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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14045, 15 July 1916, Page 2

Enquiries are at present being conducted by the District Engineer as to the ' numb* i % of recruits available for a. further tuncblling corps. .'Already a nnnibor df men on 'flip railway works, at Npratapa hay* h«iiiifed 'hV'their ; hatn6s,' and any men who have had experience m tunnelling or similar earth-work, and \vho may desire to join the corps, are requested to communicate with the Dis- " trict Engineer without delay.

A number of the members of the Sixteenth Reinforcements arrived ir Gishbrne this morning, being on final leave. \ The school children of the Poututu school have contributed the sum of £5 for the Belgian Fund. The amount lias been subsidised by a further £5 donated by Mrs G. Barron. In the school football competition this morning, Mangapapa beat Gisboi'ne B by 9to nil. For Mangapapa, J. Torrie (2) .and Honie scored. Gisborne A defeated Convent by 20 points to 9. Co'onel Hislop, officer commanding the district, with Lieutenant Neilson, last evening inspected the parade of C Company Territorials at -the Garrison hall. Colonel- Hislop expressed his pleasure at; seeing the full ■ muster of the company. ■Mr W. F. Marsh, Commissioner o] Crown Lands, accompanied by Messrs G. Wright and Boss, members of the Land' Board, ■ arrived from Napier by, the; Westralia this morning to attend Monday's meeting of the Board, Mr E. A. Shrimp ton, telegraph (engineer for the district, arrived from the, south by this morning's steamer, and proceeded by train to Motu to inspect the progress of construction work m, that locality. , ... . ( ... , The Victoria Leatgue would: "like ,it knowtfi that anyone who is interested m the Red CrOss shop, arid would like to take charge for a Saturday, <may do so, whether "beCbrigitig 'to the ftdague tar not. : Names rshould be -'sent to the secretary,Miss Gray, P.O. Box .3. . Tlie'- "Mother Qbose 1 ' Pantdihime '-Co. concluded their stacc&s'ful season- at ■€hs-' } borne last night, "When, they TVBfe' greets' ed at His Majesty's Theatre by another' large and appreciative audience. The company left by the s.s. Westralia to-; day for Auckland. . • ' At a meeting of ; > the Tug-of-War Committee held last night, it was de- { cided to haM the net proceeds, £135 11s 3d, to the Citizens' Defertce Committee for the Naval 'Heroes Fund. All who -assisted with the tournament 1 were accorded a hearty- vote, of thanks, special fltfention being, made^ of -Mir T. ; W. Woods, who organised the. tournament and arranged the- staging. _• ' The complete statement placed •. DeforJa the meeting was as' 1 follows >:~R£ceipts : Entr.V fete £7 15s H>icket^' arid ►floor £80 18s i)d, seats £3 19s, sale of flags '£44 2s 33, ]01ly v 'stall'-ißl2j : soif drinks £5 8s sd, ball throwing £2 5s 6'd,portrait of Kitchener^. £2 ss, . a.lbum' 5s f 6d, paintirig Kitchener £2 ss, album, per Mrs Scott _£1. 7s 6d, , donationX (Borough Council employees and 'an old shellback) £1 7s; total, £16l 8s sd. Expedniture : ., Advertising ■, and printing £21 9s, cartage-- £2 4s- 6&, timber IW 6d, stationery and postages 10s 2d, rlibber balls 12s, piano \ ss ; total £25 17s 2d ; net proceeds £135 11s 3d. Prize Fund: Receipts: T. Adair £11 lls, J. Townley £5 15s, J. J. Martin £2 2s, J. & Allan £2 2s ; total, £21 10s. Expenditure : Cost of medals £21 IDs. A pretty and interesting wedding (says the Auckland Btar) 'took place at St. Mary's Church, Parnell, last week^ when Miss Brenda • Mary Kenderdine, daughter of Mr. John Kenderdine and Mrs. Kenderdine, of Hobsori Bay road, Parnell, was married" toy Sergeant Edward Barrington Quigley, of the National Bank, Hastings, now m camp at Trentham. The bi'ide, who -looked charming, wore a 1 dress of white silk draped with; nmonvand* cut full and m the new mode, together with the orthodox wreath and. veil. The bridesmaid was Miss Edna Kenderdine, sister of the bride," ?tvho' wasv.dressed m maizecoloured iiinon and blue satin, with hat m the same scheme of colouring, and stockings and shoes to match. Mrs. Kenderdine (mother of the bride) wore :a dress of mauve crepe-de-chine, with a black hat; and fox fur stole and muff. The Yen. Archdeacon MaoMurtay , per- ' formed the " ceremony. Sergeant Taylor acted as best: man. The recepliott' was held at Mfc r^idence.d? the 'bride's parents, ; /where the',. decoration's ' .-.^yeie i very. -pretty, Vbeingi; arranged wisj ; -'s!