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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14050, 21 July 1916, Page 2

The Chief Postmaster advises that a telephone office and bureau station has beeh j opened J at Patiti, m the x Oamaru district. v ' -'-':,'•■ Dayid C. Jeffery, of Minneapolis (U.S. A.), have issued a writ, claiming £16,717 from the, Greater' J. D. Williams Amusement Co., Ltd., m respect, as alleged, of work done arid services performed. ; The Auckland Star states that probably tho last, act of public benevolence by the late Mr. J. J. CraigVtWhoNvas always a strong, supporter of patriotic arid charitable causes);, was to give £500 to the widows and orphans of the men who lost their lives iriythe North Sea fight. Mr. H^.D. Mcintosh,; whtj accompanies the Tivoli Follies' Company to Gisborrie,^ is not only a theatrical entrepreneur ; with big interests throughout Australasia,, but he is. proprietor df \tfie ■'Sunday: Thrjes, Referee, and Globe newejpaperkldf Sydney.- HeVjs making <a VrhjfC "hdliday- tour m New Zealand, and HaVing heard much of Gisborne froni Mr. W-: Barrington Miller, came on here with his company to "spy oiit the^land" from a .theatrical prospect. Mr. Mcintosh returns north on Sunday to join! the s.s/ Niagara at Auckland fpr Sydney) Our Chiistchurch corespondent telegraphs as follows :— Lord ' Clifford of Chudleigh, whose death was announced m yesterday's cables, owned 8000 acr^s irt his English estate, and hisy4fome was Ugbrooke park,, Chudleigh. His death was not unexpected*' as letters received m Christchurch by the last mail de-. scribed him as very ill and not expected" to recover. Lord Clifford wks a cousin of Sir George Clifford, president of the New ZeaUtnd Racing Conference, who. was a fellow, student with him at. Stonyhurst, as was Mr. H. H. Loughnan, the well-known Christchilrch eolicitor.. _ The raising of the blockade effected by the recent floods I was acc6ri_i>lish6d m a measure torday by the arrival in 1 the inner hirbor of the Craig steamer Ihumata' witft llOO; tons ;6f ; . coal. The vessel was draiwjng 13- feet aft' £nd 10 feet forward, and was brought up to the. Kaiti wharf half an hour before high water, by' Caisson,, .hafbbft master, . .experiencing ato difficulty . and triot smelling • ground. The vessel's . Arrival inmost. ppportuw r <>n acqoulni oj? the, local shoi:tag^,df,,^oal.and tselhu.mata will be floated over to t^' tpwn side, of the river to-morrow m order to avoid th,e long, and, h^yyparljage Kaiti. She will load at the'tbwri Wharf 6/>,oooft of timber . for Sydney, . ..;. . : . discussing the Publio Works statement the AucMandHe'raidi says : Under all the cii-cumst^ces,, and, remembering that, the South.., island already possesses) 1714 miles of railway which averagely do not j^ay. the interest on the cbst .of their construction/i t is difficult to see why urgently needed Northern lines, required for land? settlement ancf the development of bur national resources, should . he; redficed m the/face „of tint accumulating financial .responsibilities. If we take the East Coast -construction, which wpuld add ( : another Taran^ki; to the "Bominiony and compare it with the Otira Tunnel, which cannot iricrease .production by, a log of timber, a bale of wool, a ton of coal-, or a pound of buttor^ we have a special'^ cause for complaint. In ,this year .of .financial economy the voracious .mawyo'f the Midland tunnel is to swallow up another £60,000, making £130,000. thrown into it since the tfar began. Only, £51,000; is allotted to the East. Coast from Auckland to faroff Gisbbrne, including JEJIO^OOO for the Waihi-Tauranga section and £6000 for the Gisbbrrie-Motu. Granted that it is impossible to .find mere money for all Dominion railway construction, can it be considerednational, economy to.roend. less on pperiihg up the Elast Coast yegibn than on boring a t^nriel.ui the .Southern Alps m to coiripTete-. that ', hopelessly unprofitable line— the Midland ? According to ; the -Vlagistrate'i Court' returns for the year 1915^ /Which came to h^rid in .' t he last Gazette, CSi&boriie has a record- for litigation, and' takes first place dutside the fdur~ centred, haying previously occupied third or fourth position. In criminal work the, figures show Gisborne to ,be ; 200 ahead' of any other town apart from the four centres, that the Gisborne figures do .not include the business transacted" at the Te Karaka or Coast courts. As to civilwork Gisborne . comes' second— next to Invercargill—as far as the number of phjinis are concerned, but tiie amount of money, involved is, shown 'to be larger at Gis-: borne. than anywhere else. Following are. some (of the figures:— Civil work: liX vercargill— Plaints 2199, heard 1196,' sued for .£20,700, judgment for £10,---81 6; , Gisborne, 2001, . 1176, £21,812, £13,551; Wanganui 1776^ 973, £12,968, *U,&g ? ' Na P«* 1744, 1076, £15,842, £11,062; Palmerston North 1420, 914* £16,108/ £9746 ; Hastings 131 l' 670, £15,661; £11,126; Timaru 901 558 £2744, £1730. Criming niatters : Gisborne—Arrests 642, siiriimons 659, total 1301; Palmerston North 615, 489, 1094; Napier 437, 566, 1003; TiiriarU 452,476, 928; InvercargM 232, 677, 009; Greymouth- 192. 542, 734; Waaiganui 331. 346, 677. The- civil returns for the.Te Karaka court are^ Plaints 205, heard 172, sued for £2718, judgment for £1527; arrests 6, summons 75, total 81. . ..

