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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14185, 30 December 1916, Page 4

The Herald will not be published Ori--Monday next (New Year's Day). Mr. . Fenloir, the newly-appointed secretary to the hospital,- is expected to arrive m Gisborne to take up his duties Santig nextVweekr ■-; The Gisborne school winners of' Dr McNab's prizes m New Zealand history are Daniel Aitken and Margaret tJtevenson. ° Mr, C. E. Armstrong, District Engineer, leaves for Wairoa on Wednesday to meet Mr Holmes, Chief Engineer, to • confer on railway and other public works. >i-' . ..;. From the Ist January a twice-weekly marl service ,will be inaugurated fi;om Uistwrne to Waerenga-o-kuri and Lower Hangaroa, the days of despatch being ftlonday and. Thursday, at 8 a.m. , ;; ■ ' Mr E. P. Mbuhtfort advises the foi--vTt¥, PW^JS"^™ m regard to th&< -Y:M,UA., Trench Comforts Fund; — Previously acknowledged,, £753 16s sd ; the Widow's Mite 2g 6d, D. aiui W. Hair, £5 : £758 18s lid. Many enquiries have been made localIT,l T , aa •■'to-, the visit _of the •'.'Military Appeal Board. The Hon. W. D. S. Ma£ Donald informed a Herald : representa- ,v tiye to-day that the Board would sit at Gisborne about the end of January. > , Th 6 mai]^ for Waerenga-a-hika. will m future ber earned by Hatten's :, motor bus instead of by train as heretofore, closing: dady at. Gisborne * t ,2.30 p.m.! excepting Thursday at 12 nooi^and-afc -VVaerfinga-aJuka daily at BM6 a.m, < Owing to the holiday traffic the office of the Union S.S. Co, wi|l be 'open oh ' ?X&M. n . I « ht torn 6.30 until ,7^30 o clock, for the purpose of : booking: passengers per Arahura to ', Napier, <.#The outward launch leaves rfi e ' Wharf : at 7;30 ' p.m. ....-..'■ . ..-.;■ ' ■ • ■■ . •-■■•' • Questioned today regarding the. nroyidißtf.;,of laiid for soldier settlement m ■ma . district, the Hon. .W. D. S. MacDonald atatedj to-day that he'' expected ■ ivir Ritchie, the Government Land' Purchase Commissioner, would visit Gisborne during the next few weeks with a [view to looking into the subject:, . . ! ' w^^^.K* 0 b^beld dwelling. hroDo^^"^^' :in:fe °toecti6n wWa pioposal of the Government to commandeer pe lt v hides, and sheep skint •5& ■■■$**■¥•■• D * L W» r . **o has .been, appointed to represent this disS* leaves. > r WelHngton, to-morrow The services m Hbly Trinity Church to-mori^Y ; wm. be national m inteiSoS' and thanksgiving. His > Majesty .the King has expressed a wish that such T^Jt^t be he * d on *« foifj +1 V' 4 \^V. Citizens sliouia !. niS a ?° y $ the nations determination to fight until' a, will be a watch-night service at 1130 p.m. . . A native narn^d' lhaka ,Ngaromkono - uas convicted at the 1 Police Coui/this morning for drunkenness for the third time m su: ; months. Senior-Senrafot Murray characterised the roan as asS£fcet nuisance" »i , vi u put him *£c ,' Vu v i-j- c a -"Usance, until 'after V the holidays at any rate,", observed Mr W A. Barton, S.M., and accused 'was lTu& : lo'I o ' days> torprisonment. A prohibit W n jO rder was also made against : tlJo accused. An elderly man Aiv V charge of drunkenness, waa remanded, tor curative treatment. , ;,,r. A proposal to alter 11,3 boundary line .between the" Opotiki and Waikohu Counties was made at the iVaikohu County Council som? time a«o. A tracing show- ' mg.the (area which tho Waik'uhu Coiincil desired to take, over was placed.^etore the . Opofcki County Council at, its recent meeting, bub was viewed with strong disfavor. It was pointed out thatf the arda/in question comprised the 'clb^ef^ settled and comparatively well roaded country aromid Motu, including the railW Ration, ft was unanimously ag&ed , (hat the proposal could .not be, enter-, tamed. ' ' ■' '••• •' i -■..'■ \- As "previously indicated iv oW columns, this year has'^ turned out''to-<be the Avettest on record for.^ Gisborne;' ihv to 9 a. ra to-day the total lor the year / JiS^ 66 ' 19 WbW; raih having fajidh' 9t*S-M:-toys The' previous higfiesFreord oi« 1 ' tlie 12 months was 64.33 inchW m 1879, ■ for 168 days of rain. The lowest jaggregats rainfall was 25.24 inches m 1913, when rain fell on 135 days. Last ' year the total was 4Q.20 inches fpr 14L days, and iv 1914 it was. 39.77 for WO days. During, this month rain has fallett'"' on 10 days, the total being. 3.99 inches? ' as against 1.83 inched ior flye days last kma and °- 26 for thr^e days m The Woolgiwvers' doanmfttee^ met this morning to deal with^ appeals m condection with the valuation of the commandeered wool., Five protests were ipiiib m, thr^e from Tolaga Bay and two; Horn Gisbbrne. After a. brief disciissioii, the committee decided to refer the valuations m question to the l|pyerument and the brokers' valuers, and m the evenfc of theia" being unable to come to k settlement the matter will b& referred- 1&' an oimpire. The committee, m coniuhit^ tipn with the Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald, are taking steps to secuiie^the services of a reliable Umpire. The name of a gentleman has been suggested, ami enquiries are being made. Mr, W. G. . Sheri'att, chairman of tho committee^ leaves for Napier to-morrow iliglit, and whi'e there he will make enquiries regarding an umpire! The next. local catalogue of wool is expected to be iea^jy--. for valuation about Januaay. B. B.ep\| - eJ-' ' floatations have, however, been made ,to, r tlie Hon. ' Mi* Mac Donald to apppini;|af valuer to be .permaiientiy stationed v^ati v Gisborne, to deal with the local wool ■] «uid Tolaga Bay and Tokoniaru ; Bay w|boJ, and the Minister has pixwnisea . to ' try to arrange for that. Vh x .Sergeant Oscar Solvander, son of Captain Sol vander, , of the Harbor BoariTs statf , returned home by the Arahura yesterday morning, after an absence ol nearly two and a-hali years on active service. 'As one of\the Main Body he -■ took pare m the memorable landing at Gallipoli, m April, 1915, where he gained distinction with tlie machine gun sectibii. * Some weeks later he was invalided to England, and M'aa m hospital at Birmingham. After about six months m the • Old, Country, he rejoined the New Zea- '■ land force m Egypt, then stationed on guard duty along the canal. Transferring to the infantry Sergeant Solvander accompanied th© boys to France, where he put m threo months on the Western front. During the period the Ne.wvjSeJoir ;^ landers . wero on tren j q|bi^u.^3Tv" i fl^ r " '"•t^ffe AjCnieiß^ierea ■<■ front, aTia*fit was therei :whilst' effecting repairs to the parapet of the advanced tivench, that tlie Gisbornite was caught. by a sniper, the bullet penetrating his head. ' He waa nioved to Fulham military hospital. Hammersmith, London, an : Elnglish- hospitali ' ; being m the same ward with Sergeaiit : Fyson, of Gisborne. Sergeant v Solvander j speaks m warm praise of the excellent • ■ work that is being carried on by the ./ :New Zealand Ladies' Association m Lon- / don. Personally he was looked up the' / day after his admission to hospital^ahd./ 1 ' • supplied with . vari<^us necessities .that* • |go to make up a soldier's kit.' . 'K^T ladies, he declares, 'are reiideling &pjm •■■ ' did service m looking ' after the |W;.' : Zealand- boys. The 1 hospitals are- ;'v#*s. ■ ' ;< regiilarlyj cigarettes anq other co9?°P a being supplied free, and letter/;-*™ " . Mrritteri for those i Who ir« imabl/orjtoo^ "111 to write. They have also ifccellent; I club rooms, and the associatio^P 1^ o^ l^ 6^ a variety of entertainment Motor drives ( are arraiiged, as welTaa concerts- • and theatre ' pai'ties, the/latter " bemg organised by Miss Rosejoary' Reea, ; Or Gisbonxe.. / ...jJiitail /' ■

