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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13990, 12 May 1916, Page 2

The Poverty Hunt Club have decided, owing 'to the bad "weather, that tho hound 3 will not meet at Awaprini tdmorrow bufc'bh Tuesday (weather permitting.) ■„.:!■■■•;■.*;-,-•■• ■' 1 ""' -•■.;>;.-'■? . .. ' The xitizens' send-off to<J3il« James CharrbVl, which was to v take . .place thifc rtftemooi^, vlias^ :beeiv^j>pstponed until to-moiirow /afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock, , 'at : the Masbivic sa-mple room No. 11;. The boat -M'ivfitl^^y^ late gi.yes the ' co'mmittea a . hetfcer tftance to niake the gathering the success it, should be. All 'Sir James' 'friends; both political and nbn-politicaly aa*e invited rto be present. &lt E. S.- FloranceVS.M.;" delivered his reseiVed^ decision this morning m the case" of Elsie Mary ; Stanbridge (Mr. Biirnard) vJbhn- 'Stephen Stanbridge (Mr Dawson), an application for a separation order on the grounds that defendant/ had" provided her with inadequate' ' mahitena'hee, ' and " liad been guilty of persistent crue%. His Worship, after reviewing the evidence^ decided m complainant s favour, and made' a separation order, and ordered defidndantto pay£2 10s a week towards the maintenance .of his* wife and three ohildi'en;' \yith' coSts £5 Ss> 'V : ; ' . 7 i >Xlus afteviiopn the Waikohu County Coimcil M-ere engaged going through- the roll ..in* connection s. with the recruiting soheme. 01; the- 255 cards sent out 'to settlers In the county, all except about 26. or 30 have been returned, and with few exceptions the Council has' l'eceived every assistance from" settlers m the effort being made, particularly from Mr Meyers, secretary of theKaitaratahi Freezing Works. The cards returned contain about?; 300 names that do -not appear on the National ' Register, whilst a, larg^ number of the .men whose nanrep are r on the , register have' teft the dis>tnct, so i that i t js not expected the number wilL 1 beL materially increased* lhe Council hope -tb ' have their roll completed as far • as possible m time For the meeting of the .jSefftrnl executive irhich taße'^ "place . next af tei4 i00n. ; ... ■ . , • . .... „-. j ' .... •; |

'Since the Palmerstoh Nortfi Borough Council took over the' local gasworks there has been an increased turnover. The receipts -.for the seven months endv ng March 31 amounted to £516,381. The balance to credit is £3348. In consequence of Eitnpire Day not! seing a /holiday, the committee of jports meeting m aid of the Crochet funds has decided to hold tha* meeting an Saturday, June 3rd. (King's * Birthiay). A full list of prizes and programme will appear m a future tissue. Mr Henry Carelton 'Williams, who\ has been elected iwoppbsed to.' frepr^Shti the Miimvai riding oh the Cook'C^ttiSry" Council, -,-m place of his brother Mr Claud Williams (on active service), Mjad nominated by Messrs G. S. Kemp,- A," J. Faulkner, and T. R. Lees. '•••V,'; An evidence of the utility o£ matehin-, cry was given at the WaiKohu tWuity Council meeting to-day. m reply to th© chairman [Mr Wuite) the engineer (Air May) said that he calculated • there wa* a saving. of at least- -6s per culvert on the, culverts- made m the Council's yardy, this representing the difference- m %. cast "of hand'luDor i,h' preparing the timber and. the circular saw driven by- an oil engine/ '■- • ' Arrangements are now well 'm hand for the Keturnett Soldiei-a' Associatibn patriotic social arid dance to be Iheld m xihe Garrison hail on May 24th. *' v Jhe.» committee have been ottered, the seryitfeT'of the Path*** and Worldte' JPic* tufes orchestra,' aiid the catering l -liaa been placed m the'< capa.bhThaiids . of MlvWi'Findlay. tickets 1 are rtWpro* curable from •' all returned 'spldiers amj members 'of • ihe committee". : • . The poultry; • Pigeon, and "Cage Bird {society hold their -aimuau exhibition? on June i6tfi J and t 'l'}'th. <^'The;^dciety will work ift conjunction \vith> the * Ladle's' Patriotic Cbmmiftee,; whcv will conduct' a number -oi stalls. In addition- to the ordinary stalls, th^re will be-ohe for the; receipt of gifts' for the toys at the •front. 'i he whole df'tiife- net pr*Obeeda will be given "to 'th*. . Ladies' *afcriotio Committee, - Avfoo wLI u&eHhis for thei purpose of (further gifts ft* thus soldiers. In; spite" of ' the extremely unfavoV. able weather, tflere was a lair attend* ance at the': GBUedpniatf' Society's "dailca i^'ihe'Scoetish Hair last night. r,Mesara fn/^tOKulo,. Scarf ei- and McCarthy" wero M S -C., -and the., music 'was supplied b* ' "-.