Mr B. L. Scott has received notiflcsT". tion from the Agricultural Department that he has been appointed a« inspector under the Aviaries- Act. After exhaustive enquiries into the suitability of various types of motdr vehicles for County purposes, ah order' has been placed by the Cook County, County Council for a 4 ton Albion motor waggon.. The vehicle , is due to arrive at. Wellington' next month. A bogey' match was played at the: y links of the Poverty. Bay Ladies' Goffef \V Club yesterday afternoon for trophie^p--presented by Mrs. A.L. Muir. MrSy Scott proved the successful winner in 1 the A grade and the H grade was wonby Mrs. Buscke. NextJ ,W^k a -Red- : Cross match is. to be played* Tlie lasts medal Was won by Miss McCredie. / Monday was they final d,ate for the,, receipt-, of replies, .from shareholders lot the New, Zealand, Shipping Company," with, regard, to the transfer of the Sew ; Zealand Shipping Company shares .for' V. and. 0. Cpmpany- r stock. Oyer 75 per - cent, of tho shareholders have; replied?,' but cabled instructions received frbni Londdn extend, the date for '-ui6 receipt of replies. This v has been don*. ' !; , :, The hearing ,oi the case of Ahgusfe Zenker (Mr. Hei)j y. Moana tfaratehe (Mr. Coleman), a claim for. £12 13s 8d F 'and counter claim for £35 .'53, yw^h occupied the attention of the Ma^slLrte'/T Court yesterday afternoon, and was .adjourned until to-day, was coriclud&dthjif morning. Mr. W. A. Barton,' SMI gave. judgment for Moana on the cqun,; ter cJaim for £5 16s 6d, and for Zenker for, £12 13s 8d) the '.' of the ,qlaim which was gdmitted, With c6As) against Moana amounting to £& 13s'i... Attestation to the popularity df MUst V6ra Pearce, the- Austraiiah Boomerang girl, with the "Tiyoli now m Gisborne, was received' whfeh '.'s& members of the-- company received their mail this, .morning, .Amongst , the correspondency, was; a sh,eaf ..oj^ letters iqr, Miss PearCe from Auatrahan ysqldiers \jn -.- France, congratulating her upQn her election as Qtieen. of the TiyoUs. .and bVgging for photographs. One of :W» ' dipij.boys remarks that he will' make* a tee-line for the Tivoli when he gfe|| back home, if he: does not remain iii' France "pushing, up the- daisies." ;-. Ay conference- between representatives '1 of the, Borough Council rand, the ,Gi»r bdrne Gas Company took place yesterday regarding the Council's Gas Worfes Empowering JJill lhat is before Parliai*menl., It { is /understood an' unanimousv understanding has been arrived" at) sWiff it is not expected there .will be further,, 1 ' opposition. The Bill is to again come before the Parliamentary Committee, next Wednesday, and . the^ Mayor [TAr, W. G. Sherratt> arid Mr. Hoare («crpt»'' ary^of thq Gas C 0.,) leave for Wellingtonftby hexfc . Sunday/s steamer. The Mayor expepts to return .lp iGfisoornc by the s.s Ripple next Friday. The hearing of a- civil action of », tedious nature had to be adjbiirhed last evening owing to a failuri_fof> the eleci trie;" lights at the Magistrate's Court, and. the forced : adjbufiain&nt' Was by no means unwelcome to some of tliose, concerned. -Th© case had. dragged on for three hours, and when it was suggested to continue-; (until the-, hearing was .^fin-, . ished, the lights came to the rescue ,pjt v those" who did not wish to spend, the evening there. When the lights failed the Court sat m semi-darkness for, a few minutes, and then adjourned. Mechanics had been called m, and the lights were^restored m twenty minutes, but m the nieahtihie the parties lined left the Court. V A very pleasant evening" was speiit at £t. John's Hall, Mangapapa;, last nignt, when the children yof Standards V. and VI. gave a farewell social to Sergeant *0. R. Olselti. The ' entertainment- took the form of games and coni-' petitiohs, interspersed with dances. During the evening Sergeant Olsen took the opportunity of thanking • the y:hiljdren, and- tola them that when h^ wis an., tiie^renches_ he WDuld\.always. look ,!