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

Thp Chief Postmaster advices that there were no New Zealand mails on the Laconia. Mr W. V. Montgomery, Controller of Customs, arrives- m Gisborne on Sunday on a departmental visit. A great national asset, comprising--266,000,000 super feet of .timber lies iii the Xuiidlo State Foi;est, N.S.W.* .according to Mr Julius, Forest Assessor. Owing to the large number of patrons who could not gain admission to the concert last evening, the committee of -the Returned Soldiers' Concert have decided to give a repeat performance on Saturday evening next. Although the lighting apparatus, on the s.s. Arahura has been put out of commission, work will be proceeded with to-night, as one of Mr, Seymour MdFarlane's automatic gas plants is being installed. ° Two men were charged at the Police Court this morning witli drunkenness. One, Avho was convicted for the first time, was fined the amount of his bail, 10s, and the other, who had not been before the court for four years, wa* fined the amount of his bail, £1. Advice has been received locally that Corporal A. M. Rhinesmith, of the 26th Reinforcements, gained his M.Sc. degree with first class honors. Corporal Rhinesmith, who is well known m this, district, went into. camp from Dunedin last November after sitting for his examina- i tion at the Otago University. A violent storm broke over Dunedin ' about 4 p.m. on Monday. Fortunately it lasted only about a quarter of an hour, but m that time a large amount of damage was- done m several softgoods warehouses. The street channels were quite unable to carry the water away, and a large quantity of water entered many places .through the roofs. J The tram servioe was disorganised for about an hour. ■ : ' The Minister for Commerce, the Hon. W. D. Si r Mac Donald, stated ph\Monday that arrangements were" complete' for gazetting th 6 prices I'to1 'to be paid fpr'-re-quisitioned hides. 'Valuers* and- btyers had been appointed by the Govemrnent here,"andhe was awaiting advice from the Imperial Government asi to the appointment of certain firms or persons to pass the hides for s hipment 2 pn behalf of the Imperial Board of Trade. | > A pleasant social evening- was -held m Peacocke's hall last night to farewell I Messrs. L. Brown, L. Sefton, EL Brown, and'B. Hutchinson, who are leaving shortly for the front. There was a large attendance and during the evening Mr. A. M. Lewis on behalf of those present handed each of the men a set of military hair brushes, and wished them all good iuok and a safe return. Mr. W. J. Brown officiated as M.C., and the ladies kindly provided an excellent slipper. ; A deep-sea vessel Which arrived m Wellington on Saturday from Auckland encountered a heavy gale on the- run down the coast. The vessel left Auckland on Tuesday, and soon ran into bad weather. During 25 hours she made only . 61 miles. Heavy seas swept the deoks,carrying away, deck fittings, etc., and ' ventilators. A member of the crew .broke his leg as a result of a fall. /.The Monowai was m the same gale. The seak broke over the ship and entered the cabins. The passengers had a rough time, and at times could not get down to the dining saloon for meals. j The Gisborne Bowling Club has been unfortunate during the last few seasona ! m losing several of their most useful ] members through removal from the dis- . trict, the latest instance being Mr O. C. j' Cox, late manager Adair Brds., Ltd. ' The club had intended giving him a farewell last week, but the very bad \ weather experienced made this '. impos- ! sible. In lieu of -this they are forward- j ] ing him a. case of J_oewe pipes ' and a ' 1 tobacco pouch with the best wishes of 1 all members for his future success and { happiness. Before leaving.,Mr Cox ex- ' pressed his keen disappointment at losing i a -last opportunity of meeting with and 1 saying^ farewell to his many friends.'' i ' Sir James Carroll has left London en. route for home (writes the Post's London correspondent). Sir James came as , a member of the Parliamentary deputation m the early part of 19i6, and. has seen a great deal of the United King- , \ dom on this his first visit. He had ex- \ l tended his stay more than once, but 1 iately found that the English winter did j ] not agree with him, and has accepted an j J invitation to spend a few weeks as the " guest of the Government of 'South Africa T on his way to New Zealand. The High ] Commissioner gave a farewell luncheon ] at the British Empire . Club, when there * were present — besides Mr Massey and 1 Sir,- Joseph Ward-^Sir C. Wakefield (late 5 Lord Mayor), the High Commissioners 5 for Australia, Canada, and South Africa, X several Agents-General, Lord Plunket, i Lord Blythe, .Sir George Reid, Mr J. H. ' B, Coates, M. F. M. B. Fisher. Mr 7 Moss Davis, Mr J. C. N. Grigg, Mr K. , D. D. MLean, Mr I. W. Raymond, Mr „ R. H. Nolan, and Captain T. E. Donne. c "There was a considerable gathering of i New Zealanders of both races at Padlington to say good-bye. "'"..*•' An inquest wasi held by Mr E. C. Cut- p ;en, S.M., at Auckland on Monday into s the circumstances of the death of Arthur John Harris, a single man, aged about t U, who died at the hospital on Sunday. c Evidence Avas given to the effect that de r , :eased tokl Sergeant McCarthy that he w iad been ill for some timo, and had pur- V :h«sed some ohplorodyne, that he had no h nemory of having taken any cholorodyne t< m the night prior to hi s admission to n :he hospital, that he had been drinking, A , md that he had no intention of taking d lis life. T. Bird, proprietor of the 3tago boarding-house, where deceased iad been staying, said that deceased had t Jeen drawn m. the- ballot -at Gisborne, ?! md that he had remarked ; "They oan- . lot say I am shirking, for I, have my Jl papers with me, and have just been to ihe recruiting office." Mr C. E. Maguire, AY nedical superintendent at ■• the ho&ptial', iaid the deceased was admitted to the ** lospital at .1.40 a.m. on February 18, He n ipparently recovered from the effects >f cholorodyne, but contracted pneu- j nonia, from which he -died early -on a j Sunday morning. A verdict was return- a . d to the effect, that the deceased died rom pneumonia accelerated by heavy Irinking and accidentally taking an over. w iose of cholorodyne.