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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14195, 12 January 1917, Page 2

Adjutant Holmes, of, •' Auckland^.-rsiilpr. t ceeds' Adjutant i S'ansonV^VinY'obVk^e'Vof the Salvation Army branch "iii 'Gisb6^_e'. Adjutant and Mi's J3anspm- are; •Vb.'^Bg transferred ' to -the charge: of.^thie _^kfiy v work: in the feity of Auoklancl.-- ••-■" ,-' * ;, Mr S. Beaufoy/ Whose name' has. been dr,awn in tke'ballot, enlisted ih^the' early stagies of the war and was in c_anp at . " r^ Featherston when , his, health broke 'dbwtf and •he underwent ' _tt operation >. lor appendicitis '■"•'•: 7 '"<y.- A.}" '«Y' '■ .' :Ay pY ' 'Don't . forget the! saf er;aa*Tival . of . this letter is due to*' thVßiitfen Navy %i f6W-ia the 'striking sUcker affix^it^ :, thei-* "Correspondence by" a fitkri "of London ptxb- v lishers. • The -sticker, is .printedYn -red, white and blue,; and. is illxcjjiinated the white .ehsigi_,\. ! ."...-.'.' y,y, At the Garri'gpn Hail yesterday ;aiter- ; noon, the folloFihjlr;Jneh were pass-_%'^t \ for active service, 'and attest^ t-r^,M*ri«S Cox, : single', 43Vyears, ■ gaxdener^J^^al^., poike,, s 27th - : ReinifbTcemerits^ ParkerV sihjgl^j; 2ff years, labbrer^totiki Coutit^ 'Conh^l, \ 27tb. f Reinforceiiifeits r Noel Hienry , B-inl,"* r-tihjf le; 2ft ytyfs, U-%w" clerk, icare r Vof A, YD. , Lynch Y"^w^^: 728th. Reinforcements* ' ' .-„ ;.!I'^_f ■' At the^PbTice Cfiiirfc this morning,, 'foefOre'' Mf r R.' S. ' Flbrance; ■ ' S.M. , • Cbliii Duff, for drunkenness (being his second offence wthinVthe past six months), ywas A fined 10s and costs 2s, in default 48 houiff' ' imprisonment. : •• . A ■ ftrst offender -who Vbad been remanded for medical tr^atm-nti, . was icon vjctedV: and* .fined; -10a. ahd" 2s costs,; and \vas» jOrderedy to "pay medical expenses "ambun ting' to £1 2s 3d, , ih.-def ault yl6 hours' imprisonment. An-; o^her first' "offender who did hot appear was fined the amount of his bai), 10s.(/Additional transactions dealt with by* the.Tairawhiti Maori Land Board arei a§i follows : .Coii-irmation of sales/-r-« , Mangaheia. 'lß2A2/' Hingangaroa Taka- ; .... rpki andj^other^ to John ,. Reid -V-_-ckin< tosh ;. P&pak'brbkoro ' 2A1,-' Mini TKeita . Hjiereone toiSanntel; Kirkpatrick; Mak- ; auti West (part) lot "*"£ 35A, Katerina Takawbaki to George- Witters ; . Basisa. I lESDV Reupena Kakai Taminana, r toi . ' George G. D. MacDdn*ald. Confirmatibn , ! of-' ; lea^es- r -.Wharaurangi 4E, Maraea, jKoromiti and b-heSrs to R; M. Bell;: ; Paremata ID2 Hataraka Temepara to. .Reupena Paruone; Waihoru Nq.; , - . . jOtene Pitau and others to . GhartesY i Gibson. ■_ _ . S \ *' '.' '-'VVVYV ' \ Y One oi tlle events of Mr. *M-^s^y'B present trip to the United Kingdom wis Y his visit to hisfnative towh, Limavady, *' V County Londoridert*^ aftE^j-tf 'absence \bf |. jover 45 y£ars,YOn >th|s o^t^kirtS of the* • town' tsgys an OEnglisK p'apei^),^stands j th© little 'bouse where he. lived with hit 1 IgrandmotHer: until "her 1 - death, wh«" k? joined his parents in, New Zealand, 'but ' the thatched cottage; in which he .rw^a \ born has given place *£d a new building". One ' of ■ ' lilr. '• Massey's' schoolmates'.rrjH'o- ■ tested that he could still recognise . the "Billy "■Massey" of th© "oWT yiUage ! school, and another told h^w the^:*scbool^. ' master, Mr. Brandon, once put his hand's : [ on "Billy's" shoulder /and said, "Y.du are, the smartest boy ih the school." V At' the bankruptcy meeting yesterday ' afternoon, the examination of bahia'upt t [ I^eonard J. Burne, of Feildihg, yas oonJ tinued. Bankrupt, .to Mr. Burnard; . | stated that, ho had no regular system ofV $ drawing wages for himself, but paidhis. ''■ ' accounts -oht; of money received f coin, the t business, j His mother .drew cheques on i [the, .bank "account to pay" debts Vof Hhe' :* bus'iri..e3si ' and the a^comitiVcbhtniuedVin i her name until the business ctased ( -doym. s His mother used the account for''puri\ poses other than this business. Y His > mother had property to the value. 1 ot' - £2000 br J83000.. Be could not say wliab, i. he 'drew" for hous^b)d7exbenses'^pro- ;; bably £3 or £3 I0 S a 'week'. ' -sttririg i thjo last ff*jw months he could not sfe. his i money in,' btit7inc'uri*ed ,fre_h AdebtsVoh ■ jthe strength of .' having mo*fle_£; owing to •jhlm. He did. not tben know he w^s in- ,- j solvent. Several ol Burt and . Co. 