>_», the j time /he' : Jiad spent' wjfh them- ' m the school, and moiJe^resp'f- ' daily that evening. After supped t3i«»Ai evening was brought to! a close .by hearty cheers for Sergeant Olsen, and, k the singing, of "Auld Xarig Syne" a^d* the -"National Anthem." . The". Caledonian. Society's fortnightly dahce was held m the Scottish Hall lakt evenings Tlie floor was m eioelfe'Ut order, and about 75 couples attended and had a very pheasant evening. tyfucK • credit is due to the, society for the way m wliich thefce dances'- are/. conducted. The duties .of M.C. ;were capably, carried . out by Messrs. v Scarfeapjcl Qhristopqlo. The "music for' the* first part of tile evening was s'up'piiedvHy Miss DtoW^r, arid for the second part by Messrs. Vita . Bijos. Mr. W. McMurray played .J^ltextra pn^ the^ dulcimer m a A pleasing'manner. !An enjoyable: supper, Was provided, • arrangements^ being m, the. hands of, the lia^es^Cdminittiße, Me'stfttines fifcK^hziej ,Minnis7 and;j Murray, arijii .the catering , uds done by Mr. w. Finality. Dabbing was kept up uitil f aim. v . ■'. ; At the National Reserve parade last ;e\;ening, Lieufc. G. B. Oirian tos>kythe tp congratulate Stalf-Sef gt^ " Major McLoughKn' on his apDointemnt. s Lieut.: Oman emphasised the .yajuiftile services rendered by,. the, sergt. -major since the formation of the local branch of the reserve i^ and the remarks were heartily endorsed by all present. The ,sergfc. ( -ittajor, m a few well chosen words, ; ttiinks, and said he would- still continue to take; the interest m the reserve as heretiofore. ■(APEjause). .Captain J. H. drmolid, on behalf, of., the ambulahoe" detachniiSnt; later pn, during iM <jv,eMjg;, also m>ffi eulogistically of the services rendered by Sergt.-Major; Mclnpuiarhlin. -, Lieutenante Armstrong and .Rickford; and Uherg also, spoke.y/ Th^ ataff^gl^in^or tbanlSd the membera fwythieifi,. kind word's and good wishes. [(Applause). *'■/,.■ r ,; '_ 4*Jo4&s V^^ot tii^aiJtehtionlt^' the Cook County .Cbuiiiin wm afreet?* by the Courfty <>vegi^er. .to tU -Jaifire number of stop f banks. tn'at are beffll built , up, around priy^ie property In t ffi Bushmere and di&l>i>r^L' Cr. Witters,, fcajd;, tilali,; {ndiscr;nsnA|Se r banking mistake; . fclfiV he did , not thbre Was any great amoiint-of- banking, going- on.. Gr. !Reynplds and the overseer mentioned several properties that, were about to 'be banked—Cr. Witters pointed out that the River Board , was „ expecting, a.repprt fyom the Qovernmen't drainage engineer, ' and he suggested^ th^Oouncil .shQiild take no action, flll that,: was. received? He disapproved of indiscriminate, bamta ing of .private property, and coiisideJciMl nS. Would vhe .disastrous. to;'.the,,dj^ri^ Be- hoped- to be m a position todiacuai flood pretention with' the Courfcil at nextmeetihg. \ ' v y. A happy, gathering of friends took place at tho Baptist Church last evening, when Private C. F. Hollands, who is on final leave, and who was - an -: «n---'ergetio, worker ift .connection With the church, v wa s faro Welled; In his openiniz; r^narks ; the Rev. ', Jk, Carlisle mentioned that those who volunteered ilo\#,-, weje m. some respects, more to be, honored! as they were fully aWare of the jmbfcte enemy they had to deal. with, which was not so at the-, cpinmencement., , The speaker referred to tb,e , churches as, a whold having ,sent their , best .men-M to the frpnt;, and mentioned .that v.withlh the ...latt few days 40 students had SilTsted.in one batch.: IVIr, T..E. Tonev; cliffe,-- the superintendent Pf the Sunday. School, said Mr. Hollands would "be greatly missed m that work, where liis services had .been lovingly given^Ai^ there wemmany of the children prSSli? to show the respect they had for; Sir soldier leadeiv On behalf of the 1 Sunday Mf^Hnlfe^^^' Ca < lißl6 ■P»w*<*S Mi. -HoUa'nds Avith . set of . military brushes, and- on beh^f oi .the Chu&h Mie^ guest Was , made the.. reeipi^nt 3 r a Pocket r wallet and- a Popket,wfitirg-wa'l- &'. Miv Hollands feelingly/replied, irnmarking that the W<jrk amongst the «'h«lJ r ?£, "always been a service of loVe r°- hini, 1 ,, a ? d H _«c was spared to return he wodd be pleased to t^ke up the work afiaw. .During^ the evening L:gs wm giveii i by .Miss'Spurdlo, Mesdames Long and Glanville, and Messrs. Riplev, Lons 8 were nrovided riT^S* 1? i lleuS v » n .d-.*h*» Pathering conAnthfm W1 - l 9 ftging ° f the N * iiona l