-; Messrs /W.. Cbpley^ (pian(J), j s ; Uridgf '' (vibhn) f .and Jy Watson ( C drnet)> An " enjoyable 'supper was provided: ■' The committee hope that ' the dari&te Will btf; patronised; 'so as to enable them to hand over a good^conbribntioit td tlieypatviotic.furida -.. • .' -iS ■; f ; :: V>^P--ppo'tiki--Herarcl states": r-rThWreVia great /activity bit • the waterfront 1 ' justi now; .^t the northern end of the Strand, What to the. tlvfei'!agiei Efaropeiit qbsfervei? is simply a riiass of niUHock. diredged! the harbor and djijrnp^d" oh ,,ihe foreshore 'as an ihdicatidn : that someday Tauranga will- be linked up by •■ raij^yayi with the outer \rorld, is to'thfe-'Maon-a veritable mine of health. Thertj they c&n be .seen • daily i'ji dozens •e&refaky saratciiing the h?&p over 'for tKe^ bipi arid filie cockle, .^vath . handsearne re-i ward* ■: .■'.-. ' C'-,' ' 1'T 1 ■•'i. _^-Chj9 eases m which-Haibld GiUaM^ o£ ' Waitriata., is ■ charged with stealing- 'two sheep, «ne the ' pl'operty of T.'fa SeV. imourj and Xl\e other, of Ludyid \N*\v. ' man^.were- called on, Vat-the P6lice ; "Bdurft w nXoriiing, and" Sub-lilspector • Jbhnn ston applied for a iurtlter tfdjbiii-nmeht, stating h^is' 'principal, witnesses wer c unable to, get ; do\yri r owihg to thet-flooded state of th© rivers; " Mr Bufhard ftaid all hia witrtesses had got down/ and they came from the same locality. The raaea were adjourned until: this afternoon to enable the witnesses, to be comlminicated • ' with i -and instructed to :com© ~to l : Gis<» - fJorite. ..•■■" ..'-•■'■':■■'>-.:•. . , ■ '■ -v •.-.■.■,'. ' A sensation; was caused at the "Bluff w.h^rf on Friday nighty when" the s;s. Wasrhmoo, : ■ had > loaded^ a full cargo at Bluff for Auckland, wasHeav* ing the wharf (states: ■ th«-. Southiand DAUy News), As she slipped hat lines^ stte suddenly heeled oyerr.ta sfcaiboardi aj; an alarming angle, and gave the impression ttiaVit would "ha^'^iaiien very little eissistance to • have' capsized her* T3ie 'firemen to stay be* low and rushed updii i deck. The pdrt tanks were immediately filled, tut fai|ed {°. t^ :Mi to I stajboajcd. wc^ptijan McLean immediately)^'feiiftbored «ha WaJff^mpo vto ( the .and a $&tf ,waa 1 "ih'acle to unload 1 lier; carg^/ ' 1^ cape of (he iiouble way»the heavy up^ per cargo and -..her .bunker..'! -lvnvr. shovt o{ 400 tons' of ■';cpaj. /;,, , ' f x The SUlvatioh- Army, ever seeking some new avenues ;of) . usefulness f or* itS I splenc]id . ptganisutioni has now set' on foot 'a m6y«raent ! f #"■ transferring ' widows -froin. England to- the Dbmihionli after the war. la a memorandum issued. byGenea-al flpoth, i^ ?s stated that Government statistics for the- United; King- • * dom show . that there are, ia jtorifial times, 46,000 respectable widows ahd 120,000 children, ih urgent Aeed ix£ ■■■■* . hejjri"iig hand. Ordiiiarily T in the United' Mffg^6m, >N f6male:s'oiitnutnbeir. malea-i»y nearly a million and a -half and -ft Via ' probable that after the war the dis-. proportion .will.be §yen -more marked, 'flic 'Genev^l prpposiis^to; raise a fundl of £300,000 knd r place the mjoney, N m, the hands pf the Public Trustee; for. the purpose, of carrying out the 'pro-' ject. It is- estimated, from extensiva , experience of a similar kind bf TiVork, that . the cost of ti'4 n 9^ r en«oii^»im \\ ayerag^.abQut £40 per' family v pf v threa -"' souls, and' that by* mean* of > the lunar ; stftted, at least' 5009y '-vridp^s iWith/ . 10,000 children could • be emigrated.v^lb'-,--is • expected, however, m addition $6>V offering special reduced fares , which * would enable a larger litimber '^fiiaf i famil^s to b^. brought, within the fund,' thai'tlie QVeVsea • Government^ would ' subscribe liberally tol the sdhetfi.&. Great ; cai'e is to- /be •.taken'- -to. ensure thojsuccess, of the scheme." Widows,' \V$ are V assuredi.by ;jfehe Gjeneral,,. would only ph" sent*- to towns' or' .■districts Where Sar- ; rangementsi ;had h been - made . |pr^ their welcome; .Jjy '.%otoe";reaponsible ril person^ ay thoWsed ■ by the 'Salvation Abrmy, , who would see '^.hertv, comfortably; imtiiated int6 their new- 1 homes, and g,uide and. • assist them -until they established. The Army would "stand-by", every case for Avhich it \asaunied resppnßil>ttity i|or {;out years,., t&ndi . would bring back to the pla'dje" f^pnt r whence she. eniigrMed any widow who proved a fai}iire, The. , wQnjen ,tp be. selected wquld be' "<!omparatitly-' ybung, at • anvada^tablovage, and should' have no, difficulty m '^hak- . ing good.'" The' scheane seetos to ba well devised and worthy of support.