's and • Ballihger's accounts were paid by bis 'mother's cheques. Thie. business was liis . I I own, not his mother^. ; Part, .of the F £200 he y^ed bis mother- was rent for • a house of hers he .occupied" during the • 3^ years he : was ' in -busihess. • He kept > no .record- of -his. household, accounts. > His plant "way seized ancT' sold bjr^'auc- > tion by his landlord, realising . £40, .the- • debt being £29.— T0 ;lh)i TAssignee : He-' i Bad a meeting of • credtitofs r at F_flding i s when he was requested to fil.v but he ; . s did not have the money to do \pa.— lb""' was agreed to adjourn^ the meetirfg, , .pending the arrival of .bankrupt's books i hirom- Eeildirigj j y >y:> ■ .. v <y ,- , ; . ■ ; ■% ' \ ; The work, /off : reinajiat-ng' . th'o-Ua-^a ■ bridge at Tolaga Bay Avill be delayed a« a result of the further -dam*aige sustained I during! the recent' flobd. The GQlHapise of/"" 'sbme Of thie, piles has i oaTused. two addi- . tional spans on the Hauiti side to di*op. Mr. de G. Fraser, the CounciPs consultl- -[ ing- engineer^ *who has returned a visn\ of iitTs^ection, co'nsidei*9;;that these .extra spans Swill require to be dismantled , and' re-erected. "E-xcelieht '/progress has - -already been made by the contractors} Messrs Ti*ey. Bros., of Auckland. Tlie* wl)ole of the^ basing for the manufacture , of -the ferro concrete piles -has been made}' and ,a/large simply *pf -.'timber and steel for reinforcing is already oh ; ttfe ground. , It- is intended 7to7pvoceed a.t ' once, with v,the oasting.pf the piles, which\ aHU be turned- out opft rThe contractors'.' .-are ptftting ;YnjAiSnlendi<i| plant, - including! „'powei'ful. lifting, geaiv The latter will 'be^'pilaced'. on tw*oVfyvge ' punts^Qohh'e^t^^to^ethe. 7 . with plgjikjjl^ -and will comprise* *a dteam c<^ine' v :aiid Avinch ahd a sheer-legs, with a ;lFftiiig.;jip'70ft7in length. T^ie bulk p#/th>^nd and single, which, is beuig t proyided'iby' the CouucH,'is al^ ing bee'A ' iprocuredi ' Napier. 7 On accpiuat ,of th^ riv.e,r '■'jJPH-.. l ditions it hpas been necessary •' to'*''|^bo'' the whole of , the] sand and single (required' for • the concrete work) , tor facilitate , landiiig ..in; tlie launches. Word has bf/eiVyrefceivi/d 1 thVt\>W'-^ \ > steel span ordered frbhi A'aterica' was shipped from New York *on Decentber' 877_ . The * contract 'is c proceeding' vuudftK, -jtKe;H I super vision of - Mr.vTv^Vt ' Fraspr.': £v£ Y. f I Samson "Brds., vawctioheers^.heldf.' aii' auction , sale at Twigley: and VMaishalt'a ; baker's^sho^ yesterday,., V^e fi^gop4s, horses', pjaht. ;and bi*^e^.s;,ge*^*. , V^er^; i e^l > ; ;■ '. disposed of a.t satisfactory., .prices^ . • .. ' - ; -;" ■ I ; AlWsrs v •F; , selling 'tho' fm , nitu*|«Vot,w'6-roicmied* , 'Hbhse 'to^morrb'w >at : S^Vni; ■':■.% 'b'ak;.^<»"if. te'- ! moved to f^f'.'cofiyeiiienCjEf "^of ls.aje.,-: It wiU ' be V^ithbut : reserve, :v the oiyn.^ ,;ieavinjg\ Gisborh^. : ; " '. |^'|[fs ever 'there was a^time •/ wh^ch .cajled „fbr .prompt action,] thafc'Ltimei|is'no\»y r as .. |\Robertsbn',# . Half-yearly i.JDiscouht^al^ stalls to-morrow (Saturday), and for (two „ ; weeks you can buy.' your wearables at 3s in tlie £ discouqt for spot cash: v Get. in with the otheiMtwiae imen7a»id ,spe*§d' % few...J!hUling'Si as later 'Yhe prices' must ■ soytyfy^f .; >v y,y ." aa yxy. • , Fori nice -vaHesy7ofc Gents\ Eadies' diid ■''■ .Childnrari's Footwear^, atyji^e. "(o^t^p^sible..p*fices,7yoa shoulii: yjsjtVfjT. j-Xr drew's, Mangapapa^ Boot' Shbp.* rv ' ,', V^, 1 Those in need of a nice pair of. white washing trousers should try Campbell's special at 10/6 per pair; also 7 white washable duck coat**., suitable for'bowling, cricket, any sport ; or light ertrnilmer coats, -only 13/6 each. — Note auUrcss : Only at Campbell's.*

