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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13899, 24 January 1916, Page 2

The Fire Brigade/ meets for practicedl 7.30 to-night. A '*''.[[ A sharp shock of earthquake wtis experienced at Whatatutu early yesterday morning. "A ' ' , Advice- has been received that W; J. L' trie, a noii-commissiolied o-ftCer m thp Wellington (HC.) Mounted 'Bfcfles, is to proceed to NaiTow Nteck'teainp- as n.e.o. on probation for the Fourth Mftori'Contingent, lie will probably : leave" Giaborne on Wednesday; : M " Sfcaff,-Sergeant Major Andrews leaves on \V-dhe«day night fori Palmei'atoii North to attend- a "refreslier" 'caiiip. On his return, Lieutenant ;Mbltzen' proceeds to Pa'lmei-son North m connection witli an officers' exam.natiun, be being a member of tho, Exaniining Board. 1 Mr . Harding, of Tahora, met , with what was nearly a serious . accident' on Wednesday. When driving over* a, hs>d piece of road near Mr Bnani , _,; »li(iraestead at Matawai. Mr ,Hardi'ng*a ;ho]ySe, trap and load were thrown^ oyer a baif}-, aiid 'fell, about 20 .feet. 'Plie trap was badly, smashed, and eight bullock* "iy wo requisitioned to pull it yp. oii /the .road again. Mr. Harding hftd » wpn4ejsnt escape without injury. , >Tho 1^ Council have been : promising Jta attegfff to this roadfoi* a J^oiig time, but notiung has •yetjbeen dope; . ... , AAA A-. A . '". '-• ", '"'" '•.' '*• •• »'- Ai ;A '*,-:■ :••■ Lieutenant Barney .Reed, 'of Frascrto vm, nephew of . tlie lath Mj. s J>. Brat 1 1 - waite, is on furlough at present , and now atj.Frasertown. lm. 'fcoVs Afor Australia m cbn\p'any ■"' with Aibout £mo hundred others, having ' bee^' lnjected owing- 1 to" biid i teotlw In \AliatValiaUio was readilir' accepted, ahd fought l , at Gallipoli its sin ■ ? Austra_ian," where. bo was -wounded, and camo back with tlie rank of lieutenant. He expects to go back shortly. Tho incident shows up one of many instances m which New Zpn.lan.l ypA < a nn V,„ c rn l,U,l fl, n TW

A fire* offender for drunkenness was dealt with m the usual manner at the Police Court this morning. I Miss McEwan, of the Canton Villages j Mission, wito is visiting New Zealand j on furlough, arrives m Gisborne on Wednesday morning, and will give an address at St. Andrew's Church on Wednesday evening. t At the Police Court tliis morning, before Messrs W. E. Akroyd and H. M. Porter, J's.P., a native youth named Waaka Taylor, alias Watene Pariri, aged 17 years, was charged that on January 15, at To Arai, he did steal ono wristlet watch valued at 15s, one gold pendant valued . at 21s, and one gold chain valued at 20s, the property of Gladys Catherine Craill. Accused pleaded guilty. Senior-Serg't. Hutton stated that on the day m question Mr Daulton sent accusal to Craill's place for a lawn mower. A window was open, and accused put 'his hand through and took the articles from a table. Subequently he was seen wearing the watch, and when questioned he admitted having taken the things from Craill's. All the articles except the chain had been recovered, and accused said he lost the chain out of his pocket. Only recently accused was before the Court on a charge of stealing a bicycle. — Accused was sentenced to two months' hard labor.