&' sweet peas and maiden-hair fer'n.J.'S'erT geant ' Quigley .shortly proceeds to the front.. ; :.. , .' .;.;.,.. Business at the 'Red ' Cross shop, in' Peel -street, was very brisk Mio-day^par-ticularly^/ during the forenoon. There was a large supply of produce^ cakes, etc., whilst. ■■irieat- -and poultry were m keen demand; r/Abput. -fourteen sheep, two pigs, and forty turkeys were .disposed of. -Th© committee areyindejbted ,to Mr. 'C. Fenwick and Mr.;;Morgarii (of Tar ilheru 'works) for superintending the cutting up of the meat. The ladies m • charge of 'the shop to-day :—Mesdames Gr.' -Reynolds, • J. C. N. Thomas, J. R. Murphy, W. B. Willock, J. Blair, F. B. Barker, C. A. Fenwick, Rex. Willbck, F. Patu-110, krid Mise Willis/ whilst the' assistants • included Mesdames Loisel, Cotterill, Dodgaiiun, Thorhedreorge, H .Bennett, J. Clark, and A. F. Kennedy *- Misses. Bennett, Davies, de liautour, Higginson, Sinclair, Scott, and L. Scott, and. Mr Carter. Mrs Erskine kindly supplied, morning tea (for the workers, whilst Mrs Morton, of the Poverty Bay Club, provided soup. TJp to 1 p.mi. the sum of £94 had been taken, and ■■ A \t "was expected; that this amount wbuld bo considerably, augmented during' the afternoon. To the sum realised at tho shop'-kMiay is- &> -be added the £210 that ' Miss Barbara Murphy's pony realised at the saJeyards on Wednesday last. ',-... I .-■ I Mr W. H. Cnpss, the local tramway manager, returned on Thursday from a visit to Cfaristchurch/Where he inspected the new tram car. now^ini wurse of- con--fetniction -for-th© locali tramway ;;seryicb.} .The. conigtructicai, olf the body is m a forward state. . This work' is* being carr?ed out by Messrs Boon and Co., under the/ personal supervision of Mr^Boori," Jsenior,'.'who has- introduced a -number new. fepttui > es,'»tiiiei "result of 4b\years'. exIperienoe .'in body building. Special attention v.is alaat'-'beinqg; applied to tho interior s decor^tioiis, '-' mottled - kauai panels .beitlg 1 i^trpdiuced . with , pleasing 1 ' iefFe'ct. The truck : and all equipment are now on ordeir>, arid ; lifedsird : Hai'iis and ;Co. are waiting adviqe as, to shipment, hvhicH is of coiu'se a dilficult problem at ■present.. With a view to providing the tmost suitable equipment, and to ensure that itiwill 'syricihroriise tHroughoiit, the truck and electrical, juant" have been designed as the outcom© of an exhaustive conference' between^ the Brill Qoinpaaiy struck constructioii). General -Meo'tric Co. (motor and control), and the/ Edison Battery Company. At Wellington Mr Cross was afforeleii an 'opportunity of <-& special - demonstration of the Thomjaß-transmission motor vehicle, recently -^placed on trial' in td'affic opera-, tions on the railway. i The current month is one of much in-' terest to 'study *He' starry heavens. ' Tvfro eveilts m the astrbnoiny cal: calendar' iare set , Movvii 'for ' this month— haniely , ' a partial eclipse of the moon to-night, i'ahd 'tin aiirtufer eclipse 1 of "'the sun ort Suhday, i^aly 30. ' CMc lunar eclipse will be partjy observable at Gfeeiitfich. The beginning -will be obseryiable' 'g^eraUy, m Africa, ' South- West Europe, Atlaiitftf o«ieah, North America* and the 'South •Pacific Ocean". , The end-" ing will be observable geiterally 4 in" the ; Atlantic Ocean and m the South Pacific Oceans • The dimension of the eclipse is .8 of the moon's diameter. Following are the elements of the eclipse, which will be. partly visibly m New Zealand :— Moon enters penumbra, -, to-- 1 day at 1.48.3 p.m. ; moon enters shadow at 2.49.3 p.m. ; moon leaves shadow, 5.42.5 p.m. ; moon Jeaves pentimlira, 6.43.6 p.m. The eclipse^ will be easily, observable by means of opera glasses. The solaa' eclipse is timed for Sunday,' July 30, ~ and begins at li4l p.m.- Tlie greatest "phase 'will. be at 3.3 p.m.,. and* the l oclipsa will -end -„ at 4.16 :p';m. Amateur astrononjers are warned that it will, be nedesß'ai'y : to : ; use sn)bked glafifios ,to obsea've'Alle eclipse. People having-' small telescopes --can. make thebest vpo of th6m, fwidayoidjany danger/ to the eyea, 'by projecting on a"' whitql screen tlut) ugh' tho -eye piece and' putting v. shade to the telescope to ' shut tho light off the screen. At a meeting of tho astronomical section of tho Wellingtou Philosophical Society arrangements were made to photograph both eclipses. It was stated that persons hav-. " ing pin-hole camei'as could take very fine photographs of the eclipse.

