TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14049, 20 July 1916, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

East Cape : The Te Anau passed south 2.30 p.m. Tokomaru Hay : Sailed, afc noon, Victoria for Gisborne. Tho Druids' Lodge meets at 7 sharp this evening. At 8 o'clock the brethren of the Foresters? Ixxlge will be entertained at a euchre tournament. | (hving to high freights and scarcity of ships, the Victorian Railway Department lias ordered 100,0CO tons of coal to be railed from New South. Wales. At a sitting of the medical board for returned soldieis held yesterday, Trooper Warmington was recommended for extension of sick leave, and J. Pattison for discharge. Four or five of the recruits called up for the 19th reinforcements have not yet reported. If they do not report before Saturday next their plaees in the draft will be 'filled. j Mr C. S. Hahes, of Fox street; Gis- : borne, to-day received the sad intelligence that his nephew, Lieut. Neville Seymour, went down with H.M.S. Queen Mary in the great battle off Jutland. i The officer was a pon of the Rev. L. I Seymour, and a nephew of the late Admiral Seymour. The school children's bottle-collecting campaign is now in full swing in Onotiki. Over 5000 have been brought in, and the youngsters are working with great enthusiasm in order to place their respective classes in the lead in respect to the number gathered. The proceeds will be devoted to the fund "or destitute Belgian children. The position which Commodore Halsey (formerly captain of H.M.S. New Zeaandi now occupies is that of "Captain of the Fleet" (writes the Post's London correspondent). This is one a: three posts immediately associated with the Com-mander-in-Giief, viz., Chief of Staff, Flag Captain, and Captain of the Fleet, and it carries the right to wear a RearAdmiral's uniform. The Captain of the Fleet occupies a position in the Navy i very similar to that of the AdjutantGeneral in th© Army. - Mr. Schwartfedger, manager of Mr. Harold Thompson's farm at Inglewood, had a narrow escape from death on Thursday last. He was leading a Jersey bull, when the beast turned on him and got him down. Mr. Schwartfedger says he was on his back for about fif- [ teen minutes, with the bull on top of him, trying to gore .him;.-' After a big ! tussle he managed to get hold of the ring in the bull's nose and rose to his ! feet. Letting go suddenly he jumped into a swamp and waded across to safety. ; He was unable to walk home without assistance. He had a hole gored in his j thigh, and his ribs were severely I I>ruised. A merry* party df commercial men on a short visit to Napier) — Messrs Clare (Gisborne) E. P. Gill, W. Hoggan, H. Raphlea, and J. W. Cameron — styling themselves "Tlie Royal Order of Tomtits," enlivened the departure of the s.s. Arahura from the Glasgow wharf recently by lustily serenading the passengers. Incidentally they "improved the shining hour" by passing, round the hat on behalf of the Napier Wounded Soldiers' Fund. The passengers and others, who greatly enjoyed the carols of the party, responded with a liberal shower of small coins, resulting in a total of 21s.