'""' The Maui was tied up this mOTning, the services of a diver being required to repair, the propeller. < It is not every locality that can boast of a parson who shears his hundred Bheep a day on week days and returns to town for the week-end and Ms church (says the Ensign). Tlie. services of MiMatthew Ball, of the Gore Church of Christ, have lately been in much demand. Letters received by the* Vancouver mail from the New Zealand ers in the trenches in France show that early in December the lads were facing the northern whiter — attended as it' is by rigours entirely novel to them — in the most cheerful spirit. One young Aucklander writes to his relatives about ice .one and a-half inches .thick in the trenches, and also mentions a light fall of snow on the day when he was writ- » ing, with the prospect of more to follow. On the other hand, he states that the oomfort of the troops was admirably catered for by the commissariat department, that coffee and cocoa were periodically served out to the men on duty, and that, all things considered, the fighting men were being made as comfortable as could '■ be ; expected. Word has been received by cable thaA Captain Ivan Stuart Wilson, R.A.M.C., has received the Military Cross. Cap' tain Wilson is an pld Otago Tfigh School boy, and was superintendent of Napier hospital. He afterwards went to London and obtained the FeUowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, and when the war commenced he was Resident Surgeon of .the London Chelsea Hospital for women's diseases. He was amongst the first lot of British doctors to volunteer for the war, and went over to France with the British Expeditionary Force ,in August, 1914. He was wounded in the right lung on September 10, 1916, and is at present on convalescent leave in the south of England. If fit for service again he expects to go back to his unit in France. A Sydney bookmaker had a costly experience when going to one of the outside' meetings recently. While at the railway station he put, as he thought, a - lfoil of notes of the value of nearly -3170 into the inside pocket of his waistcoat, but unluckily for himself merely slipped the money: in between his vest and Jhis shirt. It worked down and fell on the platform without his being aware of^his loss, and it was only when an acquaintance remarked : "They're scrambling for money down there,' that he felt for his "roll." He regained some of the money, but a few of those who picked up some of the notes decided Dame Fortune had never previously presented them with such a certain riiethod of "beating a book," and held on to what ,they had found. According to the New *York World,an attempt may be made next spring to salve the treasure of - the Lusitania. Negotiations are proceeding with the English < underwriters by a New York / firm. There is a belief that with • a reasonable amount of luck" the treasure in the strongroom and in v passengers' baggage can be retrieved. Tlie possibility of actually salving the vessel and beaching her on the Irish Coast has, it'.is asserted, been considered, but the main deterrent, is thes^ondition of the vessel. Th© Lusitania lies 270ft- below the sur- J face, off the Old Head of Kinsale. Such a depth a few years ago would have rendered salvage practically unthinkable, but modern improvement^ in diving apparatus have made it possible for cGviers to work at that -and even greater depths. If thfe liner is lying fairly upright there appears to be reasonable hope of retrieving tlie contents of tjie sta*ong-room, which is near the purser's* office on one of the upper decks. .The belongings of the wealthy passengers would present even less difficulty, as they would be higher up on tbe promenade decks. - .i." l^ ever * vou hear an yk°dy sav that the Tommies took Flers, contradict it," writes a New Zealand soldier to his father, a resident of . Wellington. "The New Zealand troops took it. It. was reported in all the Home., papers that the British took the town with a little assisance from the Colonials, but that is wrong, as we took Flers. without any assistance. It was a mass of dead cGermans, while the live Huns had comV to give themselves up." The writer describes the awful shell fire, the Germans coming over in hundreds every day to. surrender; the, barrage put on Fritz's trenches previous to hopping ovr the parapet; and how the men advanced, four miles in three weeks. The soldier saw* "tanks" for the , first time on tlie Somme, and was amazed at the way ( everything fell before the machines. The superiority of artillery and bombers ove_* the Germans kept Fritz quiet, says the writer, though snipers had been active, and the New Zealanders had learned notto look over the trench top. '•Trench life teaches you never to grumble and never to be selfish," be says. "In this game you have t to think of ybur mates as well as yourself , and frequently everybody^ helps one another." ■— — ■______— — _— .