The Salvation Army Band will play at the Hospital to-morrow afternoon. Mr. W. A. Barton, S.M., is expected to return from Wairoa on Monday next. ■'■'•• The Tiniroto and Morere coaches leave town at 7 a.m. on Monday, and the Coast coaches at 8 a.m. ... Before Mr. R. S. Florence, S.M^-^t the Police Court this morning, a. first offender for drunkenness was fined the amount of his bail 10s. The llawke's Bay Land Board yisterday approved of the application of*Vlr J. S. Cooper for sections 40, 41 arid 42, 'iniroto, 14 acres, and sections 16 to 20, 14 acres. • L^ave whilst on active service was granted by the Education Board yesterday to Mr T/Par"spns, of the Gi*borae West school, iifr P. J. Sfeffon Avas appointed assistant at the Hastings High School. j i . ; It is no use sending a child to a high school for one, yew," igaid Mr. J. R. Uvk at the 'Education- Board's meeting; "That is ••only 'i a. curse which has inflicted New Zealand. ..Two years <--afc least are necessary to gain any advantage." . ...-,.. •*>■ ' The names off ]\fo J. Howie'. and- Mr." J. Bavies were ohiiiited , from the- iaport of the Oamond, 'children's .^Belgian ifr lief- Social. Mr Howie assisted as 'M.C. for the dance m his usual effcien* manner, and Ma* J.. Davis, of Waerehga-ar luka, is a musician who always gives 1 his sei-vices free. Tho committee regret* the omission. • In consequence of 'the Victoria being delayed nfext week the Tivoli Folliaa Company have had to postpone the ppening night of their Gisbbrne jseason, which has now bejn fixed for' Friday, the company playing two , nights and one matinee* Mr Hai-ald A.. Bo v wden', m advance, was m t6wn to-day makinjr arrangements for the steason. 7 Recently the Hawke's Bay Land Board •sUbdivided/a holding at NttifeS into four Actions of 'about 50 . acre! each for - selection by rßtttrned wounded 'soldiers. The soldiers -have /'apparently not been attracted :hy th« propositioiii - for only one apph'cation^has been received. The sections will be dealt yrith by the I/and^Joard onvjlion- v day. , '..".' . " " , - >:■•..•■• V Th^(srmond J&adies^Guild decided afc their last meeting to make up a parcel for. theVßelgian children, to be forwarded/ . on at ; the end of £he- present month. Anyone desirous of helping towards this ; object can obtain ■ ttjaterial Mrs Condon, or any.donations of material would be gratefully received. '^He Guild intend holding a Sale of Work at a later date, for which donations will be gladly; received. At 't life Caiedbniau Society's '* Concert last night, the items were all enthusiastically Encored, and ?fc special vote Of thanks was accorded -the Gisborne Mandolin Club's orchestra, which C^^Dfad'in strong '.orce, and gave great enjoyment to lovers of music. *Thi> Highland danclrtsj aro-.isod'greatreftthusiasni, and especi. pleased two well-known Highlanders, •who made a gift' to leach'ol the girls .Who b^ok 3 part m the I dahcing. , ;At a. meeting of the- Hawke's Bay Education Board yesterday it was m . tima.ted that 'the following schools had been closed on acco»uit of sickness :• — Dannevirke North, Meanee, v Woodville, Napiar Main, Napier West, Hastings High 'School, Hastings West. Bastings North, and Norsewood. » At. the jmBtaoce of the Teachers' Institute -it Was decided to submit to -the Edu&tHßii Board a suggestion th^t houses of-en-tertainment should be closed when ' school^ are so treated oh account ' cf sickness; . ... ' • _•. Though it is impracticable to organise enteitainmenta on account of bad roads, the Ngatapa school children hare tiesponded very liberally to patriotic funds. .To-day there baa been lodged 52s 9d for the Wounded Soldiers.' Fund; 7s 8d towardis Russian Day Fund ; iand 58ff Ad has been 'forwarded through the secretary of the Hawke's Bay . Education JiO'ard towards the (fund fbrtbe Beigiirld, J for which day July 10th wab chbwn as a day of special effort on the part of fchool children. ''"..:.