TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14052, 24 July 1916, Page 8

TOWN EDITION

Major A. E. M. "NutUiu, managing director oi the Urislnl au.l Dominions Producers' Ass M-intion, ,-niived at Auckland by th(- Uotoniii hist wei-k. •| ho Mayir (Mr W. G. Sherratt) divi not J ww for South "last night, as intended, advice having been received that it was not necessary for him to proceed to Wellington, m connection' witb the Bor-o-ugh Council's Gas Works Empowering Bill, which comes before the Parliamentary Committee .again on Wednesday. There was a big contingent, of Nine Islanders m Wellington last week, and they attracted much attention as they paraded the main thoroughfares singius: " fipperary." The* Islanders possess very musical voices and their .rendering of tlie popular song was the subject of .much favorable comment,. The committee appointed at the last meeting of the Cook County Council met to-day to consider the matter of sanitary control m the County. It wan decided to recommend that steps be taken to have the proclamation vesting the Council's public health authority m the Hospital Board revoked, so the Council can control its own sanitary affairs. Also that 'Mr R. Thelwall be appointed inspector at a, salary of £125 a year, including travelling expense*. Probate has b?en granted by his Honor MV Justice Cooper m the following estates : George William Whyte Otter, reported missing and now presumed by Court of Enquiry' to have been killed m action, probate granted tri John D. J. Thornton and James Nicol : m the estate of Helen Burt-, deceased, probate granted to Edward and Wm. O'DonnelljSj and m the estate' of Edward John Armstrong deceased, probate granted to Charles Edward Armstrong. The exports from Gisborne for the year ended .Tun* ' 30th : totalled' £2,184,- i 145, as compared with £1,578,357 m the previous 12 months. »fi1.454,371 m 1913 14. and £1,280.975 m 1914-15. Auckland's exports totalled £6,273,940, and those" of other ports were : Napier. £3.---021,482: Taranaki. £1.597,157: Welling! ton, £7,540,836; "Ly Helton. £3.696.445; Timaru. £1.264.406; Dunedin. £2,207.---524: and Bluff, £1,994.960. Gisborne's exports for th* 12 mouths ended Jiiro 30th totalled 48.988 bales, as compared with 54,801 bales m the previous period. With the object of helping to raise funds to assist the widow and family of the late Mr Petersen, an old resident ol" Gisborne, who are left m poor circumstances (two children being at present m the -hospital with serious ailments) the Salvation Army Band have arranged to give a musical programme at the Sievwright memorial next Saturday afternoon from 3.30 to 4.30, and again m the evening from 8 till 9, and -will take up collections for this purpose. Subscription lists will also ,be opened b ythe Band, Mr Dowdle, treasurer of the band, being secretary of the fund. On Ist July the new British Board of Trade regulations with regard to lifejackets were put into force, and the death knell rung of the old-fashioned type of lifebelt. Time was when all that was considered necessary was that a lifebelt should be able to support a given weight for a certain number of hours, but it is now recognised that a jrood deal more is needed, states an English paper. Accordingly, the new regulations require the use of lifejackets which will automatically keep the wearer's face clear of the water, even if he or she be unconscious. ' i An Australian inventor, "Mr. John Flint, of Sydney, claims to have sueceeckrJ m the world's search tfor synthetic rubber, and to have found a way of producing an efficient substitute * for rubber, at a very low cost. The substitute is an entirely Australian product; all thfl,-.ingredient's being obtainable iii the Commonwealth, and successful experiments m the vulcanising process have already been carried out with it. The invention has been patented. Tlie claim isfjmade that it can be produced at v rrica from 5d to 6d per Ijd, as* against the present price of rubber, which runs from 3s to 4s 2d per lb. An interesting re-turn showing the mortgages . registered m the Dominion for the year ending March 31 last has been presented to Parliament. Mortgages registered m Gisborne during the i year totalled 744, the amount "being I £746,083, whilst mortgages released (603) | represnted £537,829. The different rates o"* interest at which the money was rais- \ od is shown as follows : Four per cent. £190, 44' per cent. £2664, 5 per cent. I £78,955, 5^ per cent. £221,885, 6 perl cent. £208,920, 6£ per cent. £41,704, 7 per cent. £65,791, 74 per cent. £4000,! 74 per cent. £6900, 8 per cent. £16,104, 8^ per cent. £450, 9 per cent. £1005, 10 per cent. £3033, 12 per cent. £75 ; unspecified as to rate £94,407. Judging by the experience of the topsail schooner Elsie Mary, the, lot ofl the sailor man must occasionally ' necessitate a great deal of patience. Putting out from Gisborne on Friday evening for the Coast and Auckland, the Elsie Mary on Saturday morning was some 18 miles off, about abreast of Pakarae. When nightfall came the craft had drifted back, and putting into the Bay anchored for the night. Hoisting the anchor a.ga'.n yesterday morning the schooner was off Wainui beach about 11.30, and making a big board to sea, beat back again to the land during the afternoon. At 4.30 p.m. tho boat was back again oif Wainui, having made absolutely no 'progress. I— — m— mb— ■— — — m