TOWN EDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14236, 2 March 1917, Page 6

TOWN EDITION.

I His- Honor Judge Judges return..'." tv Gisborne In. m Tokomaru Bay by the Wimmera lu*t night. ■j What will be, when completed, one 'of lhe bigge t suspension bridges m , New Zealand will shortly bo comnit'iic.-il b\ Mi- Jo.sepii Dawson, the well-known < ' bridge engineer, of I'ahiatua. The new j bridge will be about 448 leet long, and , ' will ho situated between Foxton and | J'ainieiatoii North. .Messrs JSiefert Bros, are the owners, and it i.s est. mated • that tho completed cost will bo about ;£3OOO. - The passenger* waiting for the Ara- t j hura at Tokomaru Bay had an unpleasant' J time. 'Die ■. .steamer \v«_k ex pouted to larrive-.theie-la^ti-:!^ and". As:"iu)**\v"6i>d rofii'Mifj^lH^iJ^ tfwdltf be sent to Tokomaru' Bay during tho night 'it. occurred, tji-< intending pnsjaengers maintained the.ir )veary vigil at , tho wharf . ilntil ", "5.30 this morning, when they . returned t.r the 1 ' hotel ' or ' their homes. ready to respond immediately the steamer was sighted. j Tho Agricultural Department intimat-j ed to the Waihi Borough Council, at its last meeting, that it would be prepared to provide an expert to conduct demonstrations m cropping on the Wailii Plains lauds, m order to determine the suitability of tlie soil for the growing of certain cereals and other crops, if the council would provide a suitable area of ground and join with the local branch of the Farmers' Union and others interested m forwarding and assisting tho scheme. The council decided to invite the Department to send a representative to Waihi to confer with it. The general opinion was that the project was worthy of support.People who complain about .the dust raised cm tho public roads by the movement of motor-cars wjll be surprised to learn that there is another side to the question. The writer of the Manawau Notes m the last issue of the Farmers' Union Advocate says : "Grass on the roadsides is better than anywhere else. The continued dusting from the road given to the sides by the swishing of tho motor cars, gives the grasses alongside a continual top-dressing, and the moment rain comes, up come the ls-aves as thick and luxuriant as pos- | sible. Travelling stock will have a good time, and poor old ewes travelling from one sales to another will get a good bite to cover their old bones." "1 am not averse to going to the war or anything of that sort," said an appellant before the Military Service JJoard at Wellington. "But," *ho added, "if you send me into camp you will be taking the steam out of the boiler of our business. " Tlie appellant was a traveller fo F, te * l ~ a partner m his firm— and he said that his business rivals were men m the Second Division. If he had to go to the war it would mean handing over the business to tlie opposition firms, and this he claimed to be unfair. ?f r '_ \J V Mack sa,d ife applied to him that the Military Service Act was being used to concentrate businesses into fewer hands. Captain Baldwin said that such was undoubtedly the case, but there did not appear to be any remedy for it. At th c Chiistchurch Supreme Court the question of how much a commercial traveller's monthly travelling expenses would amount to was raised. The cross-examining solicitor, m endeavoring to elicit the manner m which ai sum of £15 per month was expended, asked whether the witness did not receive a good deal of hospitality m the course of his travels m the country, which must naturally off-set his expenses considerably. His Honor disapproved of the Question, but the witness seemed eager to be heard. "I do receive a- good deal of hospitality." ho said, "but it always costs me a lot more than food or accommodation bought jn - the regular way. l' Ye always got to make v up. It's an umbrella or a silk handkerchief every time." From the cabled list of articles which may not now be imported into Britain, it appeals thafc New Zealand is not likely to find the market for her products restricted. The Hon W. D. S. Mac Donald. president of the Board of Trade, m referring to this matter, said that he did not consider that the new policy at Homo could possibly affect New Zea,land. With .tJ.e exception of wool, hemp, hides and .skin.., our exports consisted almost wholly of food products. Wool and hides wero being purchased by tho Imperial Government and hemp appeared to be m strong demand, and, ot course, all the meat and cheese we could produce were urgently necessary. Butter, while not so urgently needed as cheese, was still necessary. In metals practically our only exports were of gold and scheelite and the latter metal was used m the manufacture of special steel used for arms and munitions. Captain J. W. Niesigh, of Sydney, who wae among tho passengers by the Mararoa, gave expression to some disgust that the accident should happen to him at the exact closo of a year of travelling among penis. He has, ru uring , l , ttt >' ear > ma;d6 fi J*e passages through the danger zone roifnd England, has been under a Zeppelin raid, and m unpleasantly close association with one of tho German ocean raiders. Yet it i wag not till he was on ono of New Zealand s popular ferry steamers, and within a stones-throw of this hospitable country, that ho mad<. the actual acquaintance of something nearing catastrophe. "I think it's a bit rough," he said. Discussing tho events of the day, ho said he would prefer to quote what others said rather than what he saw himself. There were many tilings, however, he saw which seemed straaige. No doubt they were quite capable of explanation by those responsible, and it might be that m face of explanation excuse might also b e found. A very enjoyable evening was spent last evening m. Mndlay'a rooms, the occasion being a social gathering by the members of the Drivers' Union. Air D. W. Coleman presided over a very good attendance. Before formally opening the proceedings he referred to the loss the treasurer of the union (Mir li. Wells) had sustained m the recent death of his daughter. A vote of sympathy and condolence was passed by aU f present standing. Mr Coleman then welcomed the visiting representatives ot the other, labor unions and acknowledged apologies from Messrs G. Hart (waterside workers), A. S. Richard? (hotel employees), and Mr A. Hudson (P.B. District Labor Council). During the evening a programme of songs and recitations was rendered, and greatly appreciated. Air Coleman proposed <i toast to kindred unions, aiid urged upon all to make their unions, useful organisations. He predicted that after the war it would bo more than ever necessary to have a real live industrial union to watoh the interests of tlie wage-earners. Messrs J. H. Hall and Bickford responded on behalf of the kindred unions. Mr T. Sweet proposed the toast to labor politically, and emphasised the fact that it was just as necessary to be organised politically as industrially. Messrs J. Gil-Christ and F. N. Bartram, m able and interesting speeches, responded. During the evening Mr McPherson (manager of tho Gisborne Sheepfarmers' Carrying Department) presented, on behalf of his drivers, a case of pipes each lo Messrs J. Moms, A. Reader, and A. Druimnond, who aro shortly leaving to go into camp. Tne recipients responded, thanking their workmates for their kind presentation. Mr Coleman, on behalf of the union, wiphed them well, and trusted that soon" thoy would all be .together again welcoming homo all their members who had left, and peace would once again be over the land. The evening was brought to a closo with the sniging of "Auld Lang Syne." Messrs Grundy and Shennan, Ltd.. are offering a grand investment to the public m connection with vehicles for children and also m regard to sewing machines. Tlie best articles are offered at even lower price., than last season, and the advertisement m to-day's issue is well worthy of special notice.* i