A mail for" Napier, Wellington, and South closes at 6 o'clock this evening. For being found drunk yesterday, Arthur Taylor, was convicted at the Police Court this morning, and fined the amount of his bail, £1. As a result of washouts m the Wha-ngarei-Opua line, the Railway Department has been compelled to run emergency trains all hours of the day and night to cope with the work of repairing the line. Following on the issue of a writ for £2000 against Mr. A. E. Harding, presidjjWb.of the Kaipara Chamber of Commattee, by the Parengarenga Gum Company, for alleged libel m connection with the agitation against the proposed segregation of Austrians, writs for £2000 and £1000 have been issued by the same company against the North Auckland Times and Wairoa Bell respectively for publication of alleged libellous matter. Mr F. W. Bousfield has received a letter from the Department of Agriculture, stating that the proposal to send frozen horse flesh to, France and Belgium oould not be given effect^ to at present, as there were difficulties m connection with ' the sanitary requirements of the countries into which the horse flesh would have to be imported, and the department was not a.ware at present whether these could be surmounted. The fact that horseflesh was being exported from New Zealand might, also be exploited to the detriment of our trade m other meats. Acknowledging the request, for a Commission to determine the proportions of th« cost of construction and maintenance of Lytton road that should he borne by the respective local authorities, Mr. W. S. Shaw, acting "Under-Sec-retary, Public Works Department, wrote pointing out that totally different procedures are applicable m respect of construction on the one hand and maintenance on the other. He suggested thecouncil should consult its solicitor before proceeding, unless quite satisfied that the work was purely maintenance. The chairman was authorised to confer with the Mayor on the subject. • According to advice received by a local breeder a sale of Jersey cattle at Palmerston North recently resulted m 118 head averaging 44 guineas each. The , top price was paid by Dr Watson, of n Bulls, who paid 150 guinea* for a cow bred by Mr C. Day, of Waikato. An analysis of the sale showed that 68 fe- , males,, 2 years and over, realised. an average of 54 guineas, 22 yearling heifers, 28 guineas. 2 calves, heifers, 25 guineas, and 26 bulls of all ages 35£ guineas. Buyers were m attendance ifrom all parts of the Dominion and the prices realised indicated that the Jersey is still able to hold its own m the dairy world. 4 Writing to the Cook County Council to-day, Mr. H. E. Hill, secretary of the Mangapapa Town Board, stated that his Board had decided to apply for the grouping of its' district with Cook Coum ty for representation on the Hospital Board. Cr. Matthews explained that they 1 were simply asking that . Man papapa^ ratepayers be allowed to vote, with County /ratepayers m the election.—- Tho Chairman contended that Mangapana should/be grouped with the Borough, otherwise the 'County was losing a member. Gr Lysnar ppinted out y that the interests of Mangapana wei*e ' more, m keeping with the Borough than the County. It. was agreed to communicate with the. Minister of Internal. Affairs on the subject. An enquiry from the Waiapu County Council respecting the Council's attitude on the question of joining the Auckland , Provincial Employers' Association was placed before to-day's meeting of the Cook County Council. The letter stated that m the event of Cook County join-: Jng the Waiapu Council was also prepared, to join. In any case, they considered, it was advisable that the local 'bodies m Poverty Bay district shoul d associate to protect their interests m such dispute? as may arise m the future. The clerk said the Cook County Council was exemoted by the judge because the Trades and Lahpr Council representatives had intimated thi^t they were satisfied that the- Council /tras doing what was fair aiid reasonable. . - The present system of including m reinforcement drafts men of enemy ; parentage formed the subject of 'a _ resolution from the Patea County Council submitted to the Cook County Council to-day. In condemning the above; system, the resolution further urged that no distinction or exemption should he made. — Cr. Lysnar suggested the matter should be left to. the discretion of the Minister. ,and moved y to this effect.— Agreed to. — Another circular that came up f or .consideration was from the AntiGerman League, asking the Council; to exert its influenoe to secure the passing of Mr. "Vigor Brown's Naturalised Subjects' Franchise Bill. — The chairman * said he was personally m favor of the movement, and accordingly moved, that the Council should isupport the Bill.— In reply to Cr. Williams, the chairman said he did not think the Bill included children born m New Zealand of enemy parents. — The motion was carried by 7 votes to 3. "The partial destruction x oi the Uawa bridge at Tolaga Bay and .the isolation „ of the Hauiti portion- of the township has created a need for a place of amusement at Hauiti," was the reason advav• - d m support of an application for a bill ard-saloon license, placed before the Cook Cbunty Council to-day. The application was made by Mr H. Hei, on behalf of Arthur Thatcher and Co. — The cleii pointed out that the Council had decided to grant no further licenses during the period; of the war. — Cr Rey- ! nolds moved the request be declined. — ' O F. J. Lysnar asked if the decision referred to had been moved with due notice. He would otherwise move that the request be granted, as he considered that the Council's action was wrong. ,-^yHe regarded billiard saloons as a good I they kept the young men out of the hotels. What were the young men m Tolaga Bay to d°? He moved as an amendment that the request be granted. — Or ' Reynolds pointed out that there were . already two billiard licenses &t Tolaga Bay. ; Personally, he did not care how it went, but he did not think the Council would po back on its decision so soon.— Or Lysnar asked for a ruling as to whether a resolution could be adopted altering the existing condition of things without notice of motion. — The Chairman, after looking into the question, said that as there were three members away, he would have to rule the decision was not binding. ' They would deal with each case on it« merits. —On Or. Lysnar's resolution to grant the license being put to the vote it was negatived by 8 votes to 2. Ore. Lysnar and Williams being m the negative. Messrs. Samson Bros, will sell a, pony, gig, and harness at their mart at il a.m. to-morrow. If you hare not taken advantage of the decided bargains offering m men's weSar, take the first opportunity of seeing Camp, bell's windows. There, is an odd lot of hats to clear at 3/11, odd undervests 2/11 and 3/11, socks three pairs for 2/6 ; m fact, many other useful lines beim? cleared . out. Remember, Campbell's only.* The playing of a series of new. songs on a Broadwood Grand at Messrs Farr and Hall's new shop on Saturday night attracted such a large crush that the police were kept busy providing a thoroughfare for pedestrian traffic* .Gordon, Jeweller, opposite Bank N.2^, for Soldiers' Watches, Cigarette Cases, ,Jtfatch4x>xes, Lockets and Rings. Prices Wise men say by paying attention to small things, big things will look after themselves. Grieve. Jeweller and Watchmaker, pays :trictest attention to Watch and Jewellery repairs * To get Glasses that really suit and fit, consult Gordon, Spectacle-maker, opposite Bank N.£* Never was economy more triumphant than it is now at Robertson's Annual Stocktaking Sale ; it isn't just a question di cutting away a little from the prices — it is just that the goods must be cleared before his annual balance. Prices are all on the up grade, and now's the best possible time to buy.*