■. ; ;•■■■- ••'•■ >•; ■!••(•> • A .generous -act of- sympathy, has been displayed towards the s^ii of W. W. E; QoSe, who Was "recently prosecuted for having a Wirißless pl*tit fn fhisj)o6session without the consent of the Government. 'An 'anoriy'motrs sympathiser has forwarded the lad the sum 'ofViiffl^ the ; -amount!,.of tile ijihe impoqed;. W^ils( ' gratefully tappreciating ' M kindness prompting , % tbo3 : action, tfte yoting 'man has foytrarded* the •amouht to thva<»rald oflSce^to* be credit^dTtfif the^Br^ish Tied Cross Fund m the name of V- Toy Wireless."; The amount has been hfeided to- the Defence Committee. /; ; i Se'vbrJal-' local matters I 'were 'de&tTtfrith at yesterday's. »e«tm^ the B»)i6»^<>n 'Board at Napier. -Extra veiitilatipn was ordered^ for Kaitaratihi' abhoofe;toj|d heating appliances ?ftt Gisborne Norih school were authorised to be repaired. , ■The Finance Committee recommended that the' teacher at Kanakanaia be .tiiansferred and the school !dosed,Hh» household school being opened as soon as .possible.— Agreed to,; : ■.. Appii&tbn for rapaii's to residence at Ormohd was 'declined. The Education Department is to be again asked to make a grant, for the re-builti(ing ihika residence destroyed by fire a yoair , Ugo. An ap^licatftm f-itoxiiUlklrs Uampfcell, of for an aided was granted. ' V ' ■ ' ; It is announced- that the box plftn Soy .-VSan.;. Toy" (which -is being produced "for^patriotic 'purposed)'"-^iyill^^beifopdtt-%d on Monday next: Bjg strid'ea are tteing made ! tov&rds • per'fe'oling >the duction, and . it ; f ca4 ;be 'safely; said 1 'that the j^natiejurs [':¥i\\ ;haye J ;iidthing to^bsire m, Tega*d to J the Choice' 'bf'dtete. j udgjng -'from ■ j ■ 'the- { jrelieJM^ahi:, chorus V iy " fexceptiorially 1 3»tr©%;' ''b^lllg*--the; best that 'has . yet appeaa*e<i " [local combination. v -Tne daaidmg 'Ik ai great feature, and^should be 'lttdked fo*-waa-d to buy all intending 'pfttrons. J 'nlf Would be» advisablo 'for those'*Btoiring to get seats m '•'the, cirole toi-WWc, as a very heavy^ deJna'rtd t is anticipated. Qountry- residents have been conuplain-mg-from-time to time of -the overcrowd.--cd condition of . the trains, particularly on Saturdays., . Frequently giter paying first-class 'fare' people have had to be content with' riding .in-, the seoondrclasß, whilst on occasions tliere only sending room. - This mpiTiin^: the- over(Crowding^ was ; such ; some womfen ■aixdrcluldren had apt-ually. l-ftf ride' ort $c outside platform, Mrs lw|fe iof the ;Ilfem iy.-:'D. S.-^W^bporiald,- happened to travel m from Riha.^aM ifie opportunity w^'takdn by a. uUmßlßr^f the- lady passengers to rbiiteiiy comnl^u of the inadequate accommodation, the ; miattei-- was subsequently, -placed befora ." stationmaster -in-isharge, and Mrs iM'acDonald -informed that the only 'other oarriag© was in -the workshop unimpairs.' rGtavhera'eturA to/ Wellington shortly,' Mrs, 'Mac Donald intends i«o hay© .the matter.! of additional v car-,h-iages ' placed before the Minister } at Railways. ?■■, ■■-,,;* . . .. (s . , v „ ■ . '-. V ."; • ■ i-r-*.' •'- '.' 4 ,■