The Poverty|Ba^^al»ards Com"]^py" are inviting Apafetion^ f or the *sition of auctibiiaX and stock agent. » The National fctlserve and City Bid parade on Tuesfay next at the Ua^Pon Hall to fafeVelrthe reinforcementsleaving by the Arahura. ■ W . ■■■■ The Salvation Army will .give a%>rooramme of music at the hospital grounds to-morrow afternoon. A coUection m, aid' of the Belgian fund will be taken, Tlie annual fee of £1 fo* telephoning telegrams has been abolished as from the Ist January, 1917, and in' lieu ; . thereof a separate charge, of 3d for ©very : message telephoned is to be colled from subscribers: Ti ;

A meeting of the\ general committee of the hospital and fed Cross fete will be held f in"the Council , Chambers on lmdav, the sth January, at 8 p.m., when a "statement of receipts and payments will be' ptesentea. ' ' ' The" executive are xequestecttd meet at 7 p.i&^ The following 1 men Tvere ' passed as medically fit and attested for the /6th Reinforcements at the Garrison Hall yesterday afternoon: . Holschier, Louis, single, 34' years, bushman, Wairoa; McLennan, Adam, sjrigle/ 26 years, shepherd, Matawai; Wilson, James, single 42 years, marine •engineer', , lahung^. Lovers of dancing a,re notified m this issue of the dance m the Scottish Hall on Monday night. The committee take this opportunity of thanking air patrons for their support during the season. The hall having been let for other purposes this will be the last dance of the season.

For some months past the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald, accompanied; by the Hon. W. H. Hei'ries, has been intending to visit the Coast, to. enquire particuiarly into the question 61 \afcquiring land i or township purposes at' Tokomaru Bay. Owing to m'anyiir^nt duties MV MacDonald has been unable to leave Wellington, but he'hopes ; they will be able to visit the Coast during the coimng month. '. ■';■'•'• '•"'""'•".■ '■'■'''■ '■'''

A pleasant function, took place at Adair Bros., Ltd., when the staff met to lare\yeir Mf'StattWickens, who is leaving for <sampKon January 3-:; The manager (Mr,O. 0. Cox)\' on' behalf of himself andHhe employees,' presented Mr Wick-ens'i-with an illuminated*- wristlet watch, and? wished the^Tecipient, all .good wishes and^a speedy and>safo.,retuypi:.Mr WTckend^j wW ha^. vpiuii-. teeJfed several* tiW»es. yiithin_,th,B past two yea#s. Ho leaves for camp with the Wellington quota.'- - [ ' ■''- frd FrsncJta -,at a luncheon, at/ I*eeds, ul conn.-eclion with' the endeavor to JtJ2S,W6 'ior 3 the' furthU-ance'' :of x.m.C.A. work m ,t3ie fiWW. "I know ofSnv own knowledge; of 'the valuable woflc'the association;/. ja doing, and the simply wonderfi4,.influ.en(,'e < v it -wields an^ig, the tWcwbotlT in^^rance and Enlland; WWeii'l'iJoin^ilt^Arinj*: some 40S'ears ago the sole refuge of the soldidCoff duty wa^t^ canteen. Then the ■wonderful .. iri^Sutioife of. which the association was one.; of --the foremost, started aheir work, a«4 Ihe change they have effected m the " morat : Utinbsph'ei v c of ' the wonderful indeed. My ; year and a-halt s experience" as ' X3oriinVander-in-Olneif m France showed that nhwhere was the institutions', humanisiug, influence .niqre pronounced £hanf oii ; the'tditod-staihed battlefieldi,, Oiir soldiery have. been sub-' jected to 'strain m this tertific war' Which no, soldiet;.'bad ' ever rbefoje; experienced, and the bravery, constancy, and coolness they, ham displayed ate, I feel sure, to be "attributed tp tomething outside the ordinaiy^r/un;. of things.. ...I ■ bfeli^v^ the ideals within thenv /have, been roused, by th'e worlc of .this aaiid,similar'institutions, and their cqhtem.pt for death and their sense of duty, honor, and patriotism are infinitely sUonger. (Hear, hear.)

A despafch' ■ from • Tok'io tdTtlie' New York E'venin"; Post states : The Associated Pi-e^s learns' that'" Japan has agreed not to make a part of her peace conferetiefe'dejiiands^ the right, to hold permanen.^y,,,thfe ea^J?^?; l } c^~ v^ i^ k were-! to-ested 'from* Gerniany'Jat '$&, o\*t-', break^;6s the war. J&veral : of \ th.oso' islands]' .^hj o^ 'l)'eloJi^t^.fj>^V ( CsaA>li'ne and MaT^arijie; jgl-oups,. He'^not /far from. the AmeriranVjsliuid of Guam^ihe American termirt«lj' v of $he 'Pacific cataM.' It is uno«»^H&^ u s# Ms&i- m informalljif expres^d a desire? that these islands sh.tfufd h'tlt' become the permanent property of th6 i Japanese"Eimpire. Inasmuch as they were captured through the joint operations of the Britisjh and Japanese fleets,' it is iwderstcKxl the United States firefe'toofc up the question with Great Britain, and that a joint suggestion was made by Great Britain and the Uirited States that Japan should not insist upon the permanent maintenance of the islands. In view of Japan's pijomise to accede to the joint request, it* is believed likely 'that at the peace conference Japan "will seek compensaJtloh iji'-spme other direction, perhaps m the affirmation of her rights m the Chinese peninsula of Shangturigj. of which KJauchau is the great natal Joarsb. The islands in.' question are now administered by th'o Japanese Government. lAt 2 p.m. on Thursday ] next "Mr <j. ii. Mailer will conduct a clearing sale on behalf of 'Sir 'f&gnh : 'dimming fwJio is giVing up housekeeping temporarily), ' ab his 'residence; a ls9' ) vVliitaKer- ; street.' ;