EDITION

At the Magistrate's Conrfc this afternoon Hoi ford and Co. (Mr Burnard), sued Kinnaird Hovell, of Te Araroa, surveyor (Mr Bright) for £35, balance alleged to be due for work done and electrical fittings supplied. The sum of £5 18s was paid into court m satisfaction of the claim. The case is ingThe Victoria fire belfry that has recently stood near the Peel street end of the Whataupoko bridge is about, to be njaced on another site adjacent^ to the new fire station. The task of loweringthe structure to the ground is being carvied out by Mr Henry Webb. The belfry is to be lengthened by the addition of an extra ten feet. The firebell, meanwhile, is suspended . from the wooden platform. The following pupils, of St. Ma.ry's School were successful m obtaining certificates at tho annual examination held m connection with the National Business College, Sydney : — Book-keepi.mr (intermediate) : Josenhine Stewart 99 marks, Eileen Fall 99, Emily Beer 09, Nellie Walls 98. Harold Hackett 96; Rlementarv division, Eileen Dower 000 narks. Shorthand (advanced) : Harold Hackett (50 woi'ds a minute) 94 marks. Eileen "Fall (75 words a minute) 98, Eilpen Dower 97, Josephine Stewart 97. Emily Beor (100 words per minute) 100 marks. The first motor cycle tamed out by the Johns Bannister Company at thenfactory m London to be exhibited m iNew Zealand is at present on view m iUessrs Darnell's show window. Xne machine, which m addition to embodying tUo company's patent variable gear, em Graces various improvements on standard makes, and has attracted considerable attention. Designed and assembled under the personal supervision of Air A. R- Bannistei" the machine is of striking appearance, and its performances will be watched with much interest. Ihe company's, London attorneys nave been faced with great difficulties . m initiating the business, but it is confidently beneved the "Maori" will establish a reputation for itself m the motor S cycle world. It has been decided to j place the first lot of machines on the .New Zealand market, and a consignment is expected to arrive shortly. Meanwhile the first machine will be submitted to exhaustive tests to demonstrate its suitability for Colonial conditions. Trooper A. Ji). Sweet, of the Otago Mounted Rifles, who returned to New Zealand with the Malieno, arrived from Auckland by the Victoria last evening. Oaie of the tirst of the men to volunteer from the railway works at Ngatapa, he joined the 2nd Reinforcements with the .frontiersmen under Captain Twistleton. Trooper Sweet saw thirteen weeks' serviice on the Gallipoli Peninsula with the mounteds, and participated m the big advance of August 7 iast, operating on tho extreme left from No. 2 outpost, and subsequently advancing to Bauchop's Ridge, where Colonel Bauchop was killed. Tho Gisbornite was taken sick on August 17 and removed to Lemnos, and afterwards to Pont de Komibbeh hospital, Egypt, having developed . enteric fever. "One cannot say too much .of the treatment and kindness shown to us by the medical staff and the New Zealand sis-* ters," remarked Trooper Sweet to a Herald representative to-day. . "The sisters even supplied us with extras which they bought out of their own pocket money. • This- applied both to the staff of the hospital and the hospital ship as well." ' The returns of the business transacted at the Gisborne Magistrate's Court dur- ; ing 1915, made up from the Court's | (quarterly records discloses a substantial • increase over the figures for the previous 1 12 months. During the year 1901 plaints ! were entered • representing an amount of £21^813. There were 1176 cases tried (1914, 1071) the claims totalling £13,550 i (£17,707), of which £12,234 (£9261) was recovered. Of the cases tried 106 (133) : were those m which. Europeans were plaintiffs and Maoris defendants; the | amounts claimed totalled £1256, of which £1115 was recovered. There were • two (one) m which Maoris were plainj i tiffs and Europeans defendants,' amount 1 1 claimed £17, recovered £16. Cases m ' • which Maoris only were concerned to- !, tailed 10 (10) ; amount claimed £167, rej, ', covered £135, and m which Europeans | ! only were concerned, there were 105 b ; ; (927) • amount claimed £12,110, recov- ', ered £10,968. Criminal business : Per- !. sons taken into custody, summoned or j. apprehended, 1320 (1153) males and 56 • (37) females. Criminal fees and fines | paid m stamps £1194 (£1000). As the • • result of by-law prosecutions during the j year, the, Borough. Council benefited to i j the extent of about £131, and the Cook i j County Council to £3.