TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13973, 20 April 1916, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

East Capo : Kalui passed south at 3.5 p.m. The Dmu'tliu Patriotic Committee during tlip past week promoted the collection of <:'<r £3000 Ifor tlio Y.M.CA. national \v«u k. I Sir li. M. O'Rorke has been elected: chairnia.ii ci the Board of Governors of the Auckland Grammar School. He has occupied that position for close on fifty years. Word has been received from Invercargill that, a fatal case (a child) of infantile paralysis is reported there. Another child under observation is probably suffering from infantile paralysis. : Tlui Masseydonian Stretcher, m its March issue, at Salonika, says : "Just as we are going to press we learn that the No. 1 N./S". sStationary Hospital is to move from Greece very shortly." Private Hogg, of the 13th reinforcements was among those who returned this mornii'y on final leave. He states that a report circulated that the . thirteenths were concerned m the canteen incident at Featherston is untrue, as they were on parade that evening. In respoiihe to an invitation from the Mayor, „nd with a view" to paying fitting tribute and respect to the memory of fallen comrades, Captain W. Pitt "requests all returned soldiers to parade m uniform and join m the procession on Tuesday Afternoon, Anzao Day. , The Druids' social committee hold their first "All-Right Night" oT the present tsjason m tho Masonic hall this evening. Special arrangements have been ma.de to ensure tho leTajoyment of patrons, jaid it is expected there will be a large attendance, especially after the grpiit success which attended these functions last year. r The, visiting bowlers taking part m the Burton Cup competition will be tendered a social evening m the Gisborne Club's pavilion on Saturday evening, Avhich promises to be a great success. The committee of the 'Cosmopolitan Club have a'so gran tea the visitors and all local bow'.rrs th© privileges of the club during the. bowling carnival. , During last week Sir Joseph Ward had a strenuous time. In the course of his duties, the furthering of the recruit- ! ing campaign, he travelled 1557 miles, o. which 1077 were by rail, 260 by boat, and 220 l\v motor car. His tour included : Wellington to Auckland, 426 miles; Auckland to Palmerston .-North,' 339 miles ; Pafmerstbn North to Napier, 110 miles • Napier to Gisborno by boat, oo miles ; Oisborne to railhead, 40 miles ; by car; Gisborne to Napier by car, 160 miles : Napier to Wellington, 197 milvs ; and Wellington to Lyttelton. and Christclnirch, 180 .miles.

The death occurred this morning of Miss Dorothy Douglas, 'youngest, daughter of Mr and Mrs Archibald Douglas, latio of I'atutahi. The deoeased younjr .Lady, who was m her 21st year, had been m ill health for some months, and after bearing her illness ' with much fortitude passed peacefully away at. her parents' residence, Iranui road, Kaiti. this morning. Up to the time she took ill Miss Douglas enjoyed the best of health. Of a most lovable nature the deceased young lady, was highly esteemed by a -wide- circl^ of friends, who. will j-oin m extending their wannest sympathy to the bereaved parents and relatives. The funeral will leave- Iranui road at 1 p.m. to-morrow, for the Patutahi cemetery." ' . :

There will be on view m Messrs Johnstone and Smith's shop window on Saturday, a veiy handsome shield that has been presented to the P.B. Rifle Association by Jas. Watson and Co., Ltd., distillers, Scotland, through . their local agent, Mr D. J. Bai'.ryy , The shield, which only arrived this morning, is a fine piece of work. It is of rimu timber and lias on it/a -dovfen silver plates on which the winrieirs' names car. be engraved. In the centi'e are appropriate silver decorations, including representations of a target, rffl'es, . ano thistles. This beautiful trophy will be competed for, for the first time; at the rifle' meeting on .Monday, and will be won by ,the marksman making the fiyte highest scores at the 600 yards range, and will be held for a year.

A commendable desire that no distinctions should be drawn between the honor shown by the National Reserve to departing recruits, whether they be pakeha or Maori, led to an unfortunate fiasco this morning. When members of the Reserve .and the City Band paraded at 7.30 to farewell a. draft of nativesleaving to join the Maori contingent, at Auckland it was found that j, only one recruit had put m. an appearance. Rather than overdo the send-off, , the parade was accordingly dismissed. Subsequently a second recruit turned up, explaining that he had "slept in,' despite the niomentious occasion. The incident was unfortunate, anii it is to be hoped that care will be taken m future to avoid dampening ' the ardor of the members of the Reserve and the enthusiasm of 'the City Band, which is always ready to turn oi»> /on any